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HISTORY, 

GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY 

OF 

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, 

AND THE VdMj? 

TOWN AND COUNTY OF THE TOWN OF * 

Nottingham, 

COMPRISING, UNDER A LUCID ARRANGEMENT OF SUBJECTS, 
A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY, 

AND SEPARATE 

HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, & TOPOGRAPHICAL 

DESCRIPTIONS OF 

SHERWOOD FOREST, 

AND EVERY 

TOWN, PARISH, TOWNSHIP, VILLAGE, HAMLET, AND MANOR. 

IN THE 

SIX HUNDREDS OF THE SHIRE : 

WITH A VARIETY OF 

Commercial, Agricultural^ and Biographical Information ; 

The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry ; the Lords of the Manors ; the Owners of 
the Soil ; the Names and Addresses of the principal Inhabitants ; the 
Public Charities and Institutions ; the Rise and Progress of Trade and 
Manufactures; the Mediums of Public Conveyance by Land and Water j the 
Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions, &c. &c. 

IN ONE VOL., WITH- A lA^GE M>P O^ THF COUNTY. 

BY WILLIAM WHITE, 

Author of similar JVorksfjr the Ncrthcrn Ctiwiiej cf EegCcntZ.^ 

SHEFFIELD : 

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR 

BY ROBERT LEADER, INDEPENDENT OFFICE, ANGEL-STREET. 

AND SOLD BY WILLIAM WHITE, 

At the WICKER LIBRARY, Sheffield; by hi* Agents, and by the Booksellers. 

Price of the Volume and Map, to Subscribers, 10s. 6d. in Boards, 

or 12s. in Calf Binding.— To Non-Subscribers, 35. extra. 

1832. 






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PREFACE 



In this first attempt to present to the public a popular History and Topography 
of Nottinghamshire, with a Directory of its Inhabitants, the Author has to 
acknowledge his unbounded gratitude to the literary and official gentlemen of 
the county, for the valuable and interesting communications with which they 
have furnished him, in answer to his multifarious enquiries ;— and also to the 
numerous Subscriber who have favoured him with their support to such a 
liberal extent that their orders amount to upwards of 300 copies more than the 
number printed. 

This prompt and munificent patronage shews clearly (what has been 
universally acknowledged in other counties) that works of this description are 
highly interesting and useful, both in the office and the library,— not only to the 
man of business, but also to the nobility, gentry, clergy, professional men, and 
public officers. As authenticity is the grand requisite of topography, all possible 
care has been taken to avoid errors; every parish, and almost every house in 
the county has been visited, and the information either collected or verified on 
the spot ; it is therefore hoped that this elaborate work will be found as com- 
plete and satisfactory to its numerous patrons as the vast body of information, 
and the great variety of subjects compressed within its pages, would allow. 

The Plan of the Work embraces a General History and Description of Not- 
tinghamshire, and of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham ; con- 
taining the spirit of all that has previously been written on the subject, extracted 
from the works of ancient and modern Authors, and from the voluminous 
Parliamentary Reports of Public Charities, Population, &c. &c. ; together with 
a variety of Statististical, Geological, Agricultural, Commercial, and Biogra- 
phical Information, elicited by personal enquiry, and comprehending a Suivey 
of Antiquities, Roads, Rivers, Canals, Minerals, Rocks, Caves, Forest and 
other Liberties ; Public Buildings, Institutions, and Charities ; Civil and Eccle- 
siastical Courts, &c. &c. ; together with a Chronology of all remarkable Events, 
from the earliest period to the present time, and a full and comprehensive view 



* PREFACE. 

©f the rise and progress of those varied and beautiful Manufacture* of whidi 
Nottingham is the great emporium, and to which both it and the county at 
large owe much of their present wealth and importance. 

Lists of Magistrates and Public Officers, and of the Seats of Nobility and 
Gentry, are appended to the general Survey of the County. (See p. 67 to 71.? 
The History of Nottingham, (p. 73 to 215,) like that of all the other places, it 
followed by a copious Directory of its Inhabitants, classed according to Trade or 
Profession, and accompanied by an alphabetical Index of Persons, so that the 
address and occupation of any individual or firm may be instantly referred to. 

The Topography of Nottinghamshire commences at page 299, under an 
alphabetical arrangement of Parishes under their respective Hundreds, and of 
Towns, Townships, Villages, $c. under their respective Parishes ; but as in many 
cases, the Hundred or Parish in which any Town or Village is situated may not 
be known, a copious Index of Places is inserted, which points out the page at 
which each place in the county is to be found ; thus giving to the volume all the 
advantages of an alphabetical Gazetteer, in conjunction with those afforded by 
connected Histories of the various Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions. The 
Parochial Histories shew the Situation, Extent, and Population of each village 
and township, the ancient and present Owners of the Soil and Lords of the 
Manors ; the nature of the Church Livings, with their Patrons and Incumbents ; 
the Places of Worship, Public Charities, and Institutions ; Local Occurrences ; 
Trade and Commerce ; Objects of Interest and Curiosity ; Eminent Men, &c. 
&c. ; and are each followed by a digest of the names and addresses of the Gentry, 
Tradesmen, Farmers, and other principal Residents; with Lists of Coaches 
and Carriers, and a variety of other useful and interesting Information;— the 
whole illustrated by a large coloured Map of the County. 

W. WHITE. 

SHHFFmLD, AugUSt 1st, 1832. 



INDEX OF PLACES, 



CONTAINING IN ONE ALPHABETICAL SERIES, THE NAMES OF ALL THE 
HI NDRED9, PARISHES, TOWNS, TOWNSHIPS, HAMLETS AND MANORS, 
IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



Adbolton 
Alverton 6 
Anneslev 544 
Annesley Woodhs545 
Arnold .546 
Arnot Hill 546 
Askam 361 
Aslacton 514 
Aspley 585 
A tten borough 549 
Auckley 426 
Austerfield 401 
Averham 662 
A ws worth 582 
Babbington 565 
Babworth 395 
Bagalee 565 
Bagthorpe 592 & 552 
Balderton 625 
Barnby-in-the Willows 

626 
Barnby Moor 401 
Barnston 503 
Barton-in Fabis 642 
Basford 551 & 552 
BassetlawHundrJ 299 
Basingfield 499 
Bathley 68 1 
Bawtry 401 
Beckingham 329 
Beesthorpe 666 
Besthorpe 634 
Beeston 556 
Bell-moor 443 
Beskwood Park 573 
Bevercotes 362 
Biggins House 437 
Bilborough 559 
Bilbv 401 
Btlsthorpe 363 
Bingham 480 
Bingham Hundred 479 



Birkland & Bilhagh 
416 

Bishopfield 443 

Blackmires 597 

Blaco bill 433 

Blaxton 426 

Bleakhills 530 

Bleasby 662 

Blenheim 561 

HIidworth 663 

Bloomsorrove 585 

Blvth 397 

Blyth Nornav 401 

BIyth Spittal"40l 

Bobbers Mill 585 

Bole 331 

Bolham 334 

Bonbusk412 

Bothamsall 408 

Boughton 409 

Brackenhurst 696 

Bradmore 644 

Bramcote 559 

Brancroft401 

Brewhouse vard 123 

Bridgeford East 485 

Bridgeford West 642 

Brinkley 689 

Brinsley 565 

Broadholm 639 

Brockilow 376 

Brookhill 570 

Broomhill Grange 422 

Brotherhood 362 

Brough 629 
i Broughton Sulney 487 
i Broxtow 559 
i Broxtow Hundred 517 

Budby417 
! Bulcote 664 
j Bulwood Hall 56S 

Bui well 560 
2 B 



Bunney 643 

Burton Joyce 664 

Burton (West) 331 

Bury Hill 530 

Calverton 665 

Carburton417 

Carcolston 

Carlton 671 

Carlton-in-Lindrk 410 

Carlton Little ft 

Carlton-on-Trent 684 

Carrington 553 

Cars (The) 352 

Caunton 666 

Caythorpe 677 

Chequer house 469 

Chihvell 549 

Cinder-hill 582 

Clavlands 469 

Clareborough 331, %IL 

Clav (North) 302 

Clav (South) 361 

Clavworth 336 

Cleveland Hill 3S1 

Clifton 645 
! Clifton N. & S. 627 

Clipstone4l7&4S9 
\ Clumber 465 
| Coates 344 

Cockcliffe 546 

Cock glode 416 

Cock-park 3SS 

Cockin Hill 402 

Cockin Moor 376 

Cocks Moor 38 

Coddington 638 
'Collingham N & S 629 

Collingthwaite 419 
! Colston Basset 489 
I Col wick 667 
iCopthorne 376 

Corn ley 350 



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INDEX OF PLACES. 



Coppices 135 
Cossal 562 
Costock 646 
Cotgrave 490 
Cotham 631 
Cottam 347 
Creswell Crags 413 
Cropwell Bishop 491 
Cropwell Butler512 
Cromwell 668 
Crow Park 699 
Cuckney 411 
Dalestorth 531 
Dalington 636 
Darfould 457 
Danes-hill 443 
Darlton 364 
Daybrook 546 
Deanhall 666 
Debdale House 578 
Dinsey Nook 639 
Dernethorpe 630 
Doverbeck Mill 704 
Drakeholes 337 
Drayton (East) 364 
Drayton (West) 365 
Duncan Wood 38 
Dunham 366 
Dunsell 600 
Eakring 367 
Earlshaw 666 
Eastfield 597 
Easthorpe 696 
Eastwood 562 
Eaton 369 
Edingley 668 
Edwalton 646 
Edvvinstow 414 
Egmanton 369 
Element Hill 687 
Elksley 424 
Elms (The) 324 
Elston 631 
Elton 492 
Epperstone 668 
Everton 339 
Fackley Lane 600 
Farley s 568 
Farndon 632 
Farnsfield 669 
Felley 545 
Fenton 356 
Finninglcy 425 



Finningley Park 401 
Fiskerton 687 
Flander Ground 570 
Flawborough 636 
Flawforth 654 & 626 
Fledborough 670 
Fleecetrep 402 
Flintham 493 
Forge Mill 568 
Forest Hill 457 
Foundry Row 530 
Fountaindale663 
Fountain Hill 350 
Fulwood 597 
Gaddick Hill 370 
Gamestone Wood362 
Gamston 499 & 643 
Gateford 468 
Gedling 671 
Gerhodthorpe 642 
Gibsmere 663 
Girton 633 
Glapton 645 
Gledthorpe 447 
Goldthorp 402 
Gonalston 672 
Gotham 647 
Gourton 663 
Granby 495 
Grassthorp 679 
Greaves Lane 668 
Greasby 564 
Grimesmoor 704 
Grimston 393 
Gringley-on- the- H ill 

341 
Gringley (Little) 334 
Grives 570 
Grove 372 
Gunthorpe 678 
Hablesthorpe 343 
Hagginfield 469 
Halam 673 
Halloughton 673 
Handstubbing 592 
Harby 628 
Hardwick 465 & 570 
Harlow Wood 677 
Harness Grove 457 
Hartshorn 376 
Harwell 340 
Harworth 427 
Hatfield Chase 353 



Hatfield Division 394 
Hatfield Grange 413 
Hawksworth 496 
Hawton 633 
Haxey Gate 350 
Hayton 345 
Haywood-Oaks 674 
Headon-cum-Upton 

373 
Hemshill 566 
Hesley 428 
Hexgrave Park 696 
Hickling 496 
Highfield 646 
Hill Top 565 
Hockerton 674 
Hockerwood Park 696 
Hodsock 402 
Holbeck 412, 698 
Holme 681 
Holme Lane 499 
Holme Pierrepont498 
Honey Well 364 
Houghton 432, 408 
Hoveringham 674 
Howe Grove 38 
HucknallTorkard567 
Hucknall-underHuth- 

waite 597 
Hunger Hills 135 
Hutt (The) 579 
Hyson Green 585, 573 
Inkersall 441 
Jacket Mill 362 
Jockey House 371 
Jordan Castle 394 
Jack's Dale 592 
Kensington 585 
Kelham 675 
Kersall 676 
Keyworth 649 
Kilton 457 
Kilvington 637 
Kimberley 565 
Kingshaugh364&384 
King's-stand 417 
Kingston-in-Carlton 

410 
Kingston-on-Soar 649 
Kinoulton 500 
Kirkby in Ashfield 596 
Kirkby Hardwick and 

Wood house 570 



INDEX Oi PL ACES. 



Kirkhill 656 
Kirklington 675 
Kirton 374 
Knapthorpe 666 
Kneesall 676 
Kneeton 501 
Lady Lee 469 
LaithsN. &S. 441 
Lamcote 499 
Lamblcy 676 
Lane End 570 
Laneham 375 
Langford 633 
Langar 501 & 2 
Langley-bridge 563 
Langwith 413 
Laxton or Lexington 

376 
Leake E. & W. 650 
Lenton 571. New 573 
Leverton (N.) 346 
Leverton (S.) 347 
Leytields 439 
Limpool 428 
Linby 576 
Lindhurst 677 
Littleborough 348 
Littleworth 531 
Lodge on-the- Wolds 

503 
Longacre 481 
Lound Hall 371 
Lound 444 
Lovett Mills 585 
Lowdham 677 
Mansfield 518 
Mansfield- Woodhouse 

576 
Mantles House 403 
Manton 457 
Mapperley Place 552 
Mapperley Hills 135 
Maplebeck 678 
Markham (East) 380 
Mark ham Moor 381 
Markham (W.) 383 
Marnham 679 
Martin 428 
Mattersey 433 
Maythorn Mill 697 
Merino 634 
Merrinelds 388 
Middleton Place 573 



Middlethorpe 683 
Mill House 402, 447 
Milnthorpe 413 
Milton 383 
Mirfield Hall 381 
Misk 568 
Misson 435 
Misterten 349 
Moorfield 704 
Moorgreen 564 
Moorgate 335 
Moorhaigh 531 
Moorhouse 378 
Morland 634 
Morton 395, 680 
Mount Pleasant 412 
Muskham (N.) 680 
Muskham (S.) 682 
Nether Green 563 
Nettie worth 448 
Newark 603 
Newark Castle Liberty 

608, 637 
Newark Hundred 603 
Newbold 500 
Newbound Mill 600 
New England 409 
Newington 435 
New Manley Mills 563 
Newstead Abbey 579 
Newthorpe 565 
Newton 510 
Normanton in Elkslev 

425 
Normanton -on-Soar 

651 
Norman ton-nr-South- 

well 696 
Norman ton-on-Trent 

682 
Normanton-on- Wolds 

652 
Norton Cuckney 413 
Norwell 683 
Nor well Woodhouse 

6S3 
Norwood 600 
Norwood Park 696 
Notown 663 
Nottingham Castlel 15 
Nottingham History 

73; Directory 216; 

Coaches & Carriers 



291; Index of names 
272 

Nuncargate 570 

Nuthall 582 

Oakham 531 

Oldcoates 430 

Ollerton 418 

Ollerton Corner 410 

Ompton 384 

Orston 503 

Ordsall 437 

Osberton 469 

Osmondthorpe 66S 

Ossington 685 

Outgang 364 

Owthorpe 506 

Oxton 6^5 

Palethorpe 419 

Papplewick 583 

Park Hall 448 

Park House 412 

PennementHouses513 

Park-leys 686 

Pinxton 570 

Pleasley Hill 531 

Plumtree 429 

Plumptre 651 

Portland Colliery 570 

Priestgate 381 

Potter-hili629 

Prospect Place 5S5 

Radcliffe-on-Tnt. 506 

Radford (Old & New) 
nearNottm.583&4 

Radford, near Work- 
sop 457 

Radley 69S 

Radmanthwaite 531 

Ragnall 384 

Rainworth 663 

Fiampton 385 

Ranby 396 

Ranskill 403 

Rate li tie & Grange 457 

Ratcliffe-on-Soar 652 

Ravmoth 468 

Red Hill 546, 652 

Rempston 653 

Retford (East) 302 

Retford (West) 319 

Rockley362 

Rolleston 686 

Ruddington 60S 



INDEX OP PLACES. 



Rufford438,Abbey349 

Rushcliffe Hund. 641 

Rushley 597 

Rushy Inn 396 

Ryton 457 

Sansom Wood 665 

Saundby 355 

Savile Row 441 

Saxendale 510 

Scaftworth 340 

Scarle South 634 

Scarrington 504 

Scarthing-moor 702 

Scofton 469 

Screveton 508 

Scrooby 441 

Selston 591 

Serlby Hall 429 

Shelford 509 
Shelton 635 
Sherwood 553 
Sherwood Forest 35 

Sherwood Hall 521 
Sherwood Hill 585 
Shireoaks 469 
Shireoaks Hill 412 
Sibcock Hill 381 
Sibthorp 635 
Skegby 593 & 679 
Sloswick 457 
Sneinton 687 
Sneint. Hermitage 120 
Sookhohn 448 
South Clay Div. 361 
Southwell "691 
Spalford 628 
Spring close 573 
Standard Hill 124 
Stanford-on-Soar 655 
Stanley 600 
Stapleford 593 
Stanton-on-Wolds 655 
Staythorpe 662 
Staunton-by-Dale 635 
Stockwith (West) 351 
Stoke-Bardolph 671 



Stoke (East) 637 
Stokeham 386 
Stouphill 704 
Straglethorp 491 
Strelley 595 
Sturton-in-the-Clay 

356 
Styrrup 430 
St. Anne's 136 
Sunnydale 698 
Sutton-in.Ashfield595 
Sutton Bonnington655 
Sutton nr. Granby495 
Sutton-upon-Trent699 
Sutton-cum-Lound443 
Syerston 638 
Swinnows 546 
Teversall 600 
Thieves Wood 37 
Thoresby Hall 419 
Thorney 639 
Thorney Wood Chase 

38, Abbey 698 
Thoroton 504 
Thorpe 374 
Thorpe-in-Glebis 657 
Thorpe by Newark 640 
Thorpe 374,(West)660 
Tinker House 552 
Toadhole 592 
Tollerton 513 
Thrumpton 438 & 657 
Thurgarton 700 
Thurgarton Hund. 661 
Tilne 345 
Tithbyfill 
Todds Row 570 
Torworth 403 
Toton 550 
Trent Port 355 
Treswell 387 
Trowell 600 
Tuxford 387 
Two-mile House 553 
Underwood 592 
Upton 701 & 374 



Villa-real 417 

Walesby 445 

Walkeringham 358 

Wallingwells 446 

Walkrith Ferry 358 

Wansley 592 

Warsop 447 

Watnall 565 

Wei beck Abbey 450 

Weldon 698 

Welham 335 

Wellow 393 

Westhorpe 660 & 696 

Weston 702 

Westwood 388 & 592 

Whatton 513 

Wheatley (North) 359 

Wheatley( South) 361 

Whiteborough 600 

Whitehouses 438 

Whitemoor Place 553 

Whitemoor519 

Whyburn 568 

Widmerpool 657 

Wigsley 639 

Wigthorpe411 

Wilford 658 

Willoughby 446 & 684 

Willou^hby-on-the- 
Wolds 659 

Winkbourne 703 

Winthorpe 640 

Wise ton 337 

Wiverton 516 

Woodbo rough 703 

Woodcotes 6/0 

Woodhouse & Wood- 
end 412 

Woodnook 592 

Wocdhouse Hall 454 

Wollaton 601 

Worksop 454 

Worksop Manor 456 

Worney Wood 666 

Wysall 660 

Zouch Bridge 656 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Acklom fam. 338 
Albani Nigellus 370 
Alabaster 48 
Althorp Viscount 337 
AncientBritons J 5, 78 
Antiquities 18 
Antoninus 79 
Archdeacon 6*2 
Architecture 59 
Asylum (lunatic) 173 
Ayscough Saml. J 79 
Babyngtons 385, 649 
Bathurst Earl 413 
Battle of Stoke 637 
Beetles 400 
Bel voir Vale of 43 
Bentinck fam. 451 
Bigland John 426 
Bishop Blaize 95 
Biter bit 95 
Blanket Thomas 194 
Blow John 630 
Bobbin net trade 197 
Borough English 47 
Boroughs rotten 307 
Bribery 307 
Brightmore Rev. Wm. 

177 
Brown Robert 611 
Brunt Samuel 527 
BuggeHall 192 
Busli Roger de 22 
Byron Lord 581 
Canals 53, 93,303, 351 
Cantelupe Nichs. 564 
Cartwright Major 310, 

679 
Caunt George 100 
Caves 78, 120 
Cavendish family 467, 

570 
Cavendish Hon. Hy. 

172 
Chappell Bishop 377, 

530 
Chaworth fam. 5 16,544 
Chanties 59 



Churches gone, 343, 
362, 500, 510, 514, 
559, 630, 644, 653, 
654, 657, 678 
Christianity introdu- 
ced 19 
Civil wars 88, 606 
Clay district 43, 329, 

361 
Clergy charity 145 
Clifton fam. 645 
Climate 13, 42 
Clinton fam. 468 
Cloth manfr. 85, 194 
Cludd's oak 697 
Clumber 465 
Coal and lime 43, 47 
Cockle Sir J. 36 
Collieries563,565,566, 
570,571, 592, 593, 
595, 597, 601 
Commerce 49 
Coronation service460 
Cotton mills 204,412, 
413,521, 5S3 f 596, 
687 
Cotton manufr. 204 
County rate 14 
County Hall 139 
Courts (civil) 62 
Courts (spiritual,) 62 
Cranmer Abp. 514 
Cricket 97, 183 
Cromwell fam. 66S 
Cuckoo bush 647 
Cuckstool 94 
Cultivation & produce 

43 
Danes 20, 83, 642 
Deaneries 14, 514 
Dean river 52 
Deering Chas. M. D. 
177 8 J 

Delamere Lord 92 
Denison Wm. 685 
Denman fam. 319 
Devon river 605 



Distances 704 

Dodsley 530 

Domesday Book 21 

Dover beck 52 

Drainage 352 

Drought 87 

Druids 16 

Duels 101,517 

Earls of Nottingm. 24 

Earthquakes 97, 106, 
531 

Election and Police 
Bill 101 

Eminent men 30 

Enclosures 39, 58 

Erwash 52 

Executions 141 

Extra-Paro. placesl23 

Eyre fam. 372, 385 

Fairs 184, 311, 352, 
366,341, 388, 397, 
415, 418, 447, 456, 
480, 520, 572, 596, 
604,679, 691, 

Falconry 45 

Farms 46 

Fenton fam. 30, 357 

Flogan Lady 524 

Flood dike 415 

Flood roads 189, 605 

Floods 94, 98, 419, 628 

Foot ball 368 

Forbisher Adml.426 
!Foss (Roman) 18,486, 
503 

Fossils 497 

Forest boundary 40 

Forest officers 41, 64 

Fox covers 343, 409, 
416, 432, 677 

French lace 197 

Gal way Viscount 430 

General hospital 171 

Goody Riley (old) 77 

Greendale Oak 452 

Greet river 52 

Grvmston ghost 393 



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INDEX OF SUBJECTS, 



Gunpowder explosion 

106 
Gypsum 48, 485 
Hacker Col. 486 
Hemlock stone 594 
High Sheriff 23 
Hills, altitude of 74 
HolderWm.D.D. 177 
Holies Sir Wm. 432 
Holyrood feast 41 
Honor of Peverel 82 
Hop growers 324, 391, 

375, 423, 446, 698 
Hospital (county) 171 
Hotham Capt. 89 
Hotham Bishop 450 
House of Correction 

695 
Howard family 463 
Howe Admiral 502 
Hudson Kitty 172 
Hundreds 299, 479, 

517, 603, 641, 661 
Hutchinson Col. 89, 

506 
Idle river 53, 353 
Ireton Hy. 549 
Ironstone 591 
King John's palace 

417 

King & Miller, 36, 522 
Kippis Rev. And. 178 
Kingston Duke of 421 
Knights of the Roval 

Oak, 29 
Lace trade 48, 193 
Lee Rev. Wra. 196 
Lee the shoemkr. 694 
Leen River 52 
Lenton Priory 572 
Lexington Barons of 

377 
Lichfield Col. 530 
Lightning, 310, 532, 

693 
Lightfoot John D.D 

637 
Lilley John 612 
Little John 32 
Lovel Lord 637 
Lovetot family, 457 
Luddism, 102 to 106 
Magistrates, 65 



Magnus Thos, 610 
Maiden's rent, 22 
Malt 206, 455, 604 
Mansfield 518 ; manor 
customs 522; church 
523 ; chapels 525 ; 
charities 526; fairs 
520; freestone 519 
gas 525 ; railway 54; 
races 521 ; rock 
houses 520 ; riots, 
&c. 531 ; manufctrs. 
519 ; schools 526 ; 
Viscounts 522 
Mansfield Wm de 529 
Manufactures 48 
Manvers Earl 421 

Dowager Cntss. 498 
Market Towns 14, 704 
Markham Sir J. 381 
Maun river 52 
Meadows fam. 421 
Meden river 52 
Mellish fam. 399 
Members of Parlia- 
ment 14 
Merry Andrew 648 
Merry Walter 1 78 
Middleton Lord 601 
Minster 692 
Millington Giib. 177 
Militia 95 
Mineralogy 47 
Molyneux fam. 501 
Monasteries 23 
Monktonfam.430 
Montagu fam. 576 
Moor Dr. 438 
Mortimer's Hole, 117 
Murders 596, 141 
Musters fam, 667 
Nan Scott 681 
Nell Gwynne 573 
New beer act 109 
Newcastle Duke of 
468, 452 ; family 
vaults 383 ; Dowager 
Duchess 396 
Newstead Abbey 579 
New villages, see Rad- 
ford, Lenton, and 
Sneinton 
Nonconformists 91 



Norfolk Dukes of 464 
Norman Conquest 21 
Nottingham see p 11 
Nottingham Earls of 

24 

Nottingham Wm. 177 
Nuthall temple 582 
Oaks (large) 36, 452, 

453 
Orchards 45 
Palaces 417, 442,694 
Papist Holes 120 
Pakynton Lady 385 
Parkyns Sir Ts. 643 
Parliament Oak 418 
Patefield Thos. 482 
Pedestrian 95 
PeetThos. 178 
Peers, &c. 66 
Pelham fam. 468 
Peverel court & prison 

139,572 
Peverel fam. 22,24 
PhillipotWm. 611 
Picts& Scots 17, 19 
Pierrepont fam. 420 
Plague 92, 481, 490, 

681 
Plantations 38 
Poll tax 75 
Poor laws 88 
Poor rates 13 
Poor state of 56 
Population 61 
Portland Duke of 451 
Prebends 63 
Provident institution! 

60 
Public officers 63 
Queen Adelaide's lac< 

dress 204 
Rabbit warrens 45 
Races 183, 521 
Rail road 54 
Rainworth water 52 
Rancliflfe Lord 644 
Rastall Wm.D.680 
Rebellions 93, 94 
Reform meetings 108 
Reform bill 12, 109; 

riots 109 to 115 : 

532, 550 
Rents 47 



INDKX OF SUBJECTS. 



II 



Retford [East] 302; 
cliarters 304 ; bri- 
bery 307 ; franchise 
extended 301 ; cor- 
poration 308 ; cha< 
rities 315 ; churches 
& chapels 31 2; mar- 
ket, &c. 311 
Revolution 92 
Ridley H. 529 
Riots 95, 97, 100, 109, 

110,531,532,557 
Rivers & canals 49 
Roads 54 
Robin Hood 31 
Robin Hood's hills 19 

cave 409 
Rock houses 122, 520 
Roger de Busli 22 
Romans 17 
Roman Stations, 80, 
337, 348, 428, 486, 
496, 521, 577, 629, 
642, 658, 659, 691 
Roman Villa, 577, 18 
Rooke Major 577 
Rufford Abbey 439 
Ryton River 52 
Sandby T. & Paul 178 
Sandys Abp. 442, 693 
Savile Family 439 
Savings' Banks 60 
Saw, Circular 521 
Saxons 19, 312, 372 
St. John (Baron) 648 
Scarborough Earl of 

66 & 439 
Seats of Gentry, 67 
Serlby Family 429 
7 Shilling Tickets 99 
Shepherd's Race 136 
Sherwood Forest 35 



Shrewsbury Erl. of 457 
Silver Pennies 493 
Southwell Minster 692. 

Abp's palace 694, 

Prebendaries 63 
Smite river 52 & 497 
Soil & surface 42 
Springs (mineral) 335, 

388, 486, 497, 500, 

596, 504 
Stafford Mr. 482 
Staunton fam. 636 
St. Anne's Well 136 
Sterne family 30 
Stocking frames 196 
Stone quarries 48 
Stone Hy. 611 
Storms 87, 94, 531,532, 

545 
Subterranean trees 35 
Sutton fam. 377 & 675 
Swainmote court 41 
Sylvan scenerv 421 
Talbot fam. 457 
Tempest 87 
Tenures 46 
Test Act, &c. 91 
Thatched houses 87 
Thoresby hall 419 
Thoroton RL M.D. 

488, 509 
Thompson Chas. 528 
Tournament 521 
Trent river 49, 332 
Trent bridge 190 
Trent navigation 51 
Troglodytes 79, 520 
Turnpike Acts 9 
Twist machines 194 
Twentyman John 606 
Vaccine innocn. 77 
Views 74, 341, 688 



Volunteers 99, 532 
WaddingtonSaml.389 
Wakefield Gilbert 178 
Wallingwells 447 
Wapentakes 14 
Warren Admiral 594 
Wars of the Roses 86 
Wasteneys Sir H. 373 
Waterspout 96 
Welbeck abbey 450 
White (Bishop) 612 
White Hy. Kirke 179 

and 645 
White Robert 482 
White Sir Thos. 167 
White John 377 
Whitehead J ph 597 
Wm. I. 21, 82, Wm. 

IV. 108 
Willoughby fam. 601 
Wise men of Gotham 

647 
Witchcraft 181 
Woad or Weld 45 
Wolds 43 
Wolf-house 577 
Wollen river 52 
Woollen mfr 194 
Wollaton hall 601 
Woods (ancient) 37 
Workhouses (associ- 
ated) 654, 671, 701 
Worksop abbey church 

458 
Worksop manor 460 
Wrestling 368 & 643 
Wylde Gervas 448 
Yeomanry cavalry 98, 

108 
YorkMinsterburntlOS 
Zoology 45 



NOTTINGHAM INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Almshouses 162 
Ancient history 78 
Annals 78 to 115 
Assembly room 182 
Asylum 173 
Barracks 120 
Baths 174 
Benefactions 167 
Bobbins & carige. 195 



Bobbin net trade 193 
Brewhouse yd 123 
Bridges 188 
Bugge hall 192 
Burgess land 132 
Canals 98 
Castle 115, destroyed 

by fire 111 
Caves 120 



Chapel bar 119 
Chapels 153 
Chantries 147 
Charities 162 
Churches 147 
Civil wars 88 
Coaches 291 
Cotton mills, &c. 204 
County hall 139 



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NOTTINGHAM INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Corporation, charters 
&c. 129, seal 132, 
list of aldermen; 
&c. 143 
County of the town 129 
Courts of law 137 
Cricket ground 183 
Directory 216 
Dispensaries 172 
Eccentricity 182 
Eminent men 177 
Exchange 140 
Extra- parochial places 

123 
Fairs 184 
Fishery 190 
Flood road 189 
Florist society 176 
Forest (The) 135 
Fort 119 
Friaries 146 
Friendly societies 174 
Gardens 125, 183 
Gas works 186 
General Hospital 171 
Grammar school 158 
Gunpowder explosion 

106 
Hackney coaches 183, 

293 
Hills (altitude of; 74 
Hollowstone 119 
Hospitals 162 
House of correct. 141 
Improvements 191 



Infirmary 171 

Lace trade 197 

Lamps & watch 186 

Libraries 175 

Local coins 91 

Longevity 77 

Luddism 102 

Markets, Fairs, &c. 
184 

Mayor's feast 132 

Meadows 133 

M.P's. 143 

Militia 95, 102 

Monasteries 145 

Mortimer's Hole, 117 

Museum 176 

News rooms 175 

Newspapers 176 

Numbering the houses 
206 

Papist holes 120 

Parishes 126 

Park 125 

Parliamentary rights 
136 

Peverel court 138 

Pillory 102 

Police office, 102, 141 
officers 144 

Plumptre house 192 

Poor rates, 127 

Population 75 

Post office 184, 215 

Public accommoda- 
tion 183 



Public officers, 127 

144 
Queen's dress 197 
Races 183 
Radford grove 183 
Reform riots 109 
Reform bill 12 
Rivers 188 
Rock houses 120 
Sand and clay fields 

134 
Savings' bank 174 
Sneinton hermitage 

122 
Springs & pumps 188 
Standard hill 124 
Stockingframes 196 
Streets list of 208 
Theatre 182 
Thurland Hall 192 
Tolls 185 

Town Hall & Gaol 141 
Trade & manufactures 

193 
Trent bridge, &c. 190 
Turnpikes 94 
Twist machines 197 
Volunteers 99 
Walls and gates 1 18 
Waterworks 187 
White's (Sir Thos.) 

loan money 167 
Witchcraft 181 



REFORM BILL.— Under this Act, which passed in June, 1832, 
Nottinghamshire will send four Representatives to Parliament, — 
viz. two for the North Division, which comprises the hundreds of 
Bassetlaw and Broxtow, and two for the South Division^ which in- 
cludes the Hundreds of Bingham, Newark, Rushcliffe, and Thur- 
garton. The places of election will be at Mansfield and Newark ; 
but the poll will also be taken at Nottingham, East Retford, Newark, 
Bingham, and Southwell. Under the provisions of this Act, the resi- 
dent freemen of Nottingham, Newark, and Retford, still retain their 
elective franchise, in conjunction with all the occupiers of houses, 
&c. of the annual value of £\b and upwards. The borough of Ret- 
ford, is still to comprehend Bassetlaw. For further particulars, see 
the Act, which has already been honoured with great rejoicings at 
Nottingham and other places, and which will be brought into opera- 
tion during the autumn or winter of the present year, 1832. 



GENERAL HISTORY 



DESCRIPTION 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE has long- been famed for the num- 
ber and splendour of the seats of its^ nobility and gentry, for 
the diversity of its soil, and the variety and exellence of its 
agricultural productions ; for its immense forest trees, and 
curious rock-houses and caves ; for its profusion of wood, 
water, and game, and for the extent and importance of its lace 
and hosiery manufactures. It is an inland county, of an oval 
figure, 50 miles in length from north to south, and 25 miles in 
breadth from east to west, and lies betwixt 52 cleg. 50 min. and 
53 deg. 33 min. North latitude, and 43 min. and one deg. 33 
min. JVest longitude from the meridian of Greenwich. It is 
bounded by Yorkshire on the north, by Lincolnshire on the east, 
by Leicestershire on the south, and by Derbyshire on the west. 
Its circumference is estimated at upwards of 140 miles, and its 
solid contents at $37 square miles, equal to 535,680 statute 
acres. Its population has enereased since the year 1801, from 
140,350 to upwards of 200,000 souls, as will be seen in a subse- 
quent page. Its climate is dry and salubrious, the average 
scale of mortality being only about one in 58, which is nearly 
the average ratio of the mortality of the whole kingdom. The 
amount of its poor-rates collected in 1815 was £121,461, and in 
1823, £81,321 ; of which latter, £57,613 was levied on lands; 
£20,215 on dwelling-houses; £2,863 on mills and factories, 
and £630 on manorial profits, &c. The sum paid out of the 



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HISTORY OF 



parochial rates in the same year to the Ccunty Rate, was .£9042. 
(See p. 128.) The annual rental of the land in this county was 
assessed for the Property Tax, in 1811, at .£534,992 ; and the 
amount of real property in 1815, was assessed for the same tax 
at .£737,922. The county sends eight members to Parliament , 
viz. two for the county at large, — two for Nottingham, — two 
for Newark, and two for Retford, and the rest of the Hundred 
of Bassetlaw — which, from its containing the seats of three 
Dukes, (Newcastle, Norfolk, and Portland) and several other 
noble mansions and parks, has been called " The DukeryP 

Under the anoient Britons, Nottinghamshire formed part of 
the province inhabited by the Coritani, who stood next in rank 
and strength to their neighbours, the Brigantes, who occupied 
all the counties in the Northern Circuit of England, and were 
the most numerous and powerful of all the British tribes that 
possessed the Island before the invasion of the Romans, by 
whom this county was comprised in the consular province of 
Maxima Ccesariensis, and in the prsesidial district called 
Flavia Cms aliens? s. During the Saxon Heptarchy, it formed 
part of the kingdom of Mercia ; but since the union of the seven 
Anglo-Saxon States under one monarch, it has been included in 
the Province of York, and in the Midland Circuit of England, 
and now forms, in ecclesiastical matters, an Archdeaconry in 
the Diocese of York, (see p. 144,) subdivided into the four 
Deaneries of Nottingham, Bingham, Newark, and Retford, 
and the peculiar jurisdiction attached to Southwell Collegiate 
Church; which contain collectively about 180 parishes, 50 
chapelries, and 500 villages and hamlets, with nine market 
towns, (viz. Bingham, Blyth, Mansfield, Newark, Ollerton, 
Retford, Southwell, Tuxford, and Worksop,) exclusive of 
Bawtry, which is mostly in Yorkshire; and Nottingham, 
which, though it is considered the capital of the shire, forms a 
distinct town and county of itself, (see p. 73,) except the site 
occupied by the County-hall and gaol. In civil government 
Nottinghamshire is divided into six hundreds, viz. Bassetlaw, 
Bingham, Broxtow, Newark, Rushcliffe, and Thurgarton, each 
of which has two chief Constables, except Bassetlaw, which has 
three, and is divided into three large divisions, distinguished by 
the names of North Clay, South Clay, and Hatfield, and con- 
taining more than two-fifths of the county, but only about one 
fifth of its population, the greater portion of which is in the 
southern divisions of the shire, in and near Nottingham. (See 
p. 76.) There were anciently two hundreds or wapentakes* 

* Wapentakes as the Hundreds of Yorkshire and some other counties are called, 
derived their name from an ancient ceremony, in which the governor of every 
Hundred, on being appointed to the office, met all the elder men of his district, 
and holding up his spear they all touched it with theirs, and from this touch of 
weapons they were confirmed in one common interest, and their district was called 
a WeapontquQh c 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



15 



in the county, called Lyda and Osivardebec, but the former is 
now merged in the Hundred of Thurgarton, and the latter 
forms the North Clay Division of Bassetlaw. According to 
Judge Blackstone, England was first divided into counties, 
hundreds, and tithings, by Alfred the Great, to prevent the ra- 
pines and disordeis which formerly prevailed in the realm, by 
making the inhabitants of each district responsible for the 
damage which might be committed by lawless mobs. Tithings 
were so called because ten freeholders with their families com- 
posed one. A number (perhaps 100) of these tithings, towns, 
or vills, originally composed a superior division called a Hun- 
dred, in each of which a court was annually held for the trial of 
causes. An indefinite number of these hundreds, which now 
vary both in size and population, form a county or shire, the 
civil government of which is confined to the shire-reeve or 
sherirf, who is elected annually. Soon after the introduction of 
Christianity, the kingdom was divided into parishes, and after- 
wards into bishoprics. 

Ancient Britons. — For nearly four thousand years of the 
world's existence the history of Britain is almost a blank, 
except so far as it may be read in its geological phenomena ; 
and previous to the invasion of Julius Caesar, .55 years before 
the birth of Christ, scarcely any thing is known of its inhabi- 
tants, though two zealous antiquarians have assigned dates 
much earlier than that period to the two Universities- of Oxford 
and Cambridge, the birth of the former of which they have car- 
ried as far back as the fall of Troy, and that of the latter to the 
days of Cantabar, 394 years before the Christian era ! We 
may no doubt find the prototype of these modern antiquaries in 
the old monkish historians, who inform us that the British 
King, Ebranc, founded York in the year of the world 2983, 
and Nottingham about forty years afterwards. (See p. T&.) 
Historians all agree that the Aborigines of Britain were a tribe 
of Gallic Celts, who emigrated from the Continent and settled 
here, probably about a thousand years prior to the Christian 
era.f Previous to the Roman conquest, the ancient Britons in 
the southern parts of the island, had made some progress 
towards civilization ; but those in the north were as wild and 
uncultivated as their native hills, and subsisted chiefly by hunt- 
ing, and the spontaneous fruits of the earth ; wearing for their 
clothing, (when the inclemency of the season compelled them to 
such incumbrances,) the skins of animals, and dwelling in 
habitations formed by the " pillars of the forest rooted in the 
earth, and enclosed by intorwoven branches." Their religion, 
which formed one part of their free monarchial government, 
was Druidical ; but its origin is not certainly known, though 
some affirm that the Druids accompanied the Celts in early ages 

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16 HISTORY OF " 

from the east; and others, that Druid ism nvas introduced into 
England by the Phoenicians of Cadiz, who were the first mer- 
chants who discovered and traded to this island, and, for a con- 
siderable time, monopolized its commerce, by carefully con- 
cealing- their traffic from other nations ; bat the lucrative trade 
in tin, and other useful metals with which Britain abounds, was 
ultimately traced to its source, and soon brought the Roman 
and other, merchants to our shores. 

The civil jurisdiction and religion of the Druids prevailed 
in every part of the island. They dispensed justice ; not under 
any written code of laws, but on what they professed to be 
equitable principles — all their verdicts being determined by 
such sense as the assembled delegates entertained of impartial 
justice, and on discordance of opinion in the congress, appeal 
was made to the Arch-Druid, whose sentence was decisive. 
Their religious ceremonies were few, and nearly in unison with 
those of the ancient Hebrews ; they worshipped on high places 
and in deep groves ; and were not addicted to idolatry, as some 
authors have asserted, but adored the God of Nature, and ren- 
dered him praise on the yearly succession of seasons, which 
they kept as solemn festivals. Though they dealt largely in 
allegory, and symbolical representations, they practised but 
little priestcraft, and held not the ignorance of their votaries in 
the bonds of superstition, for they clearly explained the mys- 
teries and symbols used in their ceremonies to the initiated, but 
to none else. To remove from the people all possibility of 
sophistry and innovation, their maxims of justice were taught 
orally; the sons of chief pesonages were disciples in their ethic 
schools, where the rules of moral life were inculcated as the 
foundation of human wisdom. They studied medicine, and the 
virtues of plants, of which the Mi&letoe was their chief specific, 
and they held nothing so sacred as the misletoe of the oak, 
which, being very scarce, they gathered with great pomp and 
ceremony on a certain day appointed for their greatest festival. 
In their civil government, capital offenders were sentenced to 
death, and publicly sacrificed on the altars of their temples, in 
the most awful and solemn manner, whilst those convicted for 
minor crimes were excluded from public worship, and excom- 
municated from all civil and religious benefits, till they had 
washed away, with the tears of repentance, the stains with which 
their guilt had branded them. Julius Csesar, in his " Com- 
mentaru de Bello Gallico," says the Druids, (as the Gauls call 
call their magicians or wisemen) inculcated the immortality and 
transmigration of the soul, and discoursed " with youth much 
about the heavenly bodies and their motion, the size of the 
heaven and the earth, the nature of things, and the influence and 
power of the immortal gods," The British Druids exercised 
their utmost authority in opposing the usurpation of the Roman 
invaders, who, fired with equal resentment, determined to secure 



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themselves by exterminating the Druidic order, consequently its 
pi i* sacrificed to this inhuman policy; those who fled to 

the [ale of Anglesea perished in thenamea, by the orders of 
Suetonius, and subsequently, great nombeni of them were mas- 
i-ed in the unsuccessful revolt of the Britons under Queen 
Boadicea. From this period, the power and splendour of the 
Druids rapidly disappeared. 

Komws.— Julius (asar baring overrun Gaol, invaded Bri- 
tain before the birth of Christ, and, after a sanguinary 
struggle renewed in the following year, succeeded in establish- 
ing a Roman government, unsettled in its nature, and transient 
in its duration, for, being distracted by domestic war, the con- 

(juerors were obliged to return home, in order to preserve the 

seat of their empire; consequently, the Britons remained un- 
molested till the year a. n. 43, s/hen the Etoperor Claudius sent 
over an armv ander the command of Plautwis, who was suc- 

ded by Ostiums Scapula, and he hy Suetonius Paulinas, w ho 
completed the conquest of I great part of Britain, and, after 
exterminating many thousands of the Druids, abolished their 
rites and ceremonies. But the dominion of the Romans in 

Britain, was not finally established until they were placed under 
the command of Agricolo^ who did not venture to penetrate into 
the north of England till a.i>. 90; when be marched his legions 
from Haneuniutn (Manchester,) along the western coast to Scot- 
land, where he endeavoured to secure his conquests by erecting- a 
chain efforts across the isthmus between the Friths of Forth 
and Clyde. He then marched his troops hack, through the con- 
quered tribes, and in the year 84, he extended from Solway Frith 
to Tvncmouth, a chain <>f stations, which, in 124, were connect- 
ed by an earthen rampart rained hy the Emperor Adrian, as an 
obstruction to the Caledonians, who, proudly refusing- to crouch 
to the imperial eagle, frequently descended in rage from their 
mountains, and penetrating into the Roman territories, com- 
mitted in them dreadful ravages. This earthen barrier was 
afterwards strengthened by the great wall of stone which the 
Emperor Severus built across the island, from Solway Frith to 
the mouth of the ri.ver Tyne, in a.d. 208. After this, York 
(were Severus died,) was made the capital of Maxima Ccesari- 
ensis, the great Roman province in which Nottinghamshire 
was comprised. The presence of numerous Roman legions, 
restrained the warlike spirit of the Britons during the third 
century, and towards its close, they enjoyed some semblance of 
independence under Caurausius ; hut his assassination enabled 
Constantine again to subject them to the Roman arms, and he 
soon afterwards took with him to his wars in Gaul, the flower 
of the British youth ; leaving the country a^ain open to the 
devastating incursions of the Pits and the Scots. Dissensions 
within, and assaults from without, were now fast hastening the 
destruction of the overgrown empire of Rome, and in a.d. 446, 

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HISTORY OF 



the Romans finally relinquished all possession, power, and 
authority in Britain. 

Roman Antiquities. — During their residence in Britain the 
Romans accomplished many great public works. In Lincoln- 
shire they cut several large drains, and raised a stupendous 
embankment to guard the marshes and fens agains the en- 
croachments of the sea. Several of their roads and camps may 
still be traced in Nottinghamshire. The great Camp on Holly- 
hilly near Arnold, is supposed to have been the central depdt of 
the Roman forces in this district, as, from its greatjelevation,. 
all the exploratory camps are easily distinguished, and its vici- 
nity to Nottingham gives great weight to the opinion of Dr. 
Gale, that the Roman Station Causennis, occupied the site of 
that town (See p. 80.) Near Mansfield, the late Major Rooke 
discovered extensive remains of a curious Roman Villa, which 
will be described in its proper place. Spears, fibula, and keys 
of brass, evidently of Roman workmanship, have been found in 
various parts of the county, especially about Newstead, and 
between Mansfield and Harlow Wood; many brass celts have 
been found betwixt Hexgrave and Rain worth water, but these 
are generally considered to be of British origin. Many Roman 
roads have intersected the county in various directions ; near 
Willoughby-on-the- Wolds, the ancient Fosseway enters from 
Leieesterthire, and, passing on to Newark, crosses the Ermin- 
street from London to York ; in its course to Lincoln and the 
coast. This road may be easily traced for many miles along the 
Wolds, and is literally a fosse, dug so deep that an army might 
march along it even now, without being seen except by those 
on the very brink of the bank. Several of the roads through 
the Wolds cross it in different places, particularly about Ow- 
thorpe; and in many parts the remains of the old pitching with 
stones set on edge may be found by clearing away the grass and 
weeds. The remains of exploratory camps, and of military 
ways, leading invariably in a north-west direction, may be traced 
through the Forest tracts. One of them passes from Newark, 
between Norwood Park and Kirklington, to Southwell and 
Mansfield ; but part of it on the Forest, near Rainworth water 
has been destroyed, though it was for many centuries after the 
Norman Conquest, the common high road from Newark to 
Mansfield, and was called the Street. 

Of British Antiquities, Nottinghamshire boast but few, 
except we agree with Dr. Stukely and some other antiquaries, 
who place many of the rocky cavities about Nottingham in this 
class, (see pages 79 and 120 ) Brenfs-hill, near Barton, four 
miles S.W. of Nottingham, is generally believed to be the site 
of a British camp, and though the fortifications which once 
crowned its summit have long been levelled, there are still ves- 
tiges enough on its sides to show that it has been a place 
capable of. ah obstinate defence, for there have, been originally 



RBAMMURg* 19 

J. r * earthen banks, each about half a mile in extent, which must 
have been successively forced before an enemy could attack the 
citadel. That it has been a place of importance, if -till farther 

evinced by the number of coins which have been found in it- 
ruins. At O&ton there are three large tumuli, the largest of 
which is 53 t'vvl in diameter, and so opened l>v the late Major 
Jiooke, who found in it an urn t made of iron, and rilled with 
ashes and burnt bones; Lying near it he also found a large 
sword in a wooden scabbard, broken into several pieces, two 
daggars, and 15 glass beads, blue, yellow, and green, which he 

Considers to have been worn by some ancient British warrior. 

On the western limits of Worksop Park y there are era] 

ancient tumuli, and they have now growing upon them some 
very old oaks, which add much to their air of antiquity. Robin 

HoocFs-hiM, on the western verge of the forest, behind New- 
stead Abbey, form a curious kind of amphitheatre at the end of 
a little valley, and have, at a distance, the appearance of tumuli, 
but on a near inspection, they are found too large to have been 

the work of art, which may, however, have had some hand in 

producing the regularity of their appearance <>n the summit 
of the highest, there was formerly a seat cut out of the solid 
rock, with a canopy over it, called Robin Hood's chair, though 
it was probably of much higher antiquity than that legendary 
freebooter of Sherwood forest. 

The Saxons, who, after the departure of the Romans, were 
invited over to assist the Britons against the Piets and Scots, 
had no sooner subdued these enemies, than in their greedy con- 
cupiscence to possess the fertile eountrv for which they had 
been Bghtittg, they turned their weapons upon the Britons, who 
made an obstinate resistance, which ended in their final over- 
throw. During this fatal contest, the Britons fought twelve 
battles under their renowned King Arthur, and several others 
under Vortigern. In 618, Arthur expelled the Saxons from 
this and the adjacent counties, and almost from the inland ; but 
after the death of that monarch, thev again prevailed, and soon 
gained an entire conquest over the whole country, which they 
ultimately divided into seven kingdoms, and included Notting- 
hamshire in that of Mrrcia, of which Lincoln was the capital. 
The religion of the Druids now gave way to the more barbarous 
superstitions of the Saxons, who worshipped the sun and the 
moon, adored the god of thunder, had images in their temples, 
practised sacrifices, and believed firmlv in spells and incanta- 
tions. Happily this idolatry did not long exist in Britain, for 
Pope Gregory I. in 590, despatched Augustine, a Roman monk, 
with forty associates to preach Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons 
and the conquered Britons, most of whom became converts to 
the Christian faith, and Augustine was consequently created 
Archbishop of Canterbury. In 628, Pmdinus, another Roman 
isionary, was created Archbishop of York, and was the t 



20 HISTORY OF 

who preached Christianity in Mercia, where he followed the vic- 
torious arms of Edwin, King of Northumbria, when that newly 
converted monarch made Penda, the wicked and hoary-headed 
King- of Mercia, his vassal. Paulinus baptized many thousands 
in the Trent, near Torksey Ferry. The kingdom of Mercia 
continued upwards of two centuries, during- which, there 
reigned in it eighteen kings, and Nottingham is supposed to 
have been sometimes the seat of government. The present 
name of this county is softened from the Saxon appellation, 
Snottingham-scyre. (See p. 80.) The Saxon invaders were 
confederated tribes, consisting of the Angles, (hence the term 
Anglo-Saxons,) the Jutes, and the genuine Saxons, who had 
long been settled on the shores of the German Ocean, and ex- 
tended from the Eyder to the Rkyne. 

The Danes, who had long envied the Saxons whilst they 
possessed the largest and richest island in Europe, fitted out a 
mighty fleet, and entered the H umber in 867, from which time 
till 940, they frequently penetrated into the interior of the 
country, and several times took possession of Nottingham. (See 
p. 82.) In their plundering inroads here and in other parts of 
the island, these pagans burnt and destroyed villages, monas- 
teries, &c. and spared neither sex nor age. Their repeated in- 
cursions compelled the Anglo-Saxon monarehs to lay aside their 
own differences, and confederate for mutual defence ; and by 
the skill of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, the invaders 
w T ere at length subdued. The sovereignty of Mercia fell into 
the hands of Alfred, who stripped it of its regal honours, though 
some places w T ere still retained by the Panes, amongst which 
were Lincoln, Stamford, and Nottingham. The Saxons, who 
had on a certain night massacred all the Panes that lived pro- 
miscuously amongst them, brought upon their own heads a just 
retribution ; for Sweyn, King of Denmark, to revenge this 
cruelty, soon afterwards invaded the kingdom, and in 1013, 
brought his fleet up the Trent to Gainsborough, and landing 
his forces, created such terror, that the whole country soon 
submitted to his yoke. Sweyn, however, did not long enjoy 
his success, for he died at Gainsborough in the following year,, 
and was succeeded by his son Canute, the most powerful mo- 
narch of his time,, betwixt whom and Edmund Ironside, (the 
Saxon heir to the throne,) after several sanguinary struggles, 
the kingdom was for a short time divided. Canute was suc- 
ceeded in 1036 by his son Harold r who died in 1039, when 
Hardicanute ascended the throne, but this licentious tyrant 
died two years afterwards, when Edward the Confessor (a Saxon) 
was raised to the throne by the voice of the people, to the ex- 
elusion of Sweyn, the Danish claimant. Edward died in 1066, 
and with him ended both the Saxon and the Danish rule in 
Britain. 



<HAMMUi S3 

NORMAN CONQUEST. 

.Alter the (loath of Edward, Harold, the BOH of Godwin, as- 
cended the throne, but was opposed l>v his brother Tosti, at 
whose instance, Harfrager, King- or Norway, entered the 
Hutnber with a mighty armament, embarked on board a kind 
of Norwegian armada, and landed his forces in Yorkshire, 
where they were completely overthrown by Harold, who left 

his brother and his royal confederate dead on the field. Harold's 

triumph was, however, of short duration, for, whilst rejoicing 
over his victory at York, he received information that frilliam 

Duke of Normandy, (whom it was said, Edward with his dying 
breath nominated as his BUCCessor,) had landed at L'avensev, in 
Sussex, with a numerous and well-disciplined army. To meet 

this foe, Harold marched bis forces to Hastings, where, in ■ 
sanguinary battle, he lost both his life and bis kingdom. No 
sooner was William the Conqueror Mated on the English throne, 
than he showed that his policy was to root out the ancient no- 
bility, and to degrade the native inhabitants of the humbler 

classes to the rank of miserable slaves, though in this work he 
was obstinately but unsuccessfully opposed in the north of 
England, where he burnt York and many other places to the 

ground, and swore u by the splendour of God," (his favourite 
oath,) that he would not leave a soul of his enemies alive. — 
Conscious of the detestation in which he was held, lie enter- 
tained a perpetual jealousy of the English. He butit aud gar» 
risoned strong castles to keep them in awe, and in the wanton- 
ness of his power he obliged them to extinguish their fires and 
candles every evening at the ring- of a bell called M the Curfew/' 
He also caused a survey to be made of all the lands in the king- 
dom, the register of which is called the Domksday Book, and 
Mas finished in 1081, after a labour of six years, on the model 
of the Book of Winchester, compiled bv the order of Alfred the 
Great. Through all time, this " Book of Judicial Verdict" 
will be held in estimation, not merely for its antiquity, but also 
for its intrinsic value. It afforded the Conqueror an exact 
knowledge of his own land and revenue, while the rights of his 
subjects, in disputed cases, were settled by it; and to this day- 
it serves to show what manor is, and what is not, ancient de- 
mesne. It specifies the extent of the land in each district; the 
state it was in. whether meadow, pasture, wood, or arable; the 
name of the proprietor ; the tenure by which it was held, and 
the value at which it was estimated. That nothing might be 
wanting to render this document complete, and its authority 
perpetual, commissioners were appointed to superintend the sur- 
vey, and the returns were made under the sanction of juries of all 
orders of freemen in each district, empanelled for the purpose. 
This best monument to the memory of the Conqueror, written in 
Roman, with a mixture of Saxon, is still preserved in the 



22 



HISTORY OF 



chapterhouse, at Westminster, amongst the national archives. 
This valuable manuscript, which had for so* many centuries re- 
mained unpublished, was printed in the 40th of George III. 
for the use of the Members of both Houses of Parliament, and 
the public libraries of the kingdom. As we shall give in the 
parish histories in this volume, a translated copy from this 
ancient document of all that is important relative to the manors 
and estates of Nottinghamshire, it may be necessary to explain 
the land measures, and several obsolete feudal terms, used at 
the time to which it refers. 

Measurement, &c. in Domesday Book. — A Perch, 20 
feet. An Acre, 40 perches in length and four in breadth. An 
Ooogang or Bovate, as much as a pair of oxen can keep in hus- 
bandry, usually 15 acres. A Virgate or Yard Land.AO acres. 
A Carucate, Carve or Plough Land, generally 1 00 acres, or 
eight oxgangs. A Hide, an uncertain quantity, generally about 
120 acres. A Knight's Fee, five hides. Bereivicks are manors 
within manors. Merchet, or Maiden's rent, was a payment to 
the lord of the manor, in commutation of his right with the virgin 
bride on the marriage of a vassal's daughter. Heriot, a tribute 
to the lord for his better maintenance in war. Tol, Theam, 
Infangentheof, and Thelonia, are described at page 130. Socmen, 
tenants holding land under a socage tenure. Bordars, cottagers. 
Villanes, husbandmen in a state of villanage or vassalage. 

The Conqueror, in parceling out the lands of the kingdom 
amongst his followers, gave in fee to Roger de Busli no fewer 
than 174 manors in Nottinghamshire, being, as Thoroton says, 
" the best part of ninety townships, besides very many other 
towns, which were partly or wholly in soc to some of them." 
This Roger, was one of the greatest barons of his time, 
and had large estates in other counties, especially in York- 
shire, where he erected a castle at Tickhill, but resided 
occasionally at Blyth, in this county. To his natural son, 
William de Peveril, (whose mother was a tanner's daugh- 
ter of Normandy, and married to Ralph de Peveril,) he 
gave in this county 55 manors, and 48 tradesmen's houses in 
Nottingham, besides many other estates in Derbyshire, Leices- 
tershire, and Yorkshire, which together formed the Honour of 
Peveril, of which Nottingham castle, built by the said William, 
under the directions of his reputed father, was the baronial re- 
sidence, (see p. 115,) its first occupant, William de Peveril, 
being distinguished by the title of Earl of Nottingham, and 
having an Honour Court, (which still exists,) for the recovery 
of debts and damages within his extensive jurisdiction. (See p. 
138.) Of the other manors in Nottinghamshire, the Norman 
Conqueror gave to Walter de Eincourt, 34; to Ralph Fitz 
Hubert, 10; to Hugh de Abrincis, Earl of Chester, 4; to 
Alan, Earl of Richmond, 7; to Robert, Earl of Morteign and 
Cornwall, 6 ; to William Mallet, Baron of Eye, 2 ; to Henry 



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Bar] of Derby, 3; to Ralph de Limasi, -; fto Hugh 

(I.- Grentsinesni, 1; to Gfotafi f(l dr Haneelin, 18; to Hugh de 

. of Rieard'a Castle, 6; to Ralph de Baron, lati, 

I of Northumberland, I ; to (Sodiva, Coenteas of Marcia, 

1 ; ami to Algar, Kail of Mercia, J. The bat five were Saxons, 

and had, before the Conqueror disp osse ssed then, very exten- 

tes in this county, where, according to Domesday 
k, the following persona were also landholders, viz. "the 
Archbishop of York, Hi-hop of Lincoln, Bishop of Bayenx, 
Abbot of Burgh, ictayensia, (iilhert de Qand, Gilbert 

de Tison, flbert de I renger de Todeni, Hugh Fitz 

Baldric, Osborne Fitz Richard, i\ol><*rt Fitz William, and 
Willam rloatiarus, or the Usher.' 1 After the conquest, much 
of the land in Nottinghamshire pas s e d to the church and the 
religious fraternities, hut at the if formation most of it re- 
verted to the crown, aim v us subsequently granted to such per- 
is were then in royal favour. (Bee p. 1 l-o 

The k Inmih none in t!ii- ooontj irereno fewer 

than fort) in nam! several of them irere richly endowed. 

At / bere were a Ciuniac priory, a cell of White Fn, 

and an hospital of St. Anthony; at A an abbey of 

Austin canons; at Bauvatle, a Carthusian priory; at /ii/itf/inm, 
a college ; at Bh/th, a Benedictine priory and an hospital of 
John the Evangelist.; at D rade b usk^ near donaUton, an 
hospital; at Btoadhohk, a PrsemonstrateBSiafl nunnery; at 
Clifton, a college; at Felley, an A US tin priory; at FUkettau^ 
an Austin cell; at Mar sh*) a Benedictine cell; at Jfo ta gf aey , a 
Gilhertine priory; at Newark^ an Austin and an Oh-ervant 
friary, and two hospitals, one for templars and the other for 
poor; at Rujford, a( istercran abbey ; at Radford t in Work- 
sop,) an Austin abbey; at >'//'•//"</ /v/, an Austin priory; at South- 
7 , an extensive college and an hospital ; at Stolce, an hospi- 
tal ; at Thuryarton, an Austin priory; at WaUmgwelky a Be- 
nedictine nunnery; at Wetbeck^ a Pru-monstratensian abbey ; 
at Rudd intern, Sibthorp, and Turfi>rd, each a college ; and at 
Nottingham there were eight e-tabli>hments, consisting of 
Friars, Lepers, Knights of St. John, fcc. (see p. 145.) The 
various grants of the lands, &c. belonging- to these foundations, 
which took place at the dissolution of the monasteries, Mill 
be recorded in the histories of the parishes where each institu- 
tion was situated. 

Until the 10th of Elizabeth, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 
had but one High Sheriff, and they appear to have been subdi- 
vided in eighteen Hundreds, for it is written in Domesday Book 
that " in SnoUtngham$oyr* and Derliscyre, the King's peace, 
given with his hand, or with his seal, if it be broken shall be 
amended by the eighteen Hundreds, every Hundred eight 
Pounds ; of this Amends the King hath two parts, the Earl the 
third; — that is, twelve Hundreds the King, and six the Earl." 
In the same record it is also written, " If anyfium, according to 



24 HISTORY OF 

law, shail be banished for any guilt, none but the King can re- 
store Peace to him. A Thane having more than six manors, 
doth not give Relief of his Land, except to the King only eight 
Pounds. If he have only six, or less, to the Sheriif he giveth 
Relief three Marks of Silver, wheresoever he remaineth, in a 
Borough or out. If a Thane, having Soc and Sac, forfeit his 
Land between the King and the Earl, they have the Moiety of 
his Land and Money; and his lawful wife, with his legitimate 
Heirs, if there be any, have the other Moiety." The Earl here 
alluded to was the Conqueror's illegitimate son, Wm. Peveril, 
Earl of Nottingham^ who was governor of Nottingham castle, 
and Lord of the extensive Honour of Peveril, as has already 
been seen. 

An ancient manuscript in the British Museum, (Har. MSS. 
2041) gives the following " Catalogue of the Earls of Notting- 
ham, with a brief historical collection of their loyalty, arms, 
wives, and deaths," down to the year 1624 : — 

EARLS OF NOTTINGHAM. 

" Will am Peverell a natural Sonne of William the Con- 
queror, begotten in Normandy; which William came with his 
father to this his conquest ; who having been brought up in 
military profession, and one that the Conqueror could confide 
in, he advanced him to honour, and gave him his new built 
castle of Nottingham, with severall lordships within this coun- 
ty.* This William with his Nottinghamsh : forces was one of 
the chief Commanders in the third of King Stephen against 
those perfidious Scots, who had invaded England, so farr as 
North Allerton, in the county of Yorke ; where theye received 
their reward, being totally overthrown : and with king Stephen 
in the battle of Lincolne, where he was taken prisoner, so that 
Maude the Empress, had seized on his castle of Notingham, and 
given it to one William Painell : but it was recovered again by 
a stratagem. He married Aveline. 

" William Peverell his sonne and heire, with others, con- 
trived which way to take away the life of Ranulphe Earl of 
Chester, which by poison was done.f After hearing of Henry 

* These amounted to forty-eight tradesmen's houses in the town, and fifty-five 
manors in the Shire. 

f The circumstances connected with this event, strongly mark the ignorant 
superstition of those times, when the simplest and plainest processes were referred 
to magic ; for the monkish writer who relates the story tells us, that a quarrel hav- 
ing arisen between this Peverel and Ranulph de Mcecenis Earl of Chester, the 
former contrived with many others, by sorcery and witchcraft, to kill him ; which 
he accordingly effected by poisoning him ; a mode so certain, as surely not to have 
required the aid either of sorcery or witchcraft ! The perpetrator of this horrible 
deed, fled first into a monastery of his own foundation at Lenton, had his head 
shorn like a Monk, and appeared to have taken the vows ; but he soon found that 
the power of the Church was not sufficient to protect him against a justly incensed 
Monarch. 



NOKTINGfJ AM*H\RK. -•* 

the 2d* fewrv, he fled (he Real me, leaving; all his castles and 
lordshippa to the King's dispossal. He left a daughter and 
heire, Margaret, who married about 1141. 

44 William (Earl of Nottingham in her right) and Earle 
of Ferrers and Derby, of whose antiquity and family you may- 
see more in the earldome of Derby, for Robert his father siilcd 
himscijc Earle junior dc Nottingham.* This title came next to 
John, who was sirnamed Sanz-terre, sixt sonne of Henry 
the Second; which John he made Earl of Moreton (or JNIar- 
tayne) and gave him this castle and honour of Notingham, whom 
had before a castle seated upon an bill near to Marl, in the 
county of Wiltsh : (now called Marleburgh) and lastly was King- 
of this realm. t After this it was granted to the ancient family 
of the Mowbray a ; first to 

"John Moubray,J 27th of Edward the 3d, who was slaine 
in the Holy Land by the Turks, anno. XL1I of Edward 111. 
He married Elizabeth daughter and heire of John Lord Segrave 
who assumed the surname of Segrave, from a lordship in Lei- 
cestersh : their son 

"John Mowbray, created Earle at the coronation of 
king Richard the Second, and II. of his reign.§ He was 
one that entered Scotland, with his joint forces, and died the 
sixst of Richard the 2d at London, without issue and was bu- 
ried there. 

"Thomas Mowbray his brother, succeeded, being next 
heire, and was created Earle of Notingham by Richard the 
second, the VII of the said King's reigne. Hee with other 
Barons entered Scotland with an army of Spearmen and 
Archers; and in the IX of his reign, he constituted the said 
Thomas Earle Marshal of England, for term of life; whose 
loyalty and great service for his King and countrey, the French 
and Spaniards both knew; also he attended king Richard into 
Ireland, the XVIII of his reigne. He was the first that was 
ever honoured by charter with the office of Earle Marshall. — 
His first wife was Elizabeth daughter and heire to John Lo : 
Strange of Blackmeie; she died XXIII of August VII of 
Richard II. without issue. His second wife, viz. Elizabeth 

* We are told that he was a very pious and devout man, *' according to the 
manners of these times," which may have been one of the reasons that induced 
King Richard Cceur de Lion to take his castle and honours ficm him, and bestovr 
them on his brother John. 

f On the return of Richard from the Holy Land, John refused to lesign it, and 
kept it in his own hands until he came to the Crown, in which it was merged for 
some time. 

% This Earl is not mentioned in the general lists, ills creation, if it really 
took place, must have been in 1352. 

§ With this special clause, that he should hold, sub honore CbmitaH, or as parcel 
of this Earldcm, all his other lauds and possessions. He must have entered early 
cvo the theatre of public life, as he died under age, and his brother wrj only se- 
venteen years of age when created Earl in his room. 

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26 HISTORY OF 

one of the daughters of Richard Fitzalan, Earle of Arundelle. 
And the XXIX of Septem : Anno M. CCCXCVII. he was 
created Duke of Norfolke; but suddenly after the scales turned 
by subtile and pernicious counsell, for ambition and striving 
for worldly honours and promotion is a very miserable thing", 
short of continuance and hastneth a dangrous end ; for in the 
XXI of Richard II. he had an irrecoverable fall, being banished 
out of this realm never to return into England. He died at Ve- 
nice in Septem. the I. of Hen. IV".* 

"Thomas Mowbray Earle Marshall of England (his 
Son)f who meeting- with discontented persons, soon laid hold of 
that opportunity ; for rebellion doth allwaies begin upon revenge, 
or ambition, and sinister respect. Such wasjhis desperate con- 
spiracy against his lawfull king, for the whiche he had the stroke 
of the axe at Yorke, anno MCCCC V. He married Constance 
daughter of John Holland, Earle of Huntingdon and Duke of 
Exeter. 

" John Mowbray Earle Marshall and Earle of Not- 
ingham (his SonJ) hee was a most active and faithful subject to 
king Henry V. in his warrs in France with horse and foot ; allso 
an eminent commander in his service in Normandy; and I 
Henry VI. retained by him in those warrs, with one Baneret, 
IV Knights, one CXIV military men armed a cap : a-pee, and 
■CCC and LX archers. For thishis faithfull loyalty he was re- 
stored. and dignified with that princely title of Duke" of Nor- 
folke. He, on the XX of May, VII of Hen. VI bequeathed 
his body to be buryed within the Isle of Axholme; but died not 
till Oct XI Henry V. He married Catherine daughter to 
Ralph Nevile Earl of Westmoreland. 

" John Lord Mowbray succeeded and enjoyed his father's 
titles of Honour, and in the XVII of King Henry the VI reign, 
hee was sent Ambassadour to treat of peace betwixt our King 
and the French King, and died MCCCCLXI and buried at 
Thetford in Norfolke.§ He married Eleanor daughter to Wil- 
liam Lord Bourchier. 

"John Lord Mowbray (his Son) was by Henry the VI. 
^the XXIV March created Earle Warrenne and Surrey; a per- 
son of good prudence, and put on the belt of military honour, 
engaging to serve his King in the warres of France, for one 

* ^Various historians give him but an indifferent character, and accuse him of a 
series of political infamy, which seems to have been punished even by the man for 
whom he committed some of his worst deeds. 

f He was Earl of Nottingam, but is said not to have been Duke of Norfolk.— 
He was very young, on coming to the title, and was prevailed on to join in the 
conspiracy of Scrope, Archbishop of York* 

% He is by some generally called brother to the preceding Earl. 

§ He was also Justice Itinerant of the King's forests south of Trent ; and accord- 
ing to the piety of those days, made several pilgrimages to Rome, the Holy Land, 
&c. and had even vowed to take several more ; but in this he was frustrated by 
ihe arrest of death. 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 27 

whole \ear. He died at Fraiiihvjtmi ( laatle ( query Framlingham) 
in Nbrfolke, and was enter red at rhetfordanno Mi '(('(' LXXV. 
lie married Elizabeth daughter of John Talbot, first KSarle of 
Shrewsbury of that name, by whom he had Anne sole daughter 
and heire, but Bhe died without issue.* 

u Isabel one of the daughters of Thomas Mowbray Duke of 
Norfolk e by his II wife, married James Lo : Berkley who died 
at Berkley Castle In Gloucestersb: anno MCCCCLXII1 and 
lyeth buried in Berkley Church ; to whom she bad issue, 

i4 W'n.uA.M Hi:uKi.KY,t who received the order of Knight- 
hood at Calais; lie was by King Edw: IV advanced a viscount, 
and by King Richard created Kaiuk of Notinoham. But 
after, adhering to Hear) Duke of Buckingham, against King 
Richard, he fled unto Henry Barle of Richmond, who was 
after King, and constituted Ivule Marshall of England, and 
after advanced to that princely honour of a Marquesse. lie 
died without issue XIV of Feb: VII Hen. VII. He married 
three wives; Eliaebeth daughter of Reginald West Lord La 
Warre; Jane daughter of Sir Thomas Strangwaya, Knight: 
she died T Richard 3; Anne daughter of John Fiennes, Lord 
Dacres of the South, but dyed without issue X Septr: XIII 
lien. VII. J 

u Hknry Fitzroy, a natural son to King Henry the Eight, 
begotten on the Lady Talbovs, widdow, but daughter of Sir 
John Blound, Knight ; who was by his father the X VIII of June 
in the XVII vere of his Raign, made Knight of that noble order 
of the Garter, and the same day advanced unto that honourable 
title of Earle ofNotingham &c; who with the rest of his ho- 
nours and dignitvs dyed without is<ue the XXIV of July anno 
MDXXXY1. 

" William Howard, a collateral branche of the Duke of 
Norfolke was by Queen Mary advanced to a Baron by the title 
of Lord Howard of Etnngham in the hundred of Copthorne in 
the Com : of Surrey. He married Catherine daughter and co- 
heir to Sir John Broughton of Tuddington in Com : Bedf : Knt. 
but had no issue male; secondly Margaret daughter of Sir 
Thomas Garaage, Knt. who had issue male.§ 

* It appears, however, that this Lady having married Richard Duke of York, 
second son of Edward the Fourth, he was thereby entitled to possess the Earldom. 
His murder in the Tower at an early age, prevented any issue ; nor does he appear 
in all the general lists. 

f He is sometimes said to have been her grandson. 

% Having no issue, he was prevailed on by the politic Henry VII. to make over 
his honours and estates to the crown; by which means his brother Maurice, against 
whom he is said to have been much enraged, for marrying some person below him 
in station, was completely disinherited. Maurice, however, was enabled to 
recover some manors which the Crown could not lay hold of, but the earldom of 
Nottingham was lost to the family, and lay dormant for some years. 

§ It does not appear, however, from other sources, that this William Howard 
ever bore the title of Nottingham. 



2h HISTORY OF 

" Charles Howard, succeeded to the honour, who was (in 
his father's life time) one of those noble persons, by Queen 
Elizabeth made choice on for the conducting the Lady Anne of 
Austria, daughter to Maximilian the Emperor, from Zeland into 
Spain: and XXIV April the XVI of Eliz : he was made one 
of the most noble order of the Garter, being then Lord Cham- 
berlayne to the Queen* Hee was made Lord High Admiral! 
of England anno MDLXXXVII1 ; he wa9 constituted Lieute- 
nant General of the Queen's whole fleet at Sea, against the 
Spaniards Armado; also in the XXXIX of her raigne he was 
digniried with the title of Earle of Notingham, and at the coro- 
nation of King James, he was Lord Great Steward of England 
and dyed at Hayling in Kent, anno MDCXXI V. He married 
Katherine daughter to Henry Lord Hunsdon (first wife) and hit 
second, but oldest surviving Son by her. 

"Charles Howard succeeded." 

Thus far says the MSS. — to which we have to add that he 
married three wives, but had issue only by the last of them, 
Margaret daughter of James the Scottish Earl of Murray. His 
eldest son James, died unmarried in his father's life time, and 
his youngest, 

Charles Howard succeeded as Earl of Nottingham, but dying 
without issue, the Earldom became extinct, though the 
Barony of Effingham went to the ancestor of the present Earl 
of that title. 

Heneage Finch, Baron Finch of Daventry, was created Earl 
of Nottingham in the reign of Charles the Second. He was son 
and heir of Heneage Finch, fourth son of Sir Movie Finch, the 
twenty-fifth baronet created by King James. Sir Moyle had 
married Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir Thomas Heneage, Knt. 
treasurer of the chamber, vice chamberlain of the household, 
and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the reign of 
Elizabeth, also a member of her Privy Council, and who would 
have received higher honours, had not his death prevented it. 
Sir Moyle Finch was also considered as having further claims 
upon his. Sovereign ; accordingly soon after his death his widow 
was raised by James the First to the Peerage, by the title of 
V iscountess Maidstone ; and a short time after, in 1 628, Charles 
the First, gave her the higher dignity of Countess of Winchel- 
sea, in which she was succeeded by her eldest son. 

Being highly esteemed for his great knowledge of the laws of 
England, he was on the restoration of Charles the Second, first 
appointed solicitor-general, then attorney-general, and soon 
after, in 1660, a Baronet. In 16/3, he rose to the dignity of 
lord keeper of the Great Sea), was created Baron Finch, and 
in 1675, Earl of Nottingham. He married the daughter of 

* He was Earl twenty-seven years, and Knight of the Garter during a period 
•f fifty-two. 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



29 



Daniel Harvey, Esq. a merchant in London, and had a nume- 
rous family. His eldest son 

Daniel second Earl of Nottingham of that family succeeded, 
but shortly after, the earldom of Winchelsea coming- to him as 
heir to his great grandmother, the first Countess, though de- 
scended from her fourth Son, the title of Nottingham became* 
merged in the older creation of Winchelsea, and is now enjoyed 
by the present Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, whose 
other titles are Viscount Maidstone, Baron Fitzherbert of 
Eastwell, Baron Finch of Daventry, and a Baronet. His prin- 
cipal seats are at Barley in Rutlandshire; at Raunston in 
Buckinghamshire, and at Eastwell in Kent. 

Titlks. — Though so many noble and wealthy familes reside 
in Nottinghamshire, there are, exclusive of Nottingham, but 
four places in the county which have afforded titles in the 
peerage, viz. — Mansfield, that of Earl to the Murray family ; 
Newark, that of Viscount to the Meadows, now the Pierrepont 
family; Lexington (now called Laxton) that of Baron to the 
Suttons of Kelham (now extinct;) and Granby that of Marquis 
to the Manners family, but the latter is only the secondary title 
of the Duke of Rutland. Langar in the S.E. part of the 
county does not properly come into this class, though it was 
intimately connected with the title of the late Lord Howe, who 
was styled in the patent " Viscount Howe of Langar; but was 
afterwards created Earl Howe." The Baronetcies in the 
county have been more numerous ; these commenced with Sir 
Gervase Clifton of Clifton, the 13th Baronet created by King 
James the first; Sir John Molyneax of Teversal and Wellow- 
Sir Hardolph Wastneys of Heaton, now extinct; Sir Thomas 
Williamson of East Markham, extinct; Sir Edward Golding 
of Colston-Basset, extinct; Sir William Willoughby of Wil- 
loughby, extinct; Sir Francis Leeke of Newark upon Trent, 
extinct; Sir Edward Neville of Grove, extinct; Sir Francis 
Willoughby of Wollaton, now merged in the peerage ; Sir 
Thomas Parkins of Bunney, extinct; Sir George Smith of 
Nottingham and East Stoke, now Smith Bromley; Sir Samuel 
Gordon of Newark upon Trent, extinct; Sir Richard Sutton, 
of Norwood Park ; Sir Richard Heron of Newark ; and Sir 
John Borlase Warren of Stapleford Hall. 

When the order of the Knights of the Royal Oak was in 
contemplation after the restoration of Charles the Second, the 
names of the following gentlemen were on the list for that 
honour; Cecil Cooper of Thurgarton, John Palmer, John 
Whaley, John Eyre of Mansfield Woodhouse, and John Middle- 
ton, Esqrs, and Sir John Curson, Knt. ancestor of the pre- 
sent Scarsdale family. 



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3$ HISTORY Of 

EMINENT MEN. 

The Nottinghamshire temple of fame records a numerous 
list of worthies, eminent in literature, the arts and sciences, in 
arms, and in charity, as will be seen in the histories of the 
parishes where they were born, or resided. Its most distin- 
guished literary luminary of modern times is the late Lord 
Byron (see Newstead Abbey) ; and next to him in poetic 
genius stands the late Henry Kirk White. (Vide page 17.9.) 
Amongst its departed warriors, Earl Howe,* (who in 1792 suc- 
seeded the brave Lord Rodney, as Vice Admiral of England,) 
and Admiral Sir J. B. Warren^ stand pre-eminent. The 
county claims several worthies, whose specific birth places are 
unknown, these will,, therefore be noticed here, and the others 
will be found under their proper heads :— 

Sir John Fenton Knt. was born in this county, and was 
for twenty-seven years a privy counsellor in Ireland to Queen 
Elizabeth and King James. He translated the history of Guic- 
eiardini out of the original Italian into English, and dedicated 
it to Queen Elizabeth. He died at Dublin in 1603. 

Edward Fenton, his brother, was also born in this county. 
He in very early life displayed an inclination for nautical af- 
fairs, and was very active in the various attempts at discovery 
about Hudson's Bay, Greenland, and the other northern parts 
of the American continent, so fashionable at that period. 
Much respecting him may be found both in Hackluyt, and in 
Purchas. 

Thomas Horne another Nottinghamshire man, became a 
student at Magdalen Hail, Oxford, in 1624, and was soon ad- 
mitted to the degree of M.A. He seems to have distinguished 
himself much by his abilities as a pedagogue; for soon after 
taking his degree he was appointed master of a private school in 
London, was shortly after chosen master of the free-school at 
Leicester, where he remained only two years, and was thence 
translated to that of Tunbridge in Kent. His merits did not 
long remain unnoticed; for after a residence of about, ten 
years at the latter place, he was preferred to the head master- 
ship at Eton, where he remained during the residue of his 
life. If we may judge of his practical abilities by several 
works which he has left behind him introductory to, and illus- 
trative of, classical education, it must be confessed that he was 
highly deserving of the promotions and encouragement he met 
with. 

Richard Sterne, D.D.. Archbishop of York, was the 
son of Simon Sterne of Mansfield, but the place of his nativity 
is unknown. His early years were spent at the Nottingham 
Grammar School; and he afterwards went to Christ Church 

* See Larger Hall f And Stapelfold Hall. 



KOTTlXGHAMtHIBK. 'M 

college, Oxford, where he graduated with much credit to himself, 
and was soon after admitted to holv Orders. lie soon attracted 
the notice of Archbishop Laud, who appointed him one of his 
chaplains; and his character was now so well eatahlished that 
he was immediately afterwards elected master of Jesus College, 
by the unanimous vote of the fellows. It does not appear that 
he took any active part in the affairs which brought his patron 
to. the scaffold; however, when the charges were brought for- 
ward against the Archbishop, and lie was in consequence com- 
mitted a prisoner to the Tower, his enemies had sufficient 
influence to cause Dr. Sterne to be sent thither also. They were 
unable, indeed, to prove any thing against him, and were 
obliged, though unwillingly, to permit him to be set at libertv, 
after the public execution of the Archbishop. During the 
civil wars, and protectorate, he retired into a safe obscurity ; 
but was called from it on the Restoration, and immediately 
afterwards appointed bishop of Carlisle. In 1664, he was 
promoted to the archbishopric of York, which he enjoyed for 
twenty years, and died in 1684. The Archbishop's third son, 
Simon, was grandfather of the well known Lawrknck Stkrxi;, 
who was born in Ireland, and held several church livings in 
Yorkshire, where he became one of the finest writers in the 
English language ; though much indebted to Rabelais, yet no 
author of the present age can lay claim to so many unborrowed 
excellencies ; and in none, have wit, humour, fancy, pathos, an 
unbounded knowledge of mankind, and a correct and elegant 
style, been so happily blended. His " Tristram Shandy'" and 
" Sentimental Journey,*' have raised him to the rank of a 
classic, and will long continue to amuse and instruct succeeding 
generations. 

ROBIN HOOD. 

Amongst the distinguished characters of the twelfth and 
thirteenth centuries who flourished in Nottinghamshire, was 
Rohin Hood, alias Robert Head., or Rob< rt Fitz Outh, the 
famous archer and freebooter, of Sherwood Forest, of whose 
popular and interesting story, but little is authentically known, 
though his exploits have been celebrated in ballad, in every suc- 
ceeding age. Throsby says, the songs in the " Garland'' which 
bears his name, are simply and historically poetized, and have been 
the favourites of the lower classes, perhaps ever since his time. 
They have evidently been written by various- persons, and at 
different periods. As early as 1594, his story seems to have 
become a favourite subject for the drama; for in that year was 
printed, "A pastoral comedy of Robin Hood and Little John.'' 
Again in 1624 we meet with " Robin Hood's pastoral May 
Games;** and in 1730 Robin Hood was performed as an opera 
at Bartholomew Fair. Shortly after came out %i Robin Hood. 



32 HISTORY OF 

and his Crew of Soldiers,", and in 1751 a musical entertain- 
ment under the name of " Robin Hood" came out at Drury- 
lane ; besides which we have had " Robin Hood, of Sherwood 
Forest" of a recent date ; all founded on the original Garland, 
This collection of ballads, in the events which it relates, differs 
considerably from what is considered as the real historical 
biography of this extraordinary character. Indeed, his legen- 
dary biography seems made up of a tissue of exaggerations. 
It tells us that his father was a forester, and could send an 
arrow to a distance of two north country miles ; and by a strange 
anachronism, it describes his mother as niece to the famous 
Guy, the Saxon Earl of Warwick. She is stated to have had 
a brother " a notable Squire," who lived at Gamewell-hill in 
this county, and who was anxious that Robin, when a j^outh, 
should live with him. But Robin's fondness for field sports and 
a rambling life,, led him to Tutbury, not far from his u birth 
place of Loxley,* in Staffordshire, where he married a shep- 
herdess under the poetical name of Clorinda, having been 
charmed by her dexterous manner of killing a buck in the 
forest. Soon after this, he is said to have killed fifteen fores- 
ters, who were buried in a row in one of the church yards 
at Nottingham. " His fame was now so great that he had 
raised a force of nearly one hundred followers ; and in a short 
time his robberies and frolics, his kindness and charity to the 
poor, became the general theme of conversation, and produced 
a kind of friendly feeling towards him, although an outlaw." 

He appears by the Garland to have made his business his 
amusement, and to have been a merry thief, for he sports most 
jocularly with the characters and persons of a bishop, and the 
sheriff of the county, after robbing them of their purses. 
Yet he was not always victorious ; but seems to have been 
roughly handled at different times, by a tinker, a shepherd, and 
a friar, and several others. He is next described as going to 
London, and being received at court, where he appeared in a 
scarlet dress, whilst his men were clad in Lincoln green ; all of 
them wearing black hats and white feathers : a species of 
costume, by the bye, unknown in the reign of Richard the first,, 
or of John, at which time he lived. Soon after this, he is 
stated to have fought a desperate battle with Little John, or 
John Little, who was seven feet high, in which however he was 
worsted ; but Little Johnf notwithstanding joined the troop, and 

* Sir Walter Scott in his popular romance of " Ivanhoe ;" makes Robin Hood, 
under the assumed name of Loxley, perform some wonderful exploits ; in one of 
which he has a grand rencounter with Richard I., which secures him the favour of 
that romantic and chivalrous monarch. 

f There is a loose paper in Ashmole's hand writing in the Oxford museum, which 
says " the famous Little John (Robin Hood's companion) lies buried in Hethersedge 
church-yard, in the peak of Derbyshire ; one stone at his head ; another at his. 
feet; and part of his bow hangs up in the church. A.D. 1612. 



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became his faithful friend. After this the Garland states that 
a monk whom he sent for to let him blood, was the cause of his 
death, when all his bowmen tied to different countries to escape 
that justice which they could not otherwise avoid, now that 
their chief was gone. Thus far the Garland; but the author 
of the " Anecdotes of Archery,"' who seems to have paid con- 
siderable attention in his research after the real events of this 
outlaw's life, gives us some other particulars which have a great 
semblance of authenticitv. lie describes him as at the head of 
two hundred strong, resolute men, and expert archers, ranging 
the forest of Sherwood, but not remaining there always. 

Fuller says that his principal residence was in Sherwood 
forest,* though he had another haunt nearer the sea, in the 
north riding of Yorkshire, where Robin Hood's bay still bears 
his name: and Charlton, in his "History of Whitby," ob- 
serves that Robin, when closely pursued by the civil or mili- 
tary power, found it necessary to leave his usual haunts, re- 
treated across the moors to Whitby in Yorkshire, where he 
always had in readiness some small fishing vessels, and in those 
putting off to sea, he looked upon himself as quite secure, and 
held the whole power of the English nation at defiance. The 
" Anecdotes of Archery'' add, that the principal place of his 
resort at these times, and where his boats were generallv laid 
up, was about six miles from Whily, still known as Robin 
Hood's bay. In one of these peregrinations, tradition says, he 
went to dine with the Abbot of Whitby, accompanied by his 
friend Little John ; when the abbot, who had often heard with 
wonder of their great skill in shooting with the long bow, request- 
ed after dinner that he might have a specimen of their dexterity. 
The two friends, in order to oblige their courteous entertainer, 
accompanied the abbot to the top of the abbey tower ; from this 
elevation each of them shot an arrow which fell close by Whitby 
Laiths. To preserve the memory of this transaction, and to mark 
the distance, the abbot set up a pillar on the spot where each 
arrow fell ; the distance being more than a measured mile. 
That there were two pillars standing at Whitby a few years ago. 
is beyond a doubt, and that they were called after these two 
friends is equally certain ; but that there is any real foundation 
for the story, we will not pretend to say. 

The " Anecdotes" then proceed to state that he was out- 
lawed, and a price set upon his head ; and detail several stra- 
tagems which were ineffectually put in practice to entrap him ; 
for, force he repelled by force, and stratagem by more skilful 
wiles than those of his enemies. But at length the force sent 
againt him was so powerful, that many of his followers fell, and 
the rest deserted him. Being now worn out with age and care, 

* Ritson, who certainly has shewn indefatigable, research in his " Robin 
Hood" in two volumes, says that Barnsdale forest in Yorkshire, and Plompton 
park in Cumberland, where also two of his favourite haunts, 



34 HISTORY OP 

he sought shelter in Kirklees priory in Yorkshire, the prioress 
of which was his kinswoman. Here he was seized with a disease 
which required venesection, and the nun who was called to per- 
form the operation, either intentionally or accidentally, cut an 
artery, and he bled to death. His mortal remains were inter- 
red near the precincts of the nunnery, in Kirklees park, where 
an ancient cross still marks his grave, and his said to have 
formerly born the following inscription :- — 

" Hear, undernead dislatil stean; 
Laiz Robert Earl of Huntingdon; 
Nea arcir vir as him sa geud, 
An pipl kauld him Robin Heud ; 
Sick outauz az hi an iz men, 
Vil Inglande nivr si agen ; 

Obit 24, Kal. Dekembris, 1247." 

That such a character as Robin Hood existed the testimony 
of several ancient documents appears to decide, but whether he 
was, as this epitaph imports, of noble parentage, or an outlaw 
of humbler birth, is not equally clear, though Stukely in his 
Palseographia Britannia, vol. 2. p. 115, conjectures that his 
true name was Fitz Ooth, or Fitz Oeth; — that he was de- 
scended from a Norman Chief of that name, who was lord of 
Kyme in Lincolnshire; that his mother was daughter of Payne 
Beauchanap and Roisia de Vere, and that, by his grandmother, 
he could prove his descent from Waltheof the first earl of 
Northumberland, Northampton, and Huntingdon, who Mas be- 
headed in 1073. Under these circumstances the title of Earl of 
Huntingdon might have been claimed by Robert Fitz Ooth, who 
perhaps was driven to his predatory course of life, in conse- 
quence of the troubled state of Henry 2nd's reign, and of a re- 
fusal of his claims. That he was something more than a mere 
robber is evident from the considerable force which he was able 
to raise, and to keep together, and which must have been much 
greater than is mentioned in the legendary ballads, as he was 
able to resist during so many years, all the attempts of the 
royal army, and of the sheriff, to arrest or even to dislodge 
him. He was no doubt one of those youths who in the reign of 
Richard I., resented the enclosing of the forests, and being pro- 
secuted by the officers of the crown, he raised a band of archers, 
who infested all the towns within the forest and in its vicinity, 
robbing all the rich travellers, but never proceeding to blood- 
shed, except in self-defence. It has been said too, that he was 
a great favourite in many parts of the country, in consequence 
of his hoarding up the different articles which he obtained in 
his course of robbery, until they amounted to a considerable 
stock, when he exposed them for sale at a particular place on 
the borders of the forest, where his sales were as regularly at. 
tended as a fair ; and there is no doubt that his customers got 



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their purchases pretty cheap, from whence arose the proverb of 
selling- " Robin Hood's penny worths." 

Camden calls him the gentlest thief that ever was, and Major 
says of h'rn, — 

" From wealthy abbots' chests, and churles abundant store. 

What often times he tooke, he shared amongst the poor t 

No lordly Bishop came in Robin's way, 

To him, befoie he went, but for his pass must pay : 

The widow in distress, he graciously relieved, 

And remedied the wrongs of many a virgin grieved** 

SHERWOOD FOREST. * 

This once thickly wooded tract, of which upwards of two"; 
'thirds is now enclosed and cultivated, comprises nearly one- 
fifth of the county, being- nearly 20 miles in length and from 
5 to 7 in breadth, extending southward from Worksop 
Manor to Nottingham, and occupying part of the three Hun- 
dreds of Bassetlaw, Broxtow, and Thurgarton. This favourite 
:haunt of Robin Hood and his daring band of freebooters, was 
well suited to the wandering and dangerous life of a biigand, as 
it afforded many secret and almost impenetrable recesses, hav- 
ing numerous rocky caves, and being, as Camden says " anci- 
ently thick set with trees, whose entangled branches were so 
twisted together, that they hardly left room for a single person 
to pass." In the reign of Elizabeth, when Camden wrote it 
was much thinner of wood, but it still bred " an infinite num- 
ber of deer and stags, with lofty antlers." That our woods 
were often cut down merely for the sake of tillage and pas- 
turage, without any respect to the uses of timber, seems to be 
evident from the great quantities of subterranean trees dug up 
in various parts of England. These are chiefly found in marshy 
grounds, which abounded every where before the arts of drain- 
ing were in use ; and nothing was necessary in such places to 
produce the future phenomenon of subterranean timber, but to 
•carry the trees, when cut down, upon the surface of some bog, 
which might easily be done in dry summers. Dr. Plot and 
some other local historians are of this opinion, and adduce 
several reasons for supposing that trees might have been buried 
in this way, to make room for the plough; and they also 
imagine that the English might begin to clear their lands for 
tillage as early as the reign of Alfred the Great. 

Leiand does not seem to have paid much attention to " the 
wooddy Forest of Sherwood ;" but Thoroton, nearly a century 
afterwards, tells us that " the pleasant and glorious condition 
of this noble forest, is now wonderfully declined ; and he adds, 
there is at present (A. D. 1675,) and long hath been a justice 
3eat held under my Lord's Grace the Duke of Newcastle, 
Justice in Eyre of all his Majesty's forests north of Trent* 






36* fcHfanwooD forest. 

wherein it seems 'his deputies or lieutenants have allowed such 
and so many claims, that there will not shortly he wood 
enough left to cover the bilberries, which every summer were 
wont to be an extraordinary great profit and pleasure to the 
poor people who gathered them, and carried them all about the 
country to sell." Notwithstanding this early devastation, there 
is still sufficient woodland scenery in some parts of the forest, 
to convey a tolerably accurate idea of what was once a forest 
life. Gilpin in his si Forest Scenery," says that Sherwood was 
the frequent scene of royal amusement; and as early as the 
reign of Henry II., Mansfield was the general residence of the 
court upon these occasions, and it was near that town where 
Henry became acquainted with the miller of famous memory, Sir 
John Cockle ; as is recorded in an uncouth rhyming tale pre- 
served in "Percie's Reliques," and in Dodsley's dramatic en- 
tertainment entitled the " King and Miller of Mansfield" both 
of which are generally considered as fabulous legends. 

This forest possesses every variety of sylvan scenery; con- 
sisting of pasture and woody tracts, intermixed with cultivated 
enclosures and wild heaths, which are some times bounded by 
a naked line of horizon, and at others skirted with towering 
woods, scattered oaks, and young plantations. The open heath 
with its accompaniments maybe traced through the broad tracts 
which lie been Beskwood and Mansfield, skirting JNewstead 
Abbey, and extending eastward to Oxton and Farnsfield, The 
wild expanse overgrown with gorse and fern, and skirted with 
woodland scenery, may be traversed between Mansfield and Oiler- 
ton, round Edwinstow and Rufford, and including the pas- 
tural scenery of Ciipstone park. But the most varied scenery 
of this extensive forest, consisting of thickening foliage inter- 
mixed with open lawns and breaks of cultivation, is to be found 
round Warsop and Carburton, skirting the four noble and ex- 
tensive parks of Welbeck, Worksop, Clumber, and Thoresby, 
and extending to the northern limits of the forest, betwixt 
Worksop and Retford. The wild scenes in this part of the 
forest, are finely contrasted on their eastern limits by the 
richly cultivated country, extending from Haughton park to 
Southwell, where the ground is sufficiently broken to add the 
picturesque to the beautiful. 

Large Oaks. — Among the many large and venerable trees, 
which are objects of curiosity to the botanical tourist, the 
most remarkable are, the Greendale Oak, (which is 700 years old 
and lias a coach road cut through it,) the Duke \i i Walking Stick, 
(111 feet high, and 11 tons in weight,) the Two Porters, (38 
and 34 feet in circumference) and the Seven Siste?'s, all of which 
are situated in Welbeck park, and will be described with that 
beautiful seat of the Duke of Portland. Parliament Oak on 
the west side of Ciipstone park, is so called from a tradition of a 
Parliament having been held under it by Edward I., but this i* 



N(*TTi NUil AM SHIRK. 37 

an error which arose from Edward holding- a Parliament in 
Clipston palace, the ruins of which are distant l£ mile from 
this aged oak, of which nothing- but the hollow trunk now re- 
mains. Near the north end of Clipston park is Broad Oak, 
which measures 27 i feet in circumference; and near Blidworth 
is an ancient Elm called Langton Arbour, and which, some 
centuries ago, was sufficiently remarkable to give name to one 
of the forest walks. In cutting- down some of the timber in 
B irk land and Bilhagh, at the close of the last century, letters 
were found cut or stamped in the body of the trees, denoting 
the King's reign in which they were thus marked. This is 
supposed to have been done by the bark being cut off, and the 
letters cut in, after which the next year's wood grew over the 
inscription without adhering where the bark had been removed. 
The cyphers thus found were of James I., of William and Mary, 
and one of King John. The latter was eighteen inches within 
the tree, and more than a foot from the centre, so that the tree 
must have heen planted above a hundred years before John's 
reign, and when it was cut down in 1791, must have been about 
70G years- old!!! 

Ancient Woods. — The present state of the woodlands of 
this forest, and of its modern plantations, is a subject of national 
importance, especially when we consider that no timber is so 
suitable for naval purposes as English Oak. That Britain, by 
proper core and attention, might in fifty years be able to supply 
her own wants in this article, is a truth which we believe will 
not be denied, and that without interfering with land fit for agri- 
cultural purposes.; at least whoever traverses this district must 
confess that much of it which is unfit for tillage, might be very 
beneficially planted with forest trees; and indeed much of this 
has already been done, as will be seen by the following survey 
of the old woods and modern plantations. The late Major 
Rooke tells us, that until the beginning of the last century, 
Sherwood was full of trees, and was then one continued wood 
from Mansfield to Nottingham ; but this tract is now cleared, 
and the only remains of ancient woodland are principally in 
the hays of Birkland and Bilhagh, which form an open wood 
of larg^e and venerable oaks, free from underwood, (except in 
one part where some natural birch is growing,) and most of 
them in a state of decay. Part of these hays are in Thoresby 
park, whence they extend westward to Warsop and Clipston, 
being about 3| miles in length by I J in breadth, or about 15,000 
acres. In 17^0, they contained only 10,117 trees, valued at 
about £17,000; and since then, the axe of the woodman and 
the scythe of time have stripped them of many of their sylvan 
ornaments. Clumber park contains the remains of two ancient 
woods, which were called Clumber and Hardiviok Woods ; and 
-there are some other old woodland districts of small extent, con- 
futing of Harlow Wood y Thieves Wood^ and same scattered 

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3§ SHERWOOD FOREST. 

portions of the Mansfield woods, which, however, can boast of 
very little valuable timber* 

The enclosed Parks of Worksop Manor, Welbeck, Clum- 
ber, Tboresby, Rufford, Clipston, and Newstead, still retain 
many august specimens of the ancient forest oaks, which in 
many places are beautifully diversified by the slender and pend- 
ant branches of the silver-coated birch. Thorney \Wood Chase, 
which occupies the southern division of the forest, is now nearly 
all enclosed. It was well stocked with fallow dcer y as the other 
parts of the forest were with red deer, but these are now only to 
be found in the enclosed parks of the nobility and gentry, who, 
during the late war, made many extensive plantations, some of 
which thev honoured with the names of our naval heroes. 

PLANTATIONS.— The Duke o£Portiand's extensive plan- 
tations in the neighbourhood of Welbeck, are in a flourishing 
state, and may be seen at a great distance ; whilst the scraggy 
oaks in Thieves Wood, betwixt Mansfield and Newstead, have 
been filled up with young plants, which are now springing up 
to form an union with several other of the Portland plantations . 
On the highest part of the forest, called Cock's Moor, a planta- 
tion of 40 acres was made about twenty years ago ; and 45 acres 
in Norton forest, were, about the same time, sown with acorns 
and chesnuts, which are now in a thriving state, as also are 
two large lumps of evergreens, (one circular and the other 
square) planted by the second Duke of Kingston, at the west end 
of Birkland. Earl Manvers and his family have made many 
plantations about Thoresby since it came into their possession. 
One of these, partly forest trees, and party firs, is called Howe 
throve, in honour of " The glorious First of June ;" another at 
the eastern extremity of the assarts, adjoining Thoresby park, 
is named after Earl St. Vincent ; and there is another on the 
boundary of Budby forest, called Duncan Wood, which, with 
some steeps on the forest side of the park, called Portland Grove 
and Bentinck Border, form the whole of the Thoresby planta- 
tions on that side. The extensive plantations at Rufford, bor- 
dering on the forest, were begun by the late patriotic Sir George 
Saville, and have been greatly encreased and improved by the 
present possessor. The Right Hon. Frederic Montague also 
made several plantations on his part of the forest near Newstead, 
chiefly of oak ; the first of these, on the west side of the road 
leading to Nottingham, is called the Hoive plantation, and five 
others are distinguished by the honourable names of Spencer, 
Nelson, St. Vincent, Warren, and Duncan plantations. South 
of these, Henry Cope, Esq. about 25 years ago erected a good 
house, and formed several extensive plantations, which are now 
highly ornamental. On the eastern limits of Sherwood, near 
Farnsfield, Sir Richard Sutton, Bart, made several large plan- 
tations about the same time, and in one of them which encir- 
cles a hill, he erected an elegant building in the Turkish stylo. 



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which commands a most extensive prospect. Some large 
clumps of firs and larches near Kirkby, were planted by the 
late Sir Richard Kay, Bart. Near the northern extremity of 
Sherwood are several large plantations formed by Earl Bathurst. 
al<o about 50 acres of oak and other forest trees planted by 
Robert Ramsden, Esq. of Carlton, and others of a still greater 
extent round Osberton, planted F. Foljambe, Esq. ; so that from 
the laudable exertions of the principal landowners, there it 
reason to hope that nearly all the unenclosed parts of this ex- 
tensive forest will again be embowered, and that succeeding 
generations will long have occasion and opportunity to venerate 
the majestic oaks planted by their ancestors as monuments of 
British valour; for many of the plantations, bearing the names 
of departed heroes, have handsome stone pillars, with suitable 
inscriptions, erected on the most elevated spots. 

Enclosures : — According to a Survey of Sherwood 
Forest, made in the year 1609 it contains 95,115 acres, of 
which 44,839 acres were then inclosed ; 9486 in woods ; 35,080 
in ivastes ; 1583 in Clipston park ; 3672 in Beskwood park ; 
326 in Bui well park, and 129, in Nottingham park. From 
1799 to 1796 the following inclosures took place, viz. 2280 acres 
in Arnold parish ; 1158 in Basford ; 2608 in Sutton-in-Ash- 
field; 1941 in Kirkby. and 261 in Lenton and Radford. Since 
then, many large portions of the forest in Lambly, Gedling, and 
other parishes, have been enclosed, so that out of the 95,115 
acres, contained within the ancient limits of the forest, upwards 
of 60,000 acres are now cultivated, and the remainder is partly 
in woods, plantations, and wastes. 

Ancient Divisions, &c. — Sherwood, or as it was formerly 
called Shireivood, from its being the great woody forest of the 
shire, was anciently divided or rather known by the names of 
Thorney Wood, and the High Forest, which were afterwards 
subdivided into three walks. According to the survey of 1609, 
the North Walk includes Carburton, Gleadthorpe, Warsop, 
Nettleworth, Mansfield- Woodhouse, Clipston, Rufford, Edwin- 
stowe, Budby, Thoresby, Paiethorpe, and Ollerton, with the 
hays of Birkland andBilhagh; the Middle Walk, — Mansfield, 
Pleasley-hill, Skegby, Sutton, Hucknall, Fulwood, Blidworth, 
Papplewick, Newstead, and parts of Kirkby, Linby and An- 
nesley ; and tbe South Walk, — Nottingham, Radford, Snein- 
tori, Colwick, Gedling, Stoke, Carlton, Burton, Bulcote, Gun- 
thorpe, Caythorpe, Lowdham, Lambley, Arnold, Basford, 
Bulwell, Beskwood, Woodborough, Calverton, Sauntesford 
Manor, and part of Wilford. 

Though Sherwood is not mentioned by name earlier than 
the time of Henry IX., Thoroton says it must have been known 
as a forest long before A.D. 1155, when William Peveril was 
called upon to answer " De Placitis Forestce'"' in this county. 
At that period he had the whole profit and command of this 






4$ ffHERWGOD FOREiT. 

forest ; but it must have soon after passed to the crown, for in 
1561 the sheriff of the county prayed to be discharged of ££ 
in vasto forestcz ; and two years afterwards he solicited the 
king for the same discharge, also for ""<£6. 5s. Od. paid to the 
constable, eight foresters, and a warrener; and i)40 to the 
canons of Sherwood for alms." King John,, before he ascended 
the throne, granted to Matilda de Cauw, and RalpJi Fitz 
Stephen, her husband, and to their heirs, " all the liberties and 
free customs which any of the ancestors of the said Maude 
(Lords of Laxton) held at any time in Nottinghamshire and 
Derbyshire, that is all the forest of Nottinghamshire and 
Derbyshire, as their ancesters ever held the same." It 
afterwards passed to John Birking as heir general of Mitilda 
de Caux, and in 1226, was in the possession of his son ; but 
this line failing, it descended to the Everingham family, who, by 
heirship claimed " Custodiam Forestarum Regis" in both 
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire; but Thoroton is of opinion 
that this right extended no farther than the limits of Sherwood, 
as Henry had disafforested all the other parts of those counties, 
five years before this claim was made. The Everingham 
family having lost their rights by forfeiture in the reign of 
Edward I., Sherwood reverted to the crown, and its forest juris- 
diction has since been granted to various individuals among 
the nobility and gentry, as special marks of royal favour, but 
its civil jurisdiction, like the rest of the county, belongs to the 
Sheriff. 

By an inquisition in the reign of Edward I. taken before 
Geoffrey de Langley, the King's Justice in Eyre north of the 
Trent, it appears the chief keeper of Sherwood had three deputy 
keepers over three districts, whose duty it was to attach all 
trespassers, and present them at the " attachment before the 
verdurers," In the first keeping, which lay between the rivers 
Leen and Doverbeck, and contained the hays of Beskwood, 
Linby, and Willay, the keeper had " one forester riding, 
with a page and two foresters on foot; two verdurers, and two 
agisters." The second keeping, which comprised Clipston 
park, the hays of Birkland and Bilhagh, and the rest of the 
high forest, had two foresters riding, with two on foot, also two 
pages, two verdurers, and two agisters. The third keeping, 
which included Rumwood, had one forester on foot, and two 
woodwards, one at Budby and the other at Carburton, also two 
verdurers and two agisters. It was likewise found in the same 
inquisition, that the head keeper had " a page bearing his bow 
through all the forest, to gather chiminage," — a fee for the 
formation and reparation of roads. 

The Boundary of the Forest, according to a perambula- 
tion in 1231, passed from " Coningswithford, by the highway 
towards Nottingham, on to Blackstone-Haugh, and thence fol- 
lowing the course of the Doverbeck into the Trent. Westerly, it 



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went from Coningsw ith, by May den Water to the town of Work 
sop, following the course of the river to Pleasley, so up to Otter 
. then, keeping the great highway to the Mill-ford, 
thence to Mayneshead, by Hard wick and Kirkby, to Nu 

e, on towards Annesley, keeping the high mad to Linby, 
through the midst of that town, to Lene Water, on to Lent 
and from thence by the ^.tid water, as it was wont of old rim 
to run into the water of Trent, to the fall of Doverfe 

Sherwood is the only i rth of 

the Trent which now belongs to the crown, from which the 
to Warden (at present the Duke of Newcastle) holds bis 
office by letters patent, during the royal pleasure. A - 
bearer and ranger* is appointed by the Lord Warden ; and the 
freeholders elect , who hold their office dori 

their live i ach two al the enclosure of a 

k, and each a tree out of the Ki of Birkland 

Billi v. They have also the appointmei 

who n separati ^nd a sal; I by the 

Lord Warden out of tl m rent of Nottingh ie, — 

There is also a of the wh \orn 

woo4war itton and Carleton. Thorni 

being a branch of the rated by Queen Elizabeth, 

in 1559, to John Stanhope, Esq. as hereditary keeper^ which 
office is now enjoyed by the Kind of Chesterfield. The King's 
surveyor-general of t' has also a jurisdiction over thia 

forest, as far as regards the wood and tin. her of the crown; he 

a deputy in the forest, who has a tree yearly, and a salary 
of .£20, paid out of the sale? of wood* J [ 
is understood to have been granted by the crown to different 
lords of manors, r or trees 

and deer; hut the latter are now to he found only in the en- 
closed parks, though within the memory of persons living thirty 
years ago, herds of a hundred or more might he seen together 
in the open woodlands and heaths. 

Holyrood Feast. — On the north side of Harlow hill, be- 
tween Mansfield and New-stead, is a laige squaie pillar, on 
which was formerly a brass plate, with an inscription. Tra- 
dition says that this pillar, which is evidently the remains of an 
ancient cross, marks the place where the forest officers of the 
crown assembled annually on Holyrood-day, early in the morn- 
ing, to receive the charge of the Lord Chief Justice in Eyre, to 
view fences, and take an account of the deer, in order to make 
tbeir presentments at the Swainmote Court, which was held 
on that day at Mansfield ; but all that now remains of this custom 
is an annnal dinner* at the Eclipse inn, Mansfield, to which the 
verdurers invite all the principal inhabitants of that town and 
its vicinity. 

* Thii office was held by the late Lord Byroa, 

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42 CMUATK AN© SOIL. 

We have now completed our delineation of this great forest, 
except what properly belongs to the following general survey 
of the climate, soil, surface, produce,, rivers, canals, &c. of the 
county at large. 

The Climate of Nottinghamshire is by all writers,, even of 
the earliest date, considered as much drier than that of most 
other counties in the kingdom. By a comparison of different 
years and different places, this opinion has met with a consi- 
derable degree of confirmation, sufficient to establish it as a 
general meteorological fact. In the year 1794, the quantity of 
rain which fell at West Bridgford was only 26% inches ; in 
1795, it was 24f ; and in 1796, only 1.8 inches ; whilst in Lan- 
cashire it amounted to 96J inches. In 1325, the quantity of 
rain which fell at Retford was 28.31 inches ; but at Kendal, in 
Westmorland, during the same year, it amounted to 59.973 
inches. Mr. Lowe, in his agricultural survey, has accounted 
for this difference upon very rational grounds, conceiving that 
although the greatest rains come with the easterly winds from 
the German Ocean, yet the surcharged clouds, being powerfully 
attracted by the mountains of Derbyshire, pass over this county 
too quickly to deposit much of their moisture ; whilst on the 
other hand, the clouds from the Western Ocean and Irish 
Channel, are attracted and broken by the Yorkshire and Der- 
byshire hills, before they arrive at Nottinghamshire. This 
general dryness is considered as favourable to the temperature 
of the county, and brings it nearly upon a par with the more 
southern counties, in respect to seed time and harvest. 

SOIL and SURFACE.— Nottinghamshire is partly a cham- 
paign country, but has a general inequality of surface, seldom 
rising to any considerable altitude, yet sufficiently broken to 
avoid the sameness resulting from a dead flat, and having in 
some parts a beautiful diversity of hill and dale, and swelling 
undulations, presenting almost every variety of surface. The 
soil may be divided into three great divisions, first, sand and 
gravel ; second, clay ; and third, limestone and coal land. — 
The first of these occupies more than half the county, and has 
been subdivided into the "forest country -a/nd borders" extend- 
ing about thirty miles in length, and from seven to ten in 
breadth ; the Trent bank district ; and the sti'ip of land lying 
east of the Trent, and running into Lincolnshire. 

The Trent bank district accompanies the river through its 
whole course in the county, as- far as Sutton -upon- Trent, and 
is in some places only a mile in breadth, and never more than 
five ; it is in general a mellow vegetable mould on a stratum of 
sand or gravel, which sometimes shows itself on the surface. — 
The soil in the south-western part of the county, on the banks 
of the Soar, is of the same description, but the small district 
©n the east side of the Trent, below Sutton, is generally poor 



KOTTINflHAUSMlRI. fl 

land, and much subject to Hoods, though it is now greatly im- 
proved by draining-. Most of th< district lias a deep red 
sandy soil, well suited for the growth of turnips, potatoes, &c. 

The clay district comprises the north and south clay divisions 
of Bassetlaw, and a great part of the hundreds of Thurgarton, 
_harn, and Rushcliffe. The North Clay division is ex- 
tremely fertile, arising from a considerable mixture of sand, 
that renders the soil more friable, and consequently more 
•asily susceptible of agricultural labour than cold clay lands in 
general. At its northern extremity, it has a level swampy MR, 
nding from MissOD to Misterton, but thi^ bog has lately 
been drained and enclosed. A long range of bold promontari<* 
B on the south side of Miss OD car, and extends into Lincoln- 
shire, having the appearance of being at some remote period 
the boundary of an ocean ; indeed it is impossible for any person 
to contemplate the view from (jiringley-on-the-llill, across the 
car, without (hawing this conclusion, and it appears even more 
evident when these bills are viewed from below, particularly on 
the road from Bawtry towards Retford, where they have the 
semblance of islands rising from the bosom of an ocean ; their 
abrupt cliffs being to the northward, whilst on the south they 
sink gradually into the general line of the county. The South 
Clay has, like the north, generally a reddish clayey soil, in 
some places stiff and heavy, and in others light and triable, 
from an admixture of sand; but it has many small patches of 
black loamy land, and some of a light gravel. The same variety 
of soil prevails in the hundred of Thurgarton, and also upon 
the IVolds, in the hundred of Rushcliffe, south of Nottingham. 
The district round Bingham, lying betwixt the Nottinghamshire 
Wolds and Newark, is generally considered as part of the fer- 
tile Vale of Belvoir, which extends from Leicestershire, into 
this county and Lincolnshire, and presents an extensive scene 
of cultivation, equal in fertility to any other in the kingdom, 
having generally a rich clay or loamy soil. 

The coal and limestone district lies on the western verge of 
the county, adjoining Derbyshire^ beginning about iShireoaks, 
and stretching southward to the Trent. It has generally a 
sandy soil, resting on limestone and red freestone, and in some 
places on a blue or yellow clay. 

Cultivation and Produce. — On the sandy soils, before 
the introduction of turnips and artificial grasses, it was usual to 
get five crops in succession ; viz. oats or pease, barley, rye, oats, 
and lastly skegs ; after which the land was left to recover itself 
as it could by rest. The introduction of turnips, to be eat off 
by sheep, was a great improvement, by ensuring a good suc- 
ceeding crop of barley or other grain. At present, the culture 
of a " break" in the forest may be stated to be — " 1st. Turnips, 
laying ten quarters of lime an acre; 2d. Barley ; 3d. Rye, some- 
times wheat; and 4th. Cots, with seeds, j. #„ wheat,, clover^ 



44 SOIL AND PRODUCE, 

and rye-grass, which are mown for hay and then thrown open." 
But the greatest improvement has been made in the forest lands 
permanently inclosed. Amongst these is Clumber park, which 
contains about 4000 acres, and was, little more than 70 years 
ago, merely a black heath, full of rabbits, having* a narrow 
river running through it, with a small boggy close or two ; but 
it is now a fertile Paradise, having a magnificent mansion, a 
noble lake and river, extensive plantations, and about 2000 
acres of excellent arable land, besides extensive pasturage for 
sheep, cattle, and deer. Potatoes are grown on the sandy land 
with great advantage, and of excellent quality, and large crops 
of every sort of grain are produced. in many parts, under an 
improved system of cultivation. Liquorice was formerly much 
grown about Worksop, but it was given up many years ago, 
the soil not being so deep as that about Pontefract in Yorkshire, 
where this juicy root grows in great perfection. The Trent 
bank land is generally rich either in pasturage or tillage. The 
arable is mostly kept under such courses of turnip husbandry as 
produce excellent crops of barley and oats, amounting to eight 
and sometimes ten quarters per acre. Winter tares are sown 
by many farmers, to cut for green fodder, as also are shegs* 
which yield double the quantity of any other kind of oats, in 
bulk, but only about the same quantity in weight. The grass 
lands are employed more for feeding than the dairy, though 
almost every farmer keeps a few milch cows, and makes his own 
cheese and butter, of which latter, some of them send large 
quantities to market; and there are in the southern part of the 
county a few large dairies chiefly employed in making cheese. 

The Clay district, yields fine crops of wheat, barley, beans, 
peas, hay, &c; The arable land is generally fallowed once in 
three years, and is next sown with wheat or Ijarley, and in the 
following year with beans, peas, or both mixed. The latter 
crop is very common, owing, it is said, to its smothering the 
weeds. But some of the farmers now sow broad or red clover 
with their wheat or barley, and mow it in the following year, . 
instead of their usual crop of beans or pease. Much of the 
arable land in " the clays" is in large common fields, most of 
which were first cultivated under an act passed in 1773, and the 
different occupants distinguish their respective plots by land- 
marks. Hops are a considerable article of produce in this dis- 
trict, particularly about Gllerton and Retford, at which latter 
town there is a great hop fair on the 2nd of October. The hops 
grown here are known by the appellation of the " North Clays" 
and though they are stronger than the Kent and Sussex hops, 

* Skegs, a species of oats, are the 'Avena stipiformis' of Linnaeus. They grow 
T»here nothing else will, and as they yield a sweet nourishing food, the farmers, 
though they seldom bring them to market, raise them in considerable quantities, 
jwrticularly in the north-western parts of the county, for their own use, giving 
itevw to their horses iu the straw. 



KOTTINOHAMSHIR'E. 4S 

in the proportion of nearly two to one, their flavour is not so 
mild and agreeable, which of course operates against them in 
the market. 

It is thought that this county is favourably situated for the 
cultivation of Orchards, as much of the soil is a red marly 
learn with hlue veins, similar to the orchard districts of Wor- 
cester and Herefordshire. There are indeed in the North and 
South Clay divisions, and in some other parts of the county, many 
orchards of apples and pears, but not in sufficient quantities to 
render the making- of cider and perry an object of agricultural 
attention, particularly as the markets of Nottingham, Sheffield, 
and the mountainous districts of Derbyshire, are sufficient to 
carry off any quantity of the fruit that may be raised. IVoad 
or ll r eld sometimes called the dyer's weed, is an article of cul- 
tivation about Scrooby, and, as it is sown with other crops, 
either barley or clover, it does not occupy much room. It is a 
yellow plant used by the dyers for the foundation of many co- 
lours, but, though it sometimes yields nearly half a ton per 
acre, its price is too variable for the farmer to depend upon its 
culture, being sometimes as low £(') and at others rising to .£24 
per ton. The county possessing such a diversity of soil, af- 
fords its farmers an opportunity of producing every species of 
grain and grass, and most kind of plants and roots, with as 
much advantage as is afforded in any county in the kingdom, 
the most improved systems of culture being here in use. 

Rabbit Warrens were formerly very numerous in the 
forest and other sandy districts ; but those at Farnsfield, Clum- 
ber, Beskwood, Sansom-wood, and Hay wood-Oaks, were de- 
stroyed many years ago; and those at Clipston, Peasefield, In- 
kersall, Oxton, Blidworth, Calverton, and Newstead, have been 
greatly reduced, though conies are there by no means scarce, 
and their burrows may be seen in many other parts of the 
forest. Pigeons are still very plentiful, especially in the 
North and South Clays, though, during the last twenty years, 
many of the farmsteads have been rebuilt, and the old Dove- 
cotes destroyed, without being replaced, which some farmers 
consider as a great loss to themselves, but a benefit to the Lord 
of the Manor, whose hares, pheasants, and partridges, which 
abound in most parts of Nottinghamshire, now find a redun- 
dancy of food where it was formerly picked up by numerous 
flocks of pigeons. About thirty years ago, it is said no fewer 
than 8400 pigeons were sold on one market day at Tuxford for 
.£63. In Zoology, Nottinghamshire has no particular genus 
except the old forest breed of sheep, which is now nearly worn 
out by various crosses with the Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, 
Dishley, and Bakewell breeds. 

In Falcolnry a curious fact is recorded by Fuller, who says, 
" We must not forget how two Ayres of Lannai'ds were lately 
found in Sherwood Forest. These Hawkes are natives of 



46 FARMS, TENURES, MINERALS, &C 

Saxony, and it seems being- old and past flying at the game, 
were let or set themselves loose, when meeting with lanerets 
enlarged on the same terms, they did breed together, and proved 
as excellent in their kind, when managed, as any which were 
brought from Germany." 

Farms. — It may be observed with propriety, that notwith- 
standing all that has been said in favour of large farms, the 
system of occupation in this county, is a proof that they are far 
from being absolutely necessary, at least beyond a certain ex- 
tent. It may be true indeed, that if very large farms had never 
existed, many of our present improvements would never have 
been thought of; but even granting this, it is still pleasant to 
see a whole county, populous in proportion to the extent and 
nature of its soil, in a high state of cultivation, intersected by 
good roads, and inhabited by a respectable yeomanry and 
leasehold farmers, well lodged and comfortably situated ; and 
all this, where very few farms exceeded £300 per annum ; 
where more farms are below than above =£100; and many, in 
the clay district, as low as twenty. By this equal division, it is 
easy to conceive how many families are living in honest re- 
spectability ; and though they may be considered as in a state 
of poverty on the smallest farms, yet it is' not a state of poverty 
which will send their occupants to the workhouse for relief, as 
would infalliably have been the case had twenty or thirty 
of these little spots been consolidated into one, and their 
hapless tenants obliged to perform as servile drudgery, that" 
which now forms the cheerful labour of themselves and 
families. 

Farm Houses and Cottages. — A considerable number of 
the Farm Houses and Cottages have lately been rebuilt of 
brick and tile, but many of the old " stud and mud" buildings 
still remain, covered with thatch, as indeed are some of the more 
modern erections. The ground floors of the houses are gene- 
rally of brick, and the upper floors of plaster, of which latter 
the barn floors are also constructed. There is generally a good 
fold-yard to each farm, and the corn is mostly piled in ricks 
upon stone staddles or brick pillars, three or four feet high, 
and sometimes upon brick hovels which method keeps the grain 
sweet and free from vermin. Many of the cottages have small 
plots of garden and potato-ground attached to them; and agii- 
cultural labourers are as comfortable here as in any other 
county, though their wages seldom exceed 2s. per day, except 
in harvest time, and though that injurious system of sending 
able bodied paupers round amongst the farmers by " house 
row" to work for a bare parochial pittance is practised in some 
parishes. 

The Tenures are in all the variety of freehold, copyhold, 
and leasehold, and there is also a considerable quantity of 
church and collegiate lands ; the church of Southwell, and the 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, 



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archbishopric of York, being" still, as formerly, considerable 
landholders, whilst some of the ancient priory lands are now in 
possession of the universities. The freeholds are more exten- 
sive than numerous; and with respect to the copyholds, a great 
proportion of the smallest ones are " Borough English"* and 
descend to the youngest son. The immediate occupants of the 
soil, however, are mostly tenants at will, and as their farms in 
many instances have thus gone through several generations, 
they feel a kind of hereditary security that prompts them to 
the same course of improvement as if they were secured bv 
leases. A great part of the land having anciently belonged to 
the church, is tithe free ; and on the other estates the tithes are 
generally paid by moderate compositions. 

The Rents were (as in other counties) considerably advanced 
during the late war, about twenty years ago; many of them in 
the proportion of three to one ! — and under circumstance* 
which left the farmer no choice between acceptance and dis- 
mission. This great advance was owing to the extraordinary- 
rise which had previously taken place in the price of provisions 
and other agricultural produce, which however has since been 
greatly reduced, so that the landlords have been obliged to 
allow large discounts off their half-yearly demands ; but these 
remissons -are generally made with such a sparing hand, and 
subjected to such nice calculations, that the difference betwixt 
a good and a bad harvest has but little effect on the real profits 
of the farmer. However, rents are as reasonable here as in 
most other counties, and many small parcels of forest land have 
lately been enclosed by the poor about Mansfield and other 
places, and are now held at as low a rate as from 2s. to 4s. per 
acre, though they yield good crops of potatoes and other vege- 
tables ; but from .£1 to £2 per acre is paid for good land in the 
old inclosures, and in the common fields which have been long; 
in tillage. 

In Minkralogy Nottinghamshire possesses nothing worthy 
of notice but coal* lime, and stone. The coal and limestone 
district lies in the western side of the county, betwixt Derby- 
shire and a line draw southward from Shireoaks to the river 
Leen, near Wollaton and Radford. The limestone which is of 
a hungry nature, and rises up to the vegetable mould, com- 
mences at Shireoaks, and begins to abut on the coal near 
Teversall, and afterwards runs between it and the sand. The 
line of coal begins a little north of Teversall, and extends south 
by west to Brook-hill, then south to Eastwood, whence it runs 
in a south easterly direction to Bilborough, Wollaton, and the 
Leen. This field of coal is not more than a mile broad in this 

•The origin of this part of our common law is completely involved in mystery, 
but is supposed to have arisen fiom the ancient system of vassalage, which gave 
the Lord certain rights over his vassal 1 s bride, thus rendering the ligitimacy of ths 
. *Ide*t horn aacei Uin, 



48 'T-ftAD'K, COMMERCE, &C. 

county, and h as above it a cold blue or yellow clay, betwixt 
which and the sand of the forest is the strip of limestone 
already mentioned. There are only a very few coalpits in this 
district, most of the coal used in the county being brought 
from Pinxton and other parts of Derbyshire, by the Railway to 
Mansfield, and by the canals and rivers to Nottingham.; a good 
deal is also brought up the Trent from Yorkshire. The county 
eontains in several places an abundance of stone of various 
descriptions. Very extensive quarries oired and white freestone 
are now in full work round Mansfield, for the purposes of 
building and paving, and a coarser kind for making troughs, 
cisterns, &c. At Mansfield Woodhouse is an extensive quarry 
of limestone, which is of such a beautiful light cream colour, 
and so close in grain, that it would be highly valuable for orna- 
mental building, were it not that its extreme hardness would 
raise its price far beyond that of Portland stone. At Mapple- 
beck is a bluish building stone, of which Newark bridge is 
constructed, and which bleaches with the air to a tolerable 
white. At Linby is a coarse paving stone much used at Not- 
tingham, where there is also plenty of soft red sand stone, but it 
is unfit for building purposes. At Gotham, Beacon-hill, North 
and South Wheatley, and in several other parts of the county, 
are prolific beds of gypsum or alabaster, — a bluish stone ap- 
proaching to marble, which is used for hearths and chimney- 
pieces, and also burnt for plaster. It is supposed that m,arle 
might be found here in considerable quantities for agricultural 
purposes, if that mode of dressing land was once introduced ; 
such veins of it as have been opened by chance, are found to 
he highly calcareous, and might, under judicious management, 
be rendered very beneficial to the soil. 

The Botanist may find near Mansfield and in some other parts 
of the county the deadly-night-shade and many other rare 
plants, which will be noticed in the topographical portion of 
this work. 

The Manufactures of the county consist chiefly of lace 
and hosiery, which give employment to thousands of the inha- 
bitants in Nottingham, Mansfield, and the surrounding villages. 
Stocking and other hosiery is the most ancient manufacture of 
the county, but of late years such great improvements have been 
made in bobbin net machines, that lace may now be considered 
as the leading article, and as the chief cause of the great in- 
crease in houses, shops, and factories, which has taken place 
in all the manufacturing towns and villages in the county 
during the last twenty years. — (Seepage 193 to 206.) There 
are in the county several silk and worsted mills, and upwards 
of 30 cotton mills ; the latter are mostly situated in and near 
Nottingham and Mansfield, andthe remainder at Pappelwick, 
Linby, Newark, Southwell, &c. &c. There are also several 



N0TT1X0HAMSHIRK. 

loth manufactories, a paper mill, 9 and a few potteries^ 
of coarse red earthenware in the county. Malting is a 
ive branch of trade at Nottingham, Newark, Mansfield, 
tad WorUsop, and the two former places are famous for the 
brewing of ale, (Seep. 206.) The laee and hosiery manufac- 
tures give employment to many iron and brass founders, 
smiths, machine makers, dyers, bleachers, &c. &c. 

Of the Commerce of the county some idea may be formed 
bv the following enumeration of the various articles of export 
and import on the numerous lines of water-carriage. The 
exports which pa<s either from or through the county, are lead, 
copper, coals, and salt from Derbyshire and Cheshire ; Staf- 
fordshire ware in considerable quantities ; lime and limestone, 
for building and for agricultural purposes ; chili stone for the 
glass manufacturers; pig iron and cast metal goods; oak 
timber and bark, &c. &c. The imports for the consumption of 
the county and the neighbouring districts are timber, hemp, 
flax, and iron, from the north of Europe ; corn, flour, groceries, 
wine, spirits, cotton wool, &c. ; large quantities of flints from 
Northfleet and the various chalk pits near the Thames, for the 
Staffordshire potteries; and all kinds of raw materials for in- 
land manufactures. 

RIVERS AND CANALS. 

The commerce and agriculture of Nottinghamshire are 
greatly facilitated by the navigable streams of the Trent, the 
Soar, the Er wash, and the Idle; by the canals extending fiom 
Cromford to Nottingham, from Nottingham to Bingham and 
Grantham, and from Chesterfield to J Worksop, Retford, and the 
Trent, and by the railway from Pinxton to Mansfield. The 
principal rivers of the county are the Trent, the Soar, the 
Erwash, the Leen, the Idle, the Maun, the Meden, the YVollen, 
the Roy ton, and the Rainworth, which, with their numerous 
tributary streams, intersect the county in every direction. 

The Trent, which is the noblest stream in the county, ranks 
in importance as the fourth river in England, being only sur- 
passed by the Thames, the Severn, and the Humber; but 
though it is not the largest, it may be said to run the longest 
course of any, from its rising nearer to the western side of the 
kingdom than any of the others. It has its source near Bid- 
dulph, in the Moorlands of Staffordshire, and receives from 
Cheshire and Lancashire, even whilst near its head, a number 
of small rivulets, which have been said to amount to thirty, 
from which a fanciful monkish etymologist has supposed it 
derived the name of Triginta, which he says was afterwards 
ehanged into Trente in Norman French, but this idea is futile, 

* At Reftord. £ At Suiton-in-Ashfi€ld, and Mansfield. 



30 ttiVKR TRENT. 

for it received the Saxon name of Treonta, long* before the in- 
troduction of that language into this country. That a river of 
such magnitude should not have received a name from the 
Romans is incredible, and it is natural to suppose that whatever 
that appellation was, some remains of it should he found in the 
present name. The happiest guess of this kind may be seen in 
the thirtieth volume of the Gentleman's Magazine, page 65, 
where a very ingenious writer observes, that we find in a note 
of the Grammarian Servius upon Virgil, that the Tiber in one 
part of the city of Rome had the name of " Terentum" in con- 
sequence of Avearing its banks from the rapidity of its course — 
"-eo quodripas terat."-Now supposing this to be true, and that the 
Romans might probably enough have given the name of their 
favourite river, (as our modern discoverers have done in several 
instances) to this onje, whose beauty they could not fail to be struck 
with, for it is not likely they would have -left it without a name., 
then the etymology of its present appellation would be simple 
and unforced. Another idea has also been started on the 
ground of looking for its etymology in the ancient Roman 
name, for there is another word in the Latin language, which is 
as good a word for conjecture, and comes even nearer to it in 
sound ; this is Tride?itum % or Tridenta, from which Trent, or 
Treont as in the Saxon, might easily be deduced. These indeed 
are only conjectures ; but its real Roman name, which however 
has no similarity whatever with its present appellation, may 
perhaps be traced by the consideration, that although it had 
been the general supposition of antiquaries that the Roman 
name of the Humber was Abus, yet Doctor Gale seems to have 
been rather fortunate in his conjecture, that its real name was 
Urus, of which there are still some vestiges in the names of 
Isurium, and Eboracum the modern York : the question then 
naturally arises, to what river did they give the name of Abusf 
why to the Trent, says our etymologist, and even of this there 
is a vestige in Appisthorpe, or Abusthorpe, the town on the 
Abus near Littleborough, the Agelocum of the Romans. The 
Trent was evidently considered of high importance as early as 
the conquest, for it is recorded in Domesday Book, that " in 
Snottingham, the water of Trent, and the fosse and the way 
towards York, were kept so, that if any should hinder the pas- 
sage of boats, and if any should plough or make a ditch on the 
king's way, within two perches, he should make amends by 
eight pounds." 

Within a few miles of its source, its stream begins to expand 
and assumes the consequence of a large river, coming down 
from the hills with a Very rapid current, and being augmented 
in the more level parts of Staffordshire, by the accession of other 
rivers, it flows past Trentham, to which it gives name, and from 
thence to Burton ; up to which town it is navigable for small 
craft. After crossing the south end of Derbyshire it enters 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Si 

Nottinghamshire near Thrumpton, and receives the Erwash 
and the Soar. It then rolls in a broad and clear stream past 
the groves of Glifton and the meadows of Nottingham, in a 
south-easterly direction, but by many winding reaches, to 
Holme Pierrepoint, Gunthorpe, Bridgford, East Stoke, Farn- 
don, and Kelham, to within a mile of Newark, whence it takes 
a more northerly course to Dunham, and from thence forms the 
boundary of the county as far as Laneham, Torksey, Little- 
borough, West Burton, Bole, Gainsborough, and West Stock- 
with, where it enters Lincolnshire, and then flows through 
that county, by Burton Stather, to the H umber, after a serpen- 
tine course of near 200 miles. In its passage through Notting- 
hamshire it occasionally floods and fertilizes an immense 
range of meadows, passing frequently over richly cultivated 
plains, and sometimes betwixt high swelling' knolls and green 
feathered cliffs, that add greatly to the sublimity of the scenery, 
which, about Nottingham, Holme Pierrepoint, and Ratcliffe, is 
pleasing in the extreme, being interpersed with handsome 
villas, neat villages, and scattered farm-houses and cottages. 

The tide rises up the Trent to a little above Gainsborough, 
and its close confinement between the banks of the river pro- 
duces that grand phenomenon, called the Eagre or Hygrc, 
particularly at spring tides, when the water rises on the surface 
of the river to the height of six or eight feet, and rolls on in a 
large mass, from the estuary of the H umber to a considerable 
distance above Gainsbro* bridge, ap to which the river is 
navigable for vessels of 200 tons burthen, and both above and 
below great numbers of small craft are employed in the trade to 
Hull, Nottingham, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, 
&c. At " Trent-falls''' the river forms a confluence with the 
Humber and Ouse. The Keadby canal joins it with the Don 
navigation; the Chesterfield canal falls into it at Stockwith ; 
and at Torksey the Fosse- Dyke opens a water communication 
with the interior of Lincolnshire. At Nottingham a canal 
branches in a south-easterly direction to Grantham and Bingham, 
and another extends north- west to join the Cromford canal. 
The Erwash falls into the Trent from the north, and the Soar 
from the south, near the junction of this county with Derby- 
shire and Leicestershire, about eight miles above Nottingham. 

The Trent Navigation is of such importance to the country 
at large, in consequence of the numerous communications 
which it forms with other rivers and canals, that every means 
have been taken to afford it all the facilities possible. For this 
purpose a side cut of ten miles in length was made under an 
act passed in 17S4, in order to avoid twenty-one shoals which 
occur in little more than thirteen miles of its course between 
the bridge at Nottingham and Sawley-ferry, at the commence- 
ment of the Trent and Mersey canal. This side cut, which is 
sometimes called the Trent canal, has a rise of 28 feet, and 



52 



RIVERS AND CANALS. 



crosses the Erwash Navigation near Attenborough. It for- 
merly terminated in the Trent at Beeston, but in 1794, an act 
of Parliament was obtained to extend it as far as Lenton, where 
it joins the Nottingham canal. (See page 188 to 190) 

The Erwash is only a small river which rises near Kirk by 
in-Ashfield, and flows southward to the Trent, near Atten- 
borough, forming in its course the boundary of this county and 
Derbyshire. Under an act passed in 1777? it was made naviga- 
ble by the aid of several side cuts from the Trent to Langley 
bridge, in Derbj^shire, near which it forms a junction with the 
Cromford and Nottingham canals. 

The Soar runs northward to the Trent near Thrumpton. 
It is a small river, which has its source in Leicestershire, and 
for about ten miles forms the boundary of Nottinghamshire, 
flowing by Stanford, Normanton, and Rateliffe y under the hills 
called the Wolds. By an act passed in 1776, it was made 
navigable to Loughborough, where it opens a communication 
with the Leicester- Union and other canals which intersect the 
south of England. 

The Leen, which rises near Newstead Abbey and flows 
southward, by Papplewick, Bui well, Basford, Radford, and 
Lenton, to the Trent near Nottingham, is described at page 189. 

The Dover or Dare-beck rises near Blidworth, and 
passing by Oxton, Woodborough, and Lowdham, falls into the 
Trent near Caythorpe and Hoveringham. The Greet another 
small river rises near Farnsfield, and flows by Southwell and 
Fiskerton to the Trent, which likewise receives several other 
rivulets that intersect the hundreds of Thurgarton and 
Bassetlaw, as well as the following from the southern parts 
of the county, viz. — the Smite, which rises near Over- 
Broughton, and, after receiving the PP^apling and several 
smaller streams, forms the River Dean, w T hich flows by 
Gotham and Hawton, and after being augmented the Car- 
Dyke from Car-Colston, pursues its course by Newark to the 
Trent. 

Five fine streams called the Rain worth- Water, the Maun, the 
Med en, the Wollen, and the Royton cross Sherwood forest 
from east to west, almost parallel to each other, and after- 
wards turn to the north and from the river Idle. Raixworth 
Water rises a little north of Newstead, and runs through 
Inkersall dam and Rufford park, to the Maun at Ollerton. The 
Maun or Man rises near Kirkby-in-Ashh'eld, and flows by 
Mansfield, and Clipston, to Ollerton. The Meden or Mayden 
Water, has its source near Skegby, and runs by Pleasley and 
Warsop, through Thoresby park, and joins the Maun near 
Palethorpe, where the united streams take the name of Idle. 
The Wollen, which rises on the borders of Derbyshire, runs 
through Welbeck and Clumber parks where it forms two spa- 
cious lakes, and flows to the. Idle, near Elkesley. A little below 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 53 

Welbeck it receives the Poulter from Langwith and Cuckney 
The Royton River rises near Shireoaks, and passes by 
Worksop, Scofton, Bilby, Blythe, and Scrooby to Bawtry, where 
it enters the Idle. 

The Tdle River, formed by the five streams just described, 
runs northward, by Haughton park, through Retford, towards 
Mattersey, where it turns north-west to Bawtry, and thence 
takes an easterly course, across Misson car, to the Trent near 
Stockwith and the junction of the Chesterfield canal. That 
part of it extending from Bawtry to the Trent was made navi- 
gable many years ago, and is called the Idle River Canal, ex- 
cept in part of its course betwixt Misson car and Stockwith, 
where it has the name of Bycar-dykc, owing to its having* 
been diverted from its original channel, which ran more to the 
northward. 

The Nottingham Canal commences in the river Trent, 
and proceeds to the Cromford canal near Langley bridge, very 
near to the termination of the Erwash canal ; and it is also 
connected with the side cut from the Trent and Mersey naviga- 
tion, generally called the Trent canal. Jts bed is not greatly 
elevated, and its supply is principally from the river; however, 
to guard against deficiencies of water in dry seasons, a 
reservoir has been made near Arnswirch, with a self-regulating 
sluice, which lets off above 3000 cubic feet of water per hour, 
for the use of some mills in its neighbourhood, and also for 
the Erwash canal. This navigation was finished in 1802 ; and 
the principal objects of its undertakers were the export of agri- 
cultural produce, and of coals from the various mines in its vici- 
nity, together with the importation of lime, timber, and other 
heavy articles. 

The Grantham Canal is also connected with the Trent, 
commencing near Nottingham, and having a branch upwards 
of three miles in length, leading to the town of Bingham. The 
system of lockage on that part of the line which is in this 
county is very extensive ; for on the rise of the wolds from the 
Trent to Cromweli Bishop, in a line of only s'rx miles and a 
half, there is a gradual elevation of eighty two feet ; but from 
Cropwell to Stainwith closes, there is a dead level of twenty 
miles. The proprietors of the Trent river navigation having 
been at a considerable expense in deepening the river near 
to the entrance of this canal, are entitled to take certain 
tolls on all goods passing from this to the Nottingham canal ; 
which have of late years risen to a considerable amount. In 
1793, it was in contemplation to have formed a junction be- 
tween this and the Newark and Bottesford canal near Stainwith, 
which would have made a complete line of water communica- 
tion between the south-eastern part of Nottinghamshire and the 
adjoining country. 

The Chesterfield Canal commences in Derbvshire, close 
f2 






54 TURNPIKES, RAILWAYS, &C. 

to the town from which it has its name, and enters Nottingham- 
shire near Shireoaks, thence it passes by Worksop through the 
northern limits of Sherwood forest, in a circuitous direction by 
Babwortfr to Retford, where it changes its course to the north, 
passing through Welham, Hayton, Clarborough, and Clay- 
worth, by Wiseton Hall, Everton, and Drakelow, where it 
runs through a tunnel of two hundred and fifty yards, and 
thence round Gringley-on-the-Hill, in a north-east direction 
through Misson car to Misterton, across Walkeringham moor, 
and thence into the Trent at Stockwith. The advantages which 
have already resulted from this line of communication are sen- 
sibly felt throughout the whole of its course, which is about 
forty miles in length. From Chesterfield to Norwood it rises 
about forty-five feet, and from the latter place to the Trent it 
has a regular fall of 335 feet. 

The ROADS of Nottinghamshire have been greatly improved 
during the last ten years, under the admirable system which 
has been promulgated by Mr. M'Adam in all parts of the king- 
dom ; but in some of the lanes and bye-roads, the traveller has 
still to contend with a deep sand, and in some places with an 
adhesive clay, which latter he finds as fatiguing in wet weather, 
as the former is in dry. That part of the Great North Road 
which passes through this county from Newark to Bawtry, was 
amended under an Act of Parliament passed in 1766, and di- 
verted from its ancient course across the forest,* so as to pass 
through Retford. The road from Nottingham to Loughbo- 
rough was almost impassable till 1738, when an act was ob- 
tained to put it in repair. In 1758, acts were passed for making- 
turnpike roads from Nottingham to Derby, Alfreton, and 
Grantham.. The road from Nottingham to Mansfield, through 
which a great number of coaches and other carriages are con- 
stantly travelling betwixt Leeds and London, is now in excellent 
condition, having been greatly improved of late years. The 
road from Retford to Worksop, has nowagood " Macadamized" 
Bottom, though a few years ago it was the heaviest sandy road 
in the county, except that from Worksop to Warsop, in which 
Laird says he was three hours in travelling eight miles in a 
post chaise ; but this has also been amended since he wrote, as 
also have the roads from Retford to Gainsbro^ and Littleborough. 
Though these improvements have caused an advance of perhaps 
35 per cent on the tolls taken on some of the forest roads, they 
are 75 per cent better, which is freely acknowledged by those 
who were in the habit of ploughing the roads with their vehicles 
in their original sandy state. 

The Rail- Road from Mansfield to Pinxton, in Derbyshire, 
opens a communication with the Cromford canal, and the nu- 

* The North Road formerly left the present line at Markkas) moor, near Tux- 
apJEdj and joined it again at Darnby moor. 



KOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 55 

merous branches of inland navigation to which that canal has 
access. It is seven miles and three quarters in length, and 
was commenced under the powers of an Act of Parliament 
passed in 1817, but was not completed till ldl9. At its western 
extremitv it joins the Pinxton canal-basin, and is terminated 
at Mansfield by an extensive store-yard and warehouse?, which 
are surrounded by a stone wall, and bear the name of Portland 
Wharf. It is of great advantage to the inhabitants in the cen- 
tral part of the county, for it affords a cheap and expeditious 
transit for the coal of Derbyshire, which is brought in large 
quantities to Mansfield, for supplying both the town and a large 
district extending manv miles to the eastward, where the farmers 
and other inhabitants have frequently to send their waggons or 
carts to Mansfield for coal, stone, and lime. Before the forma- 
tion of this rail or tram road, the price of coal at Man3field was 
generally from 10s. to 13s. per ton, but it is now seldom higher 
than 8s. or 8s, 6d. per ton. About a mile south-west of Mans- 
field, the railway crosses a deep glen, near the King's mill, by 
a stupendous bridge of five arches, and though the undertaking 
cost an immense sum of money, it now pays 4| per cent to the 
shareholders. One horse will draw upon it as much as would 
require five horses upon a common road, so that it is of consi- 
derable service to the quarry owners of Mansfield, by opening 
an easy and cheap communication with the inland navigation, 
for the immense blocks of stone which are sent hence to the 
western and southern counties. Steam carriages have not yet 
been introduced in Nottinghamshire, though they have long 
been used on some of the colliery railways in the north of Eng- 
land, -and may now be seen propelling both heavily laden wag- 
gons and coaches on the Manchester and Liverpool railway, at 
the amazing speed of from fifteen to twenty miles per hour. — 
But, should the projected railways ever be formed from London 
to Edinburgh, and across the island from sea to sea, loco-motive 
engines will be as common in Nottinghamshire as draught 
horses, and Retford will become a place of great importance; 
for, according to a plan proposed, that town will be the 
centre from which four great rail communications will di- 
verge, viz. one through Lincoln and Cambridge to London ; 
another through Doneaster, and nearly in a line with the Great 
North Road, to Edinburgh ; a third through Sheffield to Man- 
chester and Liverpool ; and a fourth through Gainsbro 5 to 
to Grimsby, near the mouth of the Humber. Whether these 
roads will ever be formed or not, remains to be seen, but we 
think if any railways are likely to succeed, after the example . 
already set in Lancashire, it will be those which connect the 
two metropolises of England and Scotland, and traverse ths 
island from the eastern to the western oceans. 



56 KOtfitfGHAMSHJItS. 

STATE OF THE POOR, ENCLOSURE OF THE 
COMMONS, &c. 

On this subject, Mr, Laird, in the Nottinghamshire portion 
of the " Beauties of England and Wales," is very explicit, and 
embodies with, his own remarks, the judicious observations and 
opinions of two former writers, viz. Eden on the Poor Laws, 
and Lowe on Agriculture ; — we shall therefore quote his trea- 
tise, noting, however, such changes as have taken place since 
1811, when it was written,. 

"Eden, in his very useful work on the state of the poor 
throughout the kingdom, speaking of a parish in a neighbouring 
county^ but bordering close upon Nottinghamshire, says, that 
many people of this parish attribute the rise in the poor's rates 
to the enclosure of the common fields;, because, say they, be- 
fore the enclosure took place, farms were then from ten to 
forty pounds per annum, and any person could then rent a small 
tenement; but now the parish being mostly thrown into large 
farms, it requires a very considerable capital to stock one. — 
This circumstance reduces, therefore, numbers to the necessity 
of living in a state of servile dependence on the large farmers ; 
and as they have no prospect to which their hopes can reasonably 
look forward,, their industry is checked, economy is deprived 
of its greatest stimulant,, and their only thought is how to enjoy 
the present moment!. 

" Let us now look at the state of the poor in Nottinghamshire, 
where large farms are fortunately, as- yet, almost unknown. — 
A very faithful picture of them has been drawn by Mr. Lowe, 
who tells us, '.that there are few counties in England where 
the poor will be found better lodged, clothed, or fed, or better 
provided with fuel. Most cottages have a garden and potatoe 
garth, and few of them are without a web of cloth of their own 
spinning;* many of them, particularly in the clays, have a few 
acres of land attached to their cottages, and are thereby ena- 
bled to keep a cow in addition their pigs ; and here too the 
poor may be actually said to be industrious, for here they are 
often seen themselves, as well as their children, employed at 
their leisure hours in collecting the horse dung from the public 
roads, either for the use of their own gardens or to sell.' But,, 
adds Mr. Lowe, at the same time, it is a matter of concern to 
observe, that the manufactures, whilst they increase the popu- 

* This is not the case now, for during the last twenty years, almost every 
domestic spinning-wheel has been laid aside, and the village weaver driven from 
the agricultural to the manufacturing districts, which, by the aid of modern 
machinery, now supply the farmers and others with every description of cloth at 
a less cost than they would incur by making it in their own families, and also of 
a much more beautiful texture, though perhaps not quite so durable as th* 
hmeytvccteey in which every good housewife fonnerly clothed her family. 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 57 

lation, increase at the same time the burthen of the poor's rate 
on the occupiers of land ; which may be ascribed to the small 
manufacturers too frequently spending- all their earnings, without 
looking forward to a time of old age and infirmity. 

" As a remedy for this evil in the manufacturing part of the 
county, Mr. Lowe very properly recommends the extension of 
friendly societies, or the making- some more competent pro- 
vision by the legislature on the same principle ; but we fear 
that until the nature of mankind is altered, no radical cure will 
ever be found for the evil amongst the manufacturing poor, 
though much may certainly be done in the way of regulation; 
perhaps by premiums to those who have brought up the largest 
families without parochial assistance ; by Tontines on the prin- 
ciples of collection established in Friendly Societies ; and even 
by encouraging- those clubs where money is collected for the 
purchase of various useful but expensive articles of furniture, 
and where each member's chance of possessing the monthly 
prize is determined by what is generally termed a raffle. All 
these will tend to produce a spirit of economy; and some of 
them may in the end be highly beneficial and lucrative to in- 
dividuals ; but perhaps the speediest and most useful reform^ 
both as a temporary and as a lasting expedient, would be the 
removal of the manufacturers' pay tables from the public 
houses. 

" The agricultural will always indeed have advantages over 
the manufacturing- poor; but much will depend on the differ- 
ence of habits, for the advantage of wages is always on the 
side of the latter. The farming labourer has seldom in this 
county been in the receipt of more than eighteen-pence or two 
shillings per day. The hours of labour for this, are the com- 
mon ones in general use; but if the labourer undertakes task 
w r ork, he may increase his gains by a little industry without 
injuring or over fatiguing- himself. His provisions are rather 
moderate than otherwise; and bis fuel may always be had rea- 
sonable since the extension of water carriage. Upon the whole 
we may consider the poor of this county as comparatively com- 
fortable, though much vet remains to be done, both by them- 
selves, and by those of the higher orders who may think it a 
more charitable act to p? , event poverty by encouraging economy 
and industry, than to relieve it even with larger sums, where it 
might have been avoided, by a little prudent circumspection. 
Much of- the comfort of the agricultural Poor must depend, as 
has been before observed, upon the division of land; and even 
their number must be much smaller where the farms are small, 
than where those who would have been farmers, have no other 
mode of support than becoming the labourers of the rich over- 
grown capitalist, who regards them no longer than they are use- 
ful to him. We mean not this, however as a general argument 
against large farms ; they have their advantages, and it must 



58 ENCLOSURE OF COMMONS, &C. 

even be confessed that in many parts of the kingdom,, small 
farms would be infinitely less productive, acre for acre, than 
large ones. What we wish to enter a caveat against is merely 
that system of uniting many farms into one, which in many 
places has swept away whole hamlets, nay villages, where the 
residences of honest cheerful industry have actually been 
levelled with the dust, and nothing been left, but the solitary 
church, to mark that here had been the habitation of men ; 
whilst the few unfortunate villagers that are unable to emigate, 
or not old and helpless enough to gain admission into the work- 
house, are crowded into rows of improved cottages, as they are 
called, and ranged like cattle in a stall without even a slip of 
garden ground to solace a summer's evening. But even ivhere 
large farms are necessary, this evil might be partially avoided, 
in regulating the new inclosures, as by a due attention to the 
probable number of labouring poor in each parish, a sufficient 
number of small slips of one or two acres each might be 
enclosed for the purpose of raising cottages and forming garden 
ground for the agricultural poor, an arrangement tending not 
only to their benefit, but also to the advantage of the farmers 
themselves, as it would be an additional stimulus to industry, 
would excite an emulation amongst the labourers to become 
possessed of these small advantages, and would soon be sensibly 
felt in the diminution of poor's rates. It has indeed been ob- 
J€cted that small portions of ground given to the poor will 
make them too independent, and render them unwilling to 
work for the farmer ; but the man who can thus coolly object 
to the comfort of his fellow creatures, from an idea, and we 
believe a mistaken one too, of his own interest, deserves not an 
answer ! 

u The Nottinghamshire inclosures are now, (1811,) and have 
been for sometime, going on with great rapidity; the applica- 
tions to Parliament, every sessions, are numerous, and they 
have had the effect of raising the value of land very consider- 
ably wherever they have taken place. In fact there is now very 
little ]eft to inclose, except some tracts on the western side, 
and about the middle of the forest. These are at present 
mostly rabbit warrens, and seem fit for very little else ; indeed 
we understand that portions of these tracts have been taken 
into cultivation, but suffered again to run waste from their being 
totally unproductive. 

" That this county has for some years been in a progressive 
state of improvement is evident even to the passing stranger; 
but there are some facts recorded by Mr. Lowe in his survey, 
which prove it indubitably. One instance in particular is con- 
clusive. He tells us that about thirty years ago, the sand lands 
in Gressthorp, Cromwell, and Muskham fields, all on the great 
north road between Newark and Retford, were not worth more 
than two shillings and sixpence per acre, covered with wild 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 59 

sorrel, and lea lay for six or seven years. Now they produce 
from eight to ten quarters of remarkably fine oats per acre ; and 
this entirely effected by turnips and clover. Much improve- 
ment may also be expected in future from the attention now 
paid to draining. In the new inclosure bills, drains are ordered 
bv the commissioners, and provision made for their being- pro- 
perly kept up, which has already been found to be more effec- 
tuaf than the old laws of Sewers, of the neglect in the execution 
of which there have been great complaints in Nottinghamshire^ 
as well as in the neighbouring counties."* 

THE ARCHITECTURE of the county will be best de- 
scribed under the various heads, and there is perhaps no county 
in the kingdom that displays a greater variety, principally 
modern ; indeed we may assert that Nottinghamshire contains 
the residences of more of the nobility and gentry than any 
other countv of the same size. The farm-houses and cottages 
have already been noticed at page 46. The most common 
building materials are bricks and tiles, for making which, the 
county possesses an abundance of excellent clay, but many new 
villages which have sprung up in the manufacturing district 
around Nottingham within the last ten years, are roofed with 
blue slate, as also are the villas of the gentry and manufac- 
turers. In Ecclesiastical Architecture, there are many 
elegant specimens of the antique, particularly in St. Mary's 
church in Nottingham, the collegiate church at Southwell, 
Newark church, the church of Radford, with the abbey gate 
near Worksop, and several others which will be noticed in 
their proper places. Of Ancient Sepulchral Monuments, 
however, the number is but limited; for, with the exception of 
the Furnival and Lovetot monuments at Radford, near Work- 
sop, there are none older than the 14th century, of which 
period, Mr. Gough even with his accurate research could dis- 
cover but six cross-legged figures of crusaders : one of which 
is at Flintham, and belongs to the Husseys, but who were not 
in possession of that manor before the eighth of Edward the 
the third, so that its date cannot be anterior to 1333. 

CHARITIES. 

One of the greatest causes which tend to keep the poor-rates 
of Nottinghamshire lower than those of most other counties, 
is the amplitude of its charity funds and estates, which have 
been bequeathed at different periods by numerous benevolent 
individuals, for the education and relief of the indigent of 
almost every parish within its limits, and which produce collec- 
tively upwards of .£13,000 per annum, besides affording com- 
fortable dwellings for several hundred alms people. In addi- 

-* Xowe's Agricultural Surrey, p. 96. 



60 CHARITIES, SAVINGS' BANKS, &C. 

tion to this mass of posthumous charity, nearly an equal amount 
is subscribed annually by the benevolent inhabitants for the 
support of various Charitable Institutions, among- which are 
Free Schools ; Societies for relieving the poor, and promoting 
the dissemination of religion; the County Hospital, and 
Lunatic Asylum at Nottingham, and several Medical Dispen- 
saries, and other benevolent institutions which will be noticed 
in the histories of the towns and parishes to which they belong. 
The towns richest in bequeathed charities are Nottingham, 
where they produce upwards of .£3,700 ; Newark were they 
yield annually more than .£3,600, and Retford where their 
yearly proceeds amount to about £ 1,800. We trust that our 
parochial accounts of the posthumous charities of this county 
will be found authentic, and sufficiently explicit, as their sub- 
stance is extracted from the recently published voluminous 
Reports of the Commissioners deputed by Parliament to enquire 
- into the state and appropriation of Public Charities in England* 
This commission, necessary as it was to correct the numerous 
abuses of public trust which had long existed in this and in 
other parts of the kingdom, was justly censured " as being 
tardy and expensive in its operations," which commenced in 
1817, and were not finished till 1830, though up to the year 
1827 no less than .£138,850 had been paid by the nation to the 
Commissioners for salaries and other extravagant charges. 
This commission Dwed its existence principally to the patriotic 
exertions of that able and indefatigable senator and lawyer, 
Henry Brougham, Esq. now Baron Brougham and Vaux> 
Lord 'High Chancellor of England, who no doubt intended it 
to have been conducted in a more effective and less costly 
manner, similar to those which were instituted for the same 
purpose in several previous reigns. 

Provident Institutions. — Another great relief to the 
poor-rates, is that laudable desire which prevails amongst the 
industrious labourers and mechanics to render themselves, as 
far as possible, independent of the workhouse, by providing 
funds for their mutual relief in case of sickness and old age ; 
for which object there are now in the county upwards of 300 
Friendly Societies, consisting collectively of about 15,000 
members who pay small monthly contributions to their respec- 
tive funds. Several Annuitant Societies are supported by those 
of the middle class, and there are in the county many Money 
and Building Clubs. 

Savings' Banks have also a beneficial effect on the indus- 
trious and provident habits of the working classes, by affording 
them a safe and profitable investment for what they are enabled 
by economy to lay by in their health and prosperity, against a 
a time of need. Though many of the lower orders of society 
are so reckless of to-morrow, as to make no provision against 
need and poverty, it is pleasing to observe, that there are now 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



61 



upwards of 7,500 individuals, whose deposits in the six Savings' 
Banks of Nottinghamshire, amount to above .=£240,000, exclu- 
sive of about ^£20,000 deposited by 251 Friendly Societies, and 
15 Charitable Institutions, The state of these Savings' Banks, 
on the 20th of Nov. 1829, was as follows : — 



SAVINGS* BANKS' 


INDIVIDUAL 
DEPOSITORS. 


FRIENDLY AND 
CHR. SOCIETIES. 


amounnt of deposits 
on nov. 20th, 1829. 


Nottingham 

Southwell 

Worksop 

Mansfield 

Newark 

Retford-— 


3772 
369 
529 
814 

1228 
743 


169 

3 

22 

47 

9 

16 


£101,040 16 1 
10,595 14 7k 
29,498 16 9 
32,039 5 10 
45,306 4 5£ 
27,167 7 9 


Total 


7455 


266 £245,648 5 


fy The Banks at Newark and Worksop were established in 1817* and the other 
in 1818. 



The population of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire has 
encreased since the year 1801, from 142,829 to 226,440 souls, 
as will be seen in the following table, which shows the number 
of persons in each division, according to the returns made to 
Parliament in the years 1801, 1821, and 1831. 

POPULATION SUMMARY 

OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE & THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF TUB 
TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM. 



HUNDREDS, &c. 


1801. 1 1821. j in 1831. 


PERSONS 


PERSONS 


MALES. 


FEMALES 


PERSONS 


Nottingham Town & Castle \ 

Liberties J 

Bassetlaw Hundred* 

Bingham Hundred .... 


28,861 

31,433 
9,055 

34,847 

12,505 
8,1G3 

17,965 


40,505 

37,448 
11,876 
43,079 
15,556 
10,207 
23,092 


23,636 

20,402 
6,246 

32,534 
8,394 
6,019 

13,714 


27,091 

20,652 
6,196 

32,765 
9,034 
5,990 

13,767 


50,727 

41,054 
12,442 
65,299 
17,428 
12,000 
27,481 




Rushcliffe Hundred 

Thuigarton Hundred • • ' 


Total 


142,829 


186,763 


110,945 


115,495 


226,440 


* The Bassetlaw and Thurgarton returns include the Libert?/ of Southwell and 
Scrooby. 

f The population of each parish in the county, will be shewn in separate tables, 
with the topographical and statistical description of the SIX HUNDREDS or 

WAPENTAKES. 



The total POPULATION OF ENGLAND & WALES 
in 1831, was 13,894,574; of Scotland, 2,365,807; and of the 
Army and Navy, 277,017, swelling- the aggregate number of 
souls in Great Britain, to 16,537,398; consisting of 8,161,618 

o 



62 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, 

males, and 8,375,780 fem,ales, and being an encrease since 
1801, of no fewer than 5,594,752 souls! 

COURTS OF LAW. 

The Assizes are held twice a year, generally in the last weeks 
of February and July, at the County-Hall and Town-Hall, in 
Nottingham, where commissions of" Oyer and Terminer, and 
general Gaol Deliverv," are opened, both for the " Town and 
County of the Town," and for Nottinghamshire* The Quarter 
Sessions are held at Nottingham, Newark, Southwell, and 
Retford. Petty Sessions are held weekly, before the county 
magistrates, in all the market towns, and in a few of the vil- 
lages. The Corporate Magistrates of Nottingham, Retford, 
and Newark, hold separate Sessions for their respective 
boroughs. The County Court is held monthly at Nottingham, 
and the Court of the Honour of Peverel, weekly, at Lenton. — 
(See page 138.) 

The increase of population, and the influence of feudal lords, 
gave rise to Manorial Courts, which were granted to obviate 
the necessity of the tenants of a particular class being obliged 
to attend the Sheriff's Torn, or general Court Leet of the Hun- 
dred. Courts Leet and Baron are now held twice a year, for 
many of the manors in the county, before the stewards of their 
respective lords ; and by custom the leets of several manors 
may be held at once, in some certain place within one of the 
manors, 

The number of committals for crime, in the county, in 1810, 
amounted to 67, and in 1819, to 196; but it does not appear 
that vice is more prevalent here than in other districts of a 
similar description. The County Gaol is at Nottingham,, (see 
page 158,) and the House of Correction at Southwell. (See list 
o/ Executions at page 141 ; Luddism, page 102, and Reform 
Riots p. 109 to 115.) 

The Ecclesiastical Courts, which exercise jurisdiction 
here, are the Prerogative Court of York, within the Diocese 
and Province of which the whole county is included; and the 
Spiritual Court of the Archdeaconry of Nottingham, Probates 
of wills and letters of administration of persons dying within 
this archdeaconry, which is coextensive with the county, are 
granted at the Archdeaconry Office, in Nottingham, except 
for the rectorial manor of Mansfield, in which the Dean of Lin- 
coln holds a Peculiar Court, and has a registrar; but the 
original wills of the whole county are deposited in the Register, 
Office, in York. The Venerable Geo. Walking, D.D.* is the 
Archdeacon of Nottingham, and the Rev. John Staunton, L.L.D. 
is his official. C. G. Balguy, Esq. of Nottingham, is ihe regis- 
try; and Mr. Wm. Pearson, of East Redford, the apparitor, 
The Archdeacon holds his visitations yearly in the parish 
*Dr. W ilkira, vicar of Nottirghem, was elected Archdeacon in 1832, 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 63 

churches of Nottingham, Newark, Retford, and Bingham, 
where the clergy, churchwardens, &c. of the four Deaneries, 
bearing the names of those towns, are required to attend. (See 
page 145.) The Chapter of Southwell Collegiate Church have 
a peculiar jurisdiction over 23 parishes in the hundreds of Bas- 
setlaw and Thurgartoo, forming the Liberty of Southwell and 
Scrooby. (Vide p. 301 and 661.) 

The venerable Minster of Southwell is the mother 
church of Nottinghamshire, and in it are held two annual 
Synods, as has been seen at page 692. It has sixteen prebenda- 
ries, of whom the following is a list, shewing the years in 
which they were inducted, and the names and annual value of 
their respective prebends in the King's books. 

Chapter of Southwell. 

PREBENDARIES. PREBENDS. VAL. INDUC. 

William Dealtry, D.D Norwell Tertia .... 5 2 1785 

Henry Smith, M. A North Lsverton .... 5 1807 

Wm. Barrow, D.C.L Eaton 2 11 3 1815 

^GenFra^ 4 7 18i * 

Jas.Jarvis Cleaver, M. A Oxton 1st. med 22 19 7 1820 

E. G. Marsh. M.A fVoodborough 9 17 11 1821 

Rt. Chaplin, B.C. L. Norwell Pallis/iall ..27 19 7 1823 

Ven. Geo. Wilkins, D.D.^ Qrmanton 26 6 1823 

Archdeacon — S 

Chas. Nixon, M.A Segeston ] 2 6 1825 

Frederick Anson, M.A Oxton Secunda ....24 10 1827 

JohnRudd,M.A . ..Halloughton 8 17 6 1827 

C. Bootbhv, M.A North Musk ham 32 5 3 1829 

T. Percival, M.A . ....Dunham 23 11 4 1829 

Fitzjerald Wintour, M.A. ..Rampton 15 17 11 1829 

Thos. H. Shepherd, MA. ...Beekingham 16 15 10 1830 

C. Vernon Harcourt, M.A... Norwell Overall 48 1 3 1830 

Vicars Choral. 
Rd. Barrow B.D. | T. S. Basnet, M.A. 

C. Fowler, M.A. I R. H. Fowler, M.A. 

Jas. Foottit, B.A. | Jas. Foottit, jun. 

*** Of the 16 prebends, ten were established before and the following six, after 
the conquest, viz— Beckingham, Leverton, Dunham, Hallougton, Rampton, and 
Eaton. 

tit Except those of Woodbo rough and Segeston, the Prebendaries have the 
patronage of the parish churches which give name to their respective prebends.— 
The Chapter at large have the patronage of Aslacton, Barnby-in-the-Wil!ows, 
Bleasby, Edingley, Farnsfield, Halam, Kirklingt:n, Kneesall, Rolleston, S. 
Wheatley, and Upton, in Notts. ; Barnoldby-le-Beck, Beelsby, Brigsby, Hat- 
cliffe, Howerby, Beesby-in-the-Marsh, and Waltham, in Lincolnshire, and 
Barlborough, in Yorkshire, 



64 N NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 

PUBLIC OFFICERS 

OF THE COUNTY. 

{£3= The figures denote the time of election or appointment. 

Lord Lieutenant of the County, and Steward of the Forest of 
Sherwood* and Park of Folewood—Bis Grace the Duke of 
Newcastle. 

Members of Parliament, (for the County) John Savile Lumley, 
Esq. (1826) and John Evelyn Denison, Esq. (1831). 

High Sheriff, (for 1832) Henry Machon, Esq. Gateford Hill 

Under Sheriff, George Freeth, Esq. Nottingham 

Clerk of the Peace, E. S. Godfrey, Esq. Newark 

Clerk of the General Meetings of Lieutenancy, W, E. Tallents, 
Esq. Newark ; also Clerk of Sewers for the whole county 

County Treasurers, Mr. W. Sculthorpe, Nottingham, (1815) for 
the South Division, and Mr. John Mee, Retford, (1826) for 
the North Division 

Coroners, P. R. Falkner, Newark, (1825) and Cphr. Swann, Notting- 
ham, (1828) for the county. W. E. Tallents, for the borough of 
Newark ; John Mee, for East Retford ; G. H. & W . H. Bar- 
row, for the Liberty of Southwell and Scrooby ; and H. Enfield 
and J. Dunn, Esqrs. for the Town and County of the Town of 
Nottingham 

Stamp Distributor, George Smith, Esq. Nottingham. The Sub- 
Distributors are Thomas Beckett, Newark ; Robert Collinson, 
Mansfield ; Fras. Sissons, Worksop ; John Bradwell, South- 
well ; and George Thornton, Retford 

Surveyors of Taxes, Mr. John Jackson Nottingham, and Mr. S. 
Sketchley, Newark 

County Gaol, at Nottingham, Mr. R. B. Brierley, gaoler (1830) ; 
Mrs. Mary Cross, matron (1823) ; Rev. Robert Wood, D. D. 
chaplain; Mr. H. Oldknow, surgeon (1831) 

House of Correction, at Southwell, Mr. Matthew Mole, governor 
(1822); Mrs. Louisa Lee, matron (1822) ; Rev. Thomas Still 
Basnett, chaplain 

Peverel Court and Prison at Lenton.— (See p. 138) 

Archdeaconry Office, &c. —(See page 62) 

CHIEF CONSTABLES 

AND SURVEYORS 01? COUNTY BRIDGES, 

Bassetlaw Hundred, for the North Clay, Job Conworth, of Work- 
sop ; South Clay, Joseph Whitake, of Morton ; Hatfield Di- 
vision, George Cress well, of Retford, 

Bingham Hundred, North Divisio?i, John Pilgrim, of Shelford ; 
South Divisio?i, Samuel White, of Bingham 

* Verderers, &c. of Sherwood Forest.— (See page 41.)— There are now 
only two surviving verderers, viz. John Musters and William Wylde, Esqs., and it 
is expected that after their death the office will cease, in consequence of the 
crown having granted in 1818, the hays of Bitkland atid Bilhagh to the Duke of 
Portland, in exchange for the patronage of the chuich of Mary-le- Bonne, in Lon- 
don. In lieu of the Tree which each verderer used to receive annually out of 
these ancient woods, they have now £10 per annum each.— (Vide p. 416.) 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



65 



Broxtow Hundred, North Division, William Cook, of Mansfield; 

South Division, John Wright, of Beeston. 
Newark Hundred, North Division, Edward Neale, South Division, 

Joseph Adams, both of Newark 
Rushcliffe Hundred, North Division, John Woodroffe, of East 

Stoke ; South Division, John Berridge, of Sutton Bonnington 
Thurgarton Hundred, North Division, Richard Esam, of Carlton-on- 

Trent ; South Division, Thomas Hind, of Bleasby 
SHERIFF'S OFFICERS. 
William Archer and Daniel Ward, Nottingham ; Richard Bell and 
Edward Daniels, Newark; Joseph Platts, Mansfield ; William 
Pearson, Retford.— (See also page 254.) 

MAGISTRATES. 

Launcelot Rolleston, Esq. of Watnall, Chairman. 



Beaumont Rev. T. East Bridge- 
ford 
Becher Rev. J. T. chairman of 

Newark and Southwell Sessions 
Bristowe S. E. Esq. Beesthorpe 
Bromley Sir Rt. Howe, Bart. 

Stoke Hall 
Claye Rev. Wm. Westhorpe 
Clay W. W. P. Esq. Southwell 
Clifton Sir Rt. Bt. Clifton (1821) 
Coape Henry, Esq. Sherwood 

Lodge (1818) 
Coke John, Esq. Debdale House 
Denison J. E. Esq. M. P. Ossing- 

ton 
Dickonson Peter, Esq W. Retford 
Edge T. W.Esq. Strelley (1821) 
Fullerton John, Esq. Forest Hill 
Gardiner J. G.C.Esq. Thurgarton 
Godfrey T. S. Esq. Beaconfield 
Hall Francis, Esq. Park Hall 
HandleyW. F. Esq. M.P. Newark 
Heron Sir Robert, Bart, Stubton, 

Lincolnshire 
Ho lcombe Rev. George, D.D. 

West Leake 
HoldenRt. Esq. Nuthall Temple 
Kelham R. K. Esq. Bleasby 
KirkeWm. Esq. Retford, (1827) 
Knight Henry Galley Esq. M.P. 

Lango!ds,near Worksop Yorks 
Lee James, Esq. West Retford 
Lowe Rev. Robert, Bingham 
Martin H. Esq. Colston Basset 
Mason Rev. Geo. Cuckney, 1820 



Middleton Lord, Wollaton 
Miles William, Esq. M. P. (1830) 
Musters John, Esq. Colwick 
Musters J. G. C. Wiverton 
Need John Esq. Mansfield Woodh 
Neville Christphr, Esq. Thorney 
Nixon Thomas Esq. Papplewick 
Norton W. F. N. Esq. Elton 
Padley Rt. Esq. Burton Joyce 
Pocklington Joseph, Esq. Carl- 
ton on-Trent 
Portland Duke of, Welbeck 
Rudd Rev. John, Blyth, Chair- 

man of Retford Sessions 
Sherwin J. S. Esq. Bramcote,1830 
Simpson H. B. Esq. Babworth 
Simpson John, Esq. Babworth 
Sotheron Vice-Admiral, F., Kirk- 

lington 
Staunton Rev. Dr. Staunton 
Steade E. V. Winkbourne 
Storer Rev. John, Hawkesworth 
Surrey Earl of, Worksop Manor 
TaylorWm. Esq. R ate liffe, (1826) 
Tiffin Rev. Wm. Mattersev 
Vernon G. H. Esq. M. P. Grove 

(1826) 
Walker Henry, Esq. Blyth 
Wescomb J. E. Esq. Thrumpton, 

(1828) 
Wildman T. Esq.Newstead, (1828 
Wright J. S. Esq. Upton 
Wright Thomas, Esq, Rempston 
Wylde William, Esq. Southwell 
Youle Rev. Abrm. East Retford 



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66 
PEERS OF PARLIAMENT, 

WHO HAVE SEATS IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM, 

WITH THE DATE OF THETR CREATION.— (SEE P. 29.) 

1483. Duke of Norfolk, &c. the Most Noble Bernard Edward 
Howard, Worksop Manor 

171 6. Duke of Portland, the Most Noble William Henry Caven- 
dish Scott-Bentinck, Welbeck Abbey 

1756. Duke of Newcastle, &c. the Most Noble Henry Pelham 
Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Clumber House 

1690. Earl of Scarborough ; the Right Hon. and Rev. John Lum- 
ley Savile (Saunderson) succeeded to this title in June, 
1832, since nearly all the following sheets were printed. — 
He and his son have cut off the entail of the Rufford Estate, 
and annexed it to that of the late Earl of Scarborough. — 
(See p. 439.) His seats are at Sandbeck, Yorkshire, and 
Edwinstow and Rufford, Nottinghamshire 

1806. Earl Manvers, the Right Hon. Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 
Thoresby Hall 

1712. Lord Middleton, the Right Hon. Henry Willoughby, Wol- 
laton Hall 

PEERS NOT OF PARLIAMENT. 

1727* Viscount Galway, (of Scotland,) Right Hon. Wm. George 
Monkton Arundel, Serlby Hall 

1795. Lord Rancliffe, (of Ireland,) Right Hon. Augustus Henry 
Anne Parkyns, Bunny Park 

ELDEST SONS OF PEERS. 
Marquis of Titchfield, (son of the Duke of Portland,) Welbeck 
Earl of Sivrrey, (son of the Duke of Norfolk,) Worksop Manor 
Earl of Lincoln, (son of the Duke of Newcastle,) Clumber 
Viscount Nevjark, (son of Earl Manvers,) Thoresby 
Viscount Althorp, (son of Earl Spencer,) Wiseton Hall 

HONOURABLES. 

Hon. Geo. Cavendish Scott-Bentinck, Welbeck Abbey 

Hon. John Bridgeman Simpson, (brother of the Earl of Bradford,) 

Babworth Hall 
Hon. Granville Harcourt Vernon, M. P. Grove Hall ; and the Hon. 

and Rev. J. Venables Vernon, Kirkby Rectory ; are sons 

of the Archbishop of York 
Hon. Bridget Monkton, Dowager Countess Galway, Bawtry Hall 
Hon. Capt. Arthur Duncombe, (son of Lord Feversham,) Bishopfield 
Hon. Anna Maria, Dowager Duchess of Newcastle, Ranby Hall 
Hon. Ann Pierrepont, Dowager Countess Manvers, Holm Pierrepont 
Lady Jane Paikyns, Ruddington I Lady C. Warren, Stapleford Hall 
Lady Elizabeth White, Tuxford | Lady C. Sherbrooke, Calverton 

BARONETS. 

Sir Robert Clifton, Bart. Clifton, near Nottingham 

Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart. Stoke Hall 

Sir Robert Heron, Bart. Stubton, near Newark, Lincolnshire 

Sir Thomas Woolaston White, Bart. Wallingwells 

Sir Richard Sutton, Baft. Norwood Park 



67 

SEATS 

OF THE 

NOBILITY, GENTRY, AND CLERGY 

IN 

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 

03 s To avoid swelling this List, Gentlemen's Villas in the suburbs 
of Market Towns are not inserted here, but will be found sub- 
joined to the Names of their Occupiers, in the Directories of 
the respective Towns and Parishes. 



Annesley Hall, 6 m. S.S.W. of Mansfield, J. Musters, Esq 

Averham,3 m. N.W, of Newark, Rev. Robert Chaplin, B.C.L. 

Arnot Hill, 3 m. N. of Nottingham, Thomas Panton, Esq 

Arnot Vale, near ditto, Mrs. Elizabeth Bigsby 

Aspley Hal!, 2 m. N.W. of Nottingham, W. S. Burnside, Esq 

Balderton, 2 m. S.E. of Newark, G. Marriott, Esq 

Babworth Hall, 2 m. W. of Retford, Hon. J. B. Simpson 

Barnby Moor, 3 m. N.W. of Retford, Samuel Barker, Esq. and 

Michael Wynne Thorold and John Darcy Clark, Gents 
Bawtry Hall, 9 m. N. bv W. of Retford, Dowager Countess Galway 
Beaconfield, 2 m. E. of 'Newark, T. S. Godfrey, Esq 
Beckingham, 3 m. W. of Gainsbro', Robert Cross, and Thomas 

Massingberd, Esqrs 
Beesthorpe, 6 J m. N.W. of Newark, Wm. Miles, Esq. M.P. 
Besthorpe, 8 m. N.N.E. of Newark, Mrs. Naylor 
Berry Hill, 1| m. S.S.E. of Mansfield, Mrs. Walker, gent 
Beskwood Hall, 5 m. N. of Nottingham, Thomas Redgate, Esq 
Biggins House, 1 m. N. of Retford, George Kippax, Esq 
Bilsthorpe, 5 m. S. of Ollerton, Rev. Henry Gordon, M.A. 
Bishopfield, 2 m. S. of Bawtry, Hon. Arthur Duncombe 
Bleasby, 4 m. S. of Southwell, Rt. K. Kelham, Esq 
Blyth Hall, 3 m. S. S. W. Bawtry, Major Gen. Sir H. Bouverie 
Biyth Spittal, 3% m. S. S. W. of Bawtry, John Bradley, Esq 
Brackenhurst, 1| m. S. S. W. of Southwell, Rev. Thos. C. Cane. 
Bramcote, 5 m. W. by S. of Nottingham, H.Mundy, and C.Wright, 

Esqrs. and Mrs.C. Longden 
Bramcote Hills, near ditto, John S. Sherwin, Esq 
Bridgeford, (East,; 3 m, N. of Bingham, P. Brooke and P. Palmer. 

Esqrs. Rev. Thomas Beaumont, and Rev. Rd. W. Hutchins 
Biidgeford (West,) Hall, 2. m. S. of Nottingham, Mrs. Smith 
Brook Hill, 7 m. S. W. of Mansfield, Rev. D'Ewes Coke 
Broughton Cottage, 10 m. S. S. W. of Bingham, Colonel Wright 
Bulcote Lodge, 7 m. N. E. of Nottingham, Robert W. Padley, Gent 
BulwellHall, 4|m. N.N.W. of Nottingham, Rev. A. Padley 
Bunney Park, 7 3 m. S. of Nottingham, Lord Rancliffe 
Burton Joyce, 6^ m. N. E. of Nottingham, Rt. Padley, Esq. and 

Misses Jamson 



63 8EAT8 IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 

Carcolston, 2 m. N. N. E. of Bingham, Rev. Rt. Ffarmeric 
Calverton, 7 m. N. N. E. of Nottingham, Lady Sherbrooke, and 

Capt. E. A. Cotton 
Carlton Hall, 3J m. N. of Worksop, Robert Ramsden, Esq 
Carlton, 3£ m. N. of Worksop, Rev. C. W. Eyre, M. A. 
CarHon-on-Trent, 7 m. N. of Newark, Roger Pocklington, Esq. and 

George W. Hutton, Esq 
Caunton Manor, 6 m. N.W. of Newark, Samuel Hole, Esq 
Chilwell Hall,. 5 m. W.S.W. Nottingham, Owen Davies, M.D. 
Clayworth, 6 m. S.E. Of Bawtry, Frederick Davenport, Esq. Thomar 

Colton, Esq. and Rev. Thomas Henry Shepherd, M. A. 
Clifton Hall, 4 m. S.W. of Nottingham, Sir Robert Clifton, Bart 
Clumber House, 3 J m. S.E. of Worksop, Duke of Newcastle, and 

his son the Earl of Lincoln, M.P. 
Cock Glode, 1 m. W. of Ollerton, Col. Henry Lumley Saville 
Colston Hall, 5 m. S. of Bingham, Henry Martin, Esq 
Colwick Hall, ljm. E. of Nottingham, John Musters, Esq 
Costock, 9£ m.S. of Nottm., S. B. Wild, Esq. & Rev. W. Beetham 
Cotgrave Place, 6 m. S. E. of Nottingham, Rt. Burgess, gent 
Cromwell, 5 ra. N.of Newark, Rev. C. J.F. Clinton 
Cuckney, 5 m. S. S. W. of Worksop, Revs. G. Mason & E. Palling 
Daybrook House, 3 m. N. of Nottm. Mark Dennison, Esq 
Debdale House, If m. S. E. of Mansfield, J. Coke, Esq 
Eakring, 4 m. S. E. of Ollerton, Rev. Theops. Sampson 
Easthorpe, £m. E. of Southwell, Capt. Trebeck & W.C. May, Esq 
Eaton Hall, 2 m. S. of Retford, H. B. Simpson, Esq 
Edwinstow, 2 m. W. of Ollerton, Earl of Scarborough, and Rev. 

John Cleaver, L. L. B. 
Elksley, 4 m. S. by W. of Retford, Robert Sharpe, Esq 
Elms, (The) f m. S. of Retford, John Kippax, Esq 
Elston Hall, 5 m. S. S. W. of Newark, W. B. Darwin, Esq 
Elton Manor, 4 m. E. by S. of Bingham, W. F. N. Norton, Esq 
Everton, 3 m. E. by S. of Bawtry, Rt. D. Otter, Esq. and Rev. R. 

Evans 
Farndon Hall, 2 m. S. W. of Newark, Edw. Buck,& W. Brockton, 
Farnsfield, 4 m. N. W. of Southwell, E. Howit, and W. Houlds- 

worth, Esqrs. 
Finningley, 3 m. N. by E. of Bawtry, Rev. J. Harvey, L. L. B. 
Finningley Park, 3 m. N.of Bawtry, Edward B. Beaumont, Esq 
Forest Hill, 2 m. N. of Worksop, J. Fullerton, and H. W. Pickard, 
Flintham Hall, 7 m. S. W. of Newark, Mrs. Hildyard 
Fountaindale, 3J m. S. E. of Mansfield, General Samuel Need 
Gamston, 3 m. S. of Retford, Rev. Joshua Brooke, B. D. 
Fiskerton, 3 m. S. E. of Southwell, Thomas Bolger, Esq. 
Gateford Hill, 2 m. N. W. of Worksop, Henry Machon, Esq. 
Gedling House, 4 m. N. E. of Nottingham, W. E. Elliott, Esq. 
Gedling, 3£ m. N. E. of Nottingham, George Walker, Esq. and the 

Rev. Charles Williams. 
Hawkesworth, 4 m. N. E. of Bingham, Rev. J. Storer 
Gourton, A\ m. S. of Southwell, Thomas Hind, gent 
Grove Hall, 3 m. S. E. of Retford, Anthony Hardolph Eyre, Esq. 

and the Hon. Granville Harcourt Vernon. 
Hemshill, 4 ra. N. W. by N. of Nottm. Samuel Bolton, Esq. 



SEATS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 69 

Hesley Hall, 2 m. N. W. of Bawtry, H. Marwood Greaves, Esq. 
Hexgrave Park, 5 m. N. N. VV. of Southwell, Edward Werg, and 

Richard Milward, Esqrs. 
Hodsock Priory, 2 m. S. by W. of Blyth, Mrs. Ann Chambers 
Hodsock Park, 2 m. W. of Blyth, John Shuttleworth, Esq 
Holme, 3{ m. N. of Newark, Thos. Ad wick, gent 
Holme-Pierrepont, 5 m. E. by S. of Nottingham, Dowager Countess 

Manvers, and the Rev. J. C. Cleaver 
Hoveringham Hall, 5 m. S. bv W. of Southwell, Col. Huthwaite 
Kelham Hall, 2 m. N. W. of 'Newark, Mrs. & J. M. Sutton, Esq 
Kirkby Hardwick,o m. S. W. of Mansfield, T. Clarke, Esq 
Kirkby Rectory, near ditto, Hon. &Rev. J. V. Vernon 
Kirklington Hall,2f m. N. W. of Southwell, Vice Adml. Sotheron 
Kirton, 3 m. S. W, of Tuxford,Rev. Joseph Blandford 
Lamb-close House, 8 m. N. W. of Nottm., T. F. P. H. Barber, Esq 
Lambley Hall, 7 m. N. E. of Nottingham, Rev. A. D. Flamstead 
Lamcote, 5| m. E. by S. of Nottingham, J. Wright, Esq 
Langar Hall, 4 m. S. of Bingham, (unoccupied) 
Langford House, 4 m, N. N. E. of Newark, S. Duncnmbe, Esq 
Langold, near Worksop, H. G. Knight, Esq. M. P. 
Langwith Hall, 8 m. N. of Mansfield, R. N, Sutton, Esq 
Leake. (East) 10 m. S. by W, of Nottingham, J. WoodrorTe, gent 
Leake, (West) 10 m. S. S. W. of Nottm., Rev. G. Holcombe, D>D. 
Lenton Hall, 2 m. W. S. W. of Nottingham, J. Wright. Esq. ; Len- 

ton Grove, Mrs. Dorothy Evans ; Lenton Fields, M. Needham, 

Esq.; Lenton Firs, Dr. Storer ; Lenton Priory, Thos. Jerram 
Linby, 8 m. N. by W. of Nottingham, Richard Hopper, Esq 
Lound, 3 m. N. N. W. of Retford, Henry Bagshaw, Esq 
Mansfield Woodhouse, Edmund Sykes Esq. and Col. Need 
Mantles, 1 m. E. of Blythe, Thomas Crofts, Esq 
Mapperley, 1| m. N. of Nottingham, Ichabod Wright, Esq 
Markham. (East) 1 m. N. of Tuxford, John Rose, Esq 
Markham, (West) 2 m. N. W. of Tuxford, Rev. E. H. Dawkens 
Mattersey, 4 m. S. E. of Bawtry, Rev. Wm. Tiffin, and Benjamin 

Fearnly, Esq. ; Mrs. Honor Graham and Mrs. Eliz. Clarke 
Mirfield Hall, 1 m. N. of Tuxford. Mrs. Frances Cartwright 
Misterton, 5 m. N. W. of Gainsborough, Robert Corringham, Esq 
Muskham House, (unoccupied) 

Muskham, 4 m. N. of Newark, Capt. Worsley, and J. Handley, Esq 
Nethergreen, 8 m. N.W. of Nottingham, G. Walker. Esq 
Nettleworth Hall, 3J m. N. by E. of Mansfield. Major Bielbie 
Newark, E. S. Godfrey, and W. F. Handley, Esqrs 
Newstead Abbey, 5 m. S. of Mansfield, Colonel Wildman 
Niagara Cottage, 6 m. W. by S. of Nottingham, Capt. Sleigh 
Normanton Hills, 12 m. S. by W. of Nottm. J. Buckley, Esq 
Norwood Park, 1 m. N.W. of Southwell, Sir Rd. Sutton, Bart 
Normanton-on-Trent. 4 m. S.E. of Tuxford, Rev. W. Doncaster 
Notthigham.—See Miscellaneous List, (p. 261 to 272,) Ven. Arch- 
deacon Wilkins, D.D. 
Nuthall Temple, 4£ m. N.N.W. of Nottingham, Rt. Holden, Esq 
Orston Hall, 6 m. E. bv N. of Newark, Mrs. Middlemore 
Osberton Hall, 3 m. N.E. of Worksop, G. S. Foljambe, Esq 
Ossington Hall, 4 m. S. by E. of Tuxford, J. E. Denison, Esq.M.P 



70 SEATS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 

Oxton Hall, 5 m. S.W. of Southwell, Mrs. Sherbrooke 
Papplewick Hall, 6 m. S. of Mansfield, Thomas Nixon, Esq 
Park Hall, 3 m. N. of Mansfield, Francis Hall. Esq 
Pleasley Hill, 3 m. N.N.W. of Mansfield, S. Siddon, Esq 
PJumptre, 6 m. S. of Nottingham, Rev. J. Burnside 
Ranby Hall, 4 m. N.W. of Retford, Dwgr. Duchess of Newcastle 
Ranby House, 3 m. W. by N. of Retford, John Rogers, Esq 
Ratcliffe-on -Trent, 6 m. E, by S. of Nottingham, Rev. Henry Bolton, 

and Wm. Taylor, Esq 
Redhill, 9 m. S.W. of Nottingham, Tsrael Chamberlin, Esq 
Rempston Hall, 11 m. S. of Nottingham, J. Smith Wright, Esq. ; 

and Rempston Cottage, J. Hunter, Esq 
Retford (East,) W. Kirke, John Parker, John Holmes, F. A. S. ; 

Rd. Hutchinson, Frans. T. Foljambe, and Geo. Creswell, Esqrs 
Retford (West,) 7| m. E. by N. of Worksop, Peter Dickonson, Esq. 

James Lee, Esq. and the Rev. Abraham Youle 
Ruddington, 5 m. S. of Nottingham, Lieut.-Genl. John Grey, Lady 

Jane Parkyns ; Thomas Moore, and Chas. Paget, Esqrs 
Rufford Abbey, 2 m. S. of Ollerton, Earl of Scarborough 
Scarrington, 2J m. E.N.E. of Bingham, H. Flower, Esq 
Serlby Hall, 3 m. S. by W. of Bawtry, Viscount Galway 
Sheltbn Hall, 7 m. S. of Newark, Major Hall 

Sherwood Hall, (Racing) near Mansfield, T. Kouldsworth, Esq. M.P. 
Sherwood Lodge, 7 m. N. of Nottingham, Co!. S. Coape 
Skegby Hall, 3 m. W. of Mansfield, J. Dodsley, Esq 
Southwell, William Wylde, Esq. W. W. P. Clay, Esq. and the Rev. 

J.T. Becher 
Standard Hill, near Notm. Danl. Freeth, Esq. & Rev. John Kirkby 
Stanford Hall, 11 J m. S. of Nottingham, Rev. Samuel Dashwood 
Stapleford Hall, 6 m. W. by S. of Nottingham, Lady Warren 
Staunton Hall, 7 ni. S. of Newark, Rev. J. Staunton, LL.D. 
Stockwith, 4 m. N.W. of Gainsborough, Wm. Walton, Esq 
Stoke Hall, 4 m. S.W. of Newark, Sir Rt. H. Bromley, Bart 
Strelley Hall, 5 m. W. by N. of Nottingham, T. W. Edge, Esq 
Strelley Rectory, near do. Rev. John Webb Edge 
Sutton Hall, 3 m. S.W. of Mansfield, S. Woolley, Esq. 
Sutton Manor, 11 m. S.S.W. of Nottingham, Geo. Paget, Esq 
Syerston Hall, 7 m« S.W. of Newark, G. Fillingham, Esq 
Thoresby Hall. 3 m. N. by W. of Ollerton, Earl Manvers, and Vis. 

Newark, M.P. 
Thorney Hall. 8 miles E. of Tuxford, Capt. Nevill 
Thrumpton Hall, 8 miles, S.W. of Nottm. J. E. Westcomb, Esq 
Thurgarton Priory, 3 m. S. by W. of Newark, Wm. Martin, Esq 
Tollerton Hall, 4£ m. S.S.E. of Nottingham, P. Barry, Esq 
Tuxford, Lady Eliz. White; and Rev. Edw. B. Elliott, A.M. 
Upton Hall, 2 J m. E. by S. of Southwell, Thomas Wright, Esq 
Walkeringham, 4 m. N.W. of Gainsbro', Rev. J. K. Miller 
Wallingwells, 4 m. N. by W. of Worksop, Sir T. W. White, Bart 
Watnall 6 m. N.W. of Nottingham, C. and L. Rolleston, Esqrs 
Warsop 5 m. N. by E. of Mansfield, Rev. S. Marten 
Welbeck Abbey, 3£ m. S. of Worksop, Duke of Portland, and bit 

son, the Marquis of Titchfield. 
Welham Hall, 1 J m. E. by N. of Retford, H. C. Hutchinson, Esq 



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71 



Welham House, 1£ m. E. of Retford, Geo. Mower, Esq 

Wellow Bar, 1 m. S.E. of Ollerton, Richard Parkinson, Esq 

Westhorpe, 1 m . W. of Southwell, Rev. Wm. Claye 

White Moor, 2 m. N. of Ollerton, Wm. John Pickin, Esq 

Widmerpool, 9 miles S.S.E. of Nottingham, Rev. J. Robinson 

Wigthorpe, 3 m. N. of Worksop, John Man waring, Esq 

Wilford, 2 m. S. of Nottingham, Henry Smith, Esq. ; Rt. Leeson, 

Esq. and Rev. Thomas Thorpe 
Winkbourne, 3 rn. N. by E. of Southwell, P. P. Burnell, and E. V, 

Steade, Esqrs 
Winthorpe Hall, 3 m. N. of Newark, (unoccupied) 
Wiseton Hall, 5 m. S.S.E. of B aw try, Hon. Viscount Althorp 
Wiverton Hall, 2£ m. S. of Bingham, J. G. C. Musters, Esq 
Wollaton Hall, 3 m. W. of Nottingham, Lord Middleroa 
Wollaton House, 3 m. W. of Nottingham, Col. Hancock 
Woodhouse Place, J m. E. of Mansfield, W. A. Smith, Esq 
Worksop, 8 m. W. by S. of Retford, Francis Roe, Esq •• 

Wpodborough Hall, 8 m. S.W. of Southwell, Wm. Worth, Esq 
Worksop Manor, 1 m. S. of Worksop, Duke of Norfolk and Eari 

Surrey 



APPENDIX TO THE NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY, 

Consist ingoj 'changes which have taken place since the names 
were first collected. 



Asylum, Carlton rd. Mr. Thos. 
Powell, director, Andw. Blake, 
physician 
Barber Richard Gresham, coal 

merchant, Jrongate wharf 
Barker Geo. vict. Carrington st 
BarrettW.plasterer,Glasshouse st I 
Barwick Samuel, chair maker, j 

Middle Sneinton 
Beardsall John, Huntsman's Ta- 
vern, Broad st 
Beighton William & Co. tatting i 

manufacturers, Castlegate 
Bell Jas. grocer. Hollow stone 
Bonsor Alex, carver, Park st 
Booth Jas. & W. Raworih, jun. ! 

coal mercht. Bridge st 
Bosworth G. & C. hosiery mfr. j 

Clinton st 
Boulougne & Co. lace merchants, 

Church st 
Brewster Geo. draper, Long row 
Bullock Horatio Nelson, book- 
seller, &c. Parliament st 
Burrows Thos. straw hat maker, 
hosier & glover, Carlton st 



Burton J. shoemaker, Pelham sfc 
Carver & Son, hosiers. Market st 
Carver Wm. bksmith, Vassal 6t 
Chandler W r m. confee. Pilchergt 
Chimley Ed. miller, Canal St. & 

baker, Derby road 
Clarke John, vict Artichoke, 

Highcross st 
Clarke Thos. solr. Broadmarsh 
Cockayne John, butcher, & beer- 
house. Parliament st 
Cole Geo. schoolmr. Parhut st 
Col ton Jph. small ware dealer, 

Parliament st 
Coope Jas. solicitor, Castlegate 
Coupland G. lace mfr. Mount st 
Cox J. watch mkr. New Lenton 
Cox Gorge, Horse & Trumpet, 

Trumpet st 
Crisp Danl. shoemkr. Carlton st 
Crofts W. bobbin net mkr. b. 

Geo. st. New Radford 
Dale Rd. ale and porter mercht, 

Swann's j-ard, Long row 
Daniel Thos. auctioneer, china 

and glass dlr. Bridlesmitbgate 



2 



NOTTINGHAM APPENDIX. 



Darby Augustus, surgeon, Tollst 
Dawson Hy. grocer, Carrington st 
Deakin Jonathan, hosiery manfr. 

Swann's yard, Long row 
Dean Thos. turner, Talbot yard 
Etches John, watch maker, Car- 
rington st 
Felkin & Vickers, general agents, 

Clinton st 
Fisher & Co. bobbin net makers, 

George st. New Radford 
Fletcher Jph. grocer, Beck st 
Fowler Geo. packing case maker, 

Point ct. Park st 
Frearson and Vickers, lace mfrs. 

Clinton st 
Freeman and Co. lace mfrs. Pil- 

chergate 
Gadsby Jas. vict. Hyson green 
Gillham & Co. hatters, High st 
Gimson Thos. F. lace mfr. Bri- 

dlesmithgate 
Golling T. baker, Carrington st 
Hamerton Wm. vict. East st 
Heathcoat& Co. lace mfrs. Clin- 
ton st 
Hind T. and Co. lace mfrs. Stoney 

street 
Hodgkinson'Jno. vict. Count st 
Home Wm. vict. Broadmarsh 
Hunt Thos. glover, Carlton st 
Husband Rd. confr. Warsergate 
Hutchinson T. dentist, Goosegt 
Huthersall J. schoolr. Houndsgt 
James Rt. painter, Broad st 
Jerram Saml. draper, South prd 
Jones &Dent, lace mfrs. W arse rgt 
Kendall & Shenk, lace manufac- 
turers, Churchgate 
Kirk John, lace mfr. Castlegate 
Kitelee T. surgeon, Haughton st 
Lambert Rd. net mfr. Hollow 

stone 
Langham Geo. beer hs. Derby rd 
Levers John machine mkr. New 

Lenton 
Levick G. & R. lace mfrs. High 

Pavement 
Lewis Rd. S. lace mfr. Castlegt 
Lowe C. & J. lace mfrs. Mount si 
Massey Isaac, surgeon, dispen- 
sary, Goosegate 
Morley John, lace mfr. Castlegt 



Nottingham News Room, Pelham 

street, estab. June 18, 1832 
Onn John, painter, Castlegate 
Page Jph. Jas. & Jas. lace mfrs. 

Standard hill 
Palmer Geo. hair cutter & cutler, 

Pelham st 
Payne & Daft, solrs. Poultry 

Preston , lace mfr. Stoney st 

Reinbeck Fk. lace mfr. Kendal st 
Renshaw Rupert, vict. Albion 

Hotel, New Lenton 
Rigley and Johnson, solrs. Long 

row 
Roberts T. jun. & Co. lace mfrs. 

Plumptre place 
Sanderson Thos. lace thread agt. 

Stoney st 
Sheldon John, silver plate manfr. 

and hardware dlr. Carlton st 
Shelton Jas. grocer and chandler, 

Middle Sneinton 
Shipham Jno. grocer, Parliament 

street, E 
Simpson Ed. wheelt. Derby road 
Skinder Jas. vict. Market st 
Slater SI. lace mfr. Stretton's yd 
Smith Stephen, rope mfr, Parlt st 
Smith J. & W. cabinet makers, 

South parade 
Southam Jno. agent, Spaniel row 
Stagey & Ward livery stable and 

coach proprietors," Castlegate 
Staveley Ed. gl, agt. Stoney st 
Steegman Hy. lace mfr. Halifax 

place 
Sutton Jas. & Co. carriers, (late 

Rt. Marshall,) and salt merts. 

London rd. & Commerce st 
Thorp Hy. lace mfr. Market st 
Wagg Thos. beerhs. Goosegate 
Waine Avery, brushmkr. Goosegt 
Ward John, vict. Warsergate 
Warner Saml. register office, and 

library, Houndagate 
Waton Wm. baker, Wheelergate 
Webster Ralph, saddler, Biidle- 

smithgate 
Wells John, draper, Cheapside 
Wheatley Jas. agent, Granbyst 
Whitworth, J. joiner, Canal st 
Windley Thos. dyer, Mortimer st 
Woodhouse John, vict. York st 



HISTORY 

OF THE 

TOWN AND COUNTY OF THE TOWN 

OF 

NOTTINGHAM. 



Nottingham, the principal seat and emporium of the lace 
and hosiery manufactures, is an ancient, populous, and well- 
built market and borough town, forming- with its precincts a 
county of itself, as well as being the capital of the shire and 
archdeaconry to which it gives name, in the diocese of York, 
and in the midland circuit of England. It occupies a picturesque 
situation, on the rocky eminence which rises in broken decli- 
vities, and in some places in cragged precipices, above the 
north bank of the small river called the Leen, which, at a short 
distance to the south-east, falls into the more magnificent stream 
of the Trent, near the opposite locks of the Grantham and 
Nottingham canals, and a little below that venerable and noble 
structure the Trent bridge, which is connected with Nottingham 
by a flood road, raised at an immense expense above the inter- 
vening meadows, which in rainy seasons are subject to inunda- 
tion. It holds a central situation between Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne and Portsmouth to the north and south, and betwixt 
Newcastle-under-Lyme and Boston to the east and west ; being 
in the south-western division of Nottinghamshire, at the 
junction of the hundreds of Broxtow, Thurgarton, and Rush- 
cliffe; distant 125 miles N. by W, of London, 80 miles S. of 
York, 20 miles S. W. by W. bf Newark, 14 miles S. of Mans- 
field, 15 miles E. by N. of Derby, 27 miles N. of Leicester, 
and 38 miles S. by E. of Sheffield; and is in 53 degrees north 
latitude, and in 1 deg. 13 min. west longitude from the meridian 
of Greenwich. 



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HISTORY OF 



The approach to the town, on any side, is particularly striking 
to the traveller, and it may be justly said that there is perhaps 
no town in the kingdom which appears under such a variety of 
aspects, as this does, from its different points of view. The 
tourist, who arrives by the London road, is delighted, on de- 
scending Ruddington hill, with a view of the fertile vale of the 
Trent, bounded on the north by the august rock on which the 
town stands, with the castle on a lofty precipitous hill to the 
left, the long range of buildings gradually sinking into the plain 
to the right, and the whole, crowned by the graceful tower of 
St. Mary's, and terminated, on the west, by the lofty receding 
hills of Sneinton and Mapperley,* and on the east by the re- 
cently formed semicircular terrace-road of the castle park, now 
lined with elegant mansions, gardens, and pleasure-grounds, 
which add greatly to the beauty of the scene, — the foreground 
of which consists of luxuriant pastures, skirted by the Trent 
and the canal, and by numerous wharfs, warehouses, and ma- 
nufactories. If the traveller comes by the eastern side, from 
the Newark road, the whole mass of building is then foreshort- 
ened, the tower of St. Mary's and the castle appearing nearly 
as one edifice, whilst in the vale below he has a full view of the 
long extended line of the Trent and flood bridges, and on his 
right is seen the perpendicular rocks and caves of Sneinton, in 
which are many grotesque dwellings, occupied by industrious 
families, and enlivened in front by shady arbours and hanging 
gardens. If he enters from the north, by the Mansfield road, 
after rising the hill above the race-ground, the whole view 
bursts upon his astonished sight as if by enchantment ; — he 
finds himself in a long and spacious road, lined with handsome 
and newly-built houses, descending to the town, beyond -which 
he sees the vale of the Trent as if on a map, and still further in 
the distance, the extensive vale of Belvoir, skirted by the Lei- 
cestershire hills. The western approach, by the Derby road, 
is completely different from the others. On passing Wollaton 
park, (the delightful seat of Lord Middleton,) the castle, with 
its commanding cliffs boldly starting from the verdant swells of 
the park, is a near and prominent object; and extending from 
it are seen the handsome villas and gardens which line the ter- 
race walk of the Park, and appear to have recently arisen on 
the site of the ancient ramparts that once circumambulated the 
town. On the opposite side of the park are seen the barracks, 
which appear to form a town of themselves, and to the north- 
west lies the Forest, having its higher verge studded with a 
long line of windmills, and in its centre the race-course and 

* Altitude of the Principal Hills, Arc. (in and near Nottingham,) above 
the level of the river Lcen -.—Castle yard, 110 feet ; Castle parapets, 171 ; St. Mary's 
church steeple parapets, 182; Park hill and Bowling-alley hill, 188; Gallows hill, 
top of Mansfield road, 166; top of Derby road, 168; Sneinton hill, on foot road to 
Gedling. 266 ; Mapperley hills, Beskwood park, and Red hill, 340 feet 



: 



NOTTINGHAM. 75 

cricket-ground ; and near its southern and western limits, the 
populous new villages which have arisen during the last ten 
years in the parishes of Radford and Basford, as others have 
done in the parishes of Sneinton and Lenton, adjoining the op- 
posite limits of the pasture and meadow lands which nearly 
surround Nottingham, and cannot be built upon, owing to 
their being subject, by ancient grant, to the depasturage of 
the burgesses. In most of the houses, both in the adjacent 
villages and in the town, are heard the busy sounds of industry 
— the noise of the stocking frames and lace machines ; except 
in the principal streets, which contain many good houses, hand- 
some public buildings, and well-stocked shops, with a commo- 
dious Market-place, that in extent, beauty, and convenience, 
lias not its equal in the kingdom. 

Nottingham, according to Deering, can claim as a town of 
note, the age of 920 years ; as a considerable borough, 780; as 
a Mayor's town, 537, (being only a century posterior to the 
metropolis;) as a Parliamentary borough, during which it has 
constantly sent two representatives, 540 ; and as a county 
of itself, a period of 382 years, up to the year 1832. 

Its POPULATION/ which is the best criterion of its 
growing prosperity as a manufacturing and commercial town, 
has, during the last thirty years, nearly doubled itself, and the 
increase would have been much greater, if the 12,000 acres of 
burgess pasture lands, which nearly encompass the town, could 
have been sold or leased for building purposes. Within the 
last ten years, almost every vacant piece of ground in the town, 
that was suitable and available for the erection of houses and 
manufactories, has been built upon ; — no fewer than 3617 
houses having been erected during that period, and the number 
of inhabitants swelled from 40,505, to 50.727. The free pas- 
tures, which prevent the further extension of the town itself, 
have driven the insatiable spirit of commercial speculation into 
the neighbouring parishes, in several of which population and 
buildings have increased more than fourfold since the year 
1801, so that now, within a circuit of four miles round the 
Market-place, we can number upwards of 80,000 souls, of whom 
upwards of 64,000 live in Nottingham, Radford, and Sneinton 
parishes, the buildings in which are so closely connected by 
modern erections on the Derby and Southwell roads, as to form 
but one town, though in separate jurisdictions. 

About the year 1041, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, 
Nottingham had only 192 men, who, in the ravages of William 
the Conqueror, were reduced to 136, though there were then 
in the town 217 houses. In 1377? when the poll tax was levied, 
'.here were in the town 1447 lay persons, of fourteen years of 
ige and upwards ; of whom fourpence per head was collected in 
upport of that odious impost, which caused the rebellion of 
Wat Tyler. As one third of the people were supposed to con- 



76 



HISTORY OF 



sist of clergy, mendicants, and children under fourteen years 
of age, the total population at that period was about 2170. — 
The registering- of burials at the three parish churches of Not- 
tingham, commenced at St. Mary's in 1567, at St. Peter's in 
1572, and at St. Nicholas's in 1562; and the total number of 
funerals annually at these churches was then only about 70 ; 
but we find no certain data whereby to estimate the number of 
inhabitants, till 1739, when they were found to amount to 9990. 
In 1779> according to Lowe's Agricultural Survey, there were 
17,711 persons, 3556 families, and 3191 houses in the town; 
and the number of burials at that time averaged upwards of 
650 annually. In 1793, Sir Richard Sutton surveyed the town, 
and found it to contain 25,000 souls. The great increase which 
has taken place during the last thirty years, in the three pa- 
rishes of St. Mary, St. Nicholas, and St. Peter, and in the extra- 
parochial districts called Brewhouse Yard, Standard Hill, the 
Park, and the Castle, will be clearly seen in the following table, 
together with the population of Radford and Sneinton, the two 
parishes which, though in the hundreds of Broxtow and Thur- 
garton, may be considered as suburbs of Nottingham. 

POPULATION OF NOTTINGHAM AND ITS SUBURBS, 

According to the Parliamentary Returns, made in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, and 
1831. The three parishes form the town and county of the town, and tile- 
ex ira parochial places the liberties of the Castle. 



NOTTINGHAM. 


1801. 


1811. 


1821. 


In July, 


1831. 


Pers. 

22654 
3415 
2732 

60 


Pers. 

27371 

3823 

2839 

107 

223 


Pers. 

32712 

4117 

3361 

90 

225 


Hous. 

8637 

1152 

1097 

21 

86 


Fams. 

8543 

1142 

1132 

20 

80 


Pers. 

39539 

5447 

5220 

80 

441 


St. Nicholas's parish « 

St. Peter's parish 

Brewhouse Yard, (extra par.) • • ^ 

Standard Hill, the Park, and > 

the Castle, (extra par.)- ..... J 


Total of Town & Castle Lib. • • 

Radford par. (Broxtow hund.) • • 
Sneinton par. (Thurgartonhund.) 


28861 

2269 
558 


34363 

3446 
967 


40505 

4806 
1212 


10992 

2073 
812 


10917 

2034 
800 


50727 

9806 
3567 


Grand total of Town & Subs.- • 


3C688 


38777 


46523 


13878 


13751 


64100* 



The males above 20 years of age, in the parishes of St. Mary, 
St. Nicholas, and St. Peter, amount to 12,524, of whom 4740 
are employed in manufactures, and in making machinery ; 4545 
in retail trade and handicraft; 720 in mercantile or professional 
pursuits ; 1606 as porters, boatmen, and labourers ; 61 occu- 
piers of land; 172 agricultural labourers; 407 superannuated, 

* Of the 64,100 persons, 30,088 are males, and 34,112 females. 



NOTTINGHAM. 77 

retired, or infirm ; and 98 household servants. The number 
of female servants amounted to 1361. 

In Radford parish, which includes the populous villages of 
New Radford, Bloomsgrove, Hyson Green, Kensington, Bob- 
ber's Mill, Aspley, and Old Radford, the number of families 
is 2034, of whom 1486 are employed in trade and manufactures, 
37 in agriculture, and 528 otherwise engaged or unemployed. 
The household servants amount to 15 males and 210 females. 

Sneinton parish includes Old Sneinton, New Sneinton, Mid- 
dle Sneinton, and the Hermitage, and has 900 males upwards 
of 20 years of age. 

Within four miles of the town are the following populous 
parishes, viz. Basford, containing 6341 inhabitants; Lenton, 
3077; Gedling, 2500; Beeston, 2468; and Arnold, 4054; 
swelling the total population within that circuit to upwards of 
80,000 souls. 

Much of this increase has arisen from the introduction, im- 
provement and great extension of the lace manufacture, which 
has lately outsripped in importance the ancient staple trade of 
the town. Some portion of it, however, must be attributed to 
the healthy situation, and to the general salubrity of the air, 
which is less contaminated with smoke and other offensive- 
vapours, than that of any large manufacturing town in the 
kingdom, owing to there being in the neighbourhood but few- 
mills and factories where machinery is propelled by the agency 
of steam, — most of the cotton and silk used here being spun in dis- 
tant parts of the countv, and in Lancashire ; — and all the stock- 
ing frames and twist-net machines, being worked by manual la- 
bour, and generally in the dwellings of the operatives, which are 
provided with large upper rooms for that purpose. The aggre- 
gate power of all the steam engines used within two miles of 
the tow r n, only amounts to the strength of about 700 horses, 
nearly one-half of which is employed in the town water- works 
and in the few collieries of the neighbouring parishes. A large 
portion of the increase which has taken place in the population 
of this and other parts of the kingdom, during the present centu- 
ry has resulted from the introduction of vaccine innoculation y 
for the discovery of which, Dr. Jenner, in 1802, received a 
Parliamentary grant of .£10,000. 

Amongst the numerous instances of Longevity which have 
occurred in Nottingham, we may enumerate the following, viz. : 
Henry Ward, who died in 1736, at the advanced age of 109 
years, and Mary Ryley, Mrs. Free] and, Mr. Crampton, George- 
Tacy, and Goody Gedling, who died during the succeeding 
five years, each aged one hundred. During says " Goody 
Ryley, was, during the last years of her life, a pauper in St. 
Mary's workhouse, and when she w r as not pleased with her 
usage there, she would every now and then, ramble on foot to 
London, where she bad some children ; and if thev irave her 

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78 HISTORY OF 

the least offence, she would as readily trot back again to Not- 
tingham. 

ANCIENT HISTORY. 

Nottingham, is certainly one of the most ancient towns in 
England, but its origin, which has given rise to a great variety 
of conjectures, is hid in the impenetrable gloom, which is cast 
over the early ages of the aborigines of Britain. Its name is 
evidently softened from the Saxon appellation Snottengham, 
which was given to it on account of its early inhabitants, dwells 
ing in caves and subterraneous passages, cut in the yielding 
rock on which the present toivn is built. Stukely, in his Itine- 
rary, says, " one may easily guess Nottingham to have been an 
ancient town of the Britons. As soon as they had proper tools, 
they fell to work upon the rocks, which every where offer them- 
selves so commodious to make houses in," and he doubts not 
that there were a considerable number of these excavated dwell- 
ings. John Rouse, a monk of Warwick, and canon of Osney, 
in his history addressed to King Henry VII., relates a long 
and doubtful story of the antiquity of Nottingham, 980 years 
before the Christian era ; at which time he says, King Ebranc* 
built a town upon " Dolorus hill," so called from the ex- 
treme grief of the Britons, in consequence of a great slaughter 
of them by King Humber, in the reign of King Albanact. 
Leland, in his Collectanea, vol, 3, p. 43, quotes a monkish 
Chronicle, which, after telling the same tale about King 
Ebranc,, states in another page, that Lucius, son of Helena, 
caused four cities to be founded, one of which was Notting- 
ham. This contradictory evidence caused Mr. Laird, the editor 
of the Nottinghamshire portion of the Beauties of England and 
Wales, to remark that " the Monkish writers were ignorant 
of, or inattentive to the wholesome adage, that people of a certain 
habit ought to have good memories." 

Dr. Deering, who published his " Nottinhamia vestus et 
nova" in 1751, indulges himself in several plausible conjec- 
tures respecting the origin of the town, of which the follow- 
ing is the substance. He conceives that the most which can be 
supposed with a due regard to probability is, considering the 
convenient situation of that part of Sherwood Forest, in the 
immediate vicinity of the site of the present town, that several 
colonies of Britons " planted themselves hereabouts, where 
they were sheltered from the inclemency of the most prevalent 

* Ebravc or Ebraxtcus, the son of Mempricuis, a British king, the third from 
Brute, reigned about the time when David held the sceptre of Judea, and Gad, 
Nathan and Asnph, prop^ecied in Israel. He is said to have built Eboracum, now 
the city of York, in the year of the world, 2983, which is only about 40 years earlier 
than the period at which the monk above-named states Nottingham to have been 
founded by the sauie king. 



NOTTINGHAM. 79 

winds of the winter season, and accommodated with the conve- 
nience of a southern aspect, and with plenty of water." Like 
Dr. Stukely, he imagines, that a considerable population dwelt 
here in the rock apartments, long before the Romans visited 
the neighbourhood. He seems to lay the greater stress upon 
this conjecture, in consequence of the discovery made by some 
workmen employed by Lord Middleton, in 1740, to level a deep 
and narrow way between the two hills called the Sand-hills 
on the Derby road approaching to Chapel Bar ; for when these 
workmen had removed a good deal of the sandy part ot the 
hills, they met here and there with excavations which (upon 
clearing away the sand from them,) appeared to form the 
partition walls of several rooms, of different altitudes, cut out 
of the solid rock. These, the Doctor thought, had no marks of 
being of Roman workmanship, and he therefore considers them 
as British. These remains he even considers as of higher anti- 
quity 7 than the excavations in the rocks on which Nottingham 
stands; and having roundly asserted, (which may indeed be 
true,) that the whole rock on which the town is built, is so un- 
dermined and hollowed out, that it is almost a question, whe- 
ther the solid contents of what is erected on the top would fill 
up the cavities under ground, he comes to the conclusion, that 
the sand of the place in question was brought from the Not- 
tingham excavations, and that it would not have been lodged 
upon the site of these chambers, if they had not been in a ruin- 
ous state, and therefore of considerable antiquity. He adds, 
that there are other sand-hills about the town, where the same dis- 
coveries have been made, which have given rise to a tradition that 
the ancient town of Nottingham stood further to the northward ; 
and is of opinion that these straggling habitations formed no 
part of the town in the Saxon times, being considerably with- 
out'that wall which Edward the elder constructed for the de- 
fence of Nottingham. 

The Doctor then adverts to a story of Coitus, a British king, 
having been buried here in the year of the world, 3832, a pe- 
riod which in ancient chronology falls in between the destruc- 
tion of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the destruction of Troy : but 
though possessed of all the prejudices natural to a local histo- 
rian, he acknowledges that even this is no more a proof, if 
true, of the antiquity of Nottingham, than that the certainty of 
some Indian huts having stood a thousand years ago on the pre- 
sent sites of New York and Philadelphia, would carry their an- 
tiquity back beyond the days William Penn. After all these 
conjectures, we can only say, that the only thing certain is, 
that the caverns of our ancient Troglodytes, were formed ante- 
rior to all authentic history, and of course, before the time of 
the Romans, but how long they existed before that epoch, will 
for ever remain a mystery. 

The Roman emperor, Antoninus, in drawing up his Itine- 



80 HISTORY OF 

rary, through the island of Britain, seems to have been anxious 
to settle both the names of places, and their distances, with 
great precision; but not being gifted with prophetic pow- 
ers, he has not told us, what these places would be called 
in succeeding ages by the Saxons and the Normans ; con- 
sequently many disputes have arisen respecting both the 
stations and the roads of the Romans, and it has not been set- 
tled, whether Nottingham was, or was not occupied by the 
" Lords of the Universe" as the Roman soldiers vainly desig- 
nated themselves. Two learned antiquaries, Dr. Gale and Mr. 
Baxter, differ materially on the subject, — the former placing 
Causennis at Nottingham, and the latter asserting that Gran- 
tham is the site of that station. Mr. Baxter and his supporters 
say, that there have never been any Roman coins, or urns, dis- 
covered at Nottingham, as is invariably the case at all their ac- 
knowledged stations ; yet as there is sufficient proof, that there 
were Roman stations within sight of the rock on which Not- 
tingham stands, it is not likely that a place whose situation was 
so commanding, and so capable of defence, would have escaped 
their notice. But Dr. Gale brings further proof in support of 
his opinion, that Causennis was our modern Nottingham ; for 
he shews clearly, that Causennis,. or Caufennis, where the Ro- 
man changes of the word Ceven y from whence, in various 
places, were the names of " Gofennis," " Gobannium," &c. — 
Ceven being the ancient British for a cluster of rocks, and 
Raff, or Kaoity in the same language, signifying a cavern. 

Dr. Gale, indeed, perhaps goes too far, in supposing that 
the excavations are Roman ; if they had been so, it is not pro- 
bable that they would have had a name latinized from the Bri- 
tish ; for there is no instance whatever, on record, in which the 
Romans had adopted British words for the names of places of 
their own erection. That the caverns existed, therefore, before 
the Roman settlement seems beyond a doubt; it is still proba- 
ble, however, that the Romans may have availed themselves of 
the then existing caves, and may even have added others. 

A period of greater certainty begins in the seventh cen- 
tury, at which time it is allowed by all historians, that 
Nottingham was a considerable place, and had a strong 
tower, for its defence, and it is certain, that, during the 
Saxon heptarchy, it had the name of Snottingham, from 
Snottinga, signifying caves, and Ham, a home or dwelling 
place, or perhaps used with a plural signification. It is Dr. 
Deering's opinion, that this Saxon name was doubtless given to 
it, by that people, from the condition they found the neigh- 
bourhood in, before they themselves made improvements by 
building. It then belonged to the kingdom of Mercia, and a 
part of that kingdom took afterwards, in king Alfred's reign, 
its name from this town — Snottingham Scyre. 

Laird says it is rather curious, that all the learned investiga- 



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tors of the origin of Nottingham should have overlooked a par- 
ticular circumstance, which seems to throw a new light upon it9 
state, in the Saxon times, and perhaps, for some ages previous 
to them. If the Saxon origin, of the name of Nottingham, is 
correct, may we not suppose also, that Snottenga, or Snottenga- 
ton, may have been corrupted into Sneuton, or Sneinton. If, 
then, there were two places existing in the Saxon times, by the 
names of Snottinga^ctm, and Snottengafott, it is a very proba- 
ble conjecture, that the spot designated by the appellative of 
ton, was more considerable than that which had only the ad- 
junct of ham, inasmuch as a town is larger than a village, or 
hamlet. That such was the origin of the name of Sneinton, 
now a village adjoining to Nottingham, seems almost beyond a 
doubt, when we consider it possesses extensive caverns of an 
antiquity equal to those of the latter place. 

From the period of the Saxon heptarchy, Nottingham seems 
to have increased in consequence. In Edward the Confessor's 
reign, immediately preceding the Norman conquest, there were 
173 burgesses, and nineteen villeins, in this borough ; and 
Earl Tosti had lands and houses here. 

But, perhaps, the proper era from whence we should com- 
mence our view of the rise and progress of this place, is that 
period when the kingdom was settled, after the Norman acces- 
sioo^ and the survey of Domesday -book, was made. From this- 
register it appears that Hugh, the sheriff, found here 120 dwel- 
ling houses, of which the Sheriff himself possessed thirteen ; 
Roger de Builly had eleven ; William Peverel the Earl, son of 
Ralph Peverel, who came in with the Norman, had forty-eight 
tradesmen's houses, which brought thirty-six shillings per 
annum rent,* seven knights', and thirteen gentlemen's houses, 
besides eight bordars, forming, in the whole, his honour of 
Peverell, in the town ; Ralph de Burun had twelve gentlemen's 
houses, and one merchant's house ; one Guilbert, had four 
houses ; Ralph Fitzherbert, eleven houses ; Goisfrid de Alselyn, 
twenty-one houses ; Acadus the priest, two houses ; in the 
croft of the priest there were sixty houses; Richard Fresle 
had four houses ; and in the borough ditch were twenty-three 
houses. At this time " the church, with all things belonging 
to it, was of 100 shillings annual value." The burgesses had 
twenty carucates of land,f and twenty bordars, and they " were 

* It is curious to contrast this sum with the value of land in Nottingham, at the 
present century. In 1811, the ground foi some new buildings, in a street, at the 
end of Smithy Row, was sold at the rate of £9 per square yard ; so that three 
square yards, without buildings, in the year 1811, would yield as much in interest 
of money, as forty-eight houses, in rent, in the year 1086 ! ! 

f These twenty carucates would be equal to about 1,200 acres, and may perhaps 
be comprised in the present burgess lands, which are of a similar extent. A hide 
contained about 120 acres, but the bovate and the oxgang were as much as an ox 
and a plough could cultivate, and varied from 10 to 20 acres, according to the 
nature of the soil. 



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wont to fish in the Trent, bat complained that they were then 
prohibited." The annual rental of " Nottingham was £18 in 
the reign of Edward the Confessor, and <£30 with £10 de moneta 
at the time of Domesday survey, which was commenced in 
1080 and finished in 1086,* by order of William the Conqueror. 
In the reign of the former king the town had 173 burgesses, 
nineteen villeins, (husbandmen) but in that of the latter, the two 
classes were reduced to 120. 

The state of the country under the ancient Britons and un- 
der the successive dynasties of the Romans, the Saxons, the 
Danes, and the Normans, has already been shewn in the general 
survey of Nottinghamshire, therefore it is only necessar}', in 
this portion of the work to present a faithful chronological 
view of the local history of the town, shewing the momentous 
events of which it has been the scene, and its rise and progress 
in the national scale of civilization and commercial importance. 

The first great historical event, we find connected with it, 
was in the year A. D. 868, when the Danes, in the course of 
their frequent ravages, came to the town, in which they were 
immediately afterwards besieged by Buthred, the Mercian king ; 
but, with so little prospect of success, (as the Danes had pos- 
sessed themselves of a strong tower on the scite of the present 
castle) that he was obliged to send for assistance to Ethelred, 
king of the West Saxons, and Alured his brother, who, having 
collected a large army, proceeded towards Nottingham, and 
offered the invaders battle. This, however, they thought pro- 
per to decline, when the Saxon chiefs attempted to batter 
down the walls, but even this, they were unable to perform ; 
and at length the Danes, starved out perhaps, agreed to^conciude a 
peace, and return home under their leaders Hinguar andHubba. 
From this time, until 940, the Danes were very troublesome to 
Nottingham, and the surrounding parts of Mercia ; for having 
landed with a large army, and got military possession of all the 
northern parts of Britain, they left a large force there, and pro- 
ceeded to Nottingham, which they took with facility, and fixed 
their winter quarters there. From this they were again driven 
by the Saxons ; but again returned ; and remained until the 
middle of the tenth century, when king Edmund made a final 
reconquest of the town, which in 910 had been encircled with 
a strong wall by Edward the elder. 

William, the Norman Conqueror, (whom Edward the Con- 
fessor, had with his dying breath, nominated as his successor 
to the crown J drove Harold from the throne and subjugated the 
kingdom in 1066, two years after which he visited Nottingham, 
and built a castle on the site of an aged and ruinous tower. In 
parcelling out the estates of the realm amongst his followers, 
the Conqueror gave to his natural son, William Peverel, his 
castle of Nottingham, and 103 lordships in this and the adjacent 
counties, forming the Honor of Peverel. He also conferred 



NOTTINGHAM. 83 

upon him the title of Earl of Nottingham, — the Saxon name of 
the town, being- now rendered more agreeable to the Norman 
ear, by the removal of its initial (S.). 

In the troublesome times of Stephen's reign, Ralph Paynell, 
who was governor of the castle, and in the interest of Prince 
Henry, afterwards Henry the II., invited the Earl of Gloucester 
in 1140, to take possession of the town. It is recorded that 
the town being thus easily taken, was plundered, and the inha- 
bitants killed, or burnt in the churches, to which they had fled 
for safety. It is also stated by Stow that one of the richest of 
the inhabitants was forced by a party of the robbers to shew 
them where his treasure lay ; he, acccordingly, took them into 
a low celler, from whence he escaped, whilst they were intent 
on plunder; and, having" shut the doors, set fire to his house, in 
eonsequence of which, not only they were burnt, but the whole 
town was set in flames. Nottingham met with the same mis- 
fortunes only thirteen years afterwards ; for being- taken by 
Henry, in 1153, we are told by Leland, that the garrison retir- 
ing from the city to the castle set fire to the town on their 
evacuating it. It has, however, been otherwise asserted, that 
this conflagration was caused by the Earl of Ferrers, in the 
contests between Henry the II. and his son Henry, who came 
suddenly, with a good number of horsemen to Nottingham, 
-which Reginald de Lucy had then in keeping- for the king ; 
and, having taken it, burnt the town, slew the inhabitants, and 
divided their goods amongst his soldiers. 

After this, from whatever cause it may have proceeded, the 
town of Nottingham appears to have lain in ruins, until the 
kingdom became quiet by the death of Prince Henry, whom his 
father had been so imprudent as to cause to be crowned during 
his own life time : the inhabitants then, having some prospect 
of protection for their lives and property, began to make great 
exertions to restore it to its former consequence, and the king, 
in order to make them amends for what they had suffered from 
their loyalty, not only gave them every encouragement, and as- 
sistance, in the rebuilding of it, but also granted them a new 
charter, in which he confirmed all those free customs which 
they had enjoyed in the reign of Henry the 1. This is a con- 
vincing proof, that Nottingham had been a corporation, for a 
considerable time, before the grant of this uew charter; and it 
is, with great probability, supposed, that they enjoyed a market, 
and paid a farm rent to the crown, some time previous. John 
Earl of Morteyn, Henry's younger son, afterwards king, pro- 
cured them some further privileges on being made Earl of 
Nottingham ; and by a new charter, which he confirmed on 
coming to throne, granted all the advantages, which his father 
and great-grandfather had bestowed upon them, together with 
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84 HISTORY OF 

During" the contest between Richard I. and his brother 
•John, Nottingham changed hands several times ; ^nd, on the 
king's return from his captivity, this castle held out a siege of 
several days, though the king himself besieged it in person. 

Soon after, Richard called a parliament here, in which he 
demanded judgment against John and his accomplices; and 
the parliament immediately issued summonses for John, and 
the Barons, his friends, to appear in forty days, to answer all 
complaints, under pain of forfeiture on the part of John, and for 
the others, to stand such censure, as might be awarded against 
them, by the parliament. In consequence of non-compliance, 
Earl John incurred the forfeiture, but was soon restored by his 
brother ; however, after coming" to the crown, we find that, in 
his contest with the Barons, an attempt was made to deprive 
him of this place, by the " army of God, and the holy church," 
as it was then called, but without success. In 1199 he granted 
a charter to Nottingham. 

On a subsequent occasion in 1212, John was so pressed, that, 
having- received repeated intelligence of a plot against him, he 
distrusted even the officers about his person, and relying solely 
on the loyalty of this town, and of some foreign archers, dis- 
banded his army, and retired here to shut himself up in the 
castle, where (according to Rapin) he cruelly ordered twenty- 
eight Welch hostages to be hanged. 

In 1330 a parliament was held here, and the young king 
Edward passed in the night by the guidance of Sir William 
Eland, the governor, through a secret passage into the castle, 
and there apprehended in the apartment of his Queen mother, 
her favourite nobleman, Mortimer Earl of March, whom he 
brought out through the same intricate passage cut in the rock, 
which still bears the name of Mortimer's Hole. Notwith- 
standing the Queen's cries to spare the gallant Mortimer, or as 
she is said to have exclaimed u Bel Fitz, Bel Fitz, ayes pitie 
du gentill Mortimer" — the king sent him direct to London, 
where he was soon afterwards drawn and hanged on the com- 
mon gallows at Tyburn as a traitor, without being heard in his 
defence ; an unjust irregularity which brought much censure 
on the king, but which afterwards proved of considerable ad- 
vantage to the unfortunate Earl's grandson, Roger, who ob- 
tained an act which declared this sentence to be erroneous ; 
and his descendants, in the female line, subsequently ascended 
the throne of England; — Edward the fourth being the son of 
Anne Mortimer, Duchess of York, and Heiress of Edmund her 
brother, the last Earl of March. 

Seven years afterwards a parliament was called together for 
very important purposes, and Nottingham has the honour of 
being the spot, from whence emanated laws that were the first 
foundation of England's greatness, as a manufacturing country ; 
for here it was enacted, that whatsoever cloth-workers of Flan- 



NOTTINGHAM. 85 

ders, or of other countries, would dwell, and inhabit in England, 
should come quietly, and peaceably, and the most convenient 
places should be assigned to them, with great liberties and 
privileges, and the king would become surety for them, until 
they should be able to support themselves by their several occu- 
pations. The same Parliament also passed that patriotic law, 
that no person should wear any foreign made cloths, with the 
exception of the royal family : they also prohibited the expor- 
tation of English wool. 

1357. " There is a curious record of pardon in the Tower of 
London, granted to Cecily Ridgeway, who, refusing to plead 
guilty of murdering her husband, at Nottingham assize, A. D. 
1357, was remanded back to prison, and remained/ortfy days 
without sustenance, for which miraculous preservation she 
obtained this pardon under the great seal of England." Whilst 
the impostor, Anne Moore, so long deceived the superstitious 
of the enlightened age in which we write, we need not wonder 
that the credulity of those who legislated for our forefathers 
nearly five centuries ago, should have been occasionally abused 
by the artful and the designing. 

In 1376, Sir Peter de la Mare, speaker of the House of 
Commons, was committed prisoner to Nottingham castle, by 
Edward III., for having made Alice Pierce, the king's mistress, 
the object of his reproach, for her overbearing and abandoned 
conduct. He remained here till after Edward's death in the 
following year. 

A curious attempt to infringe on the liberty of election took 
place here, in the reign of Richard II., which is well worthy 
of notice. In 1386, the Marquis of Dublin, the royal favourite, 
having been dismissed in consequence of the remonstrances of 
Parliament, he, and some of his adherents, soon after procured 
access to the king, and was, in a few weeks, accompanied by 
the misguided monarch into Wales ; where it was privately 
settled, that a plan for the assumption of arbitrary power should 
be put in force, and that the patriotic Barons, the Duke of 
Gloucester, the Earls of Arundel, Derby, Warwick, and Not- 
tingham, should be the first victims, not only for the purpose of 
revenge, but of security. In order to insure'the success of their 
plan, it was determined that the king should raise an army to 
keep those Barons in check, and that he should then call a 
Parliament, the elections for which should be so managed as to 
have none but the friends of the favourites summoned or elect- 
ed, so that there would be no difficulty in passing any law 
which might be proposed. No sooner was every thing pre- 
pared, than Richard, with his favourites and their friends, 
proceeded to Nottingham, where all the sheriffs and all the 
judges were sent for, together with many of the principal 
citizens of London ; to these, when assembled, the monarch 
communicated his design of proceeding with an army to 

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36 HISTORY OF 

chastise the noblemen already mentioned, and demanded of 
the sheriffs, what number of troops they could raise immediately. 
He then told them to permit no representatives to be chosen 
for the new Parliament, that were not in the list which he 
should deliver to them himself; but the sheriffs immediately 
answered, that it was not possible to execute his orders ; for the 
people were in general so partial to those noblemen, that it 
would be difficult to levy an army against them ; and they con- 
cluded by stating, that it would be still more difficult to deprive 
the people of their right of freely electing their representatives 
in Parliament. 

The judges, however, were neither so scrupulous nor so 
patriotic as the sheriffs ; for they answered to the queries put to 
them, " that the king was above the law;" yet, when required 
to sign this opinion, they endeavoured to. evade it, until forced 
by the menaces of the court party. Notwithstanding this forced 
submission of the judges, Richard found it impossible to do 
any thing at Nottingham, and therefore returned to London. 
'Tis almost unnecessary to state to those acquainted with Eng- 
lish history, that the judges were Sir Robert Tresilian, Lord 
Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who was afterwards hanged 
at Tyburn ; Sir Robert Belknap, Chief Justice of the Com- 
mon Pleas ; Sir John Holt ; Sir Roger Fulthorp ; Sir William 
de Burgh; and John Lockton, Sergeant at Law. 

In 1392, the same thrifty monarch (Richard II.) "sent SirW. 
Standon, Mayor of London, and William Mansfield, and Thos. 
Newington, Sheriffs of London, prisoners to Nottingham, be- 
cause the city had refused to lend him <£1000. He also re- 
moved the Court of Chancery to Nottingham, and the Court of 
King's Bench to York, where they remained until the Lon- 
doners regained their charter by satisfying the cupidity of the 
royal spendthrift, who, in 1397, summoned the Peers of the 
realm to meet at Nottingham, and two years afterwards was 
murdered at Pontefract Castle, and his throne ascended by 
Henry IV. ; thus ended the reign of the Plantagenets, which 
was speedily followed by the wars of the houses of York and 
Lancaster, which so long deluged the kingdom in blood. In 
1403, Henry IV. was at Nottingham to witness a combat. In 
1429, Henry VI. constituted the town a county of itself a 
privilege which it had virtually enjoyed from the year 1422, 
when Henry V. ordered the Nottinghamshire magistrates, 
u who had heretofore acted in the town, to discontinue that 
usage." 

Nottingham was afterwards, in 1461, the rendezvous of Ed- 
ward IV., where he collected his troops, aud caused himself to 
be proclaimed king, immediately after landing at Ravenspur in 
Yorkshire. Hence he marched to Newark, to attack the Duk« 
of Exeter, who retired on his approach. His majesty then 
marched his army to Towton, in Yort^ire, where in a fatal 



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battle he overthrew the hopes of the house of Lancaster. In 
14J0, Edward issued a proclamation from his court at Notting- 
ham, denouncing' the Duke of Clarence, his brother, and the 
Earl of Warwick, as traitors and rebels; though he had been 
raised to the throne by the influence of the latter nobleman, 
who was commonly called the " King- maker," and who in his 
revenge forced Edward to fly from Nottingham, and for a time 
from the kingdom. 

In 1485, Richard III. marched from Nottingham towards 
Bosworth-field, in order to decide the fate of England in his 
fatal contest with Henry VII. ; and Henry VII. two years 
afterwards, (in 1487) held his council of war at Nottingham 
previous to the battle of Stoke. 

Before the year 1503, there was not a house in Nottingham 
but what was thatched with straw or reeds, and built of wood 
and plaster, but in that year the Unicorn Inn, at the end of the 
Long-row, was tiled, "which circumstance is expressed in the 
writings of that house." In 1513, Agnes Mellor founded the 
Grammar School, but we shall reserve the description of this 
and the numerous other charities of the town for a subsequent 
chapter. That lascivious monarch, Henry VIII., was in the 
town about the year 1430, on an affair of gallantry, and obtain- 
ed .£147. 13s. 4cl. from the corporation in aid of the war against 
France and Scotland. 

A violent tempest, which happened here in 1558, is described 
bv Thoroton as follows : — " All the houses of the little hamlet 
ofSneinton, and those of Gedling, with both their churches, 
were blown down ; and the water and mud from the Trent 
was carried a quarter of a mile and cast against some trees with 
such amazing force that they were torn, up by the roots. A 
child and five or six men were killed, and the hailstones which 
fell measured fifteen inches round." This year Richard 
Barnes, the last suffragan bishop of Nottingham, was installed ; 
the bishopric having then existed twenty-four years. Many 
suffragan bishops were consecrated after the dissolution of the 
larger monasteries by Henry VIII., about A. D. 1534, but they 
were nearly all discontinued in the reign of Mary, who again 
established the Roman Catholic religion, which, on the acces- 
sion of her sister Elizabeth, again gave place to the Protestant 
faith, not however till many sacrifices had been made, and 
much blood spilled on both sides. 

In 1589, the Stocking frame, to which Nottingham owes the 
greater part of its wealth and consequence, was invented by the 
Rev. William Lee, M.A, a native of Woodborough in Notting- 
hamshire. It afterwards received many improvements, as will 
be shewn in the history of the hosiery and lace trades in this 
volume. 

1591 was remarkable for an uncommon drought, which con- 
tinued till the summer of the following year, when the Trent 



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and other rivers were almost without water. An act passed in 
1595 for erecting ivorkhouses for the poor, and another, passed 
in 1691, provided for the relief of the poor, and the appointment 
of overeeers. 

In 1607, a dispute arose about the disposal of the town f s 
money. The aldermen contending that they had a right to sit 
in council and vote at the disposal of the bridge money, school 
lands, &c. The council opposed them, and referred the matter 
to the judges, who determined that the aldermen had no right 
to vote on such occasions ; but they have since continued to do 
so. At this time the council was reduced to 24, of whom six 
were to be elected by the burgesses at large, and called junior 
councilmen. King James was several times in Nottingham 
about the year 1615. The County Hall was built in 1648. 

Civil Wars. — In the fatal contentions between the preroga- 
tives of the crown and the privileges of Parliament, in the reign 
of Charles I., Nottingham was the place were the royal stand- 
ard was first unfurled, though the town was soon afterwards 
garrisoned by the Parliamentarians, who retained possession of 
it during the whole of this intestine war, which so long deluged 
the kingdom in the blood of its inhabitants. The principal 
causes which led to this distraction of the country, were the 
levying of ship money and the duty of tonnage and poundage, 
without the sanction of Parliament; and the cruel proceedings 
of that secret and inquisitorial court, called the Star Chamber. 
There also prevailed in the nation a disposition and a strong 
leaning to republican, in preference to kingly government ; and 
religion was too often made the stalking-horse to avarice and 
ambition. From these combined causes the elements of govern- 
ment were thrown into disorder, and they never perfectly re- 
assumed their proper station till the glorious revolution of 
1688, although many patriotic addresses were sent by the 
people of this and other counties to the Parliament and 
to the king, praying for an amicable adjustment of their dif- 
ferences. 

In 1642, Clarendon says, the King " published a proclama- 
tion, by which he required all men who could bear arms to 
repair to him at Nottingham, by the 25th of August, on which 
day he would set up his royal standard there, which all good 
subjects were obliged to attend." Previous to this, his Majesty 
left London while the Parliament was sitting, and went to 
York, where he issued his famous commission of array to the 
respective counties, appointing Lord-Lieutenants and persons 
of distinction in each, to array, train, and muster the people. 
Some of his advisers proposed York or Warrington, in prefer- 
ence to Nottingham, for the erection of the royal standard; but 
the King chose the latter place, where he thought he would be 
nearer to some friends, who were stirring in his favour in the 
south and west. He accordingly came to Nottingham, a few 



NOTTINGHAM. 89 

days previous to the 25th, and having gone towards Coventry 
with a few troops, the gates were shut against him, and he 
found it necessary, in consequence of the appearance of some of 
the Parliamentarian forces, to return to Nottingham on the 24th. 
" According to proclamation, on the 25th August, the standard 
was erected about six o'clock in the evening of a very tempestu- 
ous day. The King himself, with a small train, rode to the 
top of the Castle-hill ; Varney, the Knight-Marshal, who was 
standard-bearer, carrying the standard, which was then erected 
on that place, with little other ceremony than the sound of 
drums and trumpets, — melancholy men observed many ill pre- 
sages at the time. The standard was blown down the same 
night it had been set up, by a very strong and unruly wind, and 
could not be fixed again for a day or two." The flag used on 
this occasion was inscribed " Give Caesar his due," and a herald 
proclaimed that his Majesty sought only to suppress the rebel- 
lion raised against him ; " that his military arms were blest ; 
that he would govern according to the known laws of the land ; 
and if he failed in these things, he would expect no relief from 
man, nor protection from heaven." Charles, however, soon 
found that the standard, when formally erected on the ground 
now called Standard-hill, possessed no more charms than it had 
done on the three preceding days, during which it had waved 
over the old tower of the castle ; for at a general muster, about 
the middle of the following month, his force only amounted to 
near 1200 men, the greater part of whom had accompanied him 
from the north ; he consequently left Nottingham, which was 
speedily garrisoned by the Parliament, who entrusted its go- 
vernment to Colonel John Hutchinson, whose memoirs, 
written by his widow, were published about thirty years ago, 
by one of his descendants. The Colonel, in spite' of all the 
royal offers of wealth and distinction, remained a firm and pa- 
triotic friend of the people; and though he was so unfortunate 
as to be chosen one of the judges who tried and signed the death- 
warrant of Charles I., he deserved not the odium of those who 
maintain in practice, as the English constitution asserts in 
theory, that "Kings can do no wrong," though the persecution 
which he experienced after the restoration, was no greater than 
might be expected at the hands of a son standing in power over 
those whom he considered as the instigators of his fathers mar- 
tyrdom. It is not the business of this history to take a political 
view of these calamitous times, we shall, therefore, confine 
ourselves to a brief narration of those events which are con • 
nected with Nottingham and its neighbourhood, as recorded by 
Rushworth, Whitlock, and Deering. 

In 1643, Captain Hotham, son of the celebrated Sir John 
Hotham, governor of Hull, was brought prisoner to Notting- 
ham, charged with carrying on a correspondence with the roy- 
alists, for which offence both he and his father were tried bv a 

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9$ HISTORY OF 

court-martial, and executed at Hull, in 1645. "The same 
year, (1643,) about Christmas, Colonel Hutchinson, governor 
of Nottingham, acquainted the Parliament with an offer of the , 
Earl of Newcastle, to pay him «£l0,000 r and to make him a 
Lord and governor of the castle, to him and his heirs, if he 
would deliver it to him for the King* which Hutchinson re- 
fused." During the following year, a paltry kind of warfare 
was carried on against this incorruptible governor, by the royal 
garrison of Newark, at the commencement of which he took 70 
prisoners, and slew Captain Thimbleby, the leader of the New- 
arkers. Shortly after, a detachment of the Newark garrison, 
having come rather too near Nottingham, to levy contributions, 
they were pursued by a party of the Nottingham troops, who 
took several prisoners, but in their turn were routed by a rein- 
forcement of the enemy, and escaped with the loss of twenty- 
eight horsemen and two officers. 

In 1645, such serious disputes took place between the garrison 
and the town committee, that Parliament was obliged to refer 
thena to a committee of both houses, a measure evidently neces- 
sary, as during these intestine broils in the town, a party of 
horse had stormed a fort upon Trent bridge, and put forty men 
to the sword. From this fort, however, they were soon after- 
wards driven by two detachments from Nottingham and Lei- 
cester. Tn the same year, the Scotch army was at Nottingham, 
whence it was ordered to the siege of Newark, where the un- 
fortunate King placed himself under its protection, and was 
afterwards conveyed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he was 
delivered to his merciless enemies, in consideration of the sum 
of <£200,000, paid to the crafty Scotchmen by the English Par- 
liament, and a promise of .£200,000 more, to be paid in two 
moieties. On June 30th, Colonel Hutchinson took sixty horse 
and forty-eight prisoners ; and on October 4th, ,£1000 was paid 
to the Nottingham cavahy, for fighting so gallantly at the battle 
of Chester. 

In 1647, February 13th, Charles I. was brought through 
Nottingham, on his way to London. General Sir Thomas 
Fairfax stopped the King's horse near the town, and having 
alighted he kissed his Majesty's hand, " and afterwards mounted 
and discoursed with the King as they passed to Nottingham ; — 
for, though the General was one of the most active enemies of 
the royalists, he had more honour and sympathy than to wound 
the feelings of fallen Majesty with taunts and rebukes." In July, 
the Nottingham troops and the forces in the north, published 
a declaration of their adherence to the army of General 
Fairfax. 

In January, 1618, the garrison of Nottingham consisted only 
of 100 men, commanded by Captain Poulton, who surprised 
and took prisoners in the town several disguised royalists, 



NOTTINGHAM. 91 

amongst whom was Sir Marmaduke Langdale, and ten other 
gentlemen. 

In 1649, after Cromwell had secretly solicited and contrived 
the King's death, the garrison of Nottingham was disbanded, 
and Lawrence Collin, who had long been a gunner at the castle, 
commenced the business of a woolcomber in the town, but not 
being a freeman, he was greatly annoyed by the corporation, 
till Cromwell wrote a letter in his favour, and ordered that, as 
be had faithfully served the Commonwealth, he should be al- 
lowed to follow his calling in the town, for the maintenance of 
himself and family. After this, Collin lived in quiet, and laid 
the foundation of a thriving family, which intermarried with 
the family of George Langford, an eminent surgeon, who held 
a commission in the Parliament army, and was Mayor of Not- 
tingham in J6S8. Betwixt the years 1648 and 1672, money 
was so scarce that many of the tradesmen in the town issued 
copper halfpennies, and other local coins. 

In 1650, General Fairfax's regiment and train of artillery 
marched through the town to the north. 

In 1655, the framework knitters petitioned Cromwell to in- 
corporate them by charter, but the Protector did not answer 
their prayer. 

In 1656, Colonel Hacker apprehended several conspirators, 
in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, who declared themselves 
to be "in arms against the tyrant Cromwell.'''' The death of 
Cromwell, and the abdication of his son Richard, were followed 
in 1661 by the restoration of Charles II., who soon raised mo- 
narchy and episcopacy to the greatest splendour. The bishops 
were allowed to resume their seats in the House of Peers, and 
an Act of Uniformity was passed, requiring of all clergymen, 
episcopal ordination, canonical obedience, and a general assent 
to every thing contained in the Book of Common Prayer. For 
not conforming to this act, more than 2000 clergymen were de- 
prived of their preferments in the church; thus originated non- 
conformity, or protestant dissent ; for prior to this time, the 
Puritans had remained members of the establishment, though 
labouring to promote a further reformation. The ejected mi- 
nisters suffered much under the operation of several severe laws, 
amongst which were the Conventicle, the Oxford, the Corpo- 
ration, and the Test Acts, all of which are happily now abo- 
lished, — the two former being annulled by the Toleration Act, 
passed in 1689, but the two latter were not repealed till 1828, a 
few months before the passing of the Catholic Emancipation 
Bill. , 

In 1662, the three nonconformist ministers of Nottingham, 
viz. Whitlock, Reynolds, and Barret, were ejected for not 
reading the Common Prayer in the church. In 1665, they 
were seized in a meeting-house at Colwick, and suffered a long 
imprisonment. They settled at Nottingham in 1651, in conse- 



92 HISTORY OF 

quence of an invitation from the churchwardens and principal 
inhabitants. Dr. Calamy says, while living "they studied to- 
gether, lived together, and preached together!" 

During the year 1667, Nottingham was visited by the plague, 
which made much greater ravages in the higher than in the 
lower part of the town, owing it is said to the effluvia arising 
from the tan-yards, of which there were then no fewer than 47 
on the banks of the Leen. 

In 1681, the Corporation charter was surrendered to the 
Ministers of Charles IT., by the Mayor " and his party," which 
caused great dissatisfaction amongst the rest of the burgesses ; 
though a new charter w r as received in its place. At the next 
election for a Mayor, a riotous contest arose, in which " the 
new chartermen elected William Toplady, and the old, Wm. 
Greaves," — the former, however, prevailed, after much tumult. 

In 1687, James II. attempted to new model the corporation, 
and to reserve to himself the power of electing and removing 
the members of that body; six of whom he displaced by a writ 
of quo ivarranto. In the succeeding reign, which commenced 
in the following year, the town received a full confirmation of 
all its rights, privileges, and immunities. 

James II. was strongly attached to the Catholic faith, and 
soon discovered his intention to complete the fabric of despo- 
tism begun by his predecessor. The nation taking the alarm, 
called in the Prince of Orange, and brought about the glorious 
revolution of 1688, in which Nottingham took an active part ; 
for, Deering, who wrote in 1751, says " There are men now 
living who well remember that the Duke of Devonshire,* the 
Earl of Stamford, Lord Howe, and other noblemen, and abund- 
ance of gentry of the county of Nottingham, coming to the 
town and going to meet one another at their respective inns, 
daily increasing in numbers, till the arrival of Lord Delamere 
with about 500 horse at the Feather's Inn, whither all the rest 
of the noblemen and gentlemen w r ent to meet him : the people 
of the town were unacquainted with the result of all these con- 
sultations, till Lord Delamere having a mind to try the disposi- 
tion of the populace, on a sudden ordered the trumpets to sound 
to arms, giving out that the King's forces were within four 
miles of Nottingham, whereupon the whole town was in alarm, 
multitudes who had horses mounted and accoutred themselves 
with such arms as they had, whilst others in vast numbers on 
foot appeared ; some with firelocks, some with swords, some 
with other weapons, even pitchforks not excepted ; — and being 
told of the necessity of securing the passage over the Trent, 
they immediately drew all the boats that were then at hand, to 
the north side of the river, and with them, and some timber and 
barrels on the wharf, and all the frames of the market-stalls, 

* He was then only Ecu I of Devonshhe, but was created a Duke in 1694. 






NOTTINGHAM. 93 

raised a strong" barricado. Lord Delarnere, well pleased with 
the readiness of the people, sent his men and some officers to 
the Prince of Orange, but himself with a few officers staid till 
next day, being 1 Saturday, (the principal market) when he, the 
Puke of Devonshire, Lord Howe, &c. appeared at the Malt 
Cross, and in face of a full market, declared to the people, the 
danger their religion and liberty were in, under the arbi- 
trary proceedings of the King, and that providence had sent his 
highness the Prince of Orange, under God, to deliver them 
from popery and slavery, and give them a free Parliament ! 
Their speeches were followed by the shouts of the multi- 
tude who cried out a free Parliament! a free Parliament ! 
This done, Lord Delamere departed to follow his troops, 
whilst the Duke and Lord Howe made it known that they were 
for raising horse in defence of their liberty, and would enlist 
such as were willing to serve in the glorious cause ; where- 
upon upwards of one hundred entered the same day." The 
Princess Anne, the King's favourite daughter, having resolved 
to leave her father and take part with the prevailing side, de- 
parted privately from court, and went direct to Nottingham, 
accompanied by several ladies of distinction, and the Bishop of 
London, the Earl of Dorset, and a guard of -aO horsemen, 
which, on their arrival was strengthened with 200 of the Duke 
of Devonshire's troops. Hence she went to Oxford where she 
was met by Prince George of Denmark, at the head of a de- 
tachment of the Prince of Orange's forces. James soon af- 
terwards left the kingdom, and William III. was placed on the 
throne, to which, Anne succeeded in 1/02, to the general sa- 
tisfaction of all parties. In 1707? Queen Anne granted the 
stewardship of the Peverel Court to Sir Thomas Willoughby, 
Bart., and his heirs. 

In I7I0, when that fruitless rebellion broke out, which had 
for its object the reinstatement of the Stuart family, there were 
but few partisans of that dynasty left in Nottingham, though 
Thomas Hawksley, the mayor, was committed to the house of 
correction, by one of the aldermen, " for having drank success 
to the Pretender, on his bare knees in his own house." This 
Jacobite mayor kept the house then called the Eagle and Child 
Inn, at the north-west corner of Chapel Bar. He afterwards 
instituted three suits against the alderman who signed his com- 
mitment, with the hope of recovering damages for false impri- 
sonment ; "but the only recompence he got was that of having 
to pocket the disgrace, and to pav costs, which amounted to 
more than .£2000." 

In 1720, whilst the Duke of Newcastle "kept openhouse at 
the castle," John Chambers, a gingerbread baker, in a fit of 
inebriation, rambled from the paved yard upon the verge of 
the rocky precipice, down which he fell, above 110 feet, into 
a garden near the river Leen, without receiving much injury! 



94 HISTORY OF 

In 1724, the town-clerk' 's office took fire, and many of the Cor- 
poration records were destroyed. In 1736, during a great^oo^, 
the houses near the Leen were two feet deep in water ; in the 
month of May, 104 persons who had died of the small pox 
were buried in St. Mary's church-yard, and so fatal was that 
malady during the year, that the burials exceeded the births 
by 380. 

1731, the mayor, Thomas Trigge, placed a woman in the 
Cuckstool for prostitution, and left her to the mercy of a 
foolish mob, who ducked her so severely that she died soon af- 
ter, in consequence of which, the mayor was prosecuted and 
the ancient instrument of punishment destroyed. 

During the rebellion of 1745, when a second unsuccessful 
attempt was made by the House of Stuart to regain the throne 
lost by the bigotry and tyranny of its ancestors, Thoroton says 
" but little occurred at Nottingham more than at other places, 
near which the forces of Prince Charles approached. Some, 
however, were panic struck at their so extraordinarily advancing 
into the heart of the country, and others friendly to the cause, 
shewed signs of friendly intentions, but very few of them indi- 
cations of courage • very few joined the daring little host of 
Scotchmen." However, the town supplied many recruits for 
the Duke of Kingston's Light Horse, which did so much exe- 
cution at the battle of Culloden, where it is said three butchers 
of Nottingham killed fourteen rebels. This regiment was 
raised by a subscription amounting to £8526. 10s. 6d., of which 
sum the Dukes of Kingston and Newcastle contributed «£J000 
each, and the Duke of Norfolk, and Lords Byron, Middleton, 
Sutton, Cavendish, and Howe, with other persons of distinc- 
tion in the country, about .£200 each. JVade^s regiment consist- 
ing of 500 Dutch, and 200 English infantry, with sixteen pieces 
of cannon, two mortars, and 200 artillerymen, arrived at Not- 
tingham on the 13th of October, and proceeded next day to 
meet the rebels, who were completely overthrown in the early 
part of the following year. 

During a remarkable storm in May, 1749, hailstones fell, 
measuring four inches in circumference. In 1755, the north- 
ern lights, or Aurora Borealis, were frequently seen in this 
neighbourhood, as they were afterwards at the commencement 
of the American war, when the superstitious believed them to be 
the forerunners of disastrous events. In 1758, acts were ob- 
tained for making turnpike roads from Nottingham to Derby, 
Grantham and Alfreton. The Nottingham and Loughborough 
road was repaired under an act passed in 1738, 

On September 22d, 1761, in honour of the Coronation of 
George HI. and Queen Charlotte, Nottingham joined in the na- 
tional festivity. The morning was ushered in by the ringing 
of bells, and after divine service, a large and splendid proces- 
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robes of office, and followed by the company of tvoolcombers, 
dressed in Holland shirts, black breeches, white stockings, and 
wool wigs, with sashes and cockades also of wool, and having 
one of their order mounted on horseback, and attired so as to 
represent the famous Bishop Blaize, the patron saint Arme- 
nia, who is said to have first discovered the art of woolcomb- 
ing. There were public dinners at all the inns, and the indi- 
gent were plentifully regaled in large booths erected in the 
streets. At night the town was brilliantly illuminated, and 
there was a grand display of fireworks in the market place. 

The Biter Bit. — In 1762, a framework-knitter, residing 
near Nottingham, fell into the fatal snare which he had laid 
for his unoffending wife. Having taken home a piece of veal, 
he ordered his wife to roast it for dinner by twelve o'clock ; but 
he not coming home at the time, she set it by untouched. At 
four o'clock he came home, and brought a beef ^teak, which 
he ordered to be dressed for his dinner, saying he should prefer 
it to the veal. It was accordingly cooked by the wife, and when 
he had eaten 'part of it, feeling himself unwell, he anxiously 
enquired what she had fried it in ? to which she answered " the 
veal dripping" " Then,*' said he, " I am a dead man ; for 
having a mind to poison you, I rubbed the veal over with arse- 
nic.'' He expired shortly after ; and the surgeon who examined 
the veal declared that it retained as much p©ison as would de- 
stroy a hundred persons. 

At the Goose Fair, in 1764, there was a tumultuous riot, on 
account of the high price of cheese, which was selling at from 
28s. to 30s. per cwt. The violence of the people burst forth 
lik-e a torrent, in the open fair; — cheeses were rolled down 
Wheeler-gate and Peck-lane in abundance, and the Mayor, in 
his attempt to restore the peace, was knocked down with one in 
the Market-place. The riot act was read ; a detachment of the 
15th Dragoons was called in, many of the rioters were taken 
prisoners, and one innocent man was shot by the military. 

In 1770, there was great rejoicing here, on account of the 
liberation of John Wilkes, Esq. the champion of the people's 
liberties. In June this year, Dominick Lazarus walked twenty- 
five times round the race-course (upwards of fifty miles) in 1-0 J 
hours. The grand stand was built in 17-77 ' aad during the 
same year, some workmen, whilst digging on Standard- hill, 
found a number of human bones, along with a dagger, and a 
copper token dated 1669. The Nottinghamshire militia were 
embodied in 1775, and first marched out of the county in 1778, 
when they went to Hull. On February 12th, 1780, was laid 
the first stone of that house of rnercy, the Nottingham General 
Hospital. On July 30th, 1734, the Wilford ferry-boat was 
upset, and six persons were drowned. In August, 1785, the 
large mace was stolen out of the Mayor's house by two thieves, 



96 HISTORY OP 

who were detected in consequence of their not knowing" how to 
separate the gold from the silver, after they had melted it down. 
Water Spout. — A most extraordinary natural phenomenon 
took place here in 1785, which has been considered as perhaps 
one of the largest water spouts ever seen in this country. It 
happened on the first of November, at four o'clock in the after- 
noon, when it was first seen proceeding from a dense cloud, 
apparently about a quarter of a mile to the southward of the 
Trent, and moving slowly towards it; and it was remarked, 
that the branches of the trees, over which it passed, were bent 
downwards to the ground. As the cloud came nearer to the 
river, it appeared to be strongly attracted by it, and when it 
crossed did not seem more than thirty or forty feet from the 
surface of the water, which was violently agitated, and flew 
upwards to a great height in every direction. Some persons 
who saw it from the Trent bridge, then only about 300 yards 
distant, mistook it at first for a column of thick smoke rising 
from a warehouse by the Trent side, which they supposed to 
be on fire ; but they were soon undeceived, and now beheld 
with astonishment a large black inverted cone, terminating 
nearly in a point, and in which they perceived very plainly, as 
they afterwards said, a whirling spiral motion, whilst a rum- 
bling noise like thunder was heard at a distance. By the de- 
scription which those people gave of it, (and indeed they may 
be supposed to have examined it coolly, whilst they supposed it 
to be only a column of smoke,) the middle of the cone appeared 
nearly twenty feet in diameter. After passing the river, it as- 
cended slowly and majestically in a north-east direction; and 
nothing coming within the limits of its electric powers, until it 
came over Sneinton, it there first began its devastation, taking 
the thatch from several barns and cottages, and tearing up some 
apple trees by the roots, one of which was four feet in circum- 
ference, yet was broken short off near the ground, and the 
trunk and branches carried several yards. A barn, nearly thirty 
yards long, was levelled with the ground; the adjoining house 
was unroofed, and otherwise much shattered; a sycamore in 
the yard, which measured nearly two yards in circumference, 
was torn up ; in short, nothing could resist the impetuosity of 
its action ; and the rain falling heavily at the time, joined to the 
roaring noise of the spout, and aided by the novelty of the phe- 
nomenon, produced among the spectators a scene of terror and 
confusion which, they acknowledged, was not easy to be de- 
scribed. It was stated, also, that in a tavern in the outskirts 
of the village, it tore off part of the roof, whilst the people 
within were almost all of them seized with a painful sensation 
in the head, which lasted some hours; and the spout, in passing 
over the adjoining close, where a number of people were col- 
lected, it being the usual statute for hiring servants, afforded 
rather a ludicrous scene, wherein hucksters, stalls, baskets, 



NOTTINGHAM. 9J 

&c. were all thrown into confusion, and some of the people 
hurled with great violence against the hedge, but happily with- 
out any serious accident. One boy, indeed, about fourteen 
years of age, is said to have been actually carried over the hedge 
into an adjoining field, but without being injured. Some flashes 
of light were observed in its passing the fields ; and as the cloud 
passed over the hill, opposite to the tavern, the spout Avas ob- 
served to contract and expand alternately, as if it had been at- 
tracted and repelled by some extraneous force. It continued 
about twenty minutes, and was accurately described in the Gen- 
tleman's Magazine of 1785, from which we quote. 

On May 12, 1788, a serious riot took place, in consequence 
of the hig'h price of meat; the doors and shutters in the sham- 
bles were taken into the Market-place and burnt, along with 
many of the butchers' books, and much meat was carried away ; 
but the conciliatory interference of the magistrates happily 
quelled the tumult without any lives being lost. On June 7th, 
Lieutenant Bright, of the Nottinghamshire Militia, was burnt 
to death in his bed-room. It is said that he first introduced 
into the town " the fashion of wearing braces to the breeches." 
In 17^9, Richard Butler was chosen mayor, agreeable to a 
writ of mandamus issued from the Court of King's Bench. — 
The burgesses insisted upon their right to vote, but were over- 
ruled by reading the charter of Henry VIII. 

A great cricket match was played on Nottingham forest in 
1791, betwixt eleven of the Nottingham club, backed by Colonel 
Churchill, and eleven noblemen and gentlemen of the Mary-le- 
bonne club, headed by the Earl of Winchilsea. Though the 
playing of the former excited the admiration of their opponents, 
they had no chance of success. The late Earl of Winchilsea, 
the late Duke of Dorset, and the late Sir Horace Man, were 
members of the famous Hambledon club, and about this time 
assembled at the Star and Garter, London, for the express pur- 
pose of settling a new code of laws, by which the game of cricket 
has since been regulated. The Town-Hall was rebuilt this 
year, during which a riot was created by the "two-needle 
stocking makers," in opposition to some new regulations adopted 
by their employers ; but it was quelled without much mischief, 
by the Oxford Blues, who, in return for their services, gained 
the hatred and contempt of the workmen, and on leaving the 
town soon afterwards, were rewarded, whilst passing the deep- 
cut road at Hollowstone, with showers of odoriferous perfumes 
brought from the neighbouring privies, and poured upon their 
heads by the insulting people, planted upon the rock above 
them. 

On March 2d, 1792, an alarming shock of an earthquake 
was felt in the midland counties, but was most severe at Not- 
tingham, where many of the inhabitants fled from their houses, 
which they expected would fall upon them. The shock, which 

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happened about nine o'clock in the evening, was preceded by 
a " rumbling noise like the rolling of a cannon ball on a boarded 
floor." Happily no mischief was done. In May, an act was 
obtained for cutting a canal from Nottingham to Cromford; and 
four years afterwards, another act was passed for improving 
the Trent navigation. 

In 1793, whilst the workmen were digging the foundation of 
a cotton-mill, near Poplar-place, a great quantity of hazel nuts 
were found, in a perfect state, two feet below the surface. 

During the American and the French revolutionary wars, 
Nottingham, like many other manufacturing towns, was much 
agitated by political animosities ; but to record the ebullitions 
and outrages of party spirit is an unpleasant task ; we shall, 
therefore, confine ourselves to historical fact, without animad- 
version. Throsby, the most moderate of all the local historians 
that have noticed these unhappy disturbances, says " the year 
1794 was marked by the loyalty of the inhabitants of the town 
and county, in support of that constitution which Englishmen 
so much admire. Four troops of Yeomanry Cavalry were 
raised out of the most respectable inhabitants, similar to what 
was done at other places ; their clothing scarlet and buff; their 
commander Anthony Hardolph Eyre, Esq., of Grove, near 
Retford. None showed more loyalty on this occasion, by way 
of subscription, than a club in Nottingham, called the Loyal 
society." A liberal subscription was raised here during the 
same year, for the purpose of providing extra warm clothing for 
the British troops on the continent. A few of the democrats, in 
opposition to the loyalists, who had joined the Volunteer corps 
for the defence of their country, repaired early every morning 
for some time to Sneinton plain, where they received instruc- 
tions in the military exercise from a discarded drill-sergeant, 
using, for want of muskets, sticks, which were sarcastically 
called " wooden guns" On July 2d, 1794, a serious disturb- 
ance was occasioned in the town, by a party of democrats show- 
ing signs of pleasure on the arrival of some disagreeable news 
from the continent, which so enraged the loyalists, that they 
ducked several of them in the river Leen, and committed other 
violent outrages on the persons and property of those whom, 
in their mistaken zeal, they considered as Jacobinical enemies 
of their country. During the night, they set fire to some out- 
works of Mr. Dennison's cotton-mill, in which some of the 
opposite party had taken shelter, and in their defence, it is 
said, bad fired upon the mob. The vigilance of the magistrates 
and their friends, however, assisted by the light horse from the 
barracks, prevented further mischief— except the burning of 
some premises not of any great value; but a scene of ducking 
and disorder appeared again on the following day, and was con- 
tinued until the popular ebullition subsided. 

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a rapid thaw, which occasioned the greatest flood in the Trent 
ever remembered by the oldest persons then living. The da- 
mage done on the banks of the Trent and its tributary streams 
was estimated at <£ 1,000,000. All the inhabitants of the low 
grounds near the river suffered greatly in this overwhelming 
inundation, which swept away cattle, sheep, carts, waggons, 
furniture, &c. and did much damage to the bridges at Notting- 
ham and other places, owing partly to the immense bodies of 
ice which were carried down the raging torrent. So high was 
the water at Nottingham, that it was three feet deep in many 
of the houses in Narrow-marsh and the Meadow-platts, where 
some of the inhabitants were kept prisoners in their upper 
rooms during two days and nights. The losses of many ot the 
sufferers were afterwards alleviated by the subscriptions of their 
more fortunate neighbours. In February, 1809, there Avas 
another great flood, during which the water again entered the 
houses in Narrow-marsh, but the damage was trifling compared 
with that of 1795. 

On April 18th, 1795, there was a riot at Nottingham, in 
consequence of the high price of provisions ; but the Yeomanry 
and a troop of heavy Dragoons soon restored order, by seizing 
thirteen of the most active disturbers of the peace. 

In January, 1796, wheat sold for 12s. or 13s. per bushel, 
and. during the succeeding fifteen years, it was several times 
as high as 20s. and 21s. per bushel. The first house in New 
Radford was built in 1796, by Benjamin Darker, a needle maker 
of Nottingham. 

In February, 1797, the suspension of cash payments at the 
Bank of England, produced serious consequences in all the 
manufacturing districts ; a great many of the workmen of this 
town and neighbourhood were thrown out of employment, and 
the ordinary business of the town could not be carried on until 
the banks issued a quantity of seven-shillings tickets. In the 
following month, numerously signed petitions were sent from 
the town, praying his Majesty to discharge his Ministers, whom 
the people considered as the authors of the national distress, by 
plunging the country in an unnecessary and expensive war. — 
The canal from the Trent to Grantham was opened this year, 
during which there died in St. Mary's workhouse, a woman 
who had many years lived as one of the masculine gender, had 
been groom to Sir Harry Harper, and had figured on the turf 
under the name of Jockey John ; the deception was only disco- 
vered by a post-mortem examination. The Nottingham Vo- 
lunteer Infantry was raised this year, consisting of three com- 
panies, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Elliott, Major 
Hooley, and Captain Statham. The Burton and Clifton Volun- 
teer companies acted in concert with those of Nottingham, 
under Lieut.-Col. Smith. Their uniform was a dark blue 
jacket, turned up with scarlet, and trimmed with gold lace ; 

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white pantaloons, short gaiters, and a light horseman's helmet 
with white feathers. They were disembodied in 1802, in con- 
sequence of the peace of Amiens. 

In 1799, during the race week, the Earl of Strafford died at 
the White Lion Tnn, where he had arrived on the evening he- 
fore, for the purpose of attending the races ; he was found dead 
in bed at eight o'clock in the morning. 

1800. — In April, there Avas another riot about the high price 
of provisions, but it was suppressed before much damage was 
done. In August, George Caunt, a reputable hair-dresser 
who had been charged with stealing a set of window curtains 
from the house of a dancing-master, shot George Ball, the con- 
stable, whilst attempting to apprehend him. The unfortunate 
officer died on the spot, and the murderer was taken next day 
at Alfreton, but being determined not to survive his fame, he 
poisoned himself two days afterwards, in the town gaol ; and, 
pursuant to the coroner's inquest, was buried on the Sand-hills 
near the Derby road, but his body was removed in the night by 
his friends, to the Baptist burial-ground. A handsome sub- 
scription was raised for the family of the murdered constable. 
The enormous high price of bread created a serious riot, which 
commenced on Sunday night, August 31st, and was continued 
during the two succeeding days ; the houses of many of the 
bakers were attacked, and several granaries were broken open , 
" and it was really distressing to see with what famine-impelled 
eagerness many a mother bore off the corn in her apron to feed 
her famished children." On the Tuesday, a most awful storm 
of thunder and lightning finally dispersed the riotous mobs, who 
previously had no sooner been driven from one place by the 
military, than they assembled in another. In October, owing 
to the avarice of the great land owners and the monopolising 
corn factors, bread rose to a higher price than it had ever been 
known during the worst times of England's sufferings, and 
many persons died from absolute want. To alleviate the dis- 
tress of the poor, subscriptions were raised by the benevolent, 
and a soup-house was opened in Goose-gate. Amongst the 
most generous friends of the indigent, at this alarming crisis, 
were Messrs. Davison and Hawksley, of Arnold, who pur- 
chased an immense quantity of corn, and not only sold it to the 
poor at less than prime cost, but ground it gratis at their own 
worsted-mill, in which they erected stones, &c. for the purpose 
— there being at the time a lack both of wind and water at the 
corn-mills in the neighbourhood. They also ground the corn 
purchased by the charitable subscribers of Nottingham, and 
carried it in their own waggons to the Market-place, free of 
expense. For these benevolent acts, they received the blessings 
of thousands ; and Mr. Hawksley was presented with the free- 
dom of the town, as also was Mr. Towie, of Bioxtow, who re- 



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gularly brought corn to market, and sold it at a moderate price, 
daring this distressful period. 

In 1801, the parishioners of St. Mary's revived their Ion g- 
dormant right of causing: a churchwarden alternately with the 
vicar. On November 29th, Mr. Dennison's cotton-mill, at Pen- 
ny-foot-stile was burnt down. 

On May 7th, 1803, the hill which authorises the magistrates 
of Nottinghamshire to interfere with the police of the M Town 
and county of the town of Nottingham/' received the royal as- 
sent. It originated in a petition sent to the House of Com- 
mons in the preceding year, by D. C. Coke, Esq., against the 
return of Joseph Birch, Esq., — the former complaining that he 
had been disappointed of his election at the late contest, by the 
corporate magistrates not doing their duty, in suppressing the 
riotous behaviour of the people. In consequence of this act, 
which is entitled the "Nottingham Election and Police 
Bill," Mr. Birch was expelled the House, and in the follow- 
ing year, he lost his election in a contest with Mr. Coke, which 
cost the town ,£1406. ljs. This was the first time that the me- 
rits of any election petition from Nottingham had been tried in 
the House of Commons since the year 17^1> when the House 
determined that George Gregorv, Esq. had been returned by 
corrupt and illegal means, and that Robert Saeheverill, Esq. 
was duly elected. The House at the same time declared that 
the right of election was vested in the burgesses, and the free- 
holders of 40s. per annum. In 1803, the first house at New 
Sneinton was erected ; and a new regiment of Volunteer Infan- 
try was raised in Nottingham. 

In 1806, the mayor and town-clerk were deputed to attend 
the tuneral of the Right Hon. diaries Jarues Fo:i\ who was in- 
terred on the 11th of October. This year Lieut. Brown, of 
the 83d regiment, a youth of seventeen, in the recruiting ser- 
vice, was killed in a duel with Ensign Butler, of the 36th, then 
quartered in the town. The coroners jury returned a verdict 
of " wilful murder/' in consequence of which, Butler and the 
two seconds absconded and were never brought to justice. 

In 1807, a party of the parishioners of St. Alary and St. Nicho- 
las parishes, applied to Parliament for a Bill to erect an Incor- 
porated House of Industry for the reception of all the paupers 
in the district, extending 12 miles round Nottingham. The pub- 
lic at large were not acquainted with the existence of this " hole 
and corner job'* till the Bill was on the eve of being read a second 
time ; — previous to which, however, Parliament was dissolved, 
and such detestation was expressed againt the Bill bv the great 
body of the parishioners, that its authors never again brought 
it forward. In November, the corporation presented Lord 
Holland (the son of the late Right Hon. C. J. Fox,) with the 
freedom of the town, and in 1809, he was elected to the oulce 
of Recorder. 

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HISTORY OF 



In 1808. — On February 11th, the roads about the town were 
from six to twelve feet deep in snow. On the 6th of April, Robert 
Calvin, a Scotchman, was exposed one hour in the pillory 
for assaulting- two female children. An exhibition of this kind 
had not taken place for seventy years before, and its novelty 
consequently attracted many spectators. The pillory was made 
for the purpose and erected in the Market-place. In November, 
the Nottingham Volunteers were disbanded, but upwards of 500 
of them, including all the officers, transferred their services to the 
Local Militia. 

In 1810, a Reform Petition was sent to the House of Com- 
mons, and also a congratulatory Address to Sir Francis Bur- 
dett, Bart., who had just been sent to the Tower. In May, 
the fellmongers 7 vats on the Leen side were destroyed as a 
nuisance. During the year, the Police Office was built on the 
site of an old public-house; and the south-east corner of Bri- 
dlesmithgatewas taken down, and "the road widened the breadth 
of a carriage." In October, the new church at Sneinton was 
opened, and in November, the Lancasterian School was render- 
ed a permanent charity, at a public meeting-, which was address- 
ed by Mr. Lancaster, who pointed out in an animated speech, 
the benefits that would be derived from his system of education. 

Luddism. — In February, 1811, such was the depressed state 
of the hosiery trade, that large numbers of half-famished work- 
men were reduced to pauperism, and obliged to sweep the 
streets for a paltry support. On the 11th of March, some hun- 
dreds of the country framework knitters assembled in the Mar- 
ket-place, and expressed a determination to take vengeance 
upon some of the hosiery manufacturers, who had reduced the 
prices paid for making stockings. The appearance of the mili- 
tary prevented any violence being committed in the town, but 
at night the men retired to the village of Arnold, and broke 
63 frames, chiefly belonging to Mr. Broksop. Owing to the 
general depressed state of the trade, and the consequent abate- 
ment of wages, the mischief caught fire, and spread itself many 
miles round the neighbourhood, with such rapidity and success, 
that during the succeeding three weeks, upwards of 200 stock- 
ing frames were broken to pieces, by midnight bands of dis- 
tressed and deluded workmen, who were so closely bound to- 
gether by illegal oaths, and so disguised, and organized for 
their work of destruction, that but very few of them could 
be brought to justice, though they frequently renewed their 
nefarious practices during the succeeding rive yours, under the 
assumed name of Luddites, — an appellation which well suited 
their character, as it is said to have been derived from one Lud~ 
/am, an ignorant youth of I Leicestershire, who, when ordered by his 
father, (a framework knitter) to " square his needles," took his 
hammer and beat them into a heap. During the reign of this 
system of" Luddism" upwards of one thousand stocking 



NOTTINGHAM. 103 

frames and a number of lace machines were completely destroy- 
ed in the county of Nottingham, and the alarming evil extended 
itself into the counties of Leicester, Derby, Lancaster, and 
York, in the two latter of which counties, the object of the 
workmen was to destroy those machines which had been intro- 
duced for the purpose of superseding- manual labour, but the 
frame breakers in the hosiery and lace trades had not this griev- 
ance to complain of; no, their sole object was an advance of 
wages, and this, they blindly imagined, would be effected by 
destroying the very tools which enabled them to follow their 
occupations. The plan adopted by these midnight prowlers, 
was to assemble in parties of from six to sixty, according as 
circumstances required, under a supposed leader styled General 
Lucid, and sometimes Ned Ludd. Whoever took upon him- 
this title, had the absolute command of his party, some of whom, 
armed with swords, pistols, firelocks, &c, were placed as guards, 
whilst those armed with hammers, axes, &c, entered the houses 
and demolished the frames, after which they re-assembled at a 
short distance from the scene of destruction, where their leader 
called over his men, who answered to certain numbers, and if 
all were there, and their work finished for the night, he 
signified the same by firing a pistol ; after which they 
immediately departed to their respective homes, removing 
on the way, the black handkerchiefs which had covered 
their features. In consequence of these daring outrages 
being continued, a large military force was brought into the 
neighbourhood, and two of the London police magistrates, with 
several other officers, came down to Nottingham to assist the 
civil power in attempting to discover the ringleaders ; — a secret 
committee was also formed and supplied with a large sum of 
money for the purpose of obtaining private information, but in 
spite of all this vigilance, and in contempt of a Royal Procla- 
mation, the offenders continued their course of devastation, 
with redoubled violence, as will be seen by the following brief 
notice of the leading features of these unhappy disturbances, 
abridged from the newspapers of 181 1-12-1 4-and-l 6. 

On Sunday night, November 10th, a party of Luddites pro- 
ceeded to the village of Buhvell, to destroy the frames of Mr. 
Hollingworth, who, in anticipation of their visit, had procured 
the assistance of three or four friends, who with fire arms re- 
solved to protect the threatened property. Many shots were 
fired on both sides, and one of the assailants, John Westb}', of 
Arnold, was mortally wounded, which so enraged the mob, that 
they soon forced an entrance, and the little garrison was obliged 
to make a precipitate retreat, when the rioters not only de- 
stroyed the frames, but also every article of furniture in the 
house. On the succeeding day, they seized and broke a wag- 
gon load of frames near Arnold, and on the Wednesday follow- 
ing, proceeded to Sutton- in- Ash field > where they destroyed 



104 HISTORY OF 

37 frames ; after which, they were dispersed by the military, 
who, took a number of prisoners, of whom four were fully com- 
mitted for trial, viz. : John Bradbury, Gervas Marshall, George 
Green, and John Clarke. During the following week, only 
one frame was broken, but several stacks were burnt at Snein- 
ton, Mansfield, and Hucknai Torkard, as was supposed by the 
frame breakers, in revenge against the owners, who, as mem- 
bers of the Yeomanry Cavalry, had been active in suppressing 
the riots. On Sunday night, November 24th, 34 frames were 
demolished in Basford, and 11 more were added to the same 
wreck on the following day. On December 6th, the magis- 
trates published an edict, which ordered all persons in the dis- 
turbed districts to remain in their houses after ten o'clock at 
night, and all victuallers to close at the same hour. Notwith- 
standing this proclamation, and a great civil and military force, 
36 frames were broken in the villages around Nottingham 
during the six following days. This bold defiance called forth 
the following Magistrates' Letter : — " There has now ex- 
isted in the neighbourhood of Nottingham for a considerable 
time, a most outrageous spirit of riot and tumult: Houses have 
been feloniously broken into, and a great number of stocking 
frames have been broken and destroyed by an armed multi- 
tude, accompanied with menaces to the lives of those who 
should endeavour to interfere in preventing the mischief; vari- 
ous threatening letters have been sent ; arms have been feloniously 
demanded and seized ; stacks have been fired, and private pro- 
perty destroyed ; and contributions have been levied under the 
pretence of applications for charitable relief, but under the real 
influence of terror. These are acts of so flagrant a nature, and 
leading to insurrection and such fatal consequences, that the 
magistrates, as legal guardians of the public peace, have the 
duty incumbent upon them of suppressing the evil, by the civil 
and military force, and by putting the laws in execution on the 
offenders, many of whom have committed crimes for which the 
law demands the forfeiture of their lives." The hosiery and 
lace manufacturers, finding the above letter had no effect, tried 
conciliatory measures, and at a general meeting, offered, as 
soon as peace could be restored, to consider proposals from 
their workmen, and to remove any grievances that might be 
found to exist ; but even this failed, and the stupid, misguided 
men, as if bent on their own ruin as well as that of their em- 
ployers, destroyed during the same week nearly 20 frames 
in the town and neighbourhood. After this a Royal Proclama- 
tion was issued, offering <£50 reward for the apprehension of any 
of the offenders, but this only tended to inflame the frenzy of 
the men, who now began to plunder the farm houses both of 
money and provisions, declaring " they would not starve whilst 
there was plenty in the land." The number of unemployed 
families who were relieved out of the Poor Rates in the three 



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parishes of Nottingham, on the 30th of Janurry, 1812, amount- 
ed 4243 ; consisting- of no fewer than 15,350 individuals, or 
nearly one-half of the population. 

1812. — No fewer than 41 frames were broken in the first 
week of this year, viz. : 15 at Radford, nine at Basford, nine 
at Hucknal-Torkard, five at Nottingham, and three at Bulwell 
and Arnold. On the Sunday night following-, eight more were 
destroyed in Nottingham. For the purpose of affording more 
liberal rewards for informations against the perpetrators of these 
alarming outrages, a large subscription was raised, towards 
which the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Middleton, the Duke 
of Portland, and Earl Manvers, each contributed 500 pounds; 
and William Sherbrook, Esq., J. Manners Sutton, Esq., 
and many other gentlemen, one hundred pounds each. At 
the March Assize, Judge Bailey sentenced seven frame 
breakers to transportation, viz. — four for fourteen, and there 
for seven years. And on leaving the town his lordship left 
open the commission of Assize, so that in case of anv further 
disturbances he might return immediately, and administer 
summary justice on the delinquents. At the July Assize two 
others were convicted, and one transported for fourteen years, 
and the other imprisoned for three years. In March, an act of 
Parliament was passed, making it death to break a stocking or 
lace frame. In April, Mr. Trentham, a considerable manufac- 
turer, was shot by two ruffians while standing at his own door, 
but happilv the wound did not prove mortal ; the offenders were 
not discovered, though a reward of ,£600 was offered for their 
apprehension. In the gloomy month of November, the evil 
spirit of luddism again broke loose, and as before, generally se- 
lected the Sabbath evenings as the most favourable periods for 
performing its wicked deeds. After paying several destructive 
visits in Sneinton, on Sunday night, December 6th, an armed 
band of Luddites, with their faces covered with black handker- 
chiefs, entered the house of Mr. Black, who, on hearing them 
ascending, suddenly eppeared at the head of the stairs with a 
poker, and boldly exclaimed, "you have my life to take first." 
Upon which they became panic struck, and made a precipitate 
retreat. 

1813, November 1st, Mr. Sadler, senior, ascended in his bal- 
loon, from the Canal Company's Wharf, and after an aerial 
voyage of fifty-nine minutes descended near Stamford. This 
was the first time that any aeronaut had ascended from Notting- 
ham. — In July 1785, a Mr. Cracknall advertised that he would 
ascend from the forest, but to the great disappointment of the 
people he sent off his balloon to the aerial regions, and remained 
himself on terra firma. On November 30th, 1813, there were 
great rejoicings at Nottingham, on account of several victories 
gained by the allied forces over the French army ; two bullocks 
and twenty sheep were roasted, and in the evening there was a 
partial illumination and a display of fireworks, 



106 HISTORY Of 

1814, June 6th, there was a general illumination and' muck 
rejoicing" in the town, in consequence of the French armies be- 
ing again defeated, but trade still being in a depressed state, 
these scenes of public joy were soon interrupted by the outrages 
of the Luddites, who, in this county, had slumbered during the 
preceeding year, but they now awoke, and blackened their 
former crimes with that of murder. On October 14, a party 
of them proceeded to Basford, and attacked the house of Mr. 
Thomas Garton, who had been the means of apprehending one 
of their sworn brethren. Mr. Garton being apprized of this 
visit, had obtained the assistance of several constables, who, 
after the assailants had broken into the house, and discharged 
several shots, returned their fire; when one of the Luddites 
fell, and the rest retreated, and in their flight, shot dead at his 
own door, Mr. William Kilby, who lived in a neighbouring 
house, and had been drawn to his threshold on hearing the 
report of fire arms. 

1815, March 22d, peace with America was proclaimed ; Aug. 
6th, the Baptist Chapel, in George-street, was opened; and 
during the year the Lancasterian School was completed, and 
several petitions were singned against the corn laws. 

1816, on the 17th of March, a slight shock of an earthquake 
was felt in the town and neighbourhood, and on the night of 
the 8th of June, the Luddites broke nineteen lace frames in the 
houses of William Wright and Thomas Mullen, for which 
offence two men were tried at the July Assize, but acquitted for 
want of evidence. This is the last act of " Luddism" which 
we have to record ; for its mistaken votaries, consisting chiefly 
of youths from 22 to 18 years of age, had now discovered that 
their destructive practices were in the end more injurious to 
themselves than their employers, whose losses had of course to 
be borne by the county rate. Napoleon Bonaparte, after his 
final defeat, was sent by the allied powers to the Island of St. 
Helena, were he arrived October 15, 1816, and died on May 
5, 1821. 

In 1817, the general peace not having brought with it its ex- 
pected concomitant plenty, numerous political meetings were 
held, and loud and imperative cries were raised for Parliamen- 
tary Reform. In this state of public distress and excitement 
several Government spies were sent out to gain information 
from the disturbed districts, and one of these emissaries, a Mr. 
Oliver, visited the reformers of Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, 
Lancashire, and Yorkshire, but the principal scene of his 
pestiferous mission was in the latter county, where, after excit- 
ing numbers of distressed workmen to assemble for illegal 
purposes, he caused them to be seized by the military and ar- 
raigned for high treason, but none of them were convicted. 

Gunpowder Explosion. — A calamity of the most dreadful 
description occurred at the warehouse of the Nottingham Canal 



NOTTINGHAM. 107 

Company, on Monday, Sept. 28, 1818, about three o'clock in 
the afternoon, by the accidental explosion of a large quantity of 
gunpowder, contained in twenty-one barrels, each weighing 
about lOOlbs. The powder had been received in the morning 
by a boat from Gainsborough, and had just been deposited in the 
warehouse, previous to its being forwarded by another boat to 
Cromford, when the heedless conduct of one of the boatmen in 
applying a hot cinder to a train of loose powder, which had fal- 
len from one of the casks during the removal, caused the whole 
to blow up. The report was so tremendous as to be heard at 
Bingham, a distance of ten miles, Castle Donington, Risely, 
and at other places even more distant. Every house in the town 
was shaken as if by an earthquake, and the inhabitants were 
thrown into the utmost consternation and dismay. The com- 
pany's warehouse, a very spacious building, which at the time 
contained about 4,000 quarters of corn, besides cheese, gro- 
ceries, paper, &c. was completely lifted into the air and scat- 
tered in heaps of ruins ; not one stone being left standing upon 
another. The explosion was followed by a cloud of smoke 
which completely darkened the atmosphere, and on its clearing 
away, such a scene of devastation presented itself, as it is 
scarcely possible to describe. The roofs of most of the build- 
ings in the immediate neighbourhood appeared to be torn off or 
rent assunder, and windows innumerable shattered and broken, 
or wholly forced out of the frames, while the yard and wharf 
were strewed with the wrecks of the building and merchandize. 
But the most lamentable part of the story remains to be told, 
no less than ten human beings lost their lives by the dreadful 
effects of the explosion, viz. eight men and two boys, most of 
whose bodies were bruised and mangled in a shocking manner ; 
one had his head blown entirely off — others were found with 
their limbs severed from their bodies — others with the tops of 
their skulls carried away, and otherwise torn and disfigured ; 
and the unfortunate author of the mischief was thrown a great 
distance into the meadows, where his remains were found rent 
asunder and scattered in several parts. The names of the suf- 
ferer were Joseph Musson, William Norman, John Seals, 
Benjamin Wheatley, George Hayes, William Parker, Thomas 
Baker, John Howell, William Stevenson, and Job Barnes. — 
At the Coroner's inquest, Joseph Champion deposed that 
Joseph Musson came on board his boat, then lying 1 about thirty 
yards from the canal warehouse, and asked for a light, saying, 
" Lads I'm going to have a flush," and that he went to the fire 
and took away a live coke between two pieces of stick, and that 
almost immediately afterwards the warehouse was blown up, 
and the deponent and his companions were knocked down in 
their boat. A subscription, which did honour to the benevolent 
feelings of the inhabitants of Nottingham, was opened for the 
relief of the families of the poor sufferers. The disaster proved 



108 HISTORY OF 

extremely detrimental to many traders who had goods in the 
warehouse, and the loss sustained by the Canal Company was 
immense. 

1819 was a year of great national distress and disaffection. 
Reform, Meetings were held in all the principal towns ; and in 
Lancashire "Female Reform Societies" were formed. Con- 
trary to law, Birmingham elected a person to represent it in 
Parliament, and Manchester and Leeds intended to have fol- 
lowed the example, but the capture of Mr. Hunt and some 
other travelling agitators of the public mind at the " Manchester 
Massacre," on the 16th of August, gave another bias to the ag- 
gravated feelings of the people. 

1820, George III. died January 29th, in the 82d year of his 
age, and the 60th year of his reign. His eldest son, George IV. 
was proclaimed during the following month, amidst some marks 
of disapprobation, and was crowned July 19th, 1821, when the 
exclusion of the Queen from the regal ceremony gave great dis- 
satisfaction. 

1 825. — This year weights and measures were equallised by an 
act of Parliament. In December the failure of many country 
banking houses caused a great stagnation in trade. 

1827.— His Royal Highness Duke of York died January 5th, 
and the Right Honourable George Canning on the 8th of 
August. 

1828. — No fewer than 154 corps of Yeomanry Cavalry were 
disbanded this year, by which the country saved .£200,000 per 
annum. 

1829. — This year was the centenary of Methodism, which was 
founded by the 'Rev. John Wesley, M.A., at Oxford, in 1729. 
As Nottingham is in the diocese of York we may notice that on 
the 2d of February, Jonathan Martin, a wandering fanatic, set 
fire to York Minster, by which the interior of the choir and 
chancel, with the roof of that extensive and beautiful edifice 
was reduced to a heap of ruins. For the restoration of this 
" chief of houses as the rose of flowers," large sums of money 
were subscribed ; and the organ was replaced by the Hon. and 
Rev. John Lumley Saville, M.A. at the cost, of about £8000. 
This year there were 6680 English mechanics Franee. 

The year 1830 was big with the fate of kings and nations. 
George IV. died July 26th, in the 68th year of his age, and the 
11th of his reign. The second French Revolution was effected 
during the " glorious three days" of July 28th, 29th, and 30th, 
and Charles X. was driven from the throne which both he and 
his ancestors had so often abused. During the succeeding 
month, the spirit of liberty broke loose in Belgium and Bruns 
wick, and soon afterwards in Saxony and Poland, but England 
was fortunately saved from the continental infection by the 
ascension of his present patriotic majesty William IV., whoso 
throne is enshrined in the hearts of his people. Five thousand 



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francs were subscribed at Nottingham, in aid of the families of 
those who suffered at Paris in the cause of liberty. This sum, 
and a congratulatory address, were conveyed to Paris, by 
Messrs. Richard Booker and William Taylor, who, for the 
faithful discharge of their mission, were each rewarded with a 
silver snuff box, bearing an appropriate inscription. That 
great and useful statesman, Mr. Huskisson, was unfortunately 
killed this year, on September loth, at the opening of the 
Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The Aeiv Beer Act 
came into operation on the 11th of October, and under it, up- 
wards e\i sixty houses for the sale of beer, were opened during 
the year in Nottingham and its suburbs. 

1831, the year in which we write, stands conspicuous in the 
political annals of the kingdom, for in it the long-cherished 
hopes of the people, after being raised to the highest pinnacle 
of popular excitement by the patriotic and equitable conduct of 
the King and his Ministers, and by a consequent triumphant ma- 
jority in the House of Commons, in favour of Lord John Rus- 
sell's Reform Bill, were dashed to the earth in the House of 
Lords, by an overwhelming majority of Bishops and junior 
Peers, the latter of whom, being mostly hatched in the Pitt 
and Castlereagh administrations, have always been in the ranks 
of the boroughmongers, and opposed to popular representation. 
This oligarchical majority, which had the temerity to beard 
both the King and the people, and to give "the lie direct" to 
that branch of the Legislature which had declared its own cor- 
ruption, brought the nation to the verge of a baneful revolution, 
which was only averted by the prompt exertions of the influen- 
tial members of the community, who, in animated speeches at 
the great public meetings simultaneously assembled in almost 
every town in the kingdom, on this mournful occasion, suc- 
ceeded in restoring the confidence of the people in favour of the 
King and his present Ministers, who pledged themselves to bring- 
forward in the course of the year another bill for the Reform of 
the Commons House of Parliament, " as full and efficient" as 
that which, was lost by a majority of forty-one in the House of 
Lords, at a quarter past six o'clock on the morning of Saturday, 
October 8th, when 158 voted for, and 199 against Lord John 
Russell's bill. The news of this lamentable defeat reached 
Nottingham at seven o'clock the same evening. The unwelcome 
intelligence was no sooner read in the news-room at Bromley- 
house, than a respectably signed requisition ^as sent to the 
mayor, calling upon him to convene, without delay, a publit 
meeting, to be held on the Monday morning following, to ad- 
dress the King, praying that tie would continue his Ministers, 
and that such measures might be adopted " as would ensure the 
carrying of Earl Grey's measure of Reform, and preserve the 
peace and happiness of this kingdom." In the course of the 
evening, nine other requisitions were presented to the mayor, 



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HISTORY OF 



after he had acted upon the first. The spirit of excitement 
throughout the town was so great, that from an early hour on 
Sunday morning the inhabitants began to assemble in the prin- 
cipal streets, to talk over the doleful news, and wait the arrival 
of the mails and coaches, which brought certain intelligence 
that very considerable disturbances had taken place at Derby, 
and also false rumours that similar commotions had taken place 
at London, Birmingham, and other places. This so encou- 
raged the ignorant part of the mob, that the windows of many 
persons, said to have signed an anti-reform petition, were 
broken during the evening, and the town thrown into such an 
alarming state of confusion, that the mayor found it necessary 
to read the riot act, and call in the only remaining troop of the 
15th Hussars then at the barracks. The shop of Mr. Wright, 
bookseller., on the Long-row, was broken into by a gang of 
mischievous youths, who seized parts of the market stalls and 
used them as battering-rams in breaking in the shutters and 
window frames. A provision shop at the corner of Charlotte- 
street and York-street, was also broken open, and its contents 
strewed about the street. The troops and constables continued 
patrolling the streets till a late hour, without coming in contact 
with the mobs of idle youths, by whom the greatest part of the 
mischief was committed* 

On the following morning, Monday, October 10th, the peo- 
ple began to assemble at an early hour in the Market-place, 
where the various stall keepers and proprietors of exhibitions 
intending to stay through the last days of the fair, soon per- 
ceived that it was not safe for them to remain longer, and they 
consequently commenced packing up, with such dispatch, that 
before twelve o'clock there was not one vestige of the fair to be 
seen. The public meeting took place as appointed, and was 
attended by upwards of 20,000 people, who, after hearing the 
conciliatory speeches of Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Lord Ran- 
cliffe, W. F. N. Norton, Esq., Alderman Oldknow, Colonel 
Wildman, Mr. Thomas Bailey, and Mr. Charles Wilkins, 
voted a loyal address to his Majesty, praying him to retain his 
Ministers and stand firm in the cause of Keform. They sepa- 
rated quietly about two o'clock, but such sullen looks of dis- 
content were noticed amongst the multitude, that many close 
observers feared something serious would occur before next day. 
In the course of the afternoon, crowds of people began to col- 
lect in different parts of the town, and most of the respectable 
housekeepers were summoned to the Police-office, and after 
being sworn in as special constables, they were ordered to as- 
semble whenever the great bell of the Exchange should ring. — 
Meanwhile, the magistrates, the police, and the military were 
on the alert. The first breach of the peace was in Hockley, 
where a mob consisting principally of disorderly youths from 
the country, broke the windows of Mr. Smith and Mr. Prickard, 



NOTTINGHAM. Ill 

though both of them were zealous friends of Reform. They 
were, however, soon dispersed by the military, who captured a 
crape flag, inscribed " the Bill and no Lords'' The mob next 
attacked Mr. Sharp's wind-mill,, on the forest, and before the 
Hussars could gallop thither, had cut the sails, injured the 
wheel work, and thrown about the corn and flour. The win- 
dows of many persons in various parts of the town were after- 
wards demolished. 

A little before dusk, a body of sturdy youths passed up the 
Sneinton road, and at Nottintone-place, tore down a long range 
of iron pallisades, with which they armed themselves. They 
then })roceeded to Colwick Hall, reinforced by continual 
arrivals of people from the lower parts of the town. Having 
arrived at this beautiful seat, they broke all the windows, and 
after splitting the furniture in pieces, piled it in heaps and set 
fire to it. All the family, except Mr. Musters, were at home, 
and the ladies had only just time to hide themselves in a secret 
room, where they remained concealed from the search of the 
mob, who carried off every thing that was valuable. The 
servants succeeded in extinguishing the fires, after the depar- 
ture of the rioters, who on their return tore up a number of 
rails, with which many hundreds, marching eight or ten abreast, 
entered the town, where they separated into divisions, moving 
in different directions, so that the magistrates could not discover 
where the next attack would be made. 

Soon after seven o'clock, information was received at the 
Police-office, that the Castle was the object of attack, and one 
of the Aldermen, with a party of military, set out to defend it, 
but they were met on the road with intelligence that a vast mul- 
titude were breaking open the House of Correction ; upon which 
the magistrates deemed it more advisable to march their forces 
for the defence of their own prison, where they arrived in time 
to prevent the entrance of the misguided mob, but were obliged 
to remain, and leave the empty Castle to its fate. 

The Castle destroyed by Fire. — That splendid but 
unoccupied mansion, Nottingham Castle, being the property 
of the Duke of Newcastle, was, on account of his Grace's un- 
qualified opposition to the Reform Bill, marked out for destruc- 
tion by the infuriated mob, part of whom, in order to divert 
the attention of the magistrates and the civil and military forces, 
marched from the Market-place to the House of Correction, 
whilst the main body, consisting principally of the rioters who 
had returned from Colwick Hall, proceeded by different routes 
to the Castle lodge, where they arrived soon after seven o'clock 
in the evening, and commenced a battering attack upon the 
lodge gates, whilst others scaled the walls of the Castle yard, 
opposite to the flight of steps leading to Standard-hill, where a 
breach was soon made, so that by the stones pulled down into 
the road, entrance into the yard was easily effected. The 



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assailants then rushed up to the Castle, mounted the great flight 
of stairs, broke in the windows, and collecting the materials 
best suited for burning, they piled them in different heaps and 
set fire to them, so that in a short time thi9 proud ornament 
of the town was on fire in so many parts, that all hope of ex- 
tinction was vain;— the great height and distance to which 
water would have to be carried, aided by the dryness of the 
timber, would have made it impossible for the whole population 
of Nottingham to have subdued the conflagration, which by 
half-past nine o'clock had reached its height. At this time the 
atmosphere was filled with a lurid glare, vast volumes of flame 
issued from every window, and rolled forth masses of smoke, 
which gradually spread and mounted aloft, till it formed a 
gigantic bulk, to which even the stupendous building, and the 
great rock on which it stands, were diminutive. A man with 
a large crow-bar commenced the destruction of the beautiful 
equestrian statue, placed in a niche in the centre of the east 
front, and very speedily left the horse and the rider headless 
and limbless trunks , — the parts broken off were carried away 
as trophies ! The circumstance of the Castle being without the 
limits of the town magistracy* and the disturbances in the po- 
pulous parts of the town keeping the few military busily en- 
gaged, gave the assailants of the Castle almost unbounded 
license, and as the flames burst forth in each new direction, 
they were hailed with loud and exulting shouts ! At the com- 
mencement, many persons were seen carrying fire from room 
to room, and stripping the antique and beautiful tapestry from 
the walls. About eleven o'clock, the conflagration began to 
subside, and heavy showers of rain acted as a check in prevent- 
ing further outrage, by causing a great part of the mob to retire 
to their respective homes. But on the following morning, the 
mob again assembled at an early hour, about the Castle-yard, 
and soon made their entrance into it. For some time they 
wandered amongst the still burning ruins, in search of 
relics. Two boys were crushed and scorched to death, in their 
attempt to secure some of the large masses of lead, glass, and 
calcined stone and marble, which were found completely fused 
together. Three men, who ventured upon the stone steps of 
the geometrical staircase at the north end, were precipitated a 
depth of seven or eight feet, amongst the smoking ruins, and 
with great difficulty extricated themselves. 

During the forenoon of Tuesday, a large body of men and 
boys, chiefly from the neighbouring villages, collected in the 
Market-place, whence they marched out of the town, after re- 
fusing to believe any thing thai was told them about the peace- 
able state of the metropolis. It was soon ascertained that they 
had set fire to the large Silh Mill at Bees ton, belonging to 
Mr. William Lowe, of Nottingham, and the flames and smoke 
were in a little time distinctly seen from the skirts of the town* 



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By three o'clock the mill was reduced to a heap of ruins, and 
its 200 workmen thrown out of employment. The loss of pro- 
perty was estimated at near <£ 12,000. On leaving the town in the 
morning, the rioters called at the Greyhound and the Durham 
Ox, where they ate and drank all that the houses contained, 
without paying the landlords for their entertainment. On their 
return from the burning mill, they called at the house of Mat- 
thew Needham, Esq., where all the wine and eatables speedily 
disappeared, together with silver plate of the value of about £40. 
They also asked for food at the house of John Wright, Esq., 
but went away on that gentleman giving them two sovereigns. 
They next commenced an attack on the gate of Woollaton 
Park, the seat of Lord Middleton, and soon obtained an en- 
trance, but being immediately charged by a troop of Yeomanry 
Cavalry, they made a precipitate retreat, in which sixteen of 
them were taken prisoners, and escorted by a party of the loth 
Hussars to the county gaol. To prevent an attempt at rescue, 
the soldiers, in passing through the town with their prisoners, 
were obliged to have their swords drawn and pistols presented, 
— so closely were they followed up by the mob, who on arriving 
in the Poultry, threw several stones, which so exasperated the 
officer who brought up the rear of the soldiers, that he fired 
his pistol down High-street, and severely wounded two indivi- 
duals, one of whom was an old pensioner, acting as a special 
constable. This was about five o'clock, and as evening ap- 
proached, the soldiers began to charge upon the crowds in and 
near the Market-place, and soon dispersed them, by galloping 
along the pavements and striking with the flat of the sword 
those who did not move onward. To prevent them returning 
again to the Market-place, all the narrow passages leading to 
the Long-row were barricaded, and orders were issued for all 
houses of public resort to be closed, and for all housekeepers 
to retain their families within doors. On Wednesday, the alarm 
appeared to have subsided, the market was supplied as usual, 
and all the shops were re-opened. At night, the smaller tho- 
roughfares into the Market-place were again closed, and by 
vigilant patrols the streets were kept clear of crowds during the 
night, in which, however, two stacks, were destroyed by fire in 
the village of Plumptre, as is supposed by two incendiaries, who 
just before had obtained relief at the house of Mr. Cole, with 
which they expressed themselves highly dissatisfied, and went 
away grumbling. Owing to the indefatigable exertions of the 
magistrates, the police, the special constables, and the military, 
the tranquillity of the town was not again disturbed. 

Though the whole country was in mourning on account e 
the rejection of the Reform 'Bill, peace was happily preserve, 
in almost all the populous districts, except at' Nottingham 
Derby, Mansfield, Loughborough, and a few smaller places 
where the hosiery and lace trades are carried on. in which occti 

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pations, the real manufacturers have lost their due influence 
over the workmen, by the introduction of a sort of " middle- 
men" through whose medium nearly all the work now passes 
betwixt the employer and the operative. At no place was the 
destruction of property so great as at Nottingham and its vici- 
nity;* it is however due to the great body of the inhabitants to 
remark, that the wanton mischief was mostly committed by 
disorderly youths, incited and assisted by ignorant and depraved 
adults, of whom numbers are to be found in all large towns, 
ready to take advantage of popular clamour, for the purpose of 
plunder, and to whom no "Reform" would be acceptable, but 
that which would give them idleness and plenty. We cannot 
better close this brief detail of the last scene of popular outrage 
in Nottingham, than by quoting the following passage from a 
lengthy and truly patriotic address, published during the week 
by Mr. Thomas Bailey, who, after condemning his townsmen 
for madly attempting to "ruin the best cause in the world, by 
the adoption of the worst possible means for its alleged support ;' ? 
says, " My dear fellow countrymen, I entreat you to avoid every 
one who would lead you into acts of violence and outrage, as 
you would avoid a wild beast, or a pest-house; for be assured, 
they seek generally, by such a course, but to make you instru- 
ments for the gratification of their private malice, or tools for 
the establishment of a system of lawless domination, in the fur- 
therance of which they would in turn trample contemptuously 
upon your blood, should it serve their purpose, or remorselessly 
wring the solitary crust of bread from the hands of your help- 
less children, should the gain be necessary, to feed their own 
greedy concupiscence. Abstain then, I again entreat you, as 
you love yourselves — as you love your wives and children — as 
you love your parents and kindred — as you venerate our be- 
loved country — as you respect the talented, virtuous, patriotic 
band of men who are pledged to accomplish the great measure 
of Parliamentary Reform', from any acts of violence against the 
person or property of any individual, however opposed to this 
grand scheme of our social amelioration. What is done, I am 

* Bristol Riots.— Since writing the above, the devastation in Nottingham has 
been greatly surpassed by the most brutal scene of wanton outrage and plunder 
that ever disgraced the kingdom. This blot in our national history was caused by 
the obstinacy of Sir Charles Wetherell, who, after rendering himself highly un- 
popular by his inveterate opposition to the Reform Bill, peisisted in his determina- 
tion to enter the city of Bristol (of which he is Recorder,) and open the Court of 
Quarter Session, though strenuously advised to the contrary. He accordingly en- 
tered on Saturday, October 30th, and created such a storm of popular fury, that, 
during the two following days, the city was given up to the plunder and devastation 
of dissolute bands of rioters; who burnt to the ground the Mansion-house, the 
Bishop's palace, the three Prisons, the four Toll-houses, the Custom-house, the 
Excise-office, and forty-two dwelling-houses and warehouses. Many lives were 
lost in the flames and by the sword, and the loss of property amounted to upwards 



NOTTINGHAM. ]]£ 

aware cannot now be undone ; but it can be repented of — the 
repetition of it can be avoided. The stain cast by the hand of 
violence upon the page of our local history, I know cannot be 
effaced, but unfortunately will endure when the present genera- 
tion has ceased to exist ; do not, then, I entreat you, deepen 
these frightful characters, nor add to the shame and embarrass- 
ment of your friends, by lengthening the catalogue of burnings 
•and spoliation of property which have marked the transactions 
of the passing week." The damage -dt Nottingham Castle, Bees- 
ton Silk Mill, and Cohvick Hall, amounted to upwards of 
.£50,000, exclusive of the loss in broken windows, &c. which was 
very considerable. The damage at Mansfield amounted to <£137. 
Having given a rapid, but we hope faithful and comprehen- 
sive sketch of all that is interesting in the general history of 
this important town, our next task is to present separate histori- 
cal and descriptive views of its ancient and modern buildings 
and institutions; its civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions, — ma- 
nufactures, trade and commerce, — its rivers, canals, and public 
works, — its objects of interest and curiosity, &c. &c. ; together 
with biographical sketches of its eminent men, list of streets, 
squares, courts, &c. and a variety of other interesting matter 
detailed under a lucid arrangement of subjects, to which we 
hasten to introduce the reader. 

NOTTINGHAM CASTLE. 

This once majestic ornament of the town, as has just been 
seen, now stands in smoky ruin, a sable monument of the evil 
effects of populai frenzy ; and whether it will ever be again re- 
stored to its pristine state is doubtful, as it long since ceased to 
be the occasional residence of its owner, the Duke of Newcastle. 
The historical events connected with it have already been in- 
serted in the preceding annals of the town, therefore, the fol- 
lowing recapitulation will suffice :— - In 868, before the union 
of the heptarchy under one sovereign, the Danes having come 
up the Trent, established themselves in a fortress built on the 
rock, and were there besieged by Buthred, King of Mercia, and 
Prince, afterwards King Alfred ; a treaty of peace was after- 
wards made between the Saxons and Danes, without taking the 
fortress. Immediately after the conquest, William de Peverel, 
natural son of the conqueror, in the year 1068, built a castle at 
the summit of the rock ; this was always possessed as a royal 
castle. In the reign of Henry II. it was besieged and held out 
against his rebellious son, Henry; in the time of Richard 
Cceur de Lion, and during that monarch's captivity on the con- 
tinent, it was seized by Earl, afterwards King John, as one of 
the strongest holds in the kingdom, in his project to make 
himself king; Richard, after a long siege, got possession of the 
place, and afterwards held a Parliament in the castle, for the 



116 HISTORY OF 

trial of his brother and his accomplices, but they did not appear. 
Here Mortimer, paramour of Queen Isabella, and governor of 
the kingdom, during the minority of Edward III., held his 
court, and it was here that he was surprised by the young king 
in 1330. King Edward IV. very much enlarged the castle, by 
various towers extending to the brow of the hill on the north, 
and covering what is now the Castle-green. Richard III. held 
his court, and mustered his forces here before he marched to 
Bosworth Field. During the reigns of the Tudors, the place 
fell into a dilapidated state, but still it was sufficiently strong to 
be an important place in the wars between Charles I. and his 
Parliament ; for that Prince erected his standard in the castle, 
on the 22d of August, 1642, and on the hill north of it, three 
days after. It was for some time in the possession of the Par- 
liamentary forces, and had the celebrated Colonel Hutchinson 
for its governor ; after standing nearly 600 years, it was des- 
troyed during the protectorate of Cromwell. Previous to this, 
however, it had been granted by James I. to the Earl of Rut- 
land, and descended to his heir, Villiers, Duke of Bucking- 
ham. After the restoration, it was claimed by his heirs, and 
sold by them to William Cavendish, Marquis, and afterwards 
Duke of Newcastle, who in 1674, commenced the building of 
the present edifice ; it was completed in the year 1683, by his 
son, Henry. The equestrian statue in front, is that of the 
founder, and was cut by Wilson, out of one single block of 
stone, brought from Donington, in Leicestershire. The entire 
cost of the building is stated by Deering to have been 
.£14,002. 17s. lid., and the name of the architect March. 
The second Duke of Newcastle dying without male issue, his 
property descended to the Earl of Clare, who had married his 
third daughter, and was created Duke of Newcastle by William 
III. This nobleman also died without issue, and the property 
went to his nephew, Lord Pelham, who in 171 8, was created 
Duke of Newcastle by George I. The castle has not in the 
memory of man been the residence of the family to whom it 
belongs, but has generally been inhabited by private families. 
It was many years occupied as two separate mansions by Mrs. 
Plumbe and Miss Kirkby ; after their death, it was occupied 
by the late W. B. Rawson, Esq., by Miss Greaves, and the 
Rev. Joseph Gilbert. It has now been untenanted for about 
two years. The great dining-room was hung with a splen- 
did piece of tapestry, which tradition says was the work of 
Queen Anne, who was here in 1688, before her accession to 
the throne. A vast quantity of cedar was used in its erection, 
and the perfume which was occasioned by its burning, was 
distinctly perceptible during the night at a considerable 
distance. 

The Castle,' though now reduced to a mere rootless shell, 
still appears to the distant observer as it did before the late con- 



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rlagration, the exterior walls being- all left standing ; it rest? 
on a rustic basement, and its principal front is highly orna- 
mented in the Corinthian order ; with a handsome double 
flight of steps, above which (over the door which led to the en- 
trance hall) is the now mutilated equestrian statue of the found- 
er. The whole is surrounded by a beautiful terrace, with an 
arcade on the south side. It is 72 yards long, and 30 yards 
broad, and was terminated by a flat monotonous roof, without 
any towers, turrets, or embattlements, in remembrance of the 
formidable fortress which once occupied its site, or in unison 
with the bold features of the lofty frowning rock on which it 
stands. 

The Castle Lodge, which escaped the late fire, consists of 
a venerable gothic gateway, flanked by two bastions, which 
formed part of the outworks, by which the ancient castle was 
surrounded. One of the bastions has been long occupied by a 
porter, who, for a trifling fee, admits visitors into the castle- 
yard, which commands a delightful and extensive prospect, 
being on the summit of the bold rock, which on the south and 
west rises nearly perpendicularly, 133 feet above the river Leen. 
The deep ditch which passed in front of the lodge and along 
the north side of the castle wall, was filled up in 1807, when 
the new road from Houndsgate to the park was made. 

Mortimer's Hole is a subterraneous passage, 107 yards in 
length, seven feet high, and six feet wide, leading from the 
court of the old castle to the brewhouse yard, at the foot of the 
rock, and formerly having six gates, distant about 17 yards 
from each other. All the way down, till within 15 yards of 
the bottom, are openings in the side of the rock, intended to. 
light the passage, and for the soldiers to shoot their arrows- 
through upon the enemy ; in the upper part are cut out several 
large port holes, which show, that during the civil wars cannon 
were planted there, so as to command the road from Trent 
bridge; for near them are several excavations, evidently in- 
tended for the reception of balls and powder. This " wonder- 
ful passage was cut during the Danish invasion, by some of 
the Saxon kings, for the better security in case of siege ;" and 
indeed in times of peace it was useful, for it afforded a direct 
communication with the corn-mill, malt-kiln, and brewhouse of 
the garrison, in the Rock-yard, now called Brewhouse-yard. 
About 17 yards above the lower entrance to this spacious vault, 
which is ascended by nearly worn out steps of living rock, is 
the entrance to a dark and narrow passage, which branches off 
to the right, and formerly led by sercet doors into the keep of 
the old castle, in which were the state apartments. This was 
that secret passage through which Sir William Eland, in 1330, 
conducted king Edward, when he seized Lord Mortimer in the 
apartment of his royal mother and brought him out of the castle 
through the same passage, which in memory of the fate of that 



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unfortunate nobleman, was ever after called Mortimer's hole, 
(see p. 84), a name which has been erroneously given to the 
principal vault. All the entrances to these passages are now 
walled up, to prevent boys passing that way into the castle 
gardens. 

The Ancient Walls and Gates, which formerly encom- 
passed the town, are now scarcely to be traced, though Leland 
says " The town hath been meetly welle wallid with stone, 
and hath had dyvers gates ; much of the walle is now downe, 
and the gates savinge2or3." This wall, of which a considerable 
portion- seems to have been standing in Leland's time, was built 
by Edward the Elder, about 910, when the country was trou- 
bled with the incursions of the Danes. After building the Cas- 
tle, William Peverel, the natural son of the Conqueror, made 
considerable additions to the wall and gates, and in 1259, 
Henry III., commanded the burgesses " without delay to make 
a postern ki the : wallj near the Castle towards Lenton, of such 
a breadth and height that two armed horsemen carrying two 
lances on their shoulders, might go in and out, where William, 
Archbishop of York had appointed it." This postern is sup- 
posed to have stood where the reservoir now is, behind the In- 
firmary, and Deering says a bridge in front of it, crossed the 
town-ditch at the place still called Boston-bridge, a corruption 
of Postern-bridge, In Deering's time,, the ditch extending to 
Chapel-bar, was converted into kitchen gardens and called 
" Butt-dyke, from some neighbouring butts, where the towns- 
men used to exercise themselves in shooting at a mark with 
bows and arrows." About the year 1800, Butt-dyke, now the 
site of Park-row, was let as building land by the Corporation, 
on perpetual leases, and in digging the foundation of the houses, 
several fragments of the old Avail were discovered. The Town- 
wall passed from the north-west corner of the Castle-wall, 
along the site of Park-row to Chapel-bar, and thence across 
Parliament-street, and through Roper's-close and Pannier's- 
close, to St. John's-street, Coalpit-lane, Cartergate, Fishergate, 
Hollow stone, Short-hill, and the High, Middle, and Low Pave- 
ments, to the end of Listergate ; whence it passed up the south 
side of Castlegate, and below St. Nicholas' Church-yard to the 
Brewhouse-yard, where it joined the Castle-rock. In conse- 
quence of part of this wall being destroyed in the wars between 
King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, Henry II. repaired it 
by erecting a wall, which extended from Chapel-bar, down 
Parliament-street, to Coalpit-lane. In 1740, one of the old 
posterns was standing at the top of Drury-hill, facing Bridle - 
smithgate. A little above this is Postern-place, in which 
Blackner says, there is standing u a part of the old town wall, 
the dimensions of which are as follows : — in height 102 inches; 
thickness 38 inches; and six yards in length," with the arch of 
a Sally-port, 92 inches in height and 62 in width. Tradition 



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says, there were two posterns at the top of Listergate and Clum- 
ber-street, but the principal entrance gates were those at Cha- 
pel-bar and Hollow-stone. 

Hollow-stone, though much altered of late years, may s til J 
be considered as the remains of one of the ancient entrances to 
the town. About 90 years ago, it was a very narrow passage, 
having been secured by a strong portcullis, of which at that 
time there were some evident traces to be seen. Each side of 
the gateway was formed of living stone, and above it on the 
western side, was a large cavity cut in the rock, capable of 
holding twenty men, with a fire place and benches, evidently- 
designed for a guardhouse, and having a staircase cut from the 
top of the rock to communicate with the centinels. This ca- 
vity gave the name of Hollow-stone to the street which was 
widened by the Corporation in 1740, and by the Commis- 
sioners of the Food-road in 1800, when the road from thence 
to the Leen bridge was raised so much that the chambers of 
some of the old houses in Bridge-street were converted into the 
first floors. Much of the perpendicular rock on each side of 
the deep cut road called Hollow-stone, is now hid behind many 
good houses which have lately been erected against it. 

Chapel-bar, was a strong gateway tower, having on each 
side an arched room of a pentagonal figure, one of which was 
used as the guardhouse, and the other as a chapel. The top of 
the arch was well earthed and cultivated as a pleasure garden, 
in which grew a large sycamore tree. The whole was taken 
down in 1743, and, during the present year, (1831) most of the 
houses in the south side* of the street called Chapel-bar, were 
taken down, for the purpose of widening that previously con- 
tracted entrance into the Market-place. Long before the gate 
was taken down, the old chapel was converted into a brew- 
house, as an appendage to the Inn which stood at the corner ; 
the mash tubs being placed on the altars, without regard to their 
former sanctity, caused a facetious layman to write the follow- 
ing epigram : — 

"' Here priests of old, turned wafers into God, 
And gave poor laymen bread for flesh and blood, 
Bat now a liquid myst'ry's here set up, 
Where priest and layman both, partook the cup." 

The Fort which stood near the north end of Trent bridge, 
was a bone of great contention betwixt the Royalists and the 
Parliamentarians in the civil wars, (see p. 90.) but every vestige 
of it has long since disappeared ; though the lines of the trenches 
raised by Colonel Hutchinson, when he forced the " Newark- 
^ers" to make a precipitate retreat from the fort, might be traced 
a few years ago, on the Rye-hills, in the higher part of the 
meadows. 

* The other houses on the south side of Chapel-bar were]taken down in 1811* 



120 HISTORY OF 

On Nottingham-hill^ about a mile from the town, are " some 
lines of fortification, and several Barrows, in one of which, 
Deering says, great quantities of human bones have been found, 
supposed to be the remains of some Saxon soldiers, for it was 
their custom to cover the graves of their slain with mounds of 
earth, now called Barrows. 

The Barracks, pleasantly situated at the western corner of 
the Park, form the only military dep6t now possessed by the 
town, and they are of modern erection ; being built in 1792, on 
ground given by the Duke of Newcastle. They contain con- 
venient apartments for the officers; a Sutling-house ; barrack 
rooms and stabling for three troops of horse ; an hospital, &c. &c, 
— with an extensive yard, enclosed by a strong wall of brick. 
The garrison is supplied with water by a well, from which the 
water is raised by a horse into a large cistern. — William Han- 
mer, Esq., is the Barrack -Master. 

Caves. — Of the numerous caves, caverns, and rock-houses, 
we have already given a brief historical view at pages 78 to 81, 
showing that many of them were excavated and inhabited by 
the ancient Britons, and afterwards enlarged and converted into 
store-houses by the Saxons; since whose time, many modern 
excavations have been made, and many of the old ones, either 
wasted by the corroding tooth of time, or hid from public view, 
for the improvement and extension of the town, under which 
some of them now form deep and capacious cellars. In dig- 
ging the foundations of the houses on the north and south sides 
of the Market-place, many very extensive vaults with arches 
supported by pillars, with carved capitals were discovered; and 
Deering says, a bricklayer informed him, that whilst digging 
in the Week-day cross, he got into a spacious subterraneous 
passage, supported by ornamented pillars, and extending to the 
upper end of Pilchergate, under which he found " a wooden 
cup and a wooden can, which seemed to be sound and whole, 
but on being taken hold of, mouldered into dust." The most 
interesting caverns, now accessible are the Papist or Druids' 
Holes, in the Park ; and the Rock-houses at Sneinton Her- 
mitage. 

The Papist Holes, as they are vulgarly called, are a curi- 
ous range of excavations in the perpendicular rock, which rises 
above the river Leen, at the south-east corner of the Park, a 
little to the west of the Castle. In the early part of the last 
century, when Stukely visited them, they were more perfect 
than at present : he says, " what is visible at present is not of 
so old a date as the time of the Britons, yet I see no doubt that it 
is founded upon theirs. This is a ledge of perpendicular rock 
hewn out into a church, houses, chambers, dove house, &c. 
The church is like those in the rocks at Bethlehem, and other 
places in the Holy Land. The altar Is natural rock, and there 
baa been painting upon the wall : a steeple, T suppose where a 



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bell hung, and regular pillars. The river here winding about 
makes a fortification to it, for it comes to both ends of the cliff, 
leaving a plain before the middle. The way to it was by gates 
cut out of the rock, and with oblique entrance for more safety. 
Without is a plain with three niches, which I fancy their place 
of judicature, or the like : between this and the Castle, is a 
hermitage of like workmanship." To this description, it is 
scarcelv possible to add any thing that will give a better idea of 
the place. We can only say, that it has suffered considerably 
from the effects of time and weather since Stukely wrote ; but 
enough still remains to gratify, and. at the same time, to excite 
curiositv. The outer part has fallen down in several places, 
evidently from the effects of damp and frost; but the church 
and altar, and even some vestiges of the ancient paintings may 
be easily traced ;* many of the pillars are ornamented with ca- 
pitals, &e. and the spandrilled Gothic arch is very well imitated 
in several places ; a fact indeed which militates against their 
very early antiquity. It is much to be regretted that no care 
whatever is taken to preserve this venerable specimen ; the 
floor of it is broken into boles, where the water lodges, and 
much of it is disfigured with the grossest filthiness. In the 
summer, these excavations have become haunts of the very 
lowest of society, who there take up their nocturnal abode ; and 
if not a den of thieves, it may be considered as something 
worse. 

On a careful examination, it is evident that the whole line 
of excavation has been the work of different periods. The 
Dove-cote, for instance, is but of modern date ; and close by 
it, where there are chimnies cut through the reck, the marks 
of the smoke still remain. Deering says that, in his time, some 
old people remembered them much more extensive ; and he 
adds from tradition, " that in the time of the civil war, the 
Roundheads had demolished a part of them under the pretence 
of their abhorrence to Popery," which may perhaps be the sole 
origin of their receiving the name of Papist holes. We will 
not follow the various authors through their wide range of con- 
jectures ; but must confess that there seems most probability in 
that which supposes them to have been the residence of some 
order of anchorets or hermits, not endowed, though perhaps de- 
pendent upon some religious house, and, therefore, not record- 
ed in any list of religious foundations. To which we must 
add, that it is extremely probable that, when more entire, their 
entrance was more easily concealed ; and, therefore, that in 
the early days of the reformation, they may have been occupied 
at times for religious purposes, by those who were averse from 
the new order of things, and wished to enjoy the exercise of 

* Some ingenious artist has added a number of paintings, such as elephants,* 
soldiers in full accoutrements, &c. not inelegantly done, but which must be 
classed amongst " modern antiques."— Laird, 1811. 

M 



122 



ROCK HOUSES. 



their ritual in secret. The place designated by Stukely, as an 
hermitage, has nothing- remarkable ; and we were not fortu- 
nate to find out the spot mentioned by Deering as affording the 
most clear and perfect echo he had ever met with. 

Sneinton Hermitage on the east side of the town, in the 
parish of Sneinton, consists of a long range of perpendicular rock, 
overlooking the vale of the Trent, and having within its craggy 
front many grotesque habitations and curious caves ; some of 
which are of great antiquity. — (See p. 81.) Many of the houses 
have staircases leading up to the gardens on the top, and on the 
shelves of the rock, in the rugged front of which the stranger 
is struck with the romantic appearance of doors and windows 
ranged in irregular tiers, and shaded in many places with ivy 
and other umbrageous foliage. A few brick buildings have 
been erected in front of some of the old rock houses which still 
serve as kitchens and lumber rooms to the modern erections. 
Two of these are public -houses much resorted to in summer, and 
one of them is not only extremely pleasant from its garden 
plats and arbours in front, but also very curious from its great 
extent into the body of the rock, where visitors may almost 
choose their degree of temperature on the hotest day in sum- 
mer. About three o'clock in the morning of May 10, 1829, a 
lofty overhanging part of the rock above the White Swan 
public-house fell with a dreadful crash, and knocked down part 
of that building and an adjoining rock house ; giving the inhabi- 
tants only just sufficient warning to hurry from their beds and 
escape to a place of safety. Several large portions of rock fell 
in other parts of the neighbourhood during the same year ; and 
on a Sunday night, about eleven o'clock, in March, 1830, a high 
perpendicular rock, which stood behind the Lancasterian school, 
in Derby road, fell and knocked down the roof and side wall 
of that building. 

Many Rock Houses are still inhabited within the limits of 
the town of Nottingham, though a considerable number have of 
late years been destroyed by the corporation, and the sites let 
on building leases. A long range of these singular dwellings 
are now in ruins on the east side of Mansfield-road ', where they 
were broken up a few years ago by the corporate body, who aie 
prevented from building a projected row of handsome brick 
houses upon them, to correspond with those on the opposite 
side of the road, by the cupidity of the sturdy troglodyte* who 
inhabits the uppermost house in the rock, opposite to which he 
has erected a blacksmith's shop; — and having many years oc- 
cupied the place without paying any acknowledgment, he now 
claims it as his own freehold property, and consequently re- 
fused to budge when the corporate officers ejected his neigh- 
bours. The rock on the opposite side of the road and on the 

* Samuel Caulton. a superannuated smith. 



NOTTINGHAM. - 123 

south side of the Derby road, though now built upon, has been 
perforated in many places by persons who obtained a living- by 
getting the sand-stone for the purpose of selling it to the good 
housewives to sprinkle their floors with. One of these excava- 
tions under the Dog kennel hill formed the largest cave in the 
town, being the work of the late industrious sand-man James 
Ross, who worked in it thirty years ; but it is now broken up 
and a large manufactory built on its site. Many of the caves 
and scattered fragments of rock near Gallows hill, were levelled 
in 1811, by the distressed workmen who were in that year re- 
duced to pauperism. 

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL PLACES 

Are found generally to have been the sites of ancient castles 
or religious houses, the owners of which were privileged with 
an independent jurisdiction, and did not permit any interfe- 
rence with their authority within their own limits. Hence they 
enjoy a virtual exemption from maintaining the poor, because 
they have no overseer on whom a magistrates' order may be 
served ; from the militia laws, because they have no constable 
to make returns ; and from repairing the highways, because 
thev have no surveyor. In the language of the ancient Law of 
England, such places were not " Gtidable nor Shireyround" 
and as the sheriff was the receiver-general in his county till 
about the time of the Revolution of 16&8, extra-parochial dis- 
tricts were neither taxable nor within the ordinary pale of civil 
jurisdiction ; they are still virtually exempt from many civil du- 
ties, and the inhabitants are not called upon to serve many 
public offices to which others are liable. These exclusive pri- 
vileges are enjoyed by all the castle- y round at Nottingham, viz. 
the Castle- enclosure ; the Parky Standard-hill, and Brewhouse- 
yard ; which, though they contain upwards of 100 houses, 
(see p. 76)) at the west end of Nottingham, are not within the ju- 
risdiction of the " Town and County of the Town," but included 
in the county at large. If these four extra-parochial districts 
could be united by an act of Parliament, and made responsible 
for the maintenance of their own poor, it would be of consider- 
able advantage to the three parishes of Xottingham ; for here it 
is that many of the principal merchants, manufacturers, &c, build 
their handsome mansions, and whilst Nottingham is their prin- 
cipal source of wealth, they thus avoid paying their just share 
of the parochial burthens of that town. 

Brewhouse-yard is a small district under the south-east 
side of the Castle-rock, and on the north bank of the Leen, 
where the Old Water- works' Company have lately built a new 
engine-house. As has already been seen, it was formerly within 
the jurisdiction of the castle, and contained a malt-kiln and 
brewhouse for the use of the garrison, but in 1621, James I., 



124 EXTRA-PAROCHIAL PLACES. 

constituted it a separate Constablery, and granted it to Francis 
Philips, gent., and Edward Ferres, mercer, both of London. 
It has now 80 inhabitants, several dye-houses, and two public- 
houses, one of which has a room cut in the rock, with " a hole 
at the top for the admission of light, on which account it has 
obtained the name of the Star Parlour." The other tavern has 
two large chambers and other conveniences cut in the rock, 
near the entrance to Mortimers Hole, which is now built up. 
(See p. 84.) Thoroton says this place was once an asylum for 
a fraternity of fanatics called Philidelphians or the Family of 
Love* " from the love they professed to bear to all men, though 
never so wicked, and their obedience to all magistrates, though 
never so tyrannical, be they Jews, Gentiles, or Turks." Their 
founder was one David George, an Anabaptist of Holland, who 
propagated his new doctrine in Switzerland, where he died in 
1556, after which his tenets were declared to be impious, and 
his body and books sentenced to be burnt by the common 
hangman. 

Since King James' reign, Brewhouse yard has had a con- 
stable and overseer, and the united office is now held by Mr. 
Joseph Yates. 

Standard Hill comprises about five acres, nearly one-half 
of which is occupied by St. James' Church and the gardens, 
&c, of the General Infirmary : — the north end of which chari- 
table institution is within the limits of the county of the town, 
in the parish of St. Nicholas, which bounds Standard hill on 
the east, as the Park does on the north and west, and the out- 
ward wall of the Castle on the south. This portion of the ancient 
Castle Land, perhaps originally part of the Park, derives its 
name from the Royal Standard which Charles I. erected here 
in August 1642.— (Vide p. 89.) In 1807, the Duke of New- 
castle divided nearly all that part of it, which is not occupied by 
the Infirmary, into 32 building lots, containing together about 
9000 square yards, which he sold for nearly <£7010, and which 
now form four handsome streets, viz. Hill street, Charles street, 
Standard street, and King street. Each purchaser at the time 
of the sale covenanted, " to pave and keep in repair one half of 
thestreets,so far as they respectively extend in front, or by the 
side of his lot ; to make foot pavements four feet broad ; and not 
to build any house upon the premises of less value than j€25 per 
annum, nor erect any manufactory, nor suffer any obnoxious 
trade whatever to be carried on upon the premises. Since 
this sale, St. James' Church, and upwards of 60 large and hand- 
some houses have been erected, so that every building site is 
now occupied. In 1814, the parishioners of Nottingham com- 
plained that the wealthy inhabitants who had built houses on 
Standard hill, were not only exempt from the heavy poor rates 
of the town, but refused to relieve those paupers who by servi- 
tude were considered to have gained a settlement in that extra- 



NOTTINGHAM. 125 

parochial district. In consequence of these grievances, the 
magistrates appointed two of the inhabitants to act as overseers, 
and afterwards gave orders for the removal of a pregnant ser- 
vant girl from St. Mary's parish to the house of one of the 
said overseers, where she was refused admittance. After an 
expensive legal contest, in which the three parishes of Notting- 
ham made common cause against the inhabitants of this extra- 
parochial district, it was finally determined by the Court of 
King's Bench, " that Standard bill, not having been proved to 
be an ancient ville or a ville by reputation, is not subject to the 
jurisdiction of magistrates in the appointment of overseers," 
consequently, according to this decision, no settlement can be 
made within its boundaries, either by servitude, by the occupa- 
tion of property, or by any other means. 

The Castle Enclosure is bounded on the north by Stan- 
dard-hill, on the east by Gilliflower-hill, on the south by Brew- 
house-yard, and on the west by the Park. It contains about 
nine acres, including the abrupt declivities of the rock on the 
south and west sides, where many trees have been planted, and 
where one or two modern Gothic dwellings mav be seen peep- 
ing- through the sylvan recess. The Riding School stands 
within its limits, a little below the castle lodge, where some 
part of the old castle wall was removed in 1798, to make room 
for that building, which was erected by the Nottingham troop 
of Yeomanry Cavalry, and is occasionally fitted up for eques- 
trian exhibitions, for which it is well adapted. 

The Park, which contains 129 acres, 3 roods, and 9 perches, 
is bounded on the south by the Leen, on the east by the Castle- 
rock and Standard-hill, and on the north and west by the pa- 
rishes of Radford and Lenton. It is now an open pasture, 
except a bowling-green and garden plot at its south-east corner, 
the site of the barracks at its north-west corner, and its eastern 
and northern boundaries, which have lately been lined with 
large and beautiful houses, with hanging gardens in front, de- 
scending by an abrupt but picturesque semicircular sweep to 
the green pasture of the park, which extends by irregular un- 
dulations to the verge of the parish of Lenton, and to the north 
bank of the Leen, where are situated those curious caves called 
the Papist Holes, (see p. 120.) The park forms a pleasant 
summer promenade, and is much frequented, from different 
roads leading through it to Wilford, Lenton, Wollaton, &c. 
Until 1J20, it was well stocked with deer, and had many large 
trees, but both have now disappeared, except a cluster of syca- 
mores, which form a pleasant alcove a little below the barracks. 
There was formerly a fish pond in the lower angle of the park, 
facing the Castle-rock, but about the year 1/00, it was con- 
verted into a reservoir by the Waterworks Compeny, who so 
neglected it, that it became a filthy bog, and in 1795, was di- 
vided bv the Duke of Newcastle's steward into garden plots, 

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126 



PARISHES OF 



and let to the inhabitants of the town; — as also was, in 1809, 
the picturesque acclivity of the park hill, which rises to a con- 
siderable altitude above it, and the river Leen, and had been 
unproductive for ages. The numerous occupants of this once 
steril spot, have by great labour and horticultural skill, eon- 
verted it into a fertile and delightful paradise, producing almost 
every variety of flowers, fruits, and shrubs, and tastefully de- 
corated with pleasure houses, arbours, &c. One portion of it 
has been converted into an excellent bowling green, and on the 
north side of the park is the appearance of an embankment en- 
closing an oblong area, to which tradition: has given the name 
of the Queen's garden, being, it is supposed, cultivated betwixt 
the years 1327 and 1330, when the castle was the amorous re- 
treat of Queen Isabella and Mortimer, Earl of March. Thoro- 
ton is of opinion that about fifty acres of the Park was an 
enclosed orchard during several ages after the conquest ; as 
William Peveril had a license from the Conqueror for that 
purpose. Deering says the gardeners of Nottingham were not 
very skilful until after the arrival of Marshal Tallard and the 
other French officers taken at Blenheim, who " resided at Mrs. 
Newdigate's house in Castlegate, and made very fine gardens 
there.'' 

PARISHES 

IN THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF THE TOWN. 
(See population, &c. at page 76. ) 

St. Mary's Parish is the largest of the three parochial 
divisions of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, 
as it contains four-fifths of the buildings and population, and 
the whole of the forest and burgess lands. It includes all the 
buildings and land on the south side of the Leen, betwixt the 
Trent and the parishes of Sneinton and Lenton, and all that 
part of the town on the north side of the Leen lying east of 
Sussex-street, Middle-hill, Market-street, and Fletcher-gate, 
whence its boundary turns westward, and includes all the 
buildings north of Bottle-lane, Poultry, Timber-hill, Beast- 
market-hill, Chapel-bar, and the Park, until it joins the parish 
of Radford. Its principal streets are the High Pavement, St. 
Mary's-gate, Stoney-street, Carlton-street, George- street, Pel- 
ham-street, Clumber-street, Smithy-row, Long-row, Parliament- 
street, Derby-road, and Mansfield -road. Its most important 
public buildings consist of the Exchange, the Town-Hall, the 
churches of St. Mary and St. Paul, the Catholic chapel, many 
large dissenting meeting-houses, the Grammar, National, and 
Lancasterian Schools, the Theatre, the Town Gaol and House 
of Correction, &c. &e. Though the County-Hall and Prison 



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127 



are within- its boundaries, the ground on which they stand is 
excepted from the jurisdiction of the town bv a charter of 
Henry VI. 

The Workhouse consists of several large buildings, enclosed 
by a high wall, which extends from Mansfield-road to York- 
street, and gives this gigantic establishment more the appear- 
ance of a prison than that of a house of industry, for the recep- 
tion of the friendless poor. It was built in 17-9, on ground 
granted by the Corporation, on a lease of 999 years, at the 
annual rent of one shilling. But since the year 1808, owing 
to the rapid increase of population, it has been greatly enlarged 
at the cost of upwards of £5000. A dispensary and a surgeon 
are attached to the workhouse, for the purpose of giving advice 
and medicine to the lame and sick poor. The poor rates of 
this parish have augmented faster than the population ; in the 
vear 1764, thev amounted to .£380 ; in 1768, to £513 ; in 1792, 
to £3657; in 1797, to £5457; in 1802, to £11,050; in 1804, 
to £15,382; in 1808, to £1^,499; in 1812, to £24,763; and 
in 1831, to £21,493; but of the latter sum only £15,206 was 
collected during the year ending March 25th. Until 1808, only 
U<:o overseers were appointed annually, but since that year four 
have been chosen, as well as two churchwardens. The Parish 
Office is in Pilchergate, and the following is a list of the 

PARISH OFFICERS, (ST. MARY'S.) 
O" The suras attached to their names show the amount of their yearly salaries. 



Absalom Barnett, asst. overseer," • • 

Peter Black, bastardy dep 

Benj. Barnes, governor, ••* • 

Rt. Cartwright, collector, - • • • ■ 

James Sugden, office clerk, 

Wm. Lineker and Thomas Moody, 

assistants, • • • • • • ► 85 



Wra. Valentine, surgeon, 

John Spurr, dispenser, 

Rev. S. M'Lund, chaplain,- • 
Jph. Parnham, vestry clerk, 

GRATUITOUS. 

G. Howitt, physician, 

Henry Oldknow, surgeon, • 



£ 
52 
10 



The Vagrant Office, in Chandler's-lane, is supported by the 
three parishes, — three-fourths of the expense being paid by SU 
Mary's, and the remainder, in equal portions, by St. Nicholas's 
and St. Peter's. The yearly expenditure is about <£200. Mr, 
Charles George is the superintendent* 

St. Nicholas's Parish averages about 500 yards in length, 
and 250 in breadth. It is bounded on the west by Brevt house- 
yard, the Castle-wall, Standard-hill, the General Infirmary, and 
Park-row; and on the north by Chapel-bar, Angel-row, and 
Beast-market-hill, whence its boundarv (including the greater 
part of Friar-lane) passes in an irregular line, behind the 
Friends' Meeting-house and the Sandemanian and Independent 
Chapels, across Castlegate, to Greyfriargate ; down which it 
passes to the L.een, which forms the southern limit of the pa- 



123 PARISHES OF 

rish. Its principal streets are Castlegate, Houndsgate, Park- 
street, Rutland-street, St. James's-street, Mount-street, and 
Park-row. It has its parish church, several chapels, and other 
public building's, one of which is Bromley-house, which con- 
tains the large Subscription Library and News-room. The 
workhouse stands at the northern corner of the parish, at the 
foot of Park-row, and was purchased by the parish in 1813; 
the old one, which had stood at the bottom of Gilliflower-hill 
since 1729, being then too small for the accommodation of the 
paupers. The poor rates for the year ending March, 1831, 
amounted to £2365, 6s. 3d. Mr John Cheetham is the go- 
vernor. 

St. Peter's Parish, the smallest of the three, is encom- 
passed by St. Mary's and St. Nicholas's parishes, and averages 
about 450 yards in length, and 200 in breadth. It extends from 
Timber-hill, the Poultry, and Bottle-lane, to the north bank 
of the Leen; and is bounded on the east by Sussex-street, Mid- 
dle- hill, Middle Pavement, and the buildings behind Market- 
street and Fletchergate ; and on the west by Greyfriargate, the 
Independent, Sandemanian, and Quakers' Chapels, and the 
north end of Friar-lane. Its principal streets are Bridlesmith- 
gate, Low Pavement, Listergate, St. Peter's-square, Wheeler- 
gate, Timber-hill, and the Poultry. Its public edifices are the 
Parish Church, the Police-office, and the Assembly-rooms. — 
Its ivorkhouse, in Broad-marsh, was built in 1788, in lieu of 
the old Gregory almshouse, which stood at the east end of 
Houndsgate, and was used as the workhouse till the present 
fabric was erected. The poor rates here are not so high as in 
St. Mary's, but in the year ending March, 1831, five rates of 
two shillings in the pound were collected on the assessed rental, 
which latter, however, amounts only to about half the rack 
rental. Mr. John Hudson is the governor of the workhouse. 

The County Rates of the " Town and County of the Toivn 
of Nottingham" are, as in other places, paid out of the poor 
rates. Two-thirds of their amount are paid by St. Mary's 
paiish, and the remainder in equal moieties by the parishes of 
St. Nicholas and St. Peter. These rates usually consume about 
one-fourth of the poor rates, so that the privilege of Nottingham 
being a county of itself 'is a very expensive burthen to the inha- 
bitants; for if they had remained in the county at large, their 
quota of the general expenses of the shire would not have 
amounted to more than one-third of its present amount, as may 
be seen by a comparison of the expenses in the year 1823, when 
the county rate for Nottingham amounted to .£6150, whilst that 
for the whole of Nottinghamshire was only £9042. Of the 
former sum, £193 was paid for repairing bridges; £234: to the 
clerk of the peace; <£112 to the coroners; .£941 for expenses 
of the Town Gaol ; £1847 for House of Correction; .£360 for 
the Town Hall (or Police Office); £71 for Militia expenses ; 



NOTTINGHAM, 129 

.£688 for the conveyance of offenders; £1153 for the prosecu- 
tion of felons ; £7 for conveyance of vagrants ; £'444 for 
incidental expenses ; and £26 for treasurer's salary. These 
items include the following" yearly salaries, viz. — Town Prison, 
gaoler, .£185; turnkey, £50 ; chaplain, £60; apothecary, £42; 
and matron, ,£10: — House of Correction, governor, (including 
fees,) £175; turnkey and overlooker of tread mill, ,£114; 
chaplain, £60 ; apothecary, ,£42 ; and matron, £30. A very 
large portion of those items entered in the treasurer's account 
as incidental and other expenses, consists of salaries and fees 
paid to the constables and police officers, several of whom find 
"good picking" in their occupation, though they have no stated 
salary, except the high constable, who has eight guineas per 
annum. Whether any expense has latterly been thrown upon 
the town, which ought to be borne by the corporation funds, 
we have not been able to ascertain, but it certainly appears from 
the following statement of the sums collected in the years 
specified, that since 1799, the " town rates" have increased to 
an extent which has far out stripped the growth of the town : — 
In 1799, the sum collected was £269 ; in 1800, £902 ; in 1801, 
£1368; in 1802, £1338; in 1803, £2982; in 1804, 1661/.; in 
1805, 1322/. ; in 1806, 3013/. ; in 1807, 2901/. ; in 1812, 
2808/. ; and in 1830, 6020/. ! Mr. H. Enfield is the treasurer, 
as well as town clerk, and clerk of the peace. 

The County of the Town includes the Forest, Mapperley 
Hills, Hunger-hill gardens, St. Anne's, the Sand and Clay 
Fields, and the Meadows, which are subject to the depasturage 
of the burgesses. Measuring the indentations of its boundary 
line, it is about ten miles in circuity and is bounded on the 
south by the Trent, on the west by the Castle Liberties and 
the parishes of Lenton and Radford, on the north by Basford 
parish, and on the east by the parishes of Gedling and Sneinton. 
Its boundaries are perambulated twice a year by the " middle- 
tonjury" with the coroner at their head. This jury consists of 
a number of the respectable burgesses appointed for the same 
purpose as leet juries, its duty being not only to walk the 
boundaries, but to remove all nuisances, and prevent any 
encroachments on the high roads, &c. &c. It is supposed to 
have been called the middle town jury, because it commences 
its survey in the centre of the town, whence it proceeds through 
all the streets, and afterwards over every part of the extreme 
boundaries. 

CORPORATION, CHARTERS, PRIVILEGES, &c. 

It has been seen in the preceding annals of the town that 
Nottingham is an ancient borough by prescription, for at the 
time of the Domesday survey it had 123 burgesses, and nineteen 
villeins, (see p. 82,) and had evidently enjoyed the privileges of 



130 CIlAtlTERS, &e. 

a borough long before tbat period, and prior to tbe date of any 
of its charters or records now extant. The Normans, soon 
after the conquest, divided it into two districts, one called the 
English borough and the other the French borough. The 
division line extended southward, across the Forest, down 
Mansfield-road, Milton-street, Clumber-street, Bridlesmith-gate, 
jDrury-hill, Middle Marsh, Sussex-street, and over the Meadows 
to the Trent-road, separating- what now forms the " Town and 
county of the Town" into two nearly equal portions, — the 
eastern one being- the French and the other the English borough. 
If blood was shed by violence in the latter, the offender was 
only fined 6s. 4d. ; but if in the former 18s. Till 1714, separate 
juries were empannelled ; and there were two Town-halls ; that 
belonging to the French borough stood at the north- vest corner 
of Wheelergate. The charter granted by Henry II. in 1155 con- 
firmed to the burgesses all those "free customs" which they 
had in the time of Henry I., namely, Tol, Theam, Infangen- 
theof and Thelonia, from Thrumpton to Newark, and from 
Rempston to Retford, &c. Tol and Theolonia imply a power to 
take, and a right to be free from toll, and the burgesses are stiil 
exempt from the market and fair tolls of Nottingham, and all 
cities and boroughs in the kingdom, except Beverley and Gains- 
borough. Theam gave them a manorial jurisdiction, and 
Infangentheof or Infangthefe, conferred on them the power *of 
passing judgment on any theft committed within their liberties. 
The charter of King John, dated Clipston, 1199, exempted the 
burgesses from toll at all the fairs and marts in the kingdom, 
gave them a guild of merchants, and expressly declared that 
" If any person in time of peace, whencesoever he comes, shall 
abide in this borough a year and a dav, without being claimed 
by his lord, no one shall afterwards have legal claim of him, 
except the king himself." Henry III., by his charter in 1229, 
confirmed their former privileges and gave them power to 
choose coroners from amongst themselves. Edward I., in 1283, 
granted them power to elect a mayor and two bailiffs, previous 
to which they had been governed by a borough-reeve. In this 
charter the ancient yearly fenne paid to the crown is stated to 
be £b2. Henry V. by his charter in 141-1, gave them a recor- 
der, and power to nominate a mayor and four others to act as 
justices of the peace in the town, without the interference of 
the county magistrates. The charter of Henry VI., in 1449, 
not only confirmed all the former immunities and privileges of 
the borough, but made it a county of itself, (except the castle and 
the shire hall) and gave the burgesses power to elect seven 
aldermen out of their own body, to be justices of the peace, and 
wear scarlet gowns of (ho same fashion as those worn by the 
mayor and aldermen of London ; and one of them to be yearly 
chosen mayor, and be the king's escheator. It also empowered 
them to elect two sheriffs in stead of the two bailiffs, to hold a 



NOTTINGHAM. J31 

county court every fourth Wednesday, a petty session every 
day, and a court of all manner of pleas, &c. "The burg-esses 
to have the chattels of all convicted of felony, murder, &c. all 
amerciaments, post fines, issues of pledges, and bails." James 
I., in 1623, and William and Mary, in 1692, renewed the town's 
charters, and Queen Anne granted the burgesses two new fairs, 
each to continue nine days, beginning on the Thursday before 
Easter, and on the Friday before the first Tuesday after Epi- 
phany. Charles II. and James II. also granted new charters 
to the corporation, who, in the 17th century, had several riotous 
contests with the burgesses. (See pages 88 & 92.) 

The Corporation now consists of seven aldermen, (one of 
whom is annually chosen mayor) 18 senior and six junior coun- 
cilmen, a recorder, two sheriffs^ two chamberlains, two coroners, 
and a town clerk, w r ith the following- officers, viz. : — two bridge 
masters, two school wardens, a sheriffs' clerk, a surveyor, two 
bailiffs, a mayor's sergeant, a common sergeant, who is also 
called the mayoress's sergeant; a gaoler, a keeper of the house 
of correction, a town eryer, a field pounder, a meadow pounder, 
and a keeper of the fields and woods. There are also about 
38 livery men, who, having- served the office of chamberlain, 
form the body from w T hich the senior council is filled up. For- 
merly there was a scavenger and a purveyor ; but the duty of 
the former is now performed by the chamberlains, and the latter 
has ceased to be necessary since hot entertainments went out of 
fashion. There was also a bill-bearer, but the office has long- 
been obsolete. 

The Mayor is nominated out of the body of aldermen, on 
the 14th of Aug-ust, and succeeds to office on the 29th of Sep- 
tember. The last elected alderman is generally chosen mayor 
during- the succeeding- year, otherwise the office goes by rota- 
tion, except some particular cause connected with the alderman 

', next in succession be assigned for deviating- from the usual 
practice, as was the case during- the year 1831. The alder 
men are chosen by the common hall out of the senior council, 

. but there have been a few deviations from this rule, for in 1733, 
Mr. Thomas Langford "went into the church sheriff and came 
out mayor;" and in 1810, Mr. John Bates was elected alderman, 
though he had never been a member of the council. The 
Common Council consists of eighteen senior and six junior 
councilmen, the latter of whom are chosen from the burg-esses 
at large, and the former from the livery. To constitute a hall 
for the transaction of business, the mavor, three aldermen, and 
nine senior councilmen must be present. The junior council- 
men are summoned as well as the other members of the hall, 
and they have now the privilege of voting on all questions. The 
council does not appear to be a chartered branch of the corpo- 
ration, for it is not mentioned in any of the royal grants with 
which the town has been favoured ; but from time immemorial 



132 BURGESS LANDS, &C. 

an indefinite number of councilmen were elected by the bur- 
g-esses to watch over and defend their interest and privileges in 
the borough, till the year 1607, when their number and distinc- 
tion were fixed as they now remain. (See p. 88.) The cham- 
berlains have a right to vote on all questions which relate to the 
chamber estates. Both them and the sheriffs are elected 
annually, being nominated by the new mayor immediately after 
the inauguration ceremony at St. Mary's church, and voted in 
by the clothing. 

The Seven Wards into which the borough is divided for 
municipal purposes, have each their own alderman, and are 
named as follows : — Chapel-ward, Castle- ward, Market- ward, 
North-ward, Bridge-ward, Middle-ward, and Mont-hall-ward. 
The aldermen are not obliged to live in their respective wards, 
nor is their authority as magistrates confined to these petty 
divisions, but extends alike to the whole town. 

The Mayor's Feast, which used to be held at his own 
house on the 29th of September, is now laid aside, with the 
exception of his friends being invited to breakfast with him 
before he goes to church for inauguration. It is customary, how- 
ever, for the mayor to give four session dinners, to two of 
which it is usual for him to invite all the resident " clothing" 
of the body corporate. The salaiy usually allowed to the 
mayor to meet these and other expenses, was formerly only 
<£150 ; but in 1804 it was advanced to .£200, and is now more 
than twice that sum, besides which he and the aldermen derive 
considerable yearly dividends from the surplus corporation 
funds. There is likewise an annual meeting in the Exchange 
hall on the King's birthday, to drink his majesty's health, the 
expenses of which are defrayed out of the chamber purse. To 
this meeting the mayor has the exclusive privilege of issuing 
invitations, which generally extend to all the gentlemen and 
respectable tradesmen in the town. 

The Corporation Seal is generally allowed to be coeval 
with the charter of King John, and presents a very handsome 
pictorial representation of an ancient Norman castle, enclosed 
within a circular wall, and having four circular towers, above 
which are portrayed a crescent and star. The Town Arms 
are a Gules shield bearing three crowns Or, with a cross 
raguled, and resting on a trunked vert, — evidently alluding to 
Nottingham being once a forest town, and to its former con- 
nection with rovalty. 

Buroess Land, &e. — Thoroton, who wrote in 1677, says the 
town (with the land in the county of the town) is " within the 
Metes and Bounds of Shi re wood forest, but not within View 
and Regard. The town hath long made that claim of discharge, 
and it hath been allowed them in Eyre. There are very fair 
possessions belonging to the corporation, some in general and 
*ome for particular uses; as for the maintenance of their Frc 1 



NOTTINGHAM. 133 

school, and their costly Trent bridges, called Heathbet bridges." 
There is no document or tradition to show how the burgesses 
became possessed of the pasture, meadow, and forest lands, 
which contain nearly 12,000 acres, and are comprised within 
the liberties of the town. It is very probable that in Saxon times 
they held part of the lands which surround the town, in consi- 
deration of their rendering military service at the castle, which 
was always a fee of the crown ; and that after the accession of 
the Normans they were allowed by the feudal lord of Shirewood, 
to cat wood, get stone, and depasture their cattle on that por- 
tion of the extensive forest which was afterwards separated 
from the Swainmote-court and annexed to the borough as a 
separate jurisdiction. About one half of this land, now called 
the Sand and Clay Fields, has long been enjoyed by a number of 
private owners as freehold property, except during three months 
in the year, when it is subject to the depasturage of the bur- 
gesses at large. It is not unlikely that this land, being reduced 
to a steril condition for want of proper culture, was at an early 
period sold under the above conditions, the purchasers stipulat- 
ing to fertilize the soil and keep it in a good state of cultivation, 
so that the burgesses would in three months derive more benefit 
from it than they had previously done in twelve. Blackner, 
the last historian of the town, whose quarto is fraught with 
wild opinions and rhapsodical digressions, ventures some very 
strange conjectures, to fill up the vacuum in the archives of 
the corporation. He supposes that King John, when he insti- 
tuted the merchants' guild, gave the land in question to that 
company, and that they held it to themselves till Henry VI. 
empowered the burgesses to elect seven aldermen out of their 
own body ; but which election Blackner surmises was given up 
to the said fraternity of merchants, on condition of their allow- 
ing the burgesses at large to participate with them in the en- 
joyment of the said land. If such an important compact as 
this had taken place less than four centuries ago, it would cer- 
tainly have been mentioned by Deering, and some record of it 
preserved by the corporation, whose archives are, however, 
carefully hid from public inspection, and whose yearly accounts 
of receipts and disbursements are not published to the burgesses 
at large, as is the practice at some other places where much 
property is vested in corporate bodies for the general benefit of 
their fellow burgesses, and for particular charitable uses. Leav- 
ing the origin of the " burgess grounds" still a mvstery, we 
will proceed to a description of their several divisions, which 
consist of the Meadows, the Sand and Clay Fields, the Forest, 
Mapperley-hills, Hunger-hill, and the Coppices. 

The Meadows, which lie on the south side of the town, be- 
twixt the Leen and the Trent, consist of the East and West 
Crofts divided by the Flood-road and the Canal, and containing 
334 acres of fertile grass land. The West-croft, comprising 

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134 BURGESS LANDS. 

283 acres, is divided into 16 burgess parts ; but from the 6th 
of July to Old Candlemas-day it is commonable to the burgesses 
at large, who during that period have each a right to the pas- 
turage of three head of cattle, or 45 sheep ; except from the 
13th of August to the 3d of October, when the stock is turned 
out for the purpose of letting the herbage grow. The East- 
croft contains 51 acres, 2 roods, 31 perches, divided into 35 
burgess parts, except 3 acres and 1 rood, which form the 
Pinder'sfee, From the 19th of September to Old Martinmas- 
day, each burgess has a right of pasturage for three head of 
cattle, by paying 2s. 6d. for each cow, and 3s. for each horse ; 
out of which yearly payments the pounder of the meadows has 
one penny for every head of cattle. The herbage of the 51 
burgess parts in the East and West Crofts, during that part of 
the year when it is not commonable to the burgesses at large, 
belongs to as many poor and aged burgesses or their widows. 
On the south side of the Trent, and adjoining the bridge, is 
Over-Trent-Close, which is divided amongst the aldermen> 
each having his own part allotted to him at the time of his 
election. If an alderman become reduced in circumstances 
and resign his gown, it is usual for him to have a pension 
granted by the corporation, who continue the stipend to his 
consort if she be the latter liver. A piece of land bounded by 
the Whey-house farm, the Boat-close, and the Meadows, is also 
the sole property of the corporation. 

The Sand and Clay Fields, which lie on the north and 
north-west sides of the town, contain 654 acres, and are, as has 
just been seen, the private property of a number of individuals, 
subject only to the general depasturage of the burgesses from 
the 12th of August to the 12th of November. About 150 years 
ago these fields were entirely open, and were cultivated two 
years by their respective owners, and on every third year they 
were enjoyed exclusively by the burgesses. But as this plan 
was found inconvenient to both parties, it was agreed that each 
proprietor should fence his own lot, that the land should be laid 
down for mowing and pasturage, and that two gaps should be 
made in each fence on the 12th of August, so as to admit the 
free range of the burgesses' cattle till the 12th of November. 
A number of non-burgess housekeepers, who occupy those 
ancient freeholds called Toftsteads have the same privilege of 
common right on these fields as the burgesses, though the latter 
unsuccessfully disputed their claim so lately as 1808. The 
owners having erected several houses and barns upon these 
fields, the burgesses, in 1791, instituted an action against them, 
and obtained a verdict " that the buildings then standing should 
remain ; but none other should henceforth be erected under any 
pretence whatsoever." Notwithstanding this legal decision, 
several other encroachments were subsequently made, and at 
the Midsummer assize, in 1805, the burgesses obtained another 



NOTTINGHAM. 135 

verdict, and an order from the judge " that all buildings which 
had been erected since 1791 should be taken down, and that the 
burgesses should have the power at every Lammas of destroy ing 
or removing every new encroachment upon the fields." About 
200 burgesses avail themselves of their common right in these 
fields and in the meadows, and they may at any time of the 
year send their cattle upon the forest and waste lands, which 
are however too poor and at too great a distance from the town 
to be of much benefit to many of them. 

The Forest lies in the north side of the Sand and Clay 
Fields, betwixt them and the parishes of Radford aud Basford. 
It contains about 124 acres, and falls from the higher verge of 
the fields, by a steep and rugged declivity, on the summit of 
which is a long line of wind-mills and several pleasant dwellings, 
and in the vale below is the Race-course and Cricket-ground, 
to the east of which, on the opposite side of the Mans field -road, 
is the long tract of high waste land called Mapperley Hills, 
where there are inexhaustible beds of excellent clay, from which 
most of the bricks of which the town is built have been made; 
hence originated the old saying, " Nottingham once stood on 
Mapper ley -hills." These hills comprise about 57 acres, and 
properly form part of the forest, as also did Hunger- hills, 
which adjoin them on the east, and now form about 400 highly 
cultivated gardens, each let for about £1 per annum. These 
gardens are divided into about 40 burgess parts, which are 
given to as many aged burgesses or their widows, who let them 
to the inhabitants of the town, and each derive from them about 
«£10 yearly. The rents of the land which has lately been built 
upon on both sides of the Mansfield-road, and on the southern 
verge of the forest are, or ought to be divided into burgess 
shares tor the relief of indigent freemen or their widows, as 
well as some other rents arising from building sites which 
belong to the burgesses, but which have been let on leases by 
the corporation. 

The Coppices which covered the hill extending from Hun- 
ger-hills to St. Anne's Well, were cut down many years ago, 
and the land noAv forms a fertile farm of 190 acres; out of 
the rents of which the corporation pay "30 burgesses 30s. a 
year each." In 1809 the corporation advertised a part of the 
coppice lands for sale towards discharging a debt of .£5000, 
which had been contracted partly for repairing the town prisons 
previously to the collection of the Town and County Rate, and 
partly in defending themselves " in certain law suits commenced 
against them by individual burgesses from captious and political 
motives." This intended sale was however prevented by the 
burgesses, though the town-clerk* asserted at a public meeting 
held on the occasion, that there were no burgess-parts upon the 

> The late Mr. Coldham. 



136 PARLIAMENTARY RIGHTS, &C. 

Coppice-lands, and that they were formerly part of the Royal 
chase, and were given to the corporation by King James, as a 
mark of respect for the handsome manner in which, he was 
treated when enjoying his carousal at St. Anne's in 1615, 
when the sportive monarch, with a number of his toping cour- 
tiers, and the corporation " drank the Wood-ward and his 
barrels dry" The house called St. Anne's stands at the foot 
of the Coppice-lands, on the site of an ancient cBapel, and was 
formerly the residence of the mayor's wood- ward. Till lately 
it had a victualler's license, and is still a place of considerable 
resort in the summer season, having in front a neat pleasure 
garden, in which is a Well of cold spring water, with a bath 
and dressing room formed in the solid rock. On the green in 
the garden, a maze or labyrinth has been cut, as a miniature 
resemblance of the Shepherd's Race, which occupied an 
elevated spot on the opposite side of the valley, and was suppos- 
ed to be of Roman origin, but was ploughed up in 1797, on the 
enclosure of Sneinton Lordship. 

Ancient Customs. — Formerly the mayor and corporation, 
dressed in their robes, and followed by all their officers and 
most of the burgesses, used to go in procession to Southwell 
on Whit-Monday, and to St. Anne's Well on Easter Monday, 
with the town waits playing before them. A general watch 
used to be held every Midsummer-eve at night, to which every 
respectable inhabitant sent forth a man or went himself, each 
wearing garlands on their heads, fashioned like a crown impe- 
rial, and bearing in their hands such arms as the town afforded, 
viz. pikes, swords, halberts, calivers, &c, whilst some few were 
cased in complete suits of armour. This gay corps of noctur- 
nal guardians assembled on the Long-row, and, after receiving 
an oath from the mayor's sergeant, patrolled the town during 
one of the shortest nights in the year, after which their duty 
was ended till that day twelve month, except on the occurrence 
of any sudden alarm, when they were liable to be called 
out at a moment's notice, for the purpose of defending the town 
against any danger which might approach. 

Parliamentary Rights, &c. — Nottingham has continued 
to send two representatives to Parliament since the reign of 
Edward I. ; and three Parliaments were held in the town in the 
years 1330, 1335, and 1337.— (See p. 84.), In 1701, it was 
decided by the House of Commons, that the right of election at 
Nottingham was in the mayor, freemen, and freeholders of 
40s. per annum, and that the eldest sons of freemen by birth, 
and the younger sons of freemen who have served seven years' 
apprenticeship (any where,) and persons who have served seven 
years'to a freeman, are entitled to the freedom of the town on pay- 
ing the admission fees, which amount to .i'l. (>s. Gd. to those ad- 
mitted by birthright, and £\. 13s. 2d. to those admitted by ser- 
vitude. The elective franchise was anciently in those paying 



NOTTINGHAM. 137 

scot and lot ; but Oldfield, in his history of boroughs, complains 
that the decision of the House of Commons in 1701 has ren- 
dered the right of voting" so complicated and open to fraud, that 
every freeman may qualify as many as he pleases by surreptiti- 
ous indentures of apprenticeship. He adds, however, that 
Nottingham is under no immediate influence, owing to the great 
number of electors, (now about 3000,) yet complains that the 
leading men of each party have formed a coalition to return one 
member each. This, he asserts, neutralizes the two votes, and 
he recommends that three should be allowed to prevent it ; but, 
however plausible this may look in theory, it is extremely pro- 
bable, that those who have been witnesses to popular contests 
in large towns are very glad to secure peace and quiet, by any 
arrangement which will put a stopt to scenes where every thing 
is considered but liberty and property, both of these being 
very apt to suffer during the concussions of Whigs and Tories. 
The necessity of something of this kind at Nottingham, or 
some other powerful palliative, seems acknowledged by the act 
of Parliament which was passed in 1803, in consequence of the 
tumultuous riots at the prceeding contested election. This 
act gives a concurrent jurisdiction in this borough, to the ma- 
gistrates of the county at large — (See p. 101,) and was much 
complained of as an infringement on the town's charters. 
About 20 years ago, the asperities of party feeling in Notting- 
ham assumed such a forbidding character, that a news-room 
was established, which admitted none but the journals which 
advocated the side espoused by the subscribers ; but since then, 
the " high and low parties" have become more friendlv, and 
established another news-room on a true liberal plan, without 
reference to party politics or local prejudices. The general 
spirit of the town is liberal and patriotic, but bribery and cor- 
ruption sometimes rear their sordid heads both at the Parlia- 
mentary and civic elections, as was the case in 1831, when one of 
the two candidates for a vacant seat in the senior council of the 
corporation publicly offered, through the medium of his friends, 
half~a-croivn to every poor burgess who would give him his 
vote; — though at a similar election in 1797, the corporation and 
candidates had agreed, " that a final stop should be put to the old 
abuse of giving money, &c, as practiced on former occasions." 

COURTS OF LAW. 

The County Court of the Town is held at the Guildhall 
on every fourth Wednesday, before the Sheriffs of the Town 
and County of the Town, for the recovery of debts and damages 
under 40s. ; but by virtue of a special writ called ajusticies, this 
court " may hold plea of many real actions, and of all personal- 
actions to any amount ;" though it is not a court of record ; 
and proceedings may be removed from it to the King's superior 

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133 



COURTS OF LATT. 



courts, by writ of pone or recordare. In 1785, the inhabitants 
applied to Parliament for a Bill to establish a Court of Con- 
science, whereby they might recover small debts at a less ex- 
pense than in this court, but their prayer was refused. 

The Mayor and Sheriffs' Court, sometimes called the 
King's Court of Record, is held at the Guildhall, on every alter- 
nate Wednesday, before the mayor and sheriffs, who are its 
judges. It holds pleas of all actions, whether real,, personal, or 
rnixt, to any amount, arising* within the county of the town of 
Nottingham. It is of infinite service in the easy recovery of 
small debts, and in the recovery of possessions when with- 
held from the owners, who otherwise could have no redress, ex- 
cept at the expense of nearly one-fifth of the value of the pro- 
perty withheld. The judges depute a steward for the purpose 
of issuing writs of capias ad respondendum, and ad satisfacien- 
dum ; the first of which makes the defendant answerable to the 
plaintiff, and the second is a writ of execution after judgment, 
empowering the officer to take and detain the body of the de- 
fendant until satisfaction be made to the plaintiff. The 
steward is the under-sheriff of the town, and the officers are the 
two sergeants at mace. 

The Quarter Sessions for Nottingham are held in. 
the Guildhall on the first Wednesday in January and Fe- 
bruary, on the last Wednesday in June, and on the se- 
cond Wednesday in October. Those for Nottinghamshire 
are held in the county hall on the preceding Mondays. The 
recorder presides at the former, and one of the county magi- 
strates at the latter. The Assizes are held twice a year, gene- 
rally in the last weeks of February and July. By virtue of the 
act passed in 1803, the county magistrates sit in the town courts 
on the left, and the mayor and aldermen on the right hand of 
the judges. Petty Sessions are held every Tueday and Fri- 
day at the Police office for the town ; and every Wednesday 
and Saturday at the county-hall for Nottinghamshire.— Mr. H. 
Enfield is clerk to the town, and Mr. William Sculthorpe to the 
county magistrates. Mr. George Freeth is the under-sheriff. 

The Pevekil Court, which was anciently held in Not- 
tingham, is now held at Lenton every Tuesday, for the recovery 
of small debts and for damages in case of trespass. Twice a 
year, viz. October 25th and May 14th, it sits to try causes as 
high as £50. It is a court of pleas, and extends its jurisdic- 
tion over the whole of the Honour of P< ccri/, which com- 
prises lyO towns and villages in Nottinghamshire, 1:20 in Der- 
byshire, and several in Leicestershire and Yorkshire. The 
hundreds of Thuigarton and Broxtow, and the towns of Shef- 
field and Rotherhara, were added to its jurisdiction by Charles 
II., but persons living in those places, which are at a consider- 
able distance from Lenton, seldom sue in this feudal court, 
they having generally better and cheaper justice at home. Till 



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130 



1316, this court was held in St. James's Chapel, in Notting- 
ham, but in that year it was removed to the County-hall, aud 
the town was exonerated from its jurisdiction. In 1368, it was 
removed to Basford, the Honour of Peveril being - in that year 
granted by Edward III. to William de Eland, who, as high- 
steward, had a right to hold it at any place within its jurisdic- 
tion. Queen Anne, in 1707, granted the Honour of Peveril to 
Sir Thomas Willoughby, from whom it descended to the pre- 
sent Lord Middleton. In 1791, Mr. John Sands, the gaoler, 
set all the prisoners at liberty, " because there was no food 
allowed for their support, and because he had been legally in- 
formed, that if any of them died of want, he would be liable to 
take his trial as a murderer." The court was then removed 
to Lenton, and the prisoners placed under the care of Mr. 
Womb well, who in 1804 built the White Hart Inn, and the 
apartments behind it, which have since been used as the prison, 
and which are enclosed by the walls of the pleasure gardens and 
bowling-green ; so that the poor debtor may see through his 
grated window, the merry throngs who resort thither in the 
summer season. The gaoler, who is also the innkeeper, some- 
times permits his prisoners to wait upon the company on the 
green ; and those whom he can trust have occasionally been 
allowed to pay a nocturnal visit to Nottingham, under a pro- 
mise to return early next morning, and perhaps in considera- 
tion of a fee. Lord Middleton is high-steward of the court,, 
which is held before John Balguy, Esq., the deputy-steivard, 
and Mr. Samuel Sanders, the prothonotary. Mr. Thomas 
Wright is the gaoler, and Mr. John Wheatley the bailiff, — ■ 
The office is in Wheelergate, 

The " Market Place Association" for the Prosecution of 
Felons, was instituted in 1787, and Mr. George Hopkinson, 
jun., is now its solicitor. 

COURT HOUSES AND PRISONS. 

The County Hall and Gaol of Nottinghamshire, which; 
stand on the south side of the High Pavement, were built in 
1770, partly on the site of the old ones, which had stood since 
1618. The Hall which fronts the street, is a heavy looking 
stone building, defended by a range of iron railing, and ap- 
proached by a flight of steps leading to the grand entrance, over 
which is a pediment supported by four massive pillars, and or- 
namented w r ith the Fasces and Pileus — emblematic of its being 
a place for the administration of justice. The entrance hall is 
lighted by a circular window in the roof; on the right is the 
nisi-prius court, and on the. left the crown court, both of which 
are small, but very conveniently fitted up, having lately under- 
gone considerable alteration in their internal arrangements. — 
The petty sessions are held in the grand jury room, in which, 



140 PRISONS, &c. 

are fall-length portraits of George III. and Queen Charlotte. 
There are in the building all the necessary apartments for the 
accommodation of the judges, juries, &c. ; and at the entrance 
to the council chamber are some old standards and a kettle 
drum, which belonged to the Duke of Kingston's light horse, 
in the rebellion of 1745. The prison is behind the hall, on a 
slope of the rock which rises to the height of seventy feet above 
Narrow Marsh, and commands an extensive view of the country 
south of the Trent. It has a good house for the gaoler, Mr. 
R. B. Brierley; and a convenient chapel, in which the Rev. 
Robert Wood, D. D. officiates. The cells and courts are clean 
and airy, and very secure, though a female prisoner in 1831 
escaped by throwing herself over the prison wall into the Narrow 
Marsh, where she was taken up by some of the inhabitants, 
who concealed her till she regained the use of her limbs, and 
then so disguised her that she left the town, and escaped the 
vigilance of her pursuers. The elections of knights of the 
shire, of the county coroners, and of the verderers of Sherwood 
forest, and also the county court, are held in the hall, which, 
as well as the prison, is not within the jurisdiction of the 
town. 

The Town-Hall and Gaol form a good brick building, 
faced with stucco, and fronting the Weekday- cross, at the foot 
of the High Pavement. In 1741, the Town or Guild-Hall was 
an ancient tiled building of wood and plaster, presenting four 
irregular gables to the principal front, and supposed to have 
then stood nearly 700 years. It was rebuilt soon after 1741 ; 
as also was the prison in 1791? since which many alterations 
have been made. The front is projected over ten wooden 
pillars, forming a piazza, under which is the entrance to the 
prison and the gaoler's house. The hall where the town assizes, 
sessions, courts, and corporation elections are held, is ap- 
proached by a flight of steps at the west end. It is 39 feet long 
and 32 broad, and on the east side of it is a handsome council 
chamber, which serves also as the grand jury room, and is 
adorned with portraits of Sir Thomas White, George Coldham, 
Esq. (late town clerk,) and other distinguished characters. The 
length of the building is only 104 feet, so that it is much too 
small for the numerously attended festive meetings of the 
corporation, which are now held in the EXCHANGE, a 
large and elegant edifice, stuccoed in imitation of stone, and 
presenting a noble front at the east end of the Market-place, 
having its pediment richly ornamented, and surmounted in the 
centre by a large statue of Justice, below which is an excellent 
clock. The whole of the Exchange buildings form a square 
pile, about 130 feet in length and breadth, but the ground floor 
is formed into a convenient shambles, except round the exterior 
parts of the wings, which are divided into good shops and 
dwellings, with several apartments on the north side used as 



KOTTIHGB 14 i 

the Police-office, and one occupied by the Artisans 7 Library.- — 
There is also a good inn, which communicates with the hall or 
long room, which is 123 feet in length, 30 feet in breadth, 
and 30 feet in height, and is Lighted at that end next the Market 
place with a large and elegant Venetian window, ornamented 
with two Ionic columns. Here public meetings, and the elec- 
tion of the Members of Parliament for the town are held, and 
sometimes balls and assemblies, as well as the corporation 
feasts. This room, on ordinary occasions, is divided into three 
apartments, by large folding doors. The west front was begun 
to be built in I "J 24:, and cost the corporation £2400, but it 
subsequently underwent considerable alteration. The shambles 
and all the other parts of the building were commenced in 1814, 
and finished in the course of two years, at considerable expense. 

The House of Correction for the Town and County of 
the Town of Nottingham, stands in St. John-street, at the 
corner of Glasshouse street, on the site which was formerly 
occupied bv a convent of hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem ; 
hence it is sometimes called St. John '& prison. These hospi- 
tallers possessed considerable estates in the town, of which 
they were deprived by Henry Villi, who gave them to the 
corporation, by whom the convent was converted into a bride- 
well, to which from time to time great additions have been 
made. A new wing was added in 1806, and in 1826 a tread 
mill was erected, the labour of which raises water from a spring, 
not onlv for the use of the prison, but also for the supply of a 
public tap, placed on the outside of the high wall which sur- 
rounds the prison. 

Executions. — In the south east angle of the prison wall, 
which commands a view of a great part of Parliament-street, 
Broad-street, and St. John-street, a New Drop was erected in 
August 1831, and the first victims who suffered on this appaling 
engine of justice, were two young men (Reynolds and .Marshall; 
who were executed on the 24th of the same month, for a rape 
on the body of Alary Ann Lord. Criminals previously suffered 
the extreme penalty of the law upon Gallows-hilly on the forest, 
near the Mansfield-road, where the following persons were 
hanged for the crimes and in the years specified, viz. T. Pern 
berton, for housebreaking, in 17-7; John Briggs, for murder- 
ing his wife, 1728; John Revell, gent, for shooting a man, (he 
went to the gallows in his own carnage,) in 1729 ; W. Pvecroft, 
coiner, 1732; Henry Parnell, for murdering his wife, 1735; 
James Gibbins, highwayman, 1737; Thomas Hallam, cow 
stealing, 1738; Smith " and Miller, robbers, 1748; James 
Woyden, murderer, (he was the first culprit dissected in Not- 
tingham,) 1752; Roberts and Sandham, for cutting and maim- 
ing, 1753; Richard Sturges, for robbing dye-houses, 1757; 
Robert Wilson, for robbing a pedlar, 1758;* Samuel Ward; 
house-breaking, 1759; Wra, Andrew Home, Esq. of Butterley, 



142 EXECUTIONS. 

for murdering his illegitimate child, (35 years before,)* 1759 ; 
Elizabeth Morton, (only 16 years of age,) for murder, 1763; 
Wm. Wainer and J. Bromage,f highwaymen, 1766; R. Downe 
and T. Reynolds, burglary and murder, (the body of the latter 
was hung in chains near Mansfield,) 1767; Wm. Hebb, murder, 
1770 ; R» Wheatley, for returning from transportation, and J. 
Shaw, for burglary, 1774; Wm. Voce, for murdering a wash- 
erwoman, at Sneinton wakes, 1774; John Spencer, for mur- 
dering the keepers of Scrooby toll bar, near which his body 
was hung in chains, 177^5 & Brown and A. Bagshaw, for 
burglary, 1781 ; Cooper Hall, for robbing the Newark post 
boy, 17^2 ; R. Rushton and Ann Castledine,t for murder, 
1784; T. Henfrey and W. Rider, highwaymen, 1784; Wm. 
Cook, horse stealer, and J. Anderson, J. Pendrill, and J. 
Townsend, highwaymen, 1785; Thomas Cobb, for burglary, 
1785 ; W. Hands and J. Lister, horse and sheep stealers, 1786; 
S. Martin and A. Farnsworth, burglary, 1790; W. Healey, 
horsestealing, 1793; D. Proctor, for a rape, 1795 ; J. Milner, 
cow stealing, 1797 ; J« Brodie, a blind man, for murdering a 
boy on the forest, 1799 ; J. Atkinson, forgery, 1800 ; M. Den- 
man, W. Sykes, and T. Bakewell, burglary, 1801 ; Mary 
Voce, for murdering her infant, 1802; Ferdinando Davis, 
highwayman, 1802; J. Thompson, for robbery, and Wm. Hill, 
for a rape, 1803; R. Powell, burglary, 1805; Wm. Davis, 
forgery, 1806; T. Lampin, forgery, 1809; B. Renshaw, for 
arson, &c. 1812; W. Simpson, burglary, 1813; J. Hemstock, 
murderer, 1815; J. Simpson, highwayman, 1816; D. Diggle, 
for attempting murder, (executed in front of the county hall,) 
1817; C. Rotherham, for murder, 1817; Needham and Man- 
derville, burglary, 1818; T. Wilcox, highwayman, 1820; 
Bamford, Adie, and Sanderson, murderers, 1822; T. Rowe 
and B. Miller, highwaymen, 1823; T. Dewey, murderer, 
1825; S. Wood, for murdering his wife, and J. Shepherd and 
G, Milnes, for burglary, 1826; W. Wells, for highway rob- 
bery, 1827; — since which no execution took place, neither in 
the town nor county, till the one already mentioned in 1831, 
though many persons were convicted of robbery and other 
offences, which are now generally punished with transportation ; 
and we hope soon to see such a revision of our criminal code as 
shall render the punishment of offenders more certain, but more 
equitably proportioned to the nature of their crimes than has 
hitherto been the case. 

* He was driven to the gallows by his own coachman. 

T They went to hear their condemned sermon, and after laying down in their 
graves, they walked in their shrouds to the place of execution. 

X She was hanged for destroying her infant as soon as it was born. Her body 
was dissected at Derby, where " a strange gentleman took up the heart, kissed it, 
shed tears upon it, squeezed a drop of blood out upon a handkerchief, and then 
rode away." 



NOTTINGHAM. 143 

The following is a list of the Members of Parliament, the 
Corporate Body, and the Municipal Officers of the Town and 
County of the Town of Nottingham : — 

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. 

Thomas Denman, Esq. Attorney-General, Lincoln's Inn, London. 

General Sir Ronald Crawford Furguson, G. C. B. 5, Bolton-row, 

Piccadilly, London. 

CORPORATION- 1831-32. 

03* The figures show the year in which each was appointed. 

Mayor, John Houseman Barber, Esq. 1831. 

Recorder, Rt. Hon. Henry Rd. Vassal Fox, Lord Holland, 1S09. 

Deputy Recorder, Win. Reader, Esq. barrister, 1830. 

ALDERMEN. 

John Allen, Esq. 1804. I William Soars, Esq. 1817* 

William Wilson, Esq. 1810. | Octavius Thos. Oldknow, 1821.. 

Chas. Lomas Morlev, Esq. 1814. Samuel Deverill, Esq. 1822. 
John H. Barber, Esq. 1816. 

Coroners, Mr. Henry Enfield, 1808; and Mr. Jon. Dunn, 1816. 

Sheriffs, Mr. John Harrison and Mr. F. Leaver, 1831. 

L'nder Sheriff, Mr. Wm. Hurst; office, High Pavement. 

Chamberlains, Messrs. John Rogers and George Harvey, 1831. 

Town Clerk, (Clerk of the Peace and Town Treasurer,) Mr. 
H. Enfield, 1815 ; office, Low Pavement. 

Land and Building Surveyor, Mr. E. Staveley ; office, Pelham-st., 



senior councilmen. 



Thomas Wvld, 1800. 
Henry Enfield, 180S. 
Jonathan Dunn, 1809. 
William Morley, 1814. 
Richard Hopper. 1817. 
Thomas Wakefield, 1817. 
Thomas Richards, 1819. 
William Hurst, 1819. 



John S. Howitt, 1821. 
Nathl. Barnsdall, 1821. 
James Roger Allen. 1823. 
Alfred T. Fellows, 1823. 
Kirke Swann, 1823. 
Henrv Leaver, 1825. 
William Roworth, 1830. 
Thomas Guilford. 1S30. 



Edward Staveley, 1821. \ Henry Homer, 1831. 



junior councilmen. 



John James. 1793. 
Richard Hooton, 1798. 
James Lee, 1799. 



Lewis Alsopp Lowdham, 1807. 
Martin Roe, 1810. 
James Dale, 1815. 



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CORPORATE OFFICERS, &C. 



LIVERY, (DATED 

John Hancock, 1780. 
John Need, 1782. 
John Heath, 1784. 
Thomas Nelson, 1783. 
Timothy Fellows, 1787- 
Joseph Heath, 1788. 
Elihu Samuel Fellows, 1789. 
Thomas Pepper, 1791. 
Thos. Carpenter Smith, 1792. 
John Ashwell, 1794. 
Nathaniel Need, 1795, 
William Howitt, 1801. 
Nathaniel Denison, 1802. 
Charles Melior, 1804. 
John Carr, 1807. 
Francis Wakefield, 1807. 
Charles Wakefield. 1809. 
Isaac Woolley, 1810. 
Samuel Hall, 1810. 
Alfred Lowe, 1811. 



AS CHAMBERLAINS.) 

John Michael Fellows, 1812. 
George Gill, 1815. 
CalverW Huish, 1816. 
John Theaker, 1817. 
Rohert Seals, 1819. 
John Heard, 1820. 
John Wells, 1821. 
Francis Hart, 1823. 
James Fellows. 1823. 
William Walker, 1824. 
Samuel H. Swann, 1824. 
Wm. Enfield, 1825. 
Thomas Shipman, 1825. 
Christopher Swann, 1826. 
SamuelHollins, 1826. 
Nathaniel Barnsdall, jun. 1827. 
Robert Davison, 1828. 
Wm. Cartledge, 1828. 
Thomas Allen, 1829. 
Rd. Gresham Barber, 1829. 



Mayor's Serjeant and Chief Constable.— Mr. Richard Birch, 
Police-office, Smithy-row.— (With 23 Police officers.) 

Comiuon Serjeant and Woodward, and Keeper of the Fields, 
Woods, and Meadows. -Mr. Saml. Kilbourn, Warser-gate. 

Bailiffs and Serjeants-at-Mace. -W. Gibson, Houndsgate, 1828, 
and Henry Cox, Castlegate, 1829. 

Town Crier. — T. Barwick, Greyhound-street, 1814. 

Pindars. — T. Whittle and J. Cox. 

Receiver of Assize Returns. — J. Ashwell, farmer, Bobber's-mill. 

Town Gaol: — Mr. George Vason, Gaoler, 1820; Rev. Samuel 
M'Lund, Chaplain, 1820; Mr. Robt. Davison, Surgeon, 1S20. 

House of Correction: — John Rainbow, Governor, 1814; Mrs. 
Jarman, Matron, 1821. The Surgeon and Chaplain are the 
same as at the Gaol. 

Parish Offices and Workhouses :— See p. 127. 

ft^ The Nottinghamshire Magistrates and Public Officers are 
inserted in the general survey of the county, at a preceding page. 

ECCLESIASTICAL GOVERNMENT. 

Nottingham, as has already been seen, is in the Diocese of 
York, and is the head of the Archdeaconry, which compiises 
the whole of Nottinghamshire, and of the Deanery, which in- 
cludes most of the parishes in the hundreds of Broxtow and 
ThurgartOD. The See of York was first divided into Arch- 
deaconries by Archbishop Thomas, in 1090. Henry VIII*, 
after dissolving" many of the monasteries, instituted twenty-six 
Suffragan Bishoprics, and the See of one of them was at Not- 
tingham ; but they were all discontinued in the reign of Eliza - 



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145 



beth. Richard Barnes, the last Suffragan Bishop of Notting- 
ham, was consecrated in 1558; and afterwards became Bishop 
of Durham. Robert Purseglove, who was Archdeacon of 
Nottingham in 1552, was the last Suffragan Bishop of Hull, 
and was deprived of both these dignities by Queen Elizabeth, 
in 1560, for refusing to take the oath of supremacy. In 1662, 
two thousand clergymen, in different parts of England, were 
ejected from their livings, for not conforming to the Act of 
Uniformity, which came into operation on St. Bartholomew's 
day; many of these were from Nottingham and Nottingham- 
shire. — (See p. 91.) 

The present Archdeacon of Nottingham is the Venerable 
John Eyre, M.A. rector of Babworth, and one of the resident 
tiaries of York Cathedral, who was inducted to the office in 
1810. The archdeaconry is not endowed, so that the dignity 
is supported solely by the perquisites of the office, which in 
1534 were valued at £61. 0s. lOd. Formerly, the archdeacon 
paid a triennial visit to the town, for the purpose of confirming 
the children of the neighbourhood, but his visits have of late 
been uncertain. The archdeacon holds an annual visitation in 
St. Mary's church, at which the churchwardens of the several 
parishes are sworn into office. 

The Spiritual Court of the archdeaconry has been held 
for ages in St. Peter's church, but the judicial power is now 
removed to York. The Rev. Dr. Wilkins is the official of the 
archdeaconry, and surrogate for proving of wills, &c. ; and 
Mr. Charles George Balguy is the registrar, at the archdea- 
conry office, on Timber-hill. The court meets, as usual, in 
St. Peter's church, four, five, or six times a-year, but about 
1795 it ceased to try causes, and now merely issues citations 
for the court at York. 

The Clergy Charity, which has for its object the relief 
of the widows, orphans, and necessitous families of the clergy, 
within the archdeaconry of Nottingham, holds an annual meet- 
ing in Juty, at the Clinton Arms, Newark; the Rev. Charles 
Nixon, ofNuthall, is the treasurer. 

MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS.— The ancient religious 
foundations of Nottingham, which arose in Catholic times, 
were neither numerous nor splendid, though there were some 
very rich ones in the county. The rocky cavities commonly 
called the Papist holes, are supposed to have been anciently 
places of druidical worship, and afterwards occupied by some 
of the earliest followers of the Christian faith.— (See p. 120.)— 
In the first centuries of Christianity, many of its persecuted 
votaries, in order to avoid a cruel death, " and the better to 
give themselves up to fasting, prayer, and contemplation, re- 
tired by themselves into desert places," in allusion to which 
they vyere called hermits. "After the persecutions of the 
Christians were over, and the church enjoyed peace, these 

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146 MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. 

hermits by degrees returned to towns and cities, and associating* 
together, they lived in houses called monasteries, and confined 
themselves to certain rules agreed upon amongst themselves. " 
But it was not till the beginning of the seventh century that 
Christianity obtained a firm footing in England. Monachism 
first commenced in Asia, and afterwards spread itself all over 
Europe, and its reign in England was as brilliant as in any 
other part of the world, till Henry VIII., who was perhaps a 
necessary scourge for the sins and bigotry of the times in which 
he lived, swept away nearly all its institutions, and threw their 
immense wealth into a more corrupt channel than even that 
which it had previously occupied; for instead of preserving it 
for the spiritual and bodily support of the poor, as was the in- 
tention of the original donors, he sold or granted most of it to 
private individuals, for the gratification of his own concupi- 
scence, and for the satisfaction of those who connived at his 
lascivious errors. That the monks had become insolent and 
corrupt, and that a religious reformation was ncessary, all must 
admit, but this perversion of property intended for charitable 
uses, all must condemn. But to discuss this subject is the 
province of our national historians, we shall therefore confine 
ourselves to a description of the monastic houses which existed 
in Nottingham, where the white and grey friars, and the 
knights of St. John of Jerusalem, had each a separate establish- 
ment, besides which there were in the town an bospitaLof lepers, 
a college of secular priests, and two religious cells, 

The Grey Friary, which stood at the south-west corner of 
Broad-marsh, had an enclosed garden which extended to the 
river Leen. Tt was founded in 1250, for mendicant friars of 
the order of St. Francis, of whom there remained only seven in 
the house at the time when it surrendered to the commissioners 
of Henry VIII., in ]539. Edward VI., in 15J8, granted it to 
Thomas Henage. 

The White Friary, which stood in St. Nicholas parish, 
betwixt St. Jarnes's-street and Friar-lane, was founded by Re- 
ginald Lord Grey, of Wilton, and Sir John Shirley, Knight, 
in I276, for Carmelite friars, who obtained permission from Pope 
Honorius IV. to exchange their party-coloured mantle, (which 
they wore in imitation of the prophet Elias,) for a white cloak, 
from which they obtained the name of white friars ; their original 
cognomen being derived from a set of hermits who dwelt on 
Mount Carmel, in Palestine. This house surrendered at the 
same time as the grey friary, and had then a prior and six 
friars. The site was granted to James Shirley, in the 33d of 
Henry VTIT. St, James's chapel, which stood near this mo- 
nastery, in St. James's-street, was granted to the white friars 
by Edward II., previous to which it was the place where the 
Peveril court was held. This chapel is supposed to have been 
of Saxon origin, but all traces of it have long since disappeared- 



NOTTINGHAM. 



147 



St. John's Hospital, which stood without the ancient wall 
of the town, on the site of the house of correction, belonged to 
the knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who, after loading them- 
selves with honour in the unsuccessful crusades against the 
Turks and Saracens, dispersed themselves into different parts 
of Europe, and a party of them settled at Nottingham, about 
the year 1215, and obtained there considerable possessions, 
which at their dissolution in 1539, were valued at £5. 6s. 8d<, 
and were given to the corporation, for the purpose of enabling 
them to keep the Trent bridge in repair. The establishment 
consisted of a master, two chaplains, and several brethren, who 
observed a perfect equality of property, took the vow of chas- 
titv, and wore a habit of russet and black cloth. 

St. Leonard's Hospital stood ai the south-west corner of 
the Narrow-marsh, and was founded for the reception of lepers, 
who in 1226 " had reasonable estrover of dead wood to be ga- 
thered in the forest of Nottingham," and was endowed with 
half an acre of land in the King's domains, at the hermitage 
then called Ow swell. That dreadful disease, leprosy, was in- 
troduced into Europe by the Moors and Arabs, about the be- 
ginning of the eleventh century, and so prevalent was it in 
England, that several hundred hospitals were founded for the 
reception of the afflicted, who, being considered as unclean, 
were compelled to live apart from those who were so fortunate 
as to escape the ravages of the scrofulous malady. 

Thoroton says, in the reign of Henry III. there was a fra- 
ternity of St Sepulchre, and a college of secular priests in the 
castle, and likewise a cell for four monks in the chapel of St. 
Mary, in the rock under the castle. 

There were several Chantries in the parish churches, which 
were endowed for the support of priests to sing mass for the 
souls of the founders ; but these, as well as the monasteries, 
were swept away by the broom of reformation. In St. Marv's 
church was the guild of Holy Trinity, consisting of six priests, 
(who had a house in the High Pavement,) also two chantries 
dedicated to St. Mary and St. James, and another called Amyas 
chantry, from a family of that name who lived in the Long-row, 
In St. Peter's church there were three chantries, two of which 
were dedicated to St. George and St. Mary. In St. Nicholas's 
church, there was a guild or chantry dedicated to the Virgin 
Mary. In monastic times, much of 'the land and many of the 
houses in the town belonged to the rich abbeys and priories in 
Nottinghamshire and the adjacent counties, 'and the rectory of 
St. Mary's was appropriated to Lenton priory. 

CHURCHES. 

There are in the town five episcopal places of worship, three 
of which are parochial churches, and two, chapels of ease ; be- 



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CHURCHES. 



sides which it is supposed that one dedicated to St. Michael an 
ciently stood betwixt Fox-lane and St. Anne's-street, where 
many human bones have been found on the ground still called 
St. Michael's church yard. There was also St. James's chapel, 
of which no traces now remain. — See p. 146. 

St. Mary's, the largest of the three parish churches of Not- 
tingham, is a venerable edifice in the collegiate style, in the 
form of a cross with a very august tower, and standing on the 
north side of the High Pavement, upon a bold eminence, which 
rises nearly 100 feet above the river Leen, so that it presents a 
commanding appearance to the spectator in almost every direc- 
tion. It has evidently been rebuilt in the gothic style, which 
prevailed in the reign of Henry VII.; and Leland, who visited 
it about 1540, describes it as being " nezve, and uniforme yn 
worke" Its interior dimensions are, from east to west, 216 
feet; from south to north, at the transcepts, 97 feet; in the 
nave, 67 feet; and in the chancel, 29 feet. The height of the 
roof is 60 feet, and that of the tower 126 feet. In 1726, the 
west end was rebuilt in the doric order, and the south wall of 
the nave was new faced in 1761, since which many other parts 
of the walls have been renewed, and the interior has just been 
cleansed and beautified. Much of the stone used in its frequent 
repairs is a very soft and perishable freestone, so that many of 
the modern parts now present an air of antiquity. The organ, 
which stands in front of the glass screen which separates the 
chancel from the nav r e, was built in 1777? by the celebrated 
Snetzler. It has two fronts, and, both in tone and elegance, is 
a convincing proof of the skill of its maker. In the steeple is 
an excellent peal often musical bells, all cast betwixt the years 
1605 and 1761. Many of the monuments and all the brass 
plates in the church were destroyed or defaced by the liberal 
roundheads in the civil commotions of the seventeenth century. 
In the south aisle is "Our Lady's chapel," which contains the 
tombs of the first and second Earls of Clare, over which is a 
mutilated alabaster figure. On the opposite side is the chapel 
of All-saints, where many of the ancient family of Plumptre are 
interred, and on one of their tombs lies the recumbent figure 
of a man dressed in a gown with wide sleeves. The Earl of 
Meath and several other distinguished characters lie interred in 
the church, as is recorded on many mural monuments, several 
of which belong to the family of Wright. In the north window 
is a beautiful figure of St. Andrew. The enclosing of the 
church-yard with iron railing was commenced in 1792, but was 
not completed till 1807. Three other burial grounds have been 
purchased and consecrated for the use of St. Mary's parish ; 
they are at a considerable distance from the church, one being 
on the north and another on the south side of Barkergate, and 
the other on the west side of Cartergate, which latter was pur- 
chased in 1814, at the cost of 8s. per square yard. 



NOTTINGHAM. 149 

The Vicarage of St. Mary's is in the patronage of Earl Man- 
vers, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. George Wilkins, D.D., 
who is also vicar of Lowdham, and prebendary of Norman toa in 

Southwell Collegiate Church. The Rev. I." C. Colls is the 
curate. The vicarage house stands opposite the south-east 
corner of the church-yard, and was built on the site of the old 
one in 1653. The living is valued in the King's Books* at 
.£10. 5s. per annum. From a Terrier published in 17^8, and 
containing an account of the glebe lands, tithes, SfC, it appears 
that there are belonging to the vicarage 27 acres of land, viz. : 
six in the Sand-field, 13 in the Clay-field, and eight in or near 
the Meadows, the Ryehills and Hooper's Sconce; besides a 
garden and close in Cartergate, and the tithe of all tofts and 
crofts, of bread, potatoes, gardens, pigs, sheep, flax, &c. &c. 
The tithe of the Leen Mill is stated at zOs. payable at 
Easter; the tithe of the bread of every baker in the parish, an 
halfpenny loaf every Saturday ; the tithe of all gardens, occu- 
pied by gardeners, two shillings in the pound rent; the tithe 
of all sheep that go in the fields from Michaelmas to Martin- 
mas, fourpence per score ; and the Easter-offerings, sixpence- 
halfpenny for each house in the parish. The vicar has also 20s. 
yearly left by Alderman Staples for preaching two sermons 
upon Charity, on the Sundays before Whitsuntide and Christ- 
mas ; and 10s. yearly left by the Rev. William Thorpe for a 
sermon to be preached on the day of the restoration of Charles 
II., besides surplice fees, which in this populous parish, are 
very considerable. The temporal affairs of the church are 
managed by two churchwardens, each assisted bv a sidesman 
of their own choosing, and remaining two years in office ; — only 
one being changed annually by the alternate election of the 
vicar and housekeepers of the parish. Mr. William Aspull is 
the organist ; Thomas Hardwick Almond is the clerk; Mr. 
Joseph Parnham, the deputy clerk; and William Johnson, the 
sexton. For the other officers and a description of the parish, 
see page 126. 

Black ner says, since the death of the Rev. Dr. Haines in 
1806, the vicarial tithes of St. Mary's parish have been collected 
with considerable severity, and that two customs which are 
still continued, originated with King John, who in one of his 
visits to the town, called at the houses of the mayor and the 
vicar, and finding neither ale in the cellar of the one, nor 
bread in the cupboard of the other, his Majestv ordered that 
every publican in the town should contribute sixpenny worth 
of ale to the mayor yearly ; and that every baker in St/ Marv's 
parish should give a halfpenny loaf weekly to the vicar. 

St. Peter's Church stands upon the 'declivity which falls 
* King's Books.— In 1535, a valuation was taken of all the church livings in the 
kingdom, by order of Henry VIII., from whom the records obtained the name, 
af the King's Books. 

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150 CHURCHES. 

westward from Bridlesmithgate to the foot of Wheelergate, 
Houndsgate, and the Low Pavement. It is a Gothic structure 
with a tower at the west end, supporting the only spire in the 
town, and containing a peal of eight bells, cast in 177l> and 
said to be the best attuned and the most melodious of any with- 
in many miles. The fabric is supposed to have been built in 
the early part of the 15ih century. It was greatly damaged in 
the civil wars, when the garrison threw several bombs into it 
to dislodge a party of royalists who had taken possesion of it. 
Since then it has been frequently repaired; and in 1789, a 
mason of the name of Wooton,* took down and rebuilt four 
yards of the spire, without the aid of scaffolding. In 1800, the 
south side of the church was rebuilt, and in 1807 the north side 
was stuccoed and the portico taken down. In 1814, the chan- 
cel was repaired. The interior is peculiarly neat and has a 
good organ, which was purchased by subscription in 1812. A 
large square window at the east end, which contained a variety 
of coats of arms in stained glass, was built up in 1720, when 
an altar piece was placed against it, representing the Last Sup- 
per, but which has since been removed to make room for a 
beautiful painting by Mr. Barber, of Christ's agony in the gar- 
den. The chancel is graced with several mural monuments, 
and in the church-yard, which was enclosed in 1804, there was a 
serio-comic epitaph to the memory of " Vin Eyrej* a needle 
maker, who had much influence with his brother burgesses, and 
was a " great stickler for the high, or blue party in this town, 
at elections ;" but every letter is now worn out of the stone, 
which covers the remains of this poor but incorruptible bur- 
gess, who died in the street in 1727> after the fatigues of a con- 
tested election, in which he had over exerted himself for the 
successful candidate. Upward of 700 free seats for the use of 
the poor were erected in the church a few years ago. In J 83 1, 
a new burial ground containing 16,000 square yards, near 
the Workhouse in the Broad Marsh, was opened for the use 
of St. Peter's parish. The benefice is a Rkctory valued in 
the King's books at £8. 7s. Gd. ; in the patronage of the King, 
and now in the incumbency of the Rev. Robert White Almond, 
M.A. The Rev. S M'Lund is the curate; Mr. Wool ley is the 
organist; Mr. W. M. Kidd, the clerk; and Mr. Martin, the 
sepcton ; The Rector receives 20s. a year for preaching two 
sermons on Easter and Whit-Monday, from the bequest of 
John Burroios, loft in 1659. He also pos>e^ses an acre of 
land in the Meadows, left in 1730, by John Paramour, for 
sermons on Ash Wednesday and Ascension Day. 

* Stbbple Cmmkkks.— Mr. Philip Wooton, a descendant of the abovenamed 
" steeple cUmber" performed a similar feat at \fanche8ter t where, in ir.23, he took 
down and re-fixed the hall and cross, which surmount the lofty spire of St. Anne's. 
He ascended solely hy the means of ladders, which he contrived to fasten to the 
spire., one above another from the bottom to the top. 



NOTTINGHAM, T5l 

St. Nicholas* Church is a neat brick edifice ornamented 
with stone, and like St. Peter's, shaded by a number of trees. 
It occupies a pleasant situation on the south side of Castlegate, 
whence its large burial ground extends to Chesterfield-street 
and Rosemary-lane. The building was commenced in 1671, 
and finisheriVin 1678, on the site of an ancient fabric which was 
destroyed in 1647, when a party of rovalists took psssession of 
it, and from the steeple so annoyed the parliamentarians in 
the castle, that they could not " play the ordnance without 
woolsacks before them,'* and the bullets from the church 
" played so thick into the outward castle-yard, that they could 
not pass from one gate to another, nor relieve the guards, with- 
out very great bazzard."* The church, however, was soon set 
on fire, and the royalists obliged to flv from its falling ruins. 
The present edifice has a light and airy appearance, and has a 
tower with one bell at the west end. It has a spacious nave 
and two side aisles, the southermost of which was much en- 
larged by subscription in 17-56; and a similar extension of the 
north aisle took place in 1733, Avhen £500 was raised for the 
purpose. It has since been new paved and ornamented with a 
handsome pulpit and a reading desk, and also with a new gal- 
lery on the north side. The organ was erected in 1811; on 
each side of the communion table are elegant paintings repre- 
senting the good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son ; and the 
Malls are decorated with many neat monumental tablets, and 
four hatchments belonging to the families of Newdigate, Smith, 
Bromley, and Cooper. Amongst the numerous epitaphs in 
the church-yard is a facetious one to the memory of " Old Torn 
Booth" a noted deer stealer, who died in 17-52; and another 
of a very pathetic character, in remembrance of William John 
Gill, an exemplary youth who was drowned in the Trent in 
1802. The living is a Rectory valued in the King's Books at 
£2. Is. 8d. It is, like St. Peter's, nominally in the patronage 
of the King, but virtually in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. 
The Rev. William Joseph. Butler, M.A., is the incumbent; 
Mrs. Cooper is the organist; Mr. William Archer the clerk ; 
and Mr. Robert Allen the sexton. 

Tithes, — There is no farm land in the parishes of St. Ni- 
cholas and St. Peter, both of which are circumscribed within 
the skirts of the town, consequently the rectors have no great 
tithes. And as to the small tithes, Blackner could not disco- 
ver that any attempt had been made to collect them, except in 
17^3, when the rector of St. Nicholas, said to one of his offi- 
cers, " if you will inform me of any person who keeps breeding 
sows in the parish, I will make it worth your while." The 
officer replied, that he knew of but one, whom he named, and 
in a day or two he told him that his sty Avould shortly be ho- 

* Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson. 



] 52 CHURCHES. 

noured with a titlie-pig visit, which the owner determined to 
prevent, by carrying to the parson's door a young" pig, and con- 
triving to make it move the knocker, by which it soon gained 
a welcome reception ; but the rector was afterwards so severely 
assailed with the jeers of the parishioners, that he lost all relish for 
tithe-pig, and never made any further inquiries on the subject. 

St. Paul's Church is a Chapel of Ease to St. Mary's pa- 
rish. It is a handsome stone fronted building, erected in 1822> 
and is situated in George-street, opposite the Catholic Chapel. 
It has a portico with four large fluted columns supporting an 
elegant cupola, in which there is but one bell. The interior 
is light and neatly pewed, and has spacious free-galleries for the 
use of strangers and the poor; the seats on the ground floor 
being the only ones which are let for the benefit of the minister; 
the Rev. A. Sadler, is the incumbent, and Mr. Joseph Ald- 
ridge the clerk. 

St. James's Church or Extra- Parochial Chapel is plea- 
santly situated on Standard-hill, opposite the top of Rutland- 
street, without the boundaries of the " county of the town." It 
was built by subscription in ]808, at the cost of nearly .£13,000, 
including the expense of an act of Parliament, which the sub- 
scribers were obliged to obtain for its erection in consequence 
of their being strenuously opposed by the vicar and two rectors 
of Nottingham, who have no control over this place of worship, 
which stands on the extra-parochial ground that once belonged 
to the castle. — (See p. 124.) It is a neat brick structure cased 
with stone, and the doors and windows are in the gothic style. 
The tower, which is low, contains but one bell ; the interior is 
neatly fitted up, and has commodious galleries over the side 
aisles. The present minister, the Rev. John Burnett Stuart, 
M.A., "is one of the evangelical clergy, and the congregation 
is very wealthy and respectable." The first three presentations 
are in the three largest subscribers to the building, vix. the 
present incumbent, Edmund Wright, Esq.., and Thomas Wal- 
ker, Esq. ; after which, the benefice will be in the patronage of 
the Crown. The Rev, Samuel Rogers is the assistant curate; 
Mr. Henry Bond the organist ; Mr. William Glover, the clerk ; 
and Mr. George Fogg the sexton. 

The ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL, in George-street, 
was erected in 1827, and will seat about 600 persons, being 84 
feet in length, 41 feet in breadth, and 31 feet in height. It is a 
substantial and well finished edifice, with a handsome stone 
front in the Doric order; and is dedicated to St. John the Evan- 
gelist. The organ which was built by Parsons of London, is 
considered a very fine instrument. The Rev. Robert William 
Willson is the Ph.if.st ; and Mr. Woolley the organist. The 
congregation had previously a small chapel in an obscure situa- 
tion in King's-place, but it is now converted into a school- 
room. 



NOTTINGHAM. 153 

DISSENTING CHAPELS. 

In most large towns Dissenters are numerous and influen- 
tial ; and so great is their preponderance in Nottingham, that 
out of the 30 places of worship in the town, no fewer than 25 
belong to congregations not connected with the Protestant 
established church. Of these chapels, many of which are large 
and numerously attended, five belong to the Baptists, seven to 
the Independent Calvinists, five to the Methodists, and one each 
to the Unitarians, Sandemanians, Huntingtonians, Quake? 's, 
Sivedenborgians, Southcotarians, and Jews, 

The Unitarian Chapel, which stands in a court behind 
the High-pavement, was erected about the close of the 17th 
century, soon after the passing of the Toleration Act; previous 
to which its congregation suffered much persecution, and was 
obliged to assemble secretly in a vault under a house at the top 
of Drury-hill. They were anciently called Socinians from their 
founder, Faustus Sociuus, who died in Poland in 1604. The 
chapel was new roofed, the floor fiued, the walls stuccoed, and 
otherwise repaired in 1805. It will seat about 800 hearers, 
and has a Free-school attached to it. The late George Walker, 
a celebrated philosopher and politician, was some years minis- 
ter of this chapel, which is now under the pastoral care of the 
Rev. Benjamin Carpenter. 

Independent Chapels. — The Castle Meeting-house stands 
next in seniority to that in the High-pavement, being built in 
1689, when its founders adhering to the doctrine of John 
Calvin, separated from the Socinians, and formed themselves 
into an independent church of " Congregaiionalists" The 
chapel which stands near the bottom of Castlegate has been 
several times altered and enlarged, so that it will now seat 
1200 people, and is generally well filled, having about 320 com- 
municants. In 1826 it was thoroughly repaired and enriched 
with a good organ. The building stands in the parish of St. 
Nicholas, but the large Burial Ground \n front is in the parish 
of St. Peter. The congregation, which is wealthy and respec- 
table, supports a large Sabbath school, and subscribes to a 
benevolent fund for the relief of the poor : and since the year 
1795, it has been under the ministry of the Rev. Richard Alliott, 
who is now assisted by his son, of the same name. The Inde- 
pendent Chapel, in Friar-lane, was erected in 1828, for the 
congregation under the pastoral care of the Rev. Joseph Gilbert, 
It is a large brick edifice, stuccoed in the gothic style, and 
ornamented with two towers. Exclusive of the upper galleries 
for the use of its three Sunday-schools, it will seat 750 hearers. 
Salem Chapfl, in Barkergate, built in 1817, at the cost of 
.£2000, is a square brick structure, adjoining one of St. Mary's 
Burial-grounds. It was erected by the Rev. W. Butcher and 
a number of his followers, who originally separated from St. 



154 



CHAPELS. 



James's Church, but are now under the ministry of the Rev. 
James Orange. Near the chapel the congregation have just 
built a large Free-school, which will be described with the other 
charities of the town. Sion Chapel, in Fletchergate, was 
built in 1819, for a sect of Independents attached to the high 
Calvinistic sentiments, under the ministry of the late Rev. 
James Jack, but it is at present without, a regular pastor. St. 
Marygate Chapel was erected in 1801, by an Independent 
congregation, known by the name of Inghamites, who profess 
sentiments nearly allied to the Sabellians, and are under the 
pastoral care of two elders, Mr. J. Bailey and Mr. J. Churchill 
St. James'-street Chapel was built in 1823, for the Rev. 
Richard Cicil's congregation, which is now without a regular 
minister, as also is Ebenezer Chapel, a small Independent 
place of worship in Robin-Hood-yard, Coalpit-lane. Ston 
Chapel, in Halifax-place, was built in 1761, and was sue 
cessively occupied by the Unitarians, the Independents, and the 
followers of the doctrine of George Whitfield, but is- now used 
only as a day and Sunday-school, being rented for that purpose 
by the Methodists. Hephzibah Chapel, now the National- 
school, was built in 1804 by a party of Independents, attached 
to the Rev. Mr. Crockford, who sold it to the Universalists — 
now extinct. 

Baptist Chapels. — The Scotch Baptist Chapel, in Park- 
street, is supposed to have been the third dissenting place of 
worship erected in the town, being built about 1724, for the use 
of a Baptist congregation, which existed as early as the 17th cen ; 
tury, but which afterwards separated into two sects, viz. Parti- 
cular and Scotch Baptists, both of which embrace the Calvinistic 
tenets, and differ in nothing but their church government. It 
measure 65 feet by 27, and has lately been repaired. Mr. 
Samuel Ward and two other elders officiate as pastors. The 
Particular Baptist Chapel, in George-street, is a neat brick 
edfice, erected in 1815, by the congregation which previously 
occupied the Park-street Chapel. It cost about £6000, includ- 
ing the purchase of the site, and the erection of the large Sab- 
bath school which adjoins it. The interior is neatly pewed, 
and will seat 1000 people. The burial ground is at a consider- 
able distance, being at the west side of Mount-street. The late 
Rev. John Jarman was pastor of this congregation from 1803 
till 1830, when he was succeeded by the Rev. James Edwards. 
The General Baptist Chapel, in Plumtre-place, is a large, 
square brick fabric, adjoiningone of St. Mary's Burial-grounds 
It was built in 1799, and has near it a large Sunday-school, 
erected in 1811. The Rev. William Pickering is the minister, 
and fa assisted by the Rev. Henry Hunter. The General or 
/irntinian Baptists have also a huge chapel in Broad-strkkt, 
erected in 1 818, by a number of members, who, with their 
paster, the late Rev, Robert Smith at their head, separated 



NOTTINGHAM. 155 

from the congregation in Plumptre-place, in consequence of 
some disagreement in their church government. Its present 
minister is the Rev. Adam Smith. There is likewise a Baptist 
chapel, in Paradise-place, Barkergate, hut it is a very small 
building- without any regular minister. 

Methodist Chapels. — The Wesleyan or Armenian Metho- 
dists in Nottigham, are, as in most other places, numerous and 
popular, and date their orgin from the days of their founders, 
John and Charles Wesley, who commenced their pious la- 
bours at Oxford ahout the year 1730, and during the remainder 
of their lives travelled into all parts of the kingdom, preaching 
to the poor and the ignorant, inculcating the general part of the 
doctrine taught by Arminus, a native of Holland, who defend- 
ed the religious principles of Beza in opposition to those of 
John Calvin. After meeting some time in a house in Pelham- 
street, thev erected the " Tabernacle'' in 1 762, but in 1782 
thev sold it to the General Baptists, soon after which it was 
taken down, and the site is now occupied by domestic building"?, 
betwixt Mount-East street and Milton-street, They went from 
the Tabernacle to Hockley Chapel, a large and handsome 
brick building, which they erected in 1782, at the foot of 
Goosegate. Their numbers being greatly increased in 1798, 
thev erected Halifax Chapel, which stands in Halifax place, 
and is the largest dissenting place of worship in the town, being 
84 \ feet long, and 53 feet broad, exclusive of the vestry and 
other conveniences. This chapel will seat about 1600 persons, 
and that at Hockley 1300. St. Ann's Chapel, in St. Ann's- 
street, was built in 1824, and is occupied six days in the week 
as an Infant-school, and every Sabbath morning as a Sunday- 
school. The New Connexion or Kilhamite Methodists separat- 
ed from the Wesleyans in 1797? and were in possession of 
Hocklev chapel till 1816, when they built their present large 
and handsome Chapel in Parliament-street, in which is 
an inscription to the memory of their founder, the Rev. 
Alexander Kilham, who died in 1793, after fighting hard against 
the " priestly domination" of the YVesleyan conference. The 
Primitive Methodists have a large chapel in Canaan-street, 
erected in 1823, with a Sunday-school attached. 

The Wesleyan ministers in the Nottingham station are, the 
"Revs. Robert Pilter, Thomas Harris, W. H. Clarkson, and 
Edward Battv. The ministers of the New Connexion are, the 
Revs. John Wilson, J. Hillock, and S. Hulme. The Primi- 
tive Methodist ministers are, the Revs. J. Garner, W. Martin, 
and A. F. Beckerleg. 

The Friends' Meeting House is a plain unobtrusive edi- 
fice, standing in a small paved yard in Spaniel-row. It was 
built in 1737, at the cost of only .£337, but it has since been 
considerably improved by its congregation, which, though not 
very numerous, is highly respectable. The Quakers formerly 



156 CHAPELS, 

had a burial-ground in Walnut-tree-lane, but it being* full, 
another piece of ground, on the north side of Park-street, 
opposite the end of Spaniel-row, has been devoted to that pur- 
pose. George Fox, the founder of this " Society of Friends," 
was born at Fenny-Drayton, in Leicestershire, about 1624, 
and was imprisoned at Nottingham in 1649, "for setting the 
inward influence of the spirit, and the plain testimony of the 
Scriptures, in opposition to the outivard forms and explanatory 
ceremonies of the other preachers. He had not, however, been 
fourteen days in confinement, before he had made a confirmed 
proselyte of one of the sheriffs, John Reckless, who preaehed 
Quakerism in the Market-place." George Fox who it is said 
was either a shoemaker or a breeches-maker, afterwards wan- 
dered all over England, and suffered persecution in every town 
till at last he ingratiated himself under the wings of Judge Fell, 
of Swart- moor-hall, near Ulverstone, whose widow he after- 
wards married. 

The Sandemanian Chapel, in Houndsgate, was built in 
1778, by the Glassites or Sandemanians, who profess tbe doc- 
trine of John Glass and Robert Sandeman, the former of whom 
was expelled in 1728 from the church of Scotland, for main- 
taining " that the kingdom of Christ is not of this world ;" and 
the latter in 1775, contended in a series of letters, " that faith 
was a mere simple assent to the testimony of Christ." The pe- 
culiarities of this sect are, that they administer the Lord's 
supper weekly, dine together every Sabbath-day, use the kiss 
of charity, wash each others' feet, abstain from blood and things 
strangled, and hold the community of goods, so far that every 
one is to consider all that he posseses liable to the calls of the 
poor of the church. Mr. Lewis Rigby is their present elder. 

The Huntingtonians occupy Providence chapel, a small 
building in Plumptre-street, which was first converted into a 
place of worship in 1806, by the Universalists, now extinct. — 
The present congregation are adherents to the tenets of the 
late William Huntington. They have no regular minister, but 
are occasionally visited by one from Leiceister, and read pravers, 
&c. every Sunday. 

The New Jerusalem Chapel is a small building in Sheep- 
lane, occupied by a few of the followers of Emanuel Sweden- 
borg, a Swedish nobleman, who died in London in 1/72. — 
J. W. Hancock is the leader. The Israelites,or Southcotarians, 
worship in a small room in King's Arms Buildings, behind 
Wool pack -lane and Barkergate. 

The Jews' Synagogue is at the house of one of their bre- 
thren, in Glasshouse-street, and they have a burving-ground 
near the forest, at the top of Sherwood-street, which, according 
to an inscription, was enclosed in the year " A. M. 5583," when 
the ground was given to them by the corporation. 



NOTTINGHAM. 157 

RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. 

The institutions which have for their object the promotion of 
Christian knowledge, are as numerous and as liberally supported 
in Nottingham as in any other place of the same importance; — 
the members of the church, and the various sectarian commu- 
nities, each subscribe to their respective Bible, Missionary', 
and Tract Societies. The depository of the Nottingham and 
Nottinghamshire Bible Society is in Park-street, at the house 
of Mr. T. W. Winterton, and is open every Wednesday, 
from ten till two o'clock. The Independent congregations of 
the town and county, have an Auxiliary London Missionary 
Society, of which R. Morley, Esq. is treasurer, and the Revs. J. 
Gilbert and R. Alliott, jun. are secretaries. In this class stand 
the Sunday Schools, of which useful institutions, Nottingham 
availed itself as early as the year 1804, when the New Connec- 
tion of Methodists erected the large school-room at the corner 
of East-street, about thirteen years after the first Sabbath school 
had been established in London. There are now in the town 
and suburbs upwards of thirty-five Sabbath schools, which, 
under the superintendence of several hundred gratuitous 
teachers, afford instruction in the humbler branches of learn- 
ing, to thousands of poor children, many of whom, from the 
abject poverty of their parents, are obliged to labour at an 
early age during six days in the week, and have consequently 
no opportunity but on the Sabbath to attend to civil or religious 
tuition. 

The Nottingham Sunday - School Unicn was established in 
1810, and has now connected with it no fewer than one hun- 
dred and eight Sunday-schools, belonging to the Methodists, 
the Independents, and the Baptists, and attended by upwards 
of 14,000 children, who receive instruction from nearly 1000 
gratuitous teachers. Of these schools, twenty are in the town, 
and the remainder in the parishes within a circuit of ten miles 
round Nottingham. The affairs of the Union are managed by 
a committee of forty subscribers, four secretaries, a treasurer, 
and a depositary, which latter office is now filled by Mr. R. 
Preston, of the' Long- row, Nottingham. 

The late Mr. Raikes, a respectable printer of Gloucester, is 
generally considered as the founder of Sabbath schools, which 
Blackner says were first introduced about the year 1778, by 
John Moore, a framework knitter of Leicester, and Wm. Hal- 
lam, a native of Kirton, in Nottinghamshire, but then a school- 
master, at Moneyash, in the Peak of Derbyshire ;— both of 
whom taught gratis on the Sabbath, at leasUwo years before 
Mr. Raikes commenced his labours for the promotion of these 
useful institutions, of which, though not the original inventor, 
he was the earliest and most active patron. 

p 



152 



CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 

CHARITY SCHOOLS. 



Besides the numerous Sunday schools, ample provision is 
made by the henevolent inhabitants of Nottingham, for the 
education of those poor children who can attend during" six days 
in the week, for out of the 72J6 children now receiving in- 
struction in the town, either gratuitously or for very trivial 
payments, nearly 2000 are day scholars, as will be seen by the 
following- 



LIST OF DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN NOTTINGHAM. 



Date. Bay Schools. No. schlrs. 

IffU National (boys) 560 

1810 Lancastrian (boys) 220 

1820 Lancasterian (girls) 100 

1831 Barkergate Free, (170 b. 80 g.) 250 
1808 School of Industry (girls) • • .150 
1706 Bine Coat (60 boys, 20 girls)- • 80 

1513 Free Grammar (boys) • 90 

1789 Unitarian (40 boys, 24 girls). . 64 
1827 Infant Schools, St. Anne's, • • 120 

1827 Ditto, Rutland-street 120 

1829 Ditto, Canaan-street, 100 

1829 Ditto, Independent-hill, ••-. 140 



Total 



im 



Sunday Schools, 
1810 Three parish churches 
1824 St. James's, Rutland-street 
1831 St. Paul's, George-street ••■ 
Catholic chapel, ditto ■ 



Total • 



■ 500 

- 200 

- 100 

■ 170 

970 



Sunday Schools in Union. No. schlrs. 

St. Ann's-street, Wes. Meth. 195 

Halifax-place, ditto 444 

Hockley, ditto 243 

Parliament-street, New Meth. 312 

Mansfield-road, ditto 150 

Woodland-place, ditto 150 

Canaan-street, Prim. Meth. 180 

Kingston-place, ditto 47 

€ross-lane, ditto 188 

Castlegate, Independent ■ • • . 380 

Friar-lane, ditto 305 

St. James's-street, ditto • • 231 

Fletehergate, ditto 180 

Barkergate, ditto -• 165 

Broad-street, Geneial Baptist •••• 146 

Fishergate, ditto • . • 57 

Stoney-street, ditto 437 

George-street, Particular Baptist • 260 

Independent-hill, ditto 162 

Park-street, Scotch Baptist 80 

Total 4312 



GrandTotal of day and Sunday scholars, 7276. Perhaps a few hundreds of these 
may be reckoned twice, owing to their attending both day and Sunday schools. 

The Free Grammar School, in Stoney-street, is now a 
handsome building-, having lately been enlarged, and orna- 
mented with a beautiful stone front, in the gothic order, though 
it had been repaired in the years 1689, 1708, and 17^2 It 
was founded in 1513, by Agnes Mellers, widow of Richard 
Mellers, bell founder, and was by her endowed with lands and 
tenements in the town and neighbourhood, left in trust to the 
corporation, for the maintenance of a master and usher. Robert 
Mellers, the son of the foundress, bequeathed to it, in 1515, a 
close in Basford, and a house in Bridlesmith-gate, betwixt 
Petergate and Pepper-street. His brother, Thomas Mellers, 
who died in 1535, endowed it with "all his lands, tenements, . 
and hereditaments in the town and fields of Basford ;" but all 
ihe property in Basford parish left by these brothers, was sold 



KOTTINGHAM. 159 

by the corporation sometime betwixt the years 1702 and 1720, 
(together with three tenements in London, left by John Wast,) 
to defray the expenses of a law suit which they had instituted 
against Richard Johnson, who was then master of this school. 
John- Hesky, alderman, in 1558, left to this school the tithes 
of the Nottingham fields and meadows, and also a house in 
Carlton-street, except 10s. to be paid yearly out of the rent to 
the poor. John Parker, alderman, in 1^93, left .£160, with 
which a rent charge of £13. 10s. per annum was purchased at 
Harbv, in Leicestershire, for the purpose of founding and sup- 
porting a library in the school, and for furnishing £3 appren- 
tice fees for poor hoys, and £3 gifts to assist them after they 
have served their apprenticeships in setting up in their respec- 
tive trades. In 1828, £12 was received as arrears of this rent 
charge. Four small closes, betwixt Trough-close and Free- 
school-lane, belong to the Grammar school, as also do all the 
houses in Broad-street, from Agnes-yard to Goosegate, and 
several others in St. Petergate and St. Peter's-square, most of 
which were left by the foundress. The gross yearly income of 
this excellent charity, arising from rents and tithes, amounted 
in 1728, to £93; in 1750, to £132; in 1770, to £200; in 
1790, to £264; in 1800, to £336; in 1810, to £592 ; in 1820, 
to £619; and in 1828, to nearly £700, out of which are paid 
yearly salaries and gratuities amounting to £150 to the master, 
£110 to the usher, £50 to the writing master, and £20 to the 
surveyor of the school estates. This institution, like many 
other Grammar schools, was during a long period of no service 
to the poor, for extravagant charges were made by the teachers 
for every branch of learning except the dead languages, until 
1807, when the corporation, being the trustees, established 
new ordinances for its future regulation, by which the school 
was declared to be free both for the English grammar and the 
classics, and that no school fees should be charged, except 10s. 
a-year to be paid by each boy to the writing master, whilst 
learning writing and accounts. It is open to all the boys of 
the town, but the number admitted at one time is limited to 
about 90. The Rev. Robert Wood, D. D. is the present 
master, and has a good house adjoining the school, but is not 
allowed to take boarders. The Rev. Samuel M'Lund is tbe 
usher; and Mr. Richard Dudley, the writing master. 

The Blue Coat School was founded in 1706, but the pre- 
sent building, which stands at the foot of the High Pavement, 
was erected in 1723, on ground given by Mr. Wm. Thorpe, a 
benevolent attorney. It contains a large school room, and a 
suit of apartments for the residence of the master. Two sta- 
tues, in niches at the front of the building, represent a boy and 
a girl in their school costume. This charity educates and 
clothes sixty boys and twenty girls, till they arrive at fourteen 
years of a^e, when the former are put out apprentice, with * 



160 CHARITY SCHOOLf. 

premium of five guineas each, and the latter have each two 
guineas, for the purpose of clothing them for servitude. Mr. 
and Mrs. Cokstyne are the teachers, and attend as well to the 
religious as the moral instruction of the scholars. The 
charity, which is supported partly by annual subscriptions and 
collections at the parish churches, is endowed with property 
which produces upwards of .£380 per annum, of which .£139 
arises from rents, £2. 5s. from annuities, £S. 17s. 9d. from 
turnpike securities, £210 from the dividends on .£'7000 reduced 
three per cent, annuities, and .£16 from .£400 exchequer bills. 
The annual subscriptions and church collections amount to 
about .£150. The expenditure for the year 1827, was £112. 
10s. 10d., of which £176 was for clothing the children, and 
«£131 for five quarters' salary to the master. The benefactions 
left to this excellent institution are as follow : — £2 yearly out 
of two houses in Pilchergate, bequeathed by Thomas Sander- 
son, in 1711 ; two houses in Houndsgate, by Charles Harvey, 
in 1711 ; a house and garden near St. Peters church, by Jona- 
than Labray, in 1718; a yearly rent charge of 5s by Thomas 
Roberts, in 1729 ; a close of la. 3r. in the Clay-field, by Gilbert 
Beresford, in 1747; ^177« 15s. vested in the Nottingham and 
Grantham turnpike, by John Kay, in 1774; and the following 
pecuniary donations, amounting to £2507, hut now laid out in 
land and buildings, viz. in 1715, Wm. Trigge, =£100; and 
Wm. Rippin .£100 ; 1760,. Mary Holden, .£600 ; 1764, Wm. 
Caunt, .£50; 1765, Richard Pureeil, £65; 1770, Sir George 
Smith, Bart. .£100; 1770, Mary Kev, .£115; 1777, Rev. 
Thomas Lovatt, .£100 ; 1782, Mrs. Kev,* ^100 ; 1785, Susannah 
Lovatt, .£100; 1796, Wm. Lovatt, .£100; 1796, Wm. Elliott, 
J650; 1798, John Morris, .£200; 1818, Samuel Unwin, ,£50 ; 
and in 1825, John Elliott, .£50; besides which several smaller 
donations have been paid to the school trustees, who are about 
twenty in number, and have for their treasurer Henry Smith, 
Esq. banker. 

The Unitarian Free School, behind the chapel in the 
High Pavement, was founded in consequence of a division 
which took place in I7B8, amongst the subscribers to the Blue 
Coat school. It is supported by annual contributions, for the 
education of forty boys and twenty girls of any religious deno- 
mination. Ten of the girls are also clothed. Mr. John Taylor 
and Miss Charlotte Sansom are the teachers. 

The School of Industry, which was founded by subscrip- 
tion in 1808, for the instruction of 150 poor girls in reading, 
writing, and plain needlework, now occupies part of St. James's 
church Sunday school, which was erected in Rutland-street, 
in 1824, and has another room occupied as an infant school, 
with 120 pupils. 

The Boys' Lancasterian School is a spacious building 
of one storw on the Derby road, erected in 1815, previous to 



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16i 



which the charity had existed in a rented room since its foun- 
dation in 1810. It is supported principally by the contribu- 
tions of Dissenters, but the ground on which the school stands 
was given by the corporation. The roof and back wall were de- 
stroyed by the falling of a rock in J 830. —(See p. 122.) Mr. 
Samuel Langworth is the master, and has now under tuition on 
the Lancasterian System of mutual instruction, 220 boys. 

The Girls' Lancasterian School in Houndsgate, was 
built in 1820, and is supported by annual subscriptions, for 
the education of 100 poor girls, who are now taught by Miss 
Emma Longden. The building also serves as a Sabbath school 
to the Castlegate Independent chapel. 

The National School in High Cross-street, is a gigantic 
seminary where no fewer than 560 boys are educated on. Dr. 
Bell's plan, at the cost of little more than £100 per annum, the 
master's salary being only £80. The yearly subscriptions 
amount to about .£90, and the annual collection at St. Mary's 
church in aid of this charity averages about £25. The build- 
ing which was formerly a chapel, Mas purchased in 1811, when 
the school was commenced. The principal donations received 
by the charity are £200 from the National Society in 1815, and 
2 bl 7 ; and £200 given by J. S. Wright, Esq., in 1815, besides 
a piece of land for the enlargement of the school room. The 
Duke of Newcastle subscribes ten guineas, and the Dowager 
Duchess of Newcastle five guineas annually. Mr. Joseph Ald- 
ridge is the master, the Vicar is the secretary, and Mr. T. 
Tollington the treasurer. 

The Nkw Charity School, in Barkergate was established 
in 1831, in the large Sunday school room attached to the Salem 
Independent Chapel, This valuable institution which is sup- 
ported by the contributions of the benevolent, arose principally 
from the pious exertions of the Rev. J. Orange, and William 
Wilson, Esq., the late mayor, who (observing that there were in 
the town several hundred children of the poorest parents, who 
refused to attend the Sabbath schools from the want of decent 
clothing, and who were running about the streets through the 
week, imbibing the germs of idleness and sin,) made a success- 
ful appeal to the respectable inhabitants, for their support in 
the establishment of this school, for the moral and religious in- 
struction of the children of the destitute poor, of whom no. 
fewer than 170 boys and 80 girls are now under the tuition of 
two masters and a governess, who teacli them reading, writing, 
arithmetic and the English grammar. 

1 he four Infant Schools enumerated at page 158, are con- 
ducted on the ingenious system introduced by Messrs. Wilder- 
spin and Wilson, by which, infants betwixt the ages of two and 
six years, under a pleasing interchange of exercise, amuse- 
ment, and instruction, experience a gradual development of 
their bodily and mental powers; and are also kept during the, 

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day from that danger and neglect, to which so many of th« 
young children of the poor are exposed whilst their parents are 
engaged in their respective avocations. The schools are sup- 
ported partly by subscription, but small weekly payments are 
properly required from those parents whose circumstances are 
sufficient to bear the demand. 

AMOUNT OF CHARITABLE FUNDS.— The stream 
which tlows from the Nottingham fountain of charity for the 
education of poor children, is not more copious than that which 
issues for the solace of age^ poverty, and sickness. Fifteen 
Hospitals in the town, endowed with property which pro- 
duces upwards of ^2100 per annum,, afford comfortable asy- 
lums for 155 poor aged alms-people, besides relieving 32 out- 
pen^ioners. Many indigent families receive pecuniary and other 
relief from the periodical distribution of the funds arising from 
the Benefactions of deceased friends of the poor, and now 
producing collectively about ^£550 per annum, which with the 
.£1080 per annum belonging to the Grammar and Blue Coat 
schools, swells the total yearly amount of posthumous charity 
to <£3730, exclusive of numerous bequests to the General Hos- 
pital and the General Lunatic Asglum, whose yearly incomes 
arising from donations, legacies, and subscriptions amount col- 
lectively to about ^£3000. Upwards of £500 is subscribed an- 
nually for the support of the recently established Dispensary, 
and .£1000 is dispensed annually by the various Benevolent 
Societies in the town, which seek out the abodes of the wretch- 
ed; — provide warm clothing for the indigent in winter; — sup- 
ply the friendless poor, whether natives or strangers, with tem- 
porary relief; — furnish poor married lying-in-women with ne- 
cessary comforts, and distribute Bibles, Prayer Books, and Re- 
ligious Tracts amongst the ignorant and the depraved. To this 
mass of benevolence, we may add about c£800, subscribed an- 
nually in aid of the Public Schools, which swells the total 
amount of charity, dispensed in and near Nottingham to 
upwards of ^£.'8000 per annum. Notwithstanding the ampli- 
tude of these charitable funds, and the great benefits derived by 
the freemen of the town from the burgess lands and " burgess 
parts," — (See p. 133,) no less than .£24,000 per annum has of 
late years been levied as poor rates in the three parishes of 
Nottingham. — (See pages i 27 and 128 ) 

ALMS-HOUSES. 

ThePLUMTTRE Hospital in Plumptre-squan\is themostan- 
cient charitable institution in the town, being founded in 1392, 
by John de Plumptre, for the maintenance of two chaplains and 
thirteen poor widows " broken with old age and depressed with 
poverty." The founder directed that one of the chaplains 
should be master or warden of the hospital, which, after the 



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dissolution of the religious houses, was ontenanted till 1582, 
when Nicholas Plumptre, of Nottingham, became the master 
under a patent granted by Queen Elizabeth, and repaired the 
building with the fines which he received from the tenants of 
the land and tenements with which it is endowed. In 1650, 
and 1751, it received considerable repairs from two descend- 
ants of the founder, whose present representee, John Plumpt?*e, 
Esq., of Fredville, in the county of Kent, erected in 1824, a 
new hospital on the site of the old one; — having in the pre- 
ceding year obtained an act of Parliament to sell a piece of the 
hospital land, to defray the expense. He is now the sole mas- 
ter of the hospital which is endowed with land and buildings let 
for about £6S0 per annum, out of which he allows £\. 2s. 6d. 
every calendar month, to each of the thirteen almswomen, with 
a ton of coals, and a gown yearly, besides a yearly stipend to 
the man who reads prayers in the chapel. Thirty out-pen- 
sioners receive each i'10 per annum, but these are, we consi- 
der, improperly selected near the master's own residence in the 
county of Kent, for if it pleased him to remove from the seat 
of his ancestor, we see no right that can justify him in trans- 
planting to a distant soil, one-half of that ancestor's ancient cha- 
rity which was bequeathed to the poor of Nottingham. The 
present hospital, is substantially built of brick in the ancient 
style, and covered with stucco in imitation of stone. The wi- 
dows are admitted at the age of 70, and have each comfortable 
apartments. Henry Percy, Esq. is the steward. 

Collin's Hospital at the corner of Park-street and Spa- 
niel-row, is a large quadrangular building, with a paved yard 
in the centre, and two detached buildings at the entrance from 
Houndsgate, called the Lower Hospital. The whole contains 
24 dwellings for the same number of poor widows and widowers, 
who each receive 4s. per week and 2\ tons of coals yearly. 
Abel Collin, by his will dated 1704, left a large property to his 
nephew, Mr. Thomas Smith, for building and endowing this 
hospital, which was erected in 1709. In 1804, the Rev. Abel 
Collin Launder bequeathed 20-27th parts of an original share 
in the Nottingham Waterworks, to Samuel and Thomas Smith, 
Esqrs. in trust, to pay the yearly dividends (which in 1827, 
amounted to £25. 18s. Td.) in equal portions to the 24 poor 
alms- people in Collin's Hospital. The original endowment 
produced in 1829, no less than £T59 per annum, of which, 
.€450 arises from an estate at Burroughin Leicestershire; ^6*105 
from land and buildings in Nottingham ; and £204 from ^6800 
consolidated 3 per cent, stock, a part of which has late'y been 
sold by Henry Smith, Esq. and the other trustees, for the pur- 
pose of extending the founder's charity, by the erection of a 
New Hospital in Carrington- street , which was completed in 
1831, and is now occupied by 12 alms-people who have the 
•amc allowance as the 24, in the old hospital. This new eret- 



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tion forms the handsomest alms-house in Nottingham, and 
stands in a modern part of the town, upon a large grass-plot, 
enclosed with neat iron palisades. The new street in front 
(which with all the land in its vicinity, belongs to this exten- 
sive charity) has its name from Lord Carrington, who is a col- 
lateral descendant of the founder, and the head of the family 
of Smith. 

Lambley Hospital pleasantly situated on the Derby road, 
forms three sides of a square, with a grass-plot enclosed with 
iron palisades in front. It has 22 dwellings for as many poor 
burgesses or their widows, who have each a ton of coals year- 
ly; and it is expected that in a few years they will have small 
weekly stipends, for the debt incurred by the erection of the 
building must be now nearly, if not wholly liquidated. It was 
built in 1812., at the cost of ^2700, by the corporation as trus- 
tees of an Estate at Lambley, which consists of 104a. 3r. 26p. 
let for £160 per annum, and was purchased by them in 1654, 
with money left for charitable uses, of which £200 was be- 
queathed by Lady Grantham, who directed the yearly proceeds 
thereof to be expended in giving apprentice fees with poor 
children. 

Willouohby's Hospital stands in Fishergate, near Penny- 
foot-stile, where it was erected in 1780, in lieu of the old hos- 
pital which stood on Malin-Hill, and was founded in 1524, by 
Thomas Willoughby, whoin that year, endowed it with landand 
buildings in Friar-lane, Cartergate, and Malin-hill, which now 
let for .£180 per annum. Tn 1810, two additional dwellings 
were built, making in the whole 14, for as many poor aged 
men or women, who each receive £\ a year and an allowance 
of coals from the churchwardens of St. Mary's, who are trustees 
of this, as well as of \¥oolley's and Warsergate alms-houses, to 
which it was determined at a vestry meeting in 1828, that none 
should be admitted under the age of 60 years, and none but 
such as are legally settled in the parish of St. Mary's, and have 
not received parochial relief for ten years previous to their ap- 
plication. 

Labray's Hospital, on the Derby road, consists of a row 
of six dwellings for six poor frame-tvork knitters of the age of 
70 and upwards, who have each 4s. per week and 2\ tons of coal 
yearly. It was founded by Jonathan Labray, a manufacturer 
of hosiery in Nottingham, but a native of Calverton, where in 
his youth he had worked as a frame-work knitter. He died a 
batchelor in 1718, and left his property for the foundation of 
this charity, in trust to Thomas Smith, Esq., and the other 
trustees of Collin's hospital, whose successors, Henrv Smith, 
Esq. and others, are still governors and treasurers of both in- 
stitutions. The endowment consists of a farm of L29a.2r. 22p. 
in Calverton parish, now let for ^6*110 per annum; and j£1100 
consolidated 3 per cents, making the total yearly income about. 



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£\5Q, out of which six pounds is paid annually to Calverton 
School agreeable to the will of the founder. This income is 
nearly twice as much as the present expenditure, it is proper 
therefore that the benefits of the charity should be extended, 
either by the erection of a new hospital, or the admission of a 
number of out-pensioners. 

Woolley's Bead Houses, in Beck-lane, were founded in 
1647, by Thomas Woolley, gentleman, for three poor persons 
with a rent charge of 40s. per annum ; but in 18U9 they were 
repaired and enlarged for the accommodation of si\v poor 
widows, by the Churchwardens of St. Mary's, who, with the 
vicar and overseers, are the trustees. In 18l8, Samuel Univin, 
shoemaker, bequeathed -£1000, and directed the interest to be 
divided equally amongst the 12 almspeople, in Woolley's Bead- 
houses and Warsergate hospital. This sum was vested in 
£986. 16s. four per cent stock, yielding .£39. 9s. 4d. per 
annum, from which each of the said almspeople receive £2. 5s. 
and a ton of coal yearly, besides which Woolley's " bead folk" 
receive 2s. per week, arising: from the above named rent charge, 
from a part of the hospital garden let on a lease, and from the 
sacrament-money collected in St. Mary's church. 

Warsergate Hospital is of unknown origin, but was re- 
built in 1775, with rooms for six poor women, who have each 
2s. per week from the rent of three small pieces of land ; and 
£2. os. and a ton of coal yearly from the above named bequest 
of Samuel Unwin. Immediately behind this hospital four new 
dwellings were erected in 1823, in lieu of Pilch ergate 
Hospital, which, together with the site was sold for £180, of 
which £143 was expended in the new building, which has no 
endowment but the small balance of £37, kept for future re- 
pairs ; consequently the inmates have no allowance except from 
the poor rates. The churchwardens of St. Mary's are trustees 
of both hospitals, the founders of which are unknown. 

Handlky's Almshouses, in Stoney-street, consist of a row 
of 12 small ancient habitations only one story high, with gar- 
dens behind them, for the 12 aged almspeople, who each receive 
16s. 8d. per quarter, arising from a rent charge of £40, left in 
1650 by the founder, Henry Handley, Esq, to be paid yearly 
out of his estate at Bramcote, too ether \\ ith £60 for other 
charitable uses, viz. £20 for a weekly lecture in St. Mary's 
church ; £20 for the officiating minister at Bramcote; £5 ibr 
the poor of Bramcote; £4 to the poor prisoners in the gaols of 
the county of Nottingham ; £0 to the poor of Wilford ; and £1 
each to Beeston, Chilwell, Attenborough, Trowell, Stapleford 
and Wollaton, for the poor of those parishes. The estate on 
which this £100 per annum is charged now belongs to John 
Sherwin Sherwin, Esq. of Bramcote, who has the presentation 
of the four eentre alms-houses, but the four at the north end 



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are in the gi ft of the mayor, and the other four in the gift of 
Earl Manvers. 

Wahtnaby's Almhousks, at the corner of Fletchergate and 
Pilchergate, form an aged brick building consisting of three 
lower and three upper rooms ; the former of which are occu- 
pied by three women, and the latter by three men. They were 
built in 1665, by Barnaby Wartnaby, an industrious black- 
smith, who by his will, dated 1672, endowed them with two 
houses in Fletchergate, adjoining the almshouses, and a house 
in Woolpack-lane ; the rents of which now amount to £39 per 
annum. Each of the six almspeople receivers, per month; 
6s. at the goose fair; 10s. 6d. yearly in lieu of clothing ; and a 
ton of coals every six months. The trustees are Messrs. F. 
Hardwick, Thomas Hall, John Stirland, William Jamson, 
Thomas Evison, and Thomas Dufty. 

Btlby's Hospital, in St. John's-street, was founded in 1709 
by the excentrie but philanthropic William Billy, who, though 
once a shoemaker, long practiced the following learned sciences 
in the town, viz. surgerv, chemistry, physic, astronomy, and 
astrology, as was recorded by himself in a rhyming inscription in 
front of the hospital, now obliterated. The building which 
contains eight apartments for eight poor burgesses or their wi- 
dows was repaired and stuccoed a few years ago. Each 
inmate has a sixpenny loaf weekly ; 3s. on St. Thomas'-day,and 
one and a half ton of coals yearlv,with the use of a small garden. 
The endowment consists of the Black Swan pablic house, in 
Goosegate, and the ten adjoining dwellings, all of which were 
imprudently let by the corporation (who are the trustees) in 
1794, on a lease for 70 years, at the small annual rent of £16, 
on condition that the lessee should lay out .£400 in rebuilding 
some of the premises. The property now lets for about ^'80 
per annum, consequently the lessee is reapinga lucrativeharvest 
at the expense of the charity. 

Gregory's " \Y r HiTE Rents" derived their name perhaps 
from their being the last tenements that paid a quite or ivhite 
rent to the Peveril family. They consisted originally of eleven 
tenements in Houndsgate, bequeathed in 1613, by William Gre- 
gory, town clerk of Nottingham, for the use of the poor, with 
a rent charge of 40s. a year out of Baycroft-close, to keep them 
in repair. But in 1788 these ancient buildings were sold with 
the ground on which they stood, and the money divided amongst 
the three parishes, and expended in the erection of twelve rooms 
in York-street for as manv poor of St. Mary's ; eight rooms on 
the north bank of the Leen, betwixt Finkle-street and Grey- 
friargate, for eight poor of St. Nicholas's ; and a building in 
Broad-Marsh, used as the workhouse of St. Peter's parish. 

Patten's Almshouses, in Maiden-lane, consist of only two 
humble dwellings for two poorwomen, one of whom is admitted 
by the owner of two houses in the »ame lane, and the other by 



the owner of the adjoining public-house in Barkergate. They 
were founded in J 651 by John Patten, a brickraaker, who en- 
dowed them with the rents of two houses then occupied by two 
of his workmen, whose successors afterwards sold the property 
which has been rebuilt, and now consists of the above mention- 
ed houses, the owners of which have long- since ceased to con- 
tribute anything towards the support of the two aged women 
whom they place in the almshouses. 

Gellestrope's Hospital, which stood in Barkergate, con- 
sisted of five miserable huts with a large garden, but the site 
and ground belonging to it is now occupied by St. Mary'» 
Burial-ground, (No. 2) and by Salem chapel and the Barker- 
gate Free school. The almshouses were taken down in 1812, 
bv the corporation, who are the trustees ; though the presenta- 
tion was confined to two of their body serving the office of 
Bridgemasters, from whom, the now obsolete almshouses were 
called " Bridgemasters Hospital" owing perhaps to the foun- 
dress having left part of her property for the repairs of the 
Trent-bridge. Margery Mellor's Hospital, founded in 
1539, consisted of four cottages and a garden, in the Low-pave- 
ment, left in trust to the corporation for the residence of six 
poor women for ever; but they disappeared many generations 
ago, and the site is now occupied by the Assembly-rooms, with- 
out any other building being provided for the almswomen. 
The foundress also left some property for keeping the Trent- 
bridge in repair, and we trust that the corporation will, e'er 
long, atone for the errors of themselves and their predecessors, 
bv erecting 10 or 12 almshouses on some part of their grounds, 
to supply the place of Gellestrope's and Mellor's hospitals, 
which they first suffered to decay, and then sold the sites and 
the materials for their own emolument. 

BENEFACTIONS 

LEFT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN NOTTINGHAM. 

Sir Thomas White ^s Loan Money, which has raised many 
of the industrious inhabitants of Nottingham, from the rank of 
journeymen to that of masters, now amounts to upwards of 
£12,000 which is lent free of interest for nine years, in ,£50 
shares, to the burgesses " of good name and thrift," who chooe 
to claim the use of it, and can find sureties for its re-payment. 
This lending fund arose and still continues to be augmented 
from the proceeds of the bequest of Sir Thomas White, who, in 
1552, placed in the hands of the corporation of Coventry £1300 
to be laid out in land and buidings ; and directed the rents thereof 
to he employed solely for the benefit of that city till 31 years 
after his death, (which happened in 1566,) and afterwards to be • 
given yearly to the five following places in rotation, viz. Coven- 



163' BHNBFA<moWS. 

try, Northampton, Leicester, Nottingham, and Warwick, to be 
lent by the corporations of each place to young burgesses as 
stated above, to enable them to begin business. The annual 
rent of the charity estate is now about £1600, but the sum re- 
ceived for Nottingham every 5th year is only about .£1100, ow- 
ing to large deductions being claimed for alms at Coventry, and 
for the Merchant Tailor's Company of London, of which latter 
the founder was a member, and seems to "have appointed them as 
special trustees to prevent the corporation with whom the pro- 
perty is vested, from misapplying the charity, as they did for 
many years, till 1712, when a sequestration was issued out of 
chancery against them for £224:1, which they had embezzled 
by concealing the encreased value of the land and buildings, 
which they commonly let on leases at very small rents, in con- 
sideration of large fines, which they never carried to the account 
of the charity. A Mr, Perks, in 1620, gave ^30, and Robert 
Staples, m 16M,ieft <£40, to be lent to poor burgesses, but 
these sums are either lost or have been indiscriminately added 
to Sir Thomas White's charity. 

Anthony Acham, in 1638, left £5 yearly out of lands, at 
Asterly, in Lincolnshire, to the corporation to be distributed in 
bread amongst the poor of Nottingham. ; 

Lady Grantham, in 1658, left ^200 for apprenticing poor 
children. It is now vested in the Lambly eharity estate. — 
See page 164. 

Henry Martin, in 1689, left 20s. yearly to each of the parishes 
of Nottingham, out of a house in St. James's-street, for appren- 
ticing poor children. 

Abel Collin, the benevolent founder of the hospital in Friar- 
lane, left ^20 to St. Mary's, c£20 to St. Nicholas', and £\5 to 
St. Peter's parish, for the purpose of buying coals in summer 
to sell to the poor in winter at prime cost, but these sums have 
been absorbed in the general expenses of the parishes. 

William Willonghby, in 1587, bequeathed £'S, 6s. 8d. per 
annum, now paid by Mr. Plumptre's agent, to the church- 
wardens of St. Mary's, and four other parishes in rotation. Of 
this sum £6 is given to poor tradesmen ; £2 to purchase frize 
gowns for four poor women, and 6s. 8d. for a sermon on Whit- 
Monday. 

Roger Manners, Esq. left in 1598, a yearly rent charge of 
£5 out of two closes in Wilford. Half of this is given to the 
poor of St. Mary's, and the remainder to those of St. Nicholas' 
and St. Peter's parishes. The churchwardens are the trustees, 
and receive the money from Mr. Cox, of Wilford. 

Robert Shemvin, in 1638, left half the rent of the Bell Tnn, 
to be divided equally amongst the three parishes of Nottingham 
for the poor. This charity now produces £22, 10s. per annum,; 
and the churchwardens and overseers are the trustees. 



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John Parkers charity for the library and apprentice fees now 
amounts to .£13. 10s. yearly. -—See Grammar-school, page 159. 

William Robinson, in 1703, gave .£100 to the corporation, in 
trust that they should pay yearly to the vicar of St. Mary's £3, 
and to the rectors of St. Nicholas' and St. Peter's, «£l. 10s. 
each, to be distributed in bread amongst the poor of their res- 
peetive parishes. 

Thomas Saunders, in 171 1, left two houses and a garden in 
Pilshergate, (now let for £32 a year) to the poor of the three 
parishes of Nottingham, except £2 a year to the Blue Coat- 
school. Mr. George Bunting and others are trustees. 

Joseph James, in 1715, left land and buildings at Basford and 
Ashover, now let for £20 per annum, of which £3 is given to 
two dissenting ministers, and the remainder divided (in sums 
varying from £2 to 10s.) amongst about 15 indigent town's 
people. Henry Enfield, T. Fellowes, A. Lowe, J. Stubbins, 
and T. C. Smith, Esqrs. are trustees. 

Mary Holden, in 1760, left .£400 in three per cent stock, 
and directed the yearly dividends, amounting to .£12, to be paid 
as follows, viz. — £6 to the vicar of St. Mary's, and £3 each to 
the two rectors of Nottingham, to be by them distributed 
amongst such poor of their own parishes as have not received 
parochial relief This charity is received yearly at Messrs, 
Smith and Co.' s bank. The same benevolent lady left ,£600 to 
the Blue Coat school. 

William and John Gregory, in 1654, gave a yearly rent charge 
of £ 5. 4s. out of four houses in Barkergate, to provide two shil- 
lings worth of bread every Sunday for the poor of St. Marv's. 
The houses were rebuilt in 1792, by George de Ligne Gregory, 
Esq., and they now belong to Gregory Gregory, Esq. of 
Rempston. 

Hannah and Eliz. Metham, in 1687 and 1695, left 50s. 
yearly out of a house and bakehouse in the Spread Eagle yard, 
to provide 300 twopenny loaves, to be given to as many poor 
people of St. Mary's parish by the churchwardens, on the 11th of 
November. 

William Burton, in 1726, left .£100 to St. Mary's poor, in 
consideration of which £0 is paid yearly out of the poor's-rate, 
and distributed in coals. 

Thomas Roberts, in 1729, bequeathed 10s. yearly out of a 
house in Narrow-marsh, to be distributed in bread. 
^JVilliam Frost, in 1781, left ,£500, and Henry Lockett, in 
] 790, £55, to the poor of St. Mary's, who do not receive 
parochial alms. These sums were laid out in 1793, in the 
purchase of £700. 15s. lOd. consolidated three per cents, pro- 
ducing £21. 0s. 4d. per annum. The vicar and churchwardens 
are the trustees. In 1828, a committee of the inhabitants re- 
commended that Manners', Staples', Roberts', Frost's, and 
Lockett's charities, should be given towards the support of the 

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170 CHARITIES. 

inmates of Woolley's and Warsergate almshouses, who also 
receive from the churchwardens the interest of ,£118, which 
arose from small donations, and from the sale of several old 
butchers' shops which stood on the church land. In 1647, 
Mary Wilson left 30s. yearly out of Trough-close, near Map- 
perley-hills, to the poor, but it has not been paid for many 
years. 

BENEFACTIONS TO ST. NICHOLAS' PARISH. 

Eliz. Bilby, in 1697, left the interest of £20, vested in the 
corporation, for 20 poor widows. 

Dr. Robert Gray, in 1705, left ^20, since encreased by other 
gifts to £50 % three per cent consols, standing in the names of 
William Chamberlain, Thomas Marriott, John Wild, and 
Samuel Hollins, in trust for the poor. 

Jacob Tibson, in 1729, bequeathed several tenements in Grey- 
friargate, to the rector and churchwardens in trust, to divide 
the rents amongst " the better sort of poor at 5s. each." These 
buildings were sold in 1801, for as much money as purchased 
£■215. 18s. lOd. consolidated three per cents, yielding £6. 9s. 2d. 
per annum. The same donor gave, during his life, ,^40 to the 
same trustees for the use of the poor. 

.Anthony Walker, a traveller, by his will, in 1714, left two 
cottages and 12 acres of land, at Matlock, " to the poor of that 
parish where he might chance to breathe his last." He died in 
St. Nicholas', and the rent of the property, which is now let 
for £\3 a year, is distributed in bread, in weekly portions every 
Sunday, at. the parish Church, together with those moieties of 
Robinson's, Acham's, Manners 7 , and Serwood's charities, which 
are allotted to this parish. 

BENEFACTIONS TO ST. PETER'S PARISH. 

Luke Jackson, in 1630, left two-thirds of the tithes of Horse- 
pool, and directed 40s. thereof to be paid yearly to the rector 
for preaching two sermons on July 28th, and November 5th, 
"■to return thanks for the deliverance of this land and people 
from the ' Invincible Armada' in J 588, and from the gunpow- 
der plot in 1605;" and the residue to be given to the poor on 
the same days. By the Stanton and Charnwood Forest Inclosure 
Act, these tithes were commuted for 62a. 3r. 37p. of land, on 
which a good homestead was built, and the whole is now let for 
.£74. 16s. per annum, besides a yearly composition of £9. 2s. 5d. 
making the total annual income ^6*83. 18s. 5d. Henry Smith, 
Esq. and others are trustees, and distribute the charity at the 
workhouse. 

Francis Skeffincjton, in 1633, left a yearly rent charge of 20s. 
out of the house, No. J, in Bridlcsmithgate, which has long been 
occupied by Mr. Sutton, publisher of the Nottingham Review. 



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who pays the money to the churchwardens for the use of the 
poor. 

Thomas Trigge, in 1703, left £50, with which was purchased 
the Duck-meadow, in Sneinton, now let for £10 a year, which, 
except 12s. for the land-tax, is distributed in bread on Good- 
Friday and Christmas -day, by the churchwardens and overseers. 

William Drury, in 167*6, left 20s. yearly out of two leys of 
land on the Rye-hills, to be given to six poor widows. The 
land thus charged now belongs to Mr. Low, of Locko, Derby- 
shire. 

Robert Sherioin, in 1660, left 26s. yearly out of his estates, to 
be divided amongst six poor widows. His father's charity, from 
which this parish receives £*]. 1 0s. yearly, is noticed at page 168. 

Amongst the Lost Charities recorded on the benefaction 
tables of Nottingham, we find the following, viz. £100 left in 
1635, by Sir George Peckham, to the town at large; <£l. 10s. 
yearly by Mrs, Laivton in 1632 ; £l yearly by William 
Greaves in 1639; and a legacy of £50 by John Barker in 1732, 
to the poor of St. Peter's parish ; and ^£20 left in 1784 by 
Timothy Pym y to the poor of St. Nicholas' parish. 

GENERAL HOSPITAL. 

The Nottingham General Hospital, pleasantly situated on 
Standard-hill, is " open to the sick and lame poor of any county 
or nation*' and ranks as the largest and most useful charitable 
institution in the town. The building, which is large, elegant, 
and convenient, was erected by subscription in 1781, and is sur- 
rounded by an extensive lawn and garden, comprising about two 
acres of land, which was given by the Duke of Newcastle and 
the corporation. Several additions have been made to the in- 
firmary, and near the east end of it a commodious fever house 
has lately been erected, for the reception of persons affected 
with contagious diseases, so that this Samaritan institution is 
now as complete and as liberal in its benefits as any other in 
the kingdom. All proper objects for the fever-ward, and per- 
sons injured by serious accidents, are admitted on the first ap- 
plication, at any hour of the day or night, without any recommen- 
dation whatever ; and in other cases a subscriber's recommen- 
datory letter opens to the bearer the doors of this house of 
mercy, either as an in or oz^-patient. Since its commencement, 
upwards ot 68,000 patients have partaken of its healing benefits, 
j,nd the average number on the list at one time is generally 
about 70 in and 600 <?w/-patients. The annual expenditure of 
this gigantic establishment is generally about £2000. Since its 
commencement it has received benefaction and legacies to the 
amont of .£23,334. of which £6337. 2s. lOd. was given by an 



172 CHARITABLK INSTITUTIONS. 

unknown* benefactor; *£1000 by Mrs. Eliz. Bainbridge, of 
Woodborough ; £400 by " a friend ;" .£300 by John Morris, 
Esq. of Nottingham ; £300 by the Duke of Newcastle ; £305 by 
the Duke of Portland; £1000 left by Mr. and Mrs. Kay, of 
Fulford ; £500 by James Chadwick, Esq. of Mansfield ; £300 
by Mrs. Jerrom, of Nottingham; £1000 by the Rev. J. B. 
Copestake, of Kettleby, and many other sums of from £100 to 
£200 by other charitable individuals. The following contingent 
legacies have also been bequeathed in favour of this infirmary, 
viz. £1000 in the 4 per cents left by Edward Bennett, Esq. 
sugar-baker, of Sheffield, to be paid atthe decease of his widow, 
who is still alive ; and £1400 left by the Reverend Creed 
Turner, of Treeton, in Yorkshire, payable at the decease of 
his sister, the widow of the late Dr. Storer. The annual sub- 
scriptions amount to upwards of £1000,. besides which the in- 
stitution receives £952 yearly interest, arising from £19,000, 
3J per cent stock ; £7900, 3 per cent stock; and from £1000, 
secured on the Nottingham town rate. The physicians and 
surgeons of the town lend their assistance gratuitously. Mr, 
Eddison is the resident surgeon and apothecary ; Lord George 
Bentinck is the president ; the bankers of Nottingham are the 
treasurers, and Mr. Richard Dale is the secretary and deputy 
receiver. In the minutes of the hospital is recorded the most 
extraordinary case of Kitty Hudson, who in 1783, voided from 
different parts of her body a great number of pins and needles, 
which she had swallowed at various times r owing to her long" 
continued practice of eating, drinking, and sleeping with them 
in her mouth ! After remaining some time in the hospital she re- 
covered her health, and subsequently became a wife and a mother. 
The Dispensary at St. Mary's Workhouse is supported 
at the cost of about £350 per annum, paid out of the poor 
rates of St. Mary's parish. (See p. 1270 It was established 
in 1813, and has for its object the gratuitous administration of 
medical and surgical aid to all the poor parishioners. In the 
following year a [fever house was built in the workhouse yard, 
towards erecting which the late Francis Wakefield, Esq. paid 
to the overseers £326. 17s. 8d. as part of a subscription raised 
in 1802, after the peace of Amiens for the purpose of erecting 
an institution for the reception of poor persons afflicted with 
febrile deseases, instead of having an illumination. The ba- 
lance of this subscription, £149. 13s. waspaid in 1829, towards 
the erection of the fever house attached to the generel hospital, 
by the executors of the late Francis Wakefield, Esq. who 
during a great part of his life was a liberal benefactor to the 

* This " unknown" benefactor also left two sums of the same amount, to the 
Infirmaries of Sheffield and Derby. The money was paid by Messrs. Coutts and 
Co., bankers, London, and the donor is generally believed to have been that great 
philosopher and chemist, the Honourable Henry Cavendish, who died at 
Clapham, in 1811. 



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town. The number of patients relieved at St. Mary's Dispen- 
sary during the year ending March 1831, was 2612, exclusive of 
Vaccine inoculation, which was first propagated in the town 
(gratis to the poor,) by Mr. John Attenburrow, in the year 1800. 
The " Nottingham Dispensary for the relief of the sick 
poor resident in the county and town of Nottingham," was 
established in 1831. It occupies a large and commodious- 
house, betwixt Hockley and Woolpack-lane. It has already 
received donations amounting to upwards of ^6*650, and annual 
subscriptions amounting to nearly .£550. Its affairs are ma- 
naged by a president, six vice-presidents, a committee of twelve 
subscribers, two honorary consulting physicians, (Drs. Howitt 
and Cursham ;) four honorary acting surgeons, (Drs. Williams, 
White, Greaves, and Davison ;) a resident surgeon, (Mr. Ro- 
bert Garner;) and an honorary secretary, (Mr. Thomas Wake- 
field.) Those patients who cannot attend the dispensary, are 
visited at their own dwellings, and though the charity does not 
practice midwifery, it relieves poor married women after child- 
birth, provided they need medical assistance, and are recom- 
mended by a subscriber. 

The GENERAL LUNATIC ASYLUM for Nottingham 
and Nottinghamshire, is a large and handsome building, plea- 
santly situated on the declivity of a hill, in the parish of Snein- 
ton, on the Carlton road, about a mile from the Market-place. 
The foundation stone was laid May 31, 1810, and the building 
was opened for the reception of patients on the 15th February, 
1812; since which several additions have been made to the 
fabric, and in 1 829, the want of room was so great, that two 
new wards, for the reception of 20 male and 20 female incurable 
patients, were erected during that and the following year, at 
the expense of .£2074. 16s. 3d., swelling the total cost of the 
buildings, furniture, land, planting, &c. to upwards of .£31,000, 
of which seven -twelfths was raised by voluntary subscription, 
and the remainder paid out of the county rates* viz. four- 
twelfths by Nottinghamshire, and one-twelfth by Nottingham. 
The establishment is well adapted for the comfort and recovery 
of those afflicted with that most distressing of all human mala- 
dies — insanity ; being provided with commodious and well 
ventilated apartments, separated into distinct wards for the 
classification of the patients, who have the best medical assist- 
ance, and are provided with an excellent suit of baths, and with 
extensive courts and gardens for their recreation. It contains 
accommodation for about 120 patients, and its wards are gene- 
rally all occupied. Pursuant to an Act of Parliament passed 
in the 48th of George III. all pauper lunatics or dangerous 
idiots, must be placed in some asylum sanctioned by the magis- 
trates ; and those belonging to Nottingham or Nottinghamshire 
are sent to this institution ; — their respective parishes paying 
small yearly stipends for their support. Some of the apart- 



174 INSTITUTIONS, &C . 

ments are appropriately fitted up for those patients who can 
afford to pay for superior accommodation ; and the paupers and 
other poor unfortunate inmates are assisted by a charitable 
fund, arising from benefactions, legacies, and annual subscrip- 
tions. Lord George Bentinck is the president; Colonel Wild- 
man the vice-president ; the magistrates and principal voluntary 
subscribers are the visiting governors ; Henry Smith and E. S. 
Godfrey, Esqrs. are the treasurers; Alexander Munson, M.D., 
F. R. S. E. the physiciau ; Mr. Henry Oldknow the surgeon ; 
Mr. Thomas Morris the director ; Sirs. Morris the matron ; 
and Mr. Richard Dale the deputy-receiveiv 

The Public Baths may also be classed amongst the medical 
institutions, though in Nottingham they are neither supported 
by charity, nor remarkable for their accommodation, — the 
cold water bathers- being mostly obliged to avail themselves 
of that salubrious exercise by immersion in the open river 
or canal, where many scores may often be seen laving 
themselves, in the summer season, at very improper hours,, 
(even on the Sunday afternoon,) to the great annoyance of the 
fair sex, who may wish to enjoy a walk across the meadows.-— 
At the house of Mr. Flewitt, in Parliament-street, there is an 
excellent suit of " Whitlaiv^s patent vegetable medicated vapour 
baths" established in 1830 ; and Mr. Raynor, in Bellargate, 
has had a suit of fumigating baths since 1829. Of cold water 
baths, there are but three small ones in the neighbourhood, viz. 
two on the Leen, and one at St. Ann's, (see p. 136 ;) but the 
latter is at too great a distance from the town to be of much 
benefit to the inhabitants. 

PROVIDENT SOCIETIES.— Belonging to this class there 
are in the town a considerable number of Benefit Societies, the 
members of which pay small monthly contributions to their 
respective funds, from which they are relieved in case of sick- 
ness, infirmity, and superannuation, and from which the friends 
of deceased members receive sums of ^£8 or ^£10, to provide 
for their decent interment, &c. &c. Amongst these fraternities 
are several secret orders, viz. Lodges of Freemasons, Ancient 
Druids, and Odd Fellows, whose splendid "regalia" gives an 
imposing effect to all public processions. The Druids and Odd 
Fellows are very numerous, both in Nottingham and the neigh- 
bouring villages. Here are also a Trades Union, a Political 
Union, and a Co-operative Society, but they are neither con- 
spicuous for numbers nor wealth ; the first is a branch of the 
National association of workmen for the protection of labour; 
the second has for its grand object the promotion of Parlia- 
mentary Reform; and the third consists of about CA members, 
with a small trading fund, and a store of provisions, &c. in 
Milton-street, from which they purchase what they consume in 
their families, and divide their profits quarterly. 

The Savings Bank, iu Smithy-row, is a provident institu- 



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tion, which affords a safe and beneficial investment for the 
savings of the humbler classes. It was established in April, 
1818 ; and is open every Monday, and on the last Saturday in 
every month, from eleven till two o'clock. It is under the 
management of thirty-six directors, and the Duke of Newcastle, 
the patron; Sir Robert Clifton, Bart, the president; C. J. 
Wright, Esq. the treasurer; Wm. Jarman, the secretary; and 
John Patterson, the clerk. On November 20th, 1830, the 
deposits amounted to £105,492. 2s., belonging to 4322 depo- 
sitors, who receive £3. 8s. 5|d. per cent, interest per annum. 
Of this sum, upwards of .£8000 is the property of 168 benefit 
or friendly societies, and the rest belongs to individual de- 
positors* 

LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &c. 

The Subscription Library and News Room, founded in 
1816, occupy Bromley House, in the Market-place, one of the 
largest and best built mansions in the town, being erected by 
Sir George Smith, Bart, whose son afterwards took the name 
of Bromley, and removed to Stoke ; though this house long 
continued to be used as the occasional residence of himself and 
his descendants* After being untenanted for some time, it was 
purchased and repaired for the Subscription Library, which 
now contains upwards of 7000 volumes, amongst which are 
many scarce and valuable works, in every branch of literature 
and the arts and sciences, and most of the Parliamentary re- 
cords of public charities, &c. &c. Adjoining the large library 
room, is a smaller apartment in which is deposited the Stand- 
fast Library,, a collection of about 2000 ancient volumes, on 
theology, law, history, &c, most of which were given in 1774* 
by the Rev. Win. Standfast, D. D. as the foundation of a pub- 
lic library, and for that purpose placed in the Blue Coat cha- 
rity school, whence they were removed to their present situation 
in 1816, on the proprietors of the subscription library agreeing 
to pay five guineas yearly to the trustees, to be employed in 
repairing the said books, and in adding other works to their 
catalogue. In the library rooms is a cabinet of mineralogy, 
and also many antiquities, curiosities, and excellent paintings, 
two of which latter bear honourable testimony of the talents of 
two native artists, viz. a full length portrait of Dr. Storer, by 
Mr. Barber; and a view of Clifton Grove, by Mr. J. R. Walker. 
The building and the library, &c. belong to 250 shareholders, 
who each pay an annual subscription of two guineas. The 
News Room, which occupies the ground floor, is under the 
management of the library committee, and is well supplied 
with London and provincial papers ; each subscriber paying 
25s. per annum. Connected with it is an excellent billiard 
table. The present officers of the institution are the Rev, 



*7C> LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &C« 

R> W. Almond, president; J. Wright, Esq. treasurer; Thomas 
Wakefield, Eaq. sub-treasurer ; Saml. Newham, Esq. secretary ; 
and Mr. James Archer, librarian. 

The Artisans' Library, in Smithy-row, was established 
in 1824, and now consists of nearly 2400 volumes, belonging 
to forty-two shareholders, and 380 subscribers ; the former of 
whom gave £5 each towards the foundation, but most of them 
have relinquished all interest in the library, except that of pro- 
moting its welfare^, for the general benefit of the subscribers, 
who each pay Is. 6d. per quarter. It is open every evening ex- 
cept Sunday, from seven till nine o'clock. Thomas Wakefield, 
Esq. is the president ; Francis Hart, Esq. the treasurer; and 
Mr. V. Kirk, the librarian. 

The Young Women's Library, at Mrs. Carbet's, in 
Houndsgate, was established in 182.5, .and is open every Wed- 
nesday, from twelve till two o'clock. It was founded by a 
number of benevolent ladies, but is partly supported by the 
readers, who each pay one shilling per quarter. 

At the shops of the booksellers are several extensive Cir- 
culating Libraries, as will be seen in the subjoined Di- 
rectory. 

The Nottingham Florist and Horticultural Society 
has several exhibitions yearly at Bromley House. Lord Mid- 
dleton is the patron ; Rt. Pauley, Esq. the president ; J. J. W. 
Rigley, the treasurer ; and R. Johnson, the secretary. 

The Museum, in Petergate, .belongs to Mr. Richard Knight, 
and consists of fine specimens of the crocodile and gauana, 
stuffed birds, marine and. other shells, the skins of boa con- 
strictors, Indian arrows, clubs and canoes, old paintings, and 
a great variety of other curiosities, all of which may be seen 
for an admission-fee of sixpence. 

NEWSPAPERS.— The periodical press of Nottingham is 
confined to three weekly newspapers, viz. the Journal, com- 
menced in 17^9, and now published every Fridav morning, by 
Mr. George Stretton, at No. 64, Long-row; the Revieiv, esta- 
blished in 1808, by Mr. Charles Sutton, and now issued by his 
son, Mr. Robert Sutton, at No. 1, Bridlesmith-gate, every 
Friday morning; and the Mercury, commenced a few years 
ago, by Mr. Jonathan Dunn, and now published at his shop oh 
the South Parade, ever} 7 Saturday morning. Mr; Wm. Ays- 
cough, who died in 1719, established the first printing-office in 
the town ; and about six years afterwards, Mr. John Collyer 
commenced printing a weekly newspaper called the " Notting- 
ham Post,''' but it was discontinued in 1732, when Mr. George 
Ayscough began the " Nottingham Cour 'ant y' which in 17o9 
was sold to Mr. Samuel Cresswell, who converted it into the 
" Nottingham Journal" he having previously been a joint pro- 
prietor of a paper published from 1757 till 1769, at Leicester, 
under the name of the Leicester and Nottingham Journal. la. 



NOTTINGHAM. 177 

177- j Mr. George Burbage began the Nottingham Chronicle, 
but in 1775, be discontinued it, and joined the proprietor of 
the Journal. In 1780, Mr. George Cox commenced the Not- 
tingham Gazette, which died before it was a year old ; another 
paper was established under the same title by Mr, William 
Topham, in 1813, but it had little better success than its de- 
ceased namesake, for after lingering two years, it ceased to live 
for want of necessary support. 

EMINENT MEN. 

Though Nottingham is not very conspicuous in our National 
Biography, for the number and brilliance of its literary cha- 
racters, it is inferior to no town in the empire, in manufac- 
turing and commercial genius, and in mechanical inventions ; 
and it yields the palm but to few, in its progress in the fine 
arts. Amongst the most distinguished worthies who were born, 
or have flourished in the town, we find the following : — 

William de Nottingham, an Augustine friar, who wrote a 
Concordance of the Evangelists, and died in 1336. 

John Plough, rector of St. Peter's, who wrote against cleri- 
cal celibacy, for which, after the accession of Queen Mary, he was 
obliged to fly to Bazil in Switzerland, where he wrote an " Apo- 
logy for the Protestants," a " Treatise against the Mitred Man 
in the Popish Kingdom," and " The Sound of the doleful 
Trumpet." He died in 1550.. 

Colonel Hutchinson, the patriotic and gallant governor of the 
castle in the civil wars of Charles I., is already noticed at ^ages 
89 and 90. 

Gilbert Millington, of Felly Priory, was M. P. for Notting- 
ham, when he sat as one of the judges who tried and cigned the 
death warrant of Charles I. 

The Rev. JVilliam Brightmore, who died in 1710, was a 
native of the town, and long held the benefice at Hawnes in Bed- 
fordshire, where he " made m^nj prophecies ,^ which he publish- 
ed under the title of Illustrations of the Book of Revelations. 

JVilliam Holder, D.D., a native of the county, received the 
rudiments of his education at Nottingham Grammar school, in 
the reign James I., and was afterwards ejected from a small 
living in Oxfordshire for nonconformity. He is said to have been 
the inventor of the art of teaching the deaf and dumb to speak* 
He also wrote " A Treatise on Music," both theoretical and 
practical, and was esteemed a great virtuoso and natural philo- 
sopher. He died about 1675. 

Charles Deering, M. D., was a native of Germany, and took 
up his degrees as a Doctor of Medicine at Leyden in Holland ; 
after which he went to London, and was appointed secretary to 
the British embassy to the conrt of Russia. Shortly after his 
return, he married in London, and came to Nottingham, where 



17& WORTHIES OF 

he settled during the rest of his life, which it is said was ended 
in poverty and severe affliction, in 1749, before he had finished 
his elaborate History of Nottingham, which was published in 
1751 by Mr. George Ayscough, a printer, and Mr. Thomas 
Willington, a druggist, then resident in the town. In 1738, he 
published a " Botanical Catalogue of Plants growing about 
Nottingham." 

Thomas Feet, an eminent mathematician, astronomer, and 
schoolmaster, was the son of a poor farmer at Ashley-Hay in 
Derbyshire, but came to Nottingham at the age of 14, and died 
there in 1780, aged 72 years. He was the oldest almanac wri- 
ter in England " having wrote the Gentleman's Diary, and Poor 
Robin, upwards of forty years ;" — the latter of which was after- 
wards written by John Pearson, who died 1791, and the former 
by Charles Wildbore, who died in 1802, both of whom were na- 
tives of this town, and distinguished mathematicians. 

The Rev, Andrew Kippis, D. D., was born at Nottingham 
in 1725; under the tuition of the celebrated Dr. Doddridge, he 
became an eminent dissenting minister, and afterwards pub- 
lished many excellent works on divinity, and edited the greater 
portion of a new edition of the Biographia Britannica. He 
died in 1795 in London, where he was 42 years minister of 
Prince's-street chapel in Westminster. 

Walter Merrey was a native of York, but was apprenticed 
and ended his days in Nottingham, where in 1794 he published 
a treatise on the Coinage of England, and died in 1799. 

Thomas Sandby 'was born at Nottingham in 1721, and died 
in 1798, after being many years professor of architecture in the 
Royal Academy. His brother, Paul Sandby, was considered 
the best draughtsman, and water-coloured landscape painter in 
the kingdom. He was chosen royal academician of the Royal 
Society of Arts, on the foundation of that institution in 1768, 
and was afterwards appointed drawing master of the Royal 
Academy at Woolwich, which offices he held till his death in 
3809. 

Amongst the eminent oil painters who have flourished in- 
the town were the late Mr. Bonnington and Mr. Tomson ; 
and to these we may add Mr. Barber, and some others now 
living. 

Gilbert Wakefield, B. A. was born in 1756, at the rectory- 
house of St. Nicholas, and received the rudiments of his edu- 
cation at the Nottingham Grammar school, but in 1767, he re- 
moved with his father to the vicarage of Kingston-upon-Thames. 
He was afterwards a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, where 
he published a collection of Latin Poems. He subsequently be- 
came classical teacher of an academy at Warrington, in Lanca- 
shire, where he published new translations of the first epistle of 
St. Paul to the Thessalonians, and of St. Matthew's Gospel ; 
besides many other controversial works on theological subjects. 



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In 1790, he was chosen classical tutor of the new college at 
Hackney, but he soon afterwards left that institution and 
devoted the rest of his life to literary pursuits. He published 
many excellent works both theological and political; one of 
which was written in such a bold republican spirit, against a 
pamphlet published by Dr. Watson, bishop of Llandaff, in 
defence of the French war, that he was prosecuted for a libel 
on the Ministers, and suffered two years' imprisonment in 
Dorchester gaol. Such was the opinion which the public held 
of his distinguished merit, and of the severity of his sentence, 
that, during his confinement £5000 was subscribed and settled 
on him as an annuity; and Michael Dodson, nephew to the 
great Judge Foster, bequeathed him £500. He was released 
from prison in June, 1801, but only survived his liberty about 
three months. It has been justly said of him, that " his talents 
were rare, his morals pure, his virtues exalted, his courage 
invincible, and his integrity spotless." His brother, the late 
.Francis Wakefield, Esq. who died a few years ago, was a libe- 
ral benefactor of Nottingham, and an extensive manufacturer, 
and is now ably succeeded by his sons. 

Samuel Ayscough y s<m of George Ayscough, the printer, 
was born in Bridlesmithgate, and is remarkable for having ar- 
ranged and published a catalogue of the numerous collections 
of manuscripts belonging to the British Museum. He was also 
employed to arrange the papers, &c. in the tower ; and wrote 
an index to the works of Shakspeare, by the aid of which, every 
sentiment in that extraordinary author, may be traced to its 
source. He took orders in 1790, and obtained the curacy of 
St. Giles in-the-Fields, which he held till his death in 1805. 

Henry Kirk White, whose memory will long remain as a 
proof that genius and talents will always burst through the 
thickest veil of obscurity, was born at Nottingham in 1785. 
The spirit and perseverance with which he adhered to, and at 
last accomplished his youthful wishes, as related by Mr. 
Southey, are almost incredible, yet strictly true; and ought to 
be a convincing proof to parents that the early inclinations of 
their children should not be thwarted under the name of obsti- 
nacy, where they may be the result of conscious genius. He 
was the second son of John White, a respectable butcher ; and 
his mother having discovered that he possessed strong mental 
powers, determined to foster them as far as her limited means 
would admit. After receiving a suitable education, he was ap- 
prenticed to Messrs. Coldham and Enfield, attorneys; and at 
the age of seventeen, he published a small volume of poems, 
dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire. Two years after- 
wards, being seized with an unconquerable deafness, which 
would have disqualified him for the profession of an attorney, 
he obtained a release from his masters ; and, by the assistance 
*ef hisfriends, he was placed in St. John's College, Cambridge, 



180 Weft'THIBS OF 

where he soon became a brilliant luminary, — being- acknow- 
ledged victor at the two first college examinations after his ar- 
rival ; bat a wasting consumption, aided by his incessant ap- 
plication to study, extinguished his vital flame in 1806, be- 
fore he had finished his second year within the walls of the 
University, and a few months after he had passed the 21st 
year of his age. The sisters of this lamented youth now 
conduct a respectable seminary in Nottingham. A monumen- 
tal tablet, with a medallion by Chantrey, has been erected to 
his memory in All-Saints' church, Cambridge, at the expense 
of Francis Boott, Esq., of Boston in America. It bears the 
following beautiful inscription from the pen of William Smyth, 
Esq. :— 

** Warm with fond hope, and learning's sacred flame. 

To Granta's bowers the youthful Poet came ; 

Unconquer'd powers, th' immortal mind display'd, 

But worn with anxious thought the frame decay'd; 

Pale o'er his lamp and in his cell retired, 

The martyr Student faded and expired. 

O Genius, Taste, and Piety sincere 

Too early lost, midst duties too severe 1 

Foremost to mourn was generous Southey seen, 

He told the tale and show'd what White had been* 

Nor told in vain— far o'er th' Atlantic wave, 

A wanderer came and sought the Poet's grave ; 

On yon low stone he saw his lonely name, 

And raised this fond memorial to his fame." 

Henry Shipley, another worthy native, was born in 1763, and 
died in 1808. He was the son of a poor gardener emplved 
by the late John Sherwin, Esq., but he raised himself from 
his poverty to the rank of an eminent schoolmaster, and long 
shone as a political writer on the side of the Whigs, after the 
French revolution had set all Europe in a ferment. 

Gravener Henson^w humble but ingenious workman (a" twist 
hand") now living in the town, deserves notice in this list of 
worthies, he having lately published a complete " History of 
the Lace Trade," which displays much talent, great depth of 
research, and sound reasoning. This self-taught author has 
been of considerable service to the manufacturing and commer- 
cial interests of the town, by the prompt and able manner in 
which he generally combats, either in person or through the 
medium of the press, all abuses either of masters or workmen, 
and all local or national regulations which he considers injuri- 
ous to the lace and hosiery manufactures of Britain; — in the 
defence of which he has frequently given satisfactory and in- 
fluential evidence before the Board of Trade, and Committees 
of the House of Commons. 

The town now possesses several other men distinguished for 
learning, philanthropy, charity, and ingenuity; but to speak of 
the living is an invidious task, we shall therefore leave them for 
the pen of some future biographer. 



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Witchcraft.— Having extracted the gold, we will now ex- 
amine the dross. Among those who have raised themselves in 
the town to a " bad eminence" we find William Somers and 
the Rev. James Darrel, two impostors, who, at the close of 
the 16th century, came to Nottingham, and practised their vile 
frauds upon the credulity of the inhabitants, under the delusion 
of witchcraft and demonology, of which so many instances wery 
exhibited during many ages after the reformation. Somers in 
his boyhood -had lived servant at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the house 
where' Darrel lodged, and where that wily priest (wh° na d en- 
tered the church from lazy and selfish motives,) first instructed 
him in the art of contorting his body so as to exhibit what were 
called " the fourteen signs of demoniac possession." Somers 
having come to live at Nottingham, repeatedly threw himself 
into these violent paroxysms, in which he declared he was be- 
witched, and that no person could relieve him but the "pious 
Mr, Darrel" who was then living at Mansfield, but was sent 
for to " cast the devils out' ? of the supposed sufferer. Having 
arrived, he declared that the impostor was * suffering for all 
the sins of Nottingham," and that there must be a fast in the 
town, held especially for the youth's recovery. This fast afford- 
ed Darrel an opportunity of performing a grand exorcism in 
the face of a crowded congregation in St. Mary's church, where 
the youth, after feigning much agony during the imposing ce- 
remony, as ingeniously feigned a recovery, and declared the pious 
man had " dispossessed" him. After this happy concl-asion, the 
duped auditors made a large collection for the performers, and 
Mr. Darrel was chosen curate of the church, where he after- 
wards gave out in his sermons, that Somers was still in great 
danger as well as the rest of his family ; for, said he, the devil 
often repeats his visits to the same house, coming sometimes 
|" in the shape of a cock, a crane, a snake, a toad, a newt, a 
I set of dancers, or an angel." To verify the prophecies of this 
reverend cheat, Somers again showed signs of u possession," 
and added to them the discrimination of pointing out witoh.es, 
! under which name, he caused 13 poor aged women to be com- 
mitted to the town gaol. Soon after this, Mary Cooper, the 
" half-sister" of Somers, commenced the lucrative profession of 
i( witch finder," and pointed out Alice Freeman as her be- 
witching tormentor - ; but this lady being sister to alderman Free- 
man, (who was mayor in 1606 and 1613,) caused Somers to be ap- 
prehended and examined by the corporate magistrates, to whom 
he confessed the whole to be an imposition, in which he had 
been instructed by the Rev. James Darrel, who was afterwards 
conveyed to London and tried before the Archbishop of Canter- 
bury, the Bishop of London, and the two Lord Chief Justices, 
vho convicted him of contriving the whole imposture, for which 
le was ejected from his living, and committed to prison. 

Amongst the Eccentric Characters who lvave enlivened 

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-182 ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS, &C, 

the town of Nottingham, were James C Burns a celebrated ven- 
triloquist, commonly called " Shelford Tommy/' who died in 
1796.; — Charles Oldham, a deformed mendicant, who died in 
1802, having, during the preceeding fifty years paraded the 
streets in a fantastic dress, playing upon a whistle, which gave 
him the name of Whistling Charley ; and Benjamin Mayo, a 
silly pauper, who died a few years ago in St. Peter's Work- 
house, and was long honoured with the title of General Mcnk, 
from the pride which he took in heading all processions, even 
those of funerals, and from his annnal custom on " Middleton 
Monday," of collecting all the scholars from the common day 
schools, and parading the streets at their head, exhibiting in his 
course, all the pranks of a mountebank, to the great amuse- 
ment of his juvenile followers. To this list we may add, the 
late Mr. Rouse, a man of some property, but a little deranged 
in his intellects. He once offered himself as a candidate to re- 
present the town in Parliament, and in order to purchase the 
lower orders of electors in his favour, he treated many of them 
with ale, purl, and sometimes with rhubarb, which he strongly 
recommended to .all as an excellent thing for the human con- 
stitution ; and no doubt would have proposed measures of a si- 
milar tendency for the political constitution, had his ambition 
been gratified. He resided in the street then called the Back- 
side, but, considering the residence of an aspiring man, should 
bear some reference to his ambition, he caused a number of 
boards to be nailed up at the most conspicuous corners and 
passages, by which those who could read, were informed that 
they were in " Parliament- street," — a name which is still re- 
tained, 

PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 

The Assembly Room, in the LowPavement, possesses no 
external beauties, though its interior is spacious, and hand- 
somelv fitted up ; — being repaired and beautified in 1807, at the 
cost of £1545, raised by subscription. It is not now so much 
used as formerly ; the large superb room at the Exchange, be- 
iaig now often used for balls and concerts. — (See p. 140.) 

The Theatre, in Stoney-street, is a gloomy barn -looking 
edifice, built about 1760, by the late Mr. Whitely, whose com- 
pany of comedians visited it several years. The interior is well 
arranged and neatly fitted up, but, though it is small compared 
with the size of the town, it is seldom filled above two or three 
times in a season, owing to the greater part of the middle class 
being now dissenters, and averse to theatrical performances. 
Messrs. Robertson and Manley occupied it many years, and 
it is still held on a lease by the latter gentleman, who has long 
been celebrated as a powerful veteran of the buskin; as his late 
partner " Jemmy Robertson" was of the sock, — from which he 



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retired and settled in Nottingham, where he died on the 1st of 
Januarv, 1831; — but where his widow is still living, and is 
indulged with an annual benefit at the theatre. 

Race Course, &c. — Nottingham is one of tho5e towns 
which has the King's plate. The present course is of an oval 
figure, being altered from its original form in 1813; It occu- 
pies a part of the forest on the west side of the Mansfield road,, 
and has on its south side a long range of high ground from 
which thousands of spectators may have as good a view of the- 
sport as those who ascend the Grand Stand, a large and handsome 
brick building, which was erected in 1777? under the patronage 
of Sir C. Sedley. Till lately, the Races were held in July or 
August, and were well attended ; but they are now held in 
October, after the Goose fair, and though the course is never 
out of order owing to its having a sandy soil, the races are not 
now so numerously attended, nor so well supported by the 
sporting gentry as formerly. 

The Cricket Ground adjoing the Race Stand, is an open 
verdant plain, on which many matches have been played. In 
this healthy exercise, the Nottingham " Cricketers" have long 
been in great celebrity, and, considering their advantages, they 
are now second to none in England. (See p. 970 '-The Ri- 
ding School, at Castle-place, is noticed at page 125; and the 
Subscription Bowling Green in the Park, at page 126. 

The Public Walks and Gardens about Nottingham, are 
numerous, and picturesque. The castle, the park, the burgess 
lands, the rock bouses, and the caves have been already de- 
scribed, (vide p. 115 to p. 136,) as also have the views com- 
manded by the different heights in the various approaches to the 
town. — (See p. 74.) The favourite walks in summer are to 
Wilford, Clifton Grove, Colwick Hall, St. Anne's Well, 
(See p. 136,) Radford Grove, Wollaton Park, and Lenton, (See 
p. 139,) at most of which are large public gardens, with good 
houses of entertainment. Radford Grove situated about a 
mile W.N.W. of the town, is a delightful place of public resort, 
being originally planned and laid out at great expense in 1780, 
by the late William Elliott, Esq. The mansion now forms a 
commodious Inn ; and in the beautiful garden are numerous 
bowers and seats, and a large lake, in the centre of which is a 
small island and summer house, approached by an elegant 
Chinese bridge. 

PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION, &c. 

The Inns, the Stage, and Hackney Coaches,* the means of 

* Hackney Coaches were first established in the town on new-year-day, 1825, by 
Mr. John King. They are here called "Flys," and are tolerably well employed; 
owing to many of the merchants and manufacturers being now resident in the 
skirts of the town; and in the surrounding parishes. 



IB4 MARKETS AND PAIRS. 

conveyance for the transit of goods both by land and water, the 
Banks, the Bridges, the Market-place, the principal streets, 
and foot-paths, the Gas-works, and the Water-works, are all 
on a scale suited to the magnitude and wealth of the town ; though 
the Post Office, in High-street, has long been too small and 
inconvenient for the extent of its business ; but a new and more 
appropriate building is now erecting on the opposite side of the 
street, by the Duke of Newcastle, for the use of this branch 
of the public revenue. The Excise-office is at the George 
IV. Inn, but the Permit-office is in Peck- lane. The Stamp- 
office is in St. Peter's-gate, and George Smith, Esq. is the dis- 
tributor. The Hawker's License Office is at the Post Office, 
and Mr. G. Neilson is the clerk. The Tax Office is in Park- 
row, and Mr, John Jackson is the surveyor. 

Markets and Fairs, — The regular market days are Wed- 
nesday and Saturday, but the latter is the principal one, and is 
abundantly supplied with meat, fish, poultry, butter, eggs, ve- 
getables, corn, cattle, sheep, swine, &c. &c. The fairs for 
horses, horned cattle, &c, eire on the Friday after January 13th ; 
on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of March ; on the Thursday before 
Easter; and on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of October; the latter 
of which is called the Goose Fair, from the plenitude of roast 
geese, and goose- pies, with which many of the inhabitants treat 
their visiting friends. The March and October fairs, are also 
great marts for cheese, woollen cloth, and other merchandize. 
The fairs at Lenton, near Nottingham, are held on the Wed- 
nesday after Whit-Sunday, and on November llth 3 for horses, 
horned cattle, and hogs. 

The Market-Place, which was newly paved in 1827, oc- 
cupies a triangular area of about five and a half acres, and has 
long been admired ; for Leland, who wrote in the reign of 
Henry VIII,, says, "both for the buildings on the side of it, 
for the very great wideness of the streete, and the cleane paving 
of it, it is the fairest without exception of all England." It is 
now lined with lofty and well built houses, the fronts of which 
are nearly all projected over the basement story, and supported 
by massive pillars, forming long piazzas, under which are 
retail shops, many of which are elegant, and richly stocked. — 
The range of buildings on the north side is upwards of 400 
yards in length, and is called the Long-row. The houses and 
shops on the south side bear the names of Angel-row, Beast- 
market-hill, the Poultry, and Timber-hill, but the latter is now 
generally called South Parade. At the east end, betwixt the 
Long-row and the Poultry, is a centre pile of building, the 
west end of which presents to the Market-place the spacious 
and elegant front of the Exchange, which is described at page 
140. Behind the p]xchange are the Shambles and the Police 
Office, and two rows of shops and houses called Cheapside and 
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a long range of stalls occupied by butchers, chiefly from the 
the country. The cattle and sheep pens are moveable, and 
are set up in the Market-place on Wednesdays, and in a broad 
part of Parliament-street on Saturdays, when the whole exten- 
sive area of the Market-place is occupied with stalls of provi- 
sions, shoes, clothes, hardware, baskets, coopers' ware, fur- 
niture, earthenware, glass, books-, &c. &c. Anciently, the 
Market-place was divided lengthwise by a wall breast high, but 
it was taken down in 1711, together with the Batter-cross, 
which stood facing the Exchange, and the Malt-cross, which 
stood opposite the end of St. JamesVstreet ; but the latter was 
rebuilt on a larger scale, and was not finally removed till 1804. 
The Hen-cross, at the top of the Poultry, "and the Weekday- 
cross, at the south end of Market-street, opposite the Guild- 
hall, were built in 1712, but the former was taken down in 
1801, and the latter in 1804 — being great obstructions in two 
public thoroughfares A market was held on Wednesdays at 
the Weekday-cross till the year 1800, and in 1750, an unsuc- 
cessful attempt was made to establish a Monday market, in St. 
Peter's-square, where a cross was erected, but it was taken 
down in 1787? when the obelisk, which is now surmounted by 
a large gas lamp, was erected on its site, over the pit where 
several channels and soughs empty themselves into a large 
common sewer. Mr. John Ashwell is inspector of the corn re- 
turns, and has his office in Exchange-alley. 

Tolls. — Much disquietude and litigation has lately been oc- 
casioned by the corporation having considerably advanced their 
ancient customary tolls of the market, which for every stall set 
up by a non-burgess, amounted only to one penny, without 
reference to its size ; but they now demand one penny per foot, 
according to the length of each stall. A considerable increase 
has also been made in the tolls of baskets, carts, &c. ; and also 
in the cattle tolls, for which latter there may be some justifiable 
plea, as the corporation are at some expense in providing and 
in setting up and removing the pens every market day ; but in 
the open market, where the venders provide their own stalls, 
or expose their articles in baskets or on the pavement, the 
ancient customary tolls were amply sufficient for the satisfaction 
of any just claim which the municipal body may have for their 
own emolument, or for the remtmeration of the officers whom 
they appoint to regulate the markets, and for the expense which 
they incur in paving the Market-place. In resisting these ad- 
ditional imposts, the non-burges?es who have stalls in the 
market, and many of the country farmers, have made common ■ 
?ause, and opened a subscription for the support of Mr. John 
Gainsley, a baker and confectioner, who lately filed two actions 
n the Court of King's Bench against the corporation, for- 
sizing part of his goods as pavment of the toll which he had 

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186 gas and waterworks, &c. 

disputed. In the first of these actions, the corporation petitioned 
the Court to stay proceedings, and convict them in costs, which 
was done; and thus, by the " glorious uncertainty of the law," 
the plaintiff and his supporters were obliged to wait for another 
assault, on which to ground a second action, which is now- 
pending, but which it is hoped will speedily be decided to the 
satisfaction of the injured party, and to the final annihilation 
of these exorbitant claims, which if continued would be highly 
detrimental to the busy market of Nottingham, and consequently 
injurious to the inhabitants at large, who would eventually feel 
the evil effects of these unnecessary imposts, in the shape of a 
scanty supply and dearness of provisions ; for many of the 
growers, instead of incurring a heavy toll, and the trouble of 
retailing their produce in the market, would prefer selling it to 
the hucksters or shopkeepers. 

The Gas Works, in Butcher-street, were built under the 
authority of an Act of Parliament passed in 1818, and were 
finished on the 13th of April, in 1819, when the town was 
first lighted with their luminous vapours. They are arranged 
on a judicious plan, and have four gasometers, which will hold 
together about 60,000 cubic feet of gas. The capital expended 
by the company in this useful and profitable establishment, was 
.£16,000, raised in 320 shares of £50 each. Mr. Reuben Young 
is the engineer and clerk. Gas was first used in the town in 
1814, by Mr. Tatham, a brass-founder of Bridlesmith-gate, 
who erected a small apparatus to light his own premises. Tt is 
now used in most of the manufactories, shops, and public-houses, 
and in the lamps of the principal streets. 

LAMPS and WATCH.— In 1762, an act was obtained for 
lighting the town, and for levying a rate of sixpence in the 
pound on the assessed rental of all houses and buildings above 
a certain value, to defray the expense. The aldermen and 
others are the commissioners of this act, which is now too 
limited in its powers for the present increased state of the town, 
and ought to be abrogated by another, to provide both for the 
better lighting and watching of the town and suburbs, which, 
though they now contain upwards of 64,000 souls, are still left, 
even during the gloomy nights of winter, to the inefficient care 
of a very few undisciplined watchmen, who are maintained by 
the voluntary subscriptions of the inhabitants of the principal 
streets. Out of the vast sums which are exacted annually in Not- 
tingham, under the name of county or town rates, (see p. 128,) 
more money is expended in detecting, supporting, and prosecut- 
ing delinquents, and supposed delinquents, than, if partially em- 
ployed in maintaining an organised and efficient body of noc- 
turnal guardians, Avould-prcvent the greater part of the robbe- 
ries and other crimes from being committed, so that under such 
a salutary regulation, the town would derive both a pecuniary 
•and a moral advantage. 






NOTTINGHAM, 187 

Waterworks. — Until a few years ago, the town had but a 
very scanty and indifferent supply of soft water, but it now pos- 
sesses two new establishments for supplying it with that pure 
beverage of nature, in addition to the old works, which have 
lately been much extended and improved. 

The Old Waterworks Company obtained their original 
lease (of which 60 years are unexpired) of the corporation, in 
1696, and erected an engine-house on the south bank of the 
Leen, near the bottom of Finkhill-street, whence they forced 
the water into a large reservoir behind the General Hospital. — 
In consequence of long-continued complaints against the quality 
and scarcity of the water raised from the river Leen, the 
company, in 1827, obtained an Act of Parliament to make new 
works at Scottom, in the parish of Basford, where a reservoir 
covering one acre of ground now receives the water of the 
Leen and some of its tributary streams, before it is conta- 
minated by the filth and sewers in the town and its vicinity. — 
They also discontinued the old engine-house, and erected a 
new one in Brewhouse-yard, to which the water is conveyed by 
pipes, and then forced by a steam-engine and water wheel at 
the rate of five hogsheads per minute, into the old reservoir 
behind the General Hospital, whence it passes through various 
lines of piping to the houses of many of the inhabitants. Mr. 
John Hallam is the engineer, and Mr. James Hewitt the 
collector. 

The Northern Waterworks, at the top of Sherwood- 
street, near the forest, were formed in 1826, and are supplied 
with excellent water, pumped by a steam-engine from a copious 
spring into a large cistern, which will hold 2000 hogsheads. — 
These works supply the north-eastern portion of the town, and 
feed a small cistern in York-street, at which the water-carters 
are supplied. Mr. James Slark is the engineer. 

The Trent Waterworks, near the Trent bridge, about a 
mile and a half south of the Market-place, were finished in 
August, 1831. They consist of one engine-house, with a large 
reservoir, fifty yards from the bank of the Trent, covered with 
sand and gravel, through which the river water is filtered, and 
then pumped by a steam-engine of forty horses' power, at the 
rate of 10 hogsheads per minute, along the main pipe, which 
is two miles long, to an elevation of J 30 feet,, where it falls into 
a capacious reservoir at the top of Park-row, from which up- 
wards of twelve miles of piping is extended through diiferent 
parts of the town. The company was established by Act of 
Parliament, in 1825, but, owing to a great panic in trade, 
occasioned by the failure of many country banking-houses, a 
sufficient number of shareholders could not be procured till 
1830, when the great increase made in the rates charged by the 
old company, after they had enlarged their works, caused the- 



188 RIVERS, CANALS, &C. 

project of the Trent company to be revived and carried into 
effect. Mr. Thomas Hawksley is the engineer. 

Springs and Public Pumps. — Spring- water at Nottingham 
is very plentiful, and may be obtained by means of wells and 
pumps in almost every part of the town, but it is generally of a 
hard and curdling quality, which renders it both unwholesome 
and unfit for the purposes of washing. About forty years ago, 
the corporation erected eight public pumps, in the following 
situations, viz. one at the west end of Chapel-bar, two in 
Parliament-street, one at the top of Charlotte-street, one at 
Weekday-cross, one in the Shambles, and two in the Market- 
place, opposite the Exchange and Beastmarket-hill ; and to 
these we may add the public tap at the House of Correction, 
which is supplied with water by the treadmill. Beycroft spring 
and Rag spring are famed for curing sore eyes, and are situated 
near the town, on the road leading to St. Anne's well. The 
SpaWy in Spaw-close, opposite the castle, was of a strong cha- 
lybeate quality, but in 1811, the spring head was removed out 
of the close, to the bank of the Leen, where it bas ceased to 
flow in dry weather. Trough-close spring, near Mapperley 
hills, is also of some note amongst the inhabitants, and is within 
the liberties of the town. 

RIVERS, CANALS, and BRIDGES :— No manufacturing 
town possesses a more extensive and. direct communication 
with the Inland Navigation of England, than Nottingham. 
The Trent, which is the longest river in the kingdom, passes 
within a mile south of the town, and rolls its expansive waters 
to the Humber, opening a navigable intercourse with the 
German Ocean, and with the rivers and and canals of Yorkshire 
and Lincolnshire. The Nottingham Canal, which falls into 
the Trent, a little below the bridge, and nearly opposite the lock 
of the Grantham Canal, passes close to the lower part of the 
town, and at Langley Mill, about eight miles to the north-west, 
forms a junction with the Cromford Canal, down which im- 
mense quantities of the rich produce of the mines and moun- 
tains of Derbyshire are brought. The Trent is navigable to 
Burton, in Staffordshire, but has in the passage from thence to 
Nottingham, several shoals and circuitous reaches, which are 
avoided by a side cut called the Trent Canal, which extends 
from the Nottingham Canal, at Lenton, to the Trent and Mersey 
Canal, which opens the passage to the Grand Trunk Canal, and 
all the navigable rivers and canals of Staffordshire, Lancashire, 
Cheshire, and the western parts of the island. Near Sawley 
Ferry, about eight miles S. W. of Nottingham, the Trent 
Navigation is joined by the Derby and the Erewash Canals, 
and the River Soar, which latter, with the Leicester Union, 
the Grand Union, the Grand Junction, the Paddington and 
the Regent Canals, forms a direct line of navigation betwixt the 
Trent and the Thames, and thus opens a communication with 



KOTTIKGHAAf* 189 

all the canals in the south cf England. The rivers and canals 
of Nottinghamshire are already described at a preceding page, 
in the general survey of the county, therefore it is only 
necessary here to notice those parts of the Trent and the 
Leen, which are locally connected with the town. 

The River Leen, which passes through the lower part of 
Nottingham, in a line nearly parallel with, and about 200 feet 
north of the canal, is a small stream contaminated with the filth 
of many common sewers, dye-houses, &c. ; but a great part of 
it is now arched over for the improvement of the town. It 
rises near Newstead Abbey and flows southward to Lenton ; 
whence, previous to Norman conquest, it ran direct to the 
Trent, but William de Peveril turned it into a new cut for the 
use and better defence of his castle of Nottingham, on the 
south side of which it now runs to Sneinton Meadows, where it 
forms the boundary of the liberties of the town, and falls into 
the Trent a little below the bridge. The Tinker's Leen is a 
small rivulet which arises from several springs in the Meadows 
and flows eastward under the Flood-road to the Leen. 

Flood Road. — The Trent and Leen Bridges, which are 
distant nearly a mile from each other, are connected by a broad 
and level road, raised across the intervening low and swampy 
meadows, and having under it a long range of arches and cul- 
verts, for the purpose of affording a free passage for the water 
during the floods, which so frequently inundate the meadows on 
both sides of the Trent. The old road from the town to the 
Trent was intercepted by two large pools, over which were 
two wooden bridges ; which in I'JGQ were rebuilt by the cor- 
poration, who afterwards removed them, and erected in their 
place a stone bridge of ten arches, which was so shattered in 
the great flood of 1795, (see p. 99) that it had to be entirely 
taken dow r n. In the following year an act of Parliament was 
obtained for making the present Flood-road, &c. entitled " An 
act for raising, maintaining, and keeping in repair the road 
from the north end of the old Trent Bridge to the west end of 
St. Mary's churchyard, by way of Hollow-stone ; and for erect- 
ing and maintaining so many flood bridges upon the 'said road, 
as may be necessary to carry off the flood water." This act 
empowers the 25 commissioners to take tolls on the road, and 
secures to them £100 a-year, to be paid by the corporation out 
of the bridge estates. The Seven Arch Bridge, which forms 
120 yards of the road, was finished in 1796, and the Nine 
Culverts and the Chainy Pool Arch in 1809. These as well as 
the walls and abutments on both sides of the road are all of 
stone, and present a noble appearance. The road is from 15 
to 20 yards broad, and has a good foot path ; and on each side 
a well constructed parapet, composed of huge blocks of stone 
nearly as hard as granite. The arches which cross the canal 
and the Leen are at the north end of this costly road, which is 



190 BRIDGE, FISHERY, &C. 

now so secure as to bid defiance to every thing but the silent 
attacks of time. 

The Trent Bridge, at the south end of the Flood-road, 
crosses the river and its sloping- banks by seventeen venerable 
arches, some of which are elliptical and the rest semi-circular. 
It was built by the corporation, after the old one had been des- 
troyed by the ice in the great flood of 1683. The original 
bridge, said to have been built by Edward the Elder, consisted 
of stone piers supporting a platform of wood. The present 
bridge was so narrow at the south end that two carriages could 
scarcely pass each other, till the corporation in 1806, ordered 
the eastern parapet to be rebailt, and the arches lengthened. 
In 1810, the north end was widened, and a range of buildings 
that stood on the east side was removed. In 1826, it was again 
repaired, and so altered that the water which before only ran 
through three of the arches (except in time of flood) now runs 
through six. It was anciently called Heathbeth-brig r , which 
Deering supposes to be a corruption of Highbath-bridge, an ap- 
pellation said to have originated from a number of wooden 
baths which formerly stood upon piles in the river. At the north 
end of the bridge was St. Mary's chapel, founded in the reign 
of Edward I. for a priest to celebrate divine offices for the 
souls of John de Paumer and Alice his wife. "For the amend- 
ing, supporting, and repairing their bridges upon the water of 
Trent," Edward VI. granted to the mayor and burgesses of 
Nottingham, all the possessions of the dissolved chantry of St. 
Mary, and the hospital of St. John, and they have since received 
several bequests of lands and buildings for the same purpose, so 
that the " bridge estate" is now of considerable value. Within 
a short distance from the north end of the Trent is a dead 
water crossed by a, small bridge of one arch, and called the Old 
Trent, from its being as is supposed the ancient channel of the 
river. 

Fishery. — The Trent has long been famous for the pleni- 
tude and variety of its fish, amongst which are " barbel, bream, 
bulhead, burbot, carp, chub, crayfish, dace, eel, flounder, gray- 
ling, gudgeon, lamper}^, loach, minnow, muscle, perch, pike, 
roach, rud, ruff, salmon, salmon-trout, salmon-pink, sand-eel, 
shad, smelt, strickleback, sturgeon, stream-pink, tench, trout, 
and whiting." All the burgesses have by prescription, the 
right of fishing in that part of the river within the liberties of 
the county of the town, though for some time after the conquest 
they were deprived of it by William de Peveril, who granted 
the tithe of th 9 fishery to the monks of Lenton. All the 
anglers of the town, whether denizens or not, now exercise 
the privilege of fishing in the Trent, and in their thirst for 
sport as well as profit do not always confine themselves to their 
own liberties, but traverse the river for milts both above and 



NOTTINGHAM. 191 

below the town, and often return heavily laden with pike, 
salmon, trout, &c. 

The Trent Navigation Company's Offices are near the 
junction of the canal and the Trent, in Sneinton parish; Mr. 
Samuel Brummit is the agent, and Mr. John Hopkin the sur- 
veyor. As the passage across the Trent from the Nottingham to 
the Grantham Canals is very difficult, the company employ a 
pilot to conduct the vessels from one lock to the other. 

Improvements, &c. — In 1536 nearly all the houses and 
other buildings of Nottingham were constructed of wood and 
plaster, and mostly thatched with straw or reeds, and many of 
them had then been so long in a state of decay and ruin, that 
Henry VIII. caused a statute to be enacted for the re-edifica- 
tion of " Nottingham" and several other places, under the 
following forfeitures for neglect, viz. — " That if the owners of 
the decayed houses did not re-edify them within three years, 
they should become the property of the lord of the manor ; 
if he neglected the same length of time, they should be seized 
by the corporate body, where such bodies existed; and if they 
should be equally neglectful for the same period, the houses 
should revert to their original owners/' This injunction ap- 
pears to have been promptly attended to, for Leland, who visit- 
ed Nottingham a few years afterwards, says, " it is both a large 
towne and welle builded for tymbre and plaister, and standeth 
statelv upon a clyning hille." In 1641, Deering informs us 
that the Trent-lanes were very dirty, and that the traveller 
found the entrance to the town at Hollowstone deep and miry, 
and was there assailed (if the wind was northerly) with a volley 
of suffocating smoke, caused by the burning of gorse and tan- 
ners knobs in the adjacent rock houses. At this time (1641) 
Bridlesmithgate was lined with the roughest kind of blacksmiths; 
the Market-place, though spacious, was paved only on one side, 
and on the other, called the sands, it was very miry: St. Peter's- 
square was so boggy that a bridge of planks was laid across it 
with a single rail, and all the ground from thence through 
Listergate to the Leen was one continued swamp. Tiles were 
first introduced in 1503, (see p. 87) and the first brick house in 
the town was built in the Long-row in 1615, on the site now 
occupied by the Derby Arms public-house. Some slight im- 
provement took place during the civil wars ; but it was not till 
after the restoration that the increase of manufactures produced 
any considerable melioration in the style of building. The 
town is now as clean, and as well paved and built, as any other 
manufacturing town in the kingdom. 

Its great increase in buildings and population during the last 
30 years is noticed at page 75, and the removal of its ancient 
walls and gates, at page 118. In its suburbs, as well as in its 
principal streets are many large and beautiful mansions, some of 
which possess all the advantages of country villas, as well as 



192 MANSIONS, &C 

those of town residences. Amongst the noblemen and gentle- 
men of rank and fortune, who have resided here are the 
following*, viz. — " Lord Edward Earl of Rutland, Sir Thomas 
Manners, Sir William Courtney, Sir Thomas Stanhope Sir 
Thomas Willoughbie, Anthony Strelley, Sir Edmund Stan- 
hope, Lord Scroope, Sir Henry Pierrepont, Sir John Byron, 
Sir John Zouch, Sir Philip Strelley, Sir Henry Cavendish, 
Lord Stanhope, Sir Edward Osborne, Sir Thomas Peckham, 
Sir Thomas Hunt, the Earl of Clare, Lord Houghton, Sir 
Thomas Hutchinson, and Sir Thomas Walmsley." 

Thuiiland Hall., the largest and most ancient mansion in 
Nottingham, was taken down in 1831, for the improvement of 
Pelham-street, on the north side of which it stood, nearly op- 
posite the Black's Head Inn, which was pulled down in 1830. 
It was sometimes called Clare Hall, from its former owners, 
the Earls of Clare, one of whom married the heiress of the 
third Duke of Newcastle, and had the latter title conferred upon 
him in 1694, together with that of Marquis of Clare. It wa*s 
originally built by Thomas Thurland, who was mayor of Not- 
tingham in 1449 and 1468, and was probably rebuilt and much 
enlarged by the Hollis's, Earls of Clare, and afterwards Dukes 
of Newcastle, whose estates and titles passed to the Pelhams 
and the Clintons, by the latter of whom they are now held. — 
The hall was along, lofty, and gloomy building, with massive 
walls, and extended backward to within a few } T ards of Lincoln- 
street. It was principally of brick, except the end fronting 
Pelham-street, which was ornamented with a double row of 
pilasters and window frames of heavy stone work, with an 
antique entrance door, approached by a flight of steps, and 
semi-circular zigzag pointed fronts to the roof. It was 
many years occupied by two or three families, and part 
of it was occasionally used for assemblies, &c. The Duke 
of Newcastle has now occupied its site, and also that of the 
Black's Head Inn, on the opposite side of the street, with good 
houses and shops. He has also formed several new streets, 
betwixt Pelham-street and Parliament-street, where many good 
houses have been erected. 

Bugge Halt,, now the Old Angel public-house, in the High 
Pavement, at the corner of St. Mary-gate, is an aged structure, 
without any architectural beauties. It was long occupied by 
the family of Bugge, from whom descended the Bugges of 
West Leak, the Biggs, of Stamford, and the Willoughbys of 
Wollaton. 

Bromley House, in the Market-place is already noticed at 
page 175. 

Plujwptrb House, on the north side of St. Mary's church- 
yard, stands conspicuous for age as well as beauty. It was 
built in the early part of the last century, by the wealthy and 
charitable family whose name it bears, and it is now occupied 



NOTTINGHAM. 193 

by Alderman Wilson. The High, Middle, and Low Pavements, 
contain many spacious and elegant mansions, and one of them, 
occupied by James Fellows, Esq., has in front of it a rural 
vista, extending to Narrow-marsh, and affording an extensive 
view of the country south of the Trent. St. Mary's-gate, Cas- 
tlegate, and Stoney-street, contain several large and well built 
houses, and others of a modern date are to be found on Standard- 
hill, in the Park, and in several other parts of the town and 
suburbs, which have long been admired, as may be seen by the 
following descriptive poem transcribed from Deering: — 

** Fair Nottingham, with brilliant beauty graced, 
In ancient Shirewood's south-west angle placed ; 
Where northern hills her tender neck protect, 
With dainty flocks of golden fleeces deckt ; 
:No roaring tempests discompose her mein ; 
Her canopy of state's a sky serene. 

She, on her left Belvoir's rich vale descries, 
On th' other, Clifton hill regales her eyes ; 
If from her lofty seat she bows her head, 
There's at her feet a flowery carpet spread. 
Britain's third stream, which runs with rapid force, 
No sooner spies her, but retards his course ; 
He turns, he winds, he cares not to be gone, 
Until to her he first has homage done ; 
He carefully his wat'ry tribute pays, 
And at her footstool foreign dainties lays, 
With assiduity her favours courts, 
And richest merchandise from sea imports ; 
Ceres her gift with lavish hand bestows, 
And Bacchus o'er his butt of English nectar glow&. 

Thy sons, O ! Nottingham, with fervour pray, 
May no intestine feuds thy bliss betray ; 
Health, plenty, pleasure, then will ne'er decay.** 



TRADE AND MANUFACTURES. 

The two great staple trades which have raised Nottingham to 
its present wealth and magnitude, and which employ many 
thousands of its inhabitants of both sexes, are the hosiery and 
lace manufactures, the former of which, (though the stocking- 
frame was invented in 1589,) was not of much importance till 
the middle of the eighteenth century, nor the latter till 177$, 
when the point-net machine was invented and appended to a 
stocking-frame, but has lately been superseded by warp and 
bobbin net machines, working on various new and improved 
principles. The Bone or Cushion Lace was, from an early 
period, a source of profitable industry to a considerable number 
of females in this town, till they found a more constant and 
perhaps a more lucrative employment, in chevinivg* hosiery 

* Ornamenting stockings with clocks, <kc. 
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194 



TRADE AND MANUFACTURES, 



and in embroidering machine* wrought lace net. But the first 
manufacture by which Nottingham enriched itself, and which 
it has long since lost, was that of Woollen Cloth, for we 
find that as early as 1J99, King John founded in the town a 
merchants' guild, and granted a charter to the burgesses, for- 
bidding all persons within ten miles round Nottingham to work 
dyed cloth, except in the borough. This branch of business 
was the immediate rise to opulence of several great families in 
the town, (merchants of Calais,) amongst whom may be enu- 
merated the Willoughbys, Binghams, Tannesleys, Plumptres, 
Thurlands, Mapperleys, Amyases, Allestrees, Salmons, and 
the Hunts. But no cloth appears to have been made for ex- 
portation till after 1331, when Edward III., by an Act passed 
at Nottingham, (see p. 84,) induced many of the Flemish and 
Brabant manufacturers to come and settle in England, where 
one of them, called Hanks, gave his name to the skein of wor- 
sted, as Thomas Blanket, a weaver of Bristol, did to the 
woollen sheets which cover us in bed. But at the close of the 
sixteenth century, the cloth trade in Nottingham gave place to 
the hosiery manufacture, which soon afforded ample employ- 
ment for the worsted mills, the weavers, the dyers, and the 
smiths of the town, the latter of whom were very numerous, and 
had previously occupied the whole of Bridlesmith-gate, Girdler- 
gate, (now Pelham-street,) and Smithy-row, where they had 
long manufactured bits, snaffles, buckles, and other articles 
for bridles, girdles, &c ; but they now discarded their ancient 
occupation, and began to make Stocking frames, many of which 
consist of 6000 parts, principally of iron. Peering says Not- 
tingham was anciently famous for the production of the most 
curious articles in iron, and hence, he says, arose the following 
proverb, recorded by Fuller, — 

" The little smith of Nottingham, 
Who doth the work that no man can.*' 

But we opine that the lines may rather be considered as an 
enigma than a proverb; that the " little smith" was a lady ; 
and that the whole is merely a humorous allusion to her skill 
and her sex ; — for even in the present ag"e, we have seen many 
a lusty dame wielding the hammer of a Cyclopian forge. 

Many hundreds of smiths, and workers in iron and brass, are 
now employed in the town, in making and repairing Stocking- 
frames, and the various newly improved Bobbin Net Ma- 
chines, which latter vary in width from five to twenty quarters, 
and are worked on the different principles distinguished by the 
names of Levers', Rotary, Circular-bolt, Straight-bolt, Pusher, 
Traverse JVarp, and Loughbro' machines, each containing 
from 1000 to 4000 Bobbins and Carriages— the merit of in- 
venting which was claimed by Robert Brown and George 



KOTTINGHAM. 195 

Whitraore, of Nottingham, and by John Lindley, of Loughbro', 
about the year 1799; but they were greatly improved in 180J 
by Edward Whitaker, of Nottingham, who made them traverse 
at every motion of the machine from one bar to the other. — 
But none of these ingenious machinists derived any benefit from 
their inventions, for bobbins and carriages of the same construc- 
tion were included in the specifications of the Loughbro' ma- 
chine, for which Mr. John Heathcoat* obtained a fourteen years' 
patent in 1809, during the existence of which, he and his 
partner, Charles Lacy, Esq + of Nottingham, levied a heavy 
tax upon all persons using the said bobbins and carnages, 
amounting on some machines to upwards of <£30 per annum. — 
After the expiration of this patent, in J 823, a ruinous specu- 
lation prevailed in Nottingham for more than two years, during 
which, almost every capitalist was anxious to embark his money 
in bobbin net machines, to assist in the construction of which, 
hundreds of mechanics, tempted by extravagant wages, poured 
into the town from Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, and 
other places; machines and houses "sprung up like mush- 
rooms," money circulated freely, and the town was intoxicated 
with an unstable prosperity, which was suddenly dispelled by 
a consequent glut in the home and foreign markets, and bv the 
failure of many of the London and country banks and great 
commercial houses, in December 1825, and the following 
year. Since then, machines which cost from <£400 to £500, 
have been sold for less than .£100, and they are now made on 
the best principles for less than half the amount that was 
charged for those which were hurried together in the bustling 
years of l$24 and 1825. Numerous improved bobbin net ma- 
chines have been introduced during the last twenty years, the 
principal of which are the Traverse Warp, invented by John 
Brown and George Freeman, Esqrs. in 1810; the Straight- 
bolt, by William Morley, in 18] 2; the Pusher, by James 
Clark and Joshua Roper ; the Levers', by three John Levers, 
(father, son, and nephew,) in 1814; the Rotary, by John 
Lindley, in 1816; the Circular-bolt, by the before- mentioned 
William Morley, in 1817; and the Rotary Levers' Traverse 
Warp, by William Barnes, in 182J. To enumerate all the 
inventions of the various kinds of machinery used in the manu- 
facture of hosiery, lace, &c. would greatly exceed our limits, 
and be uninteresting to the general reader ; we shall therefore 

* Mr. John Heathcoat has amassed considerable wealth, and now lives at Tiver- 
ton, in Devonshire. He was many years a working setter-up of machinery in 
Nottingham, and introduced several improvements, besides the Loughbro' machine, 
which is now nearly disused, being too slow for the other improved principles. 

f Mr. Lacy was a large manufacturer in Nottingham, and was uncle to John 
Lindley, one of the persons who claimed the invention of bobbins and carriages., 



J96' STOCKING FRAMES AND NET MACHINES. 

conclude with the following notice of the founder of frame- 
work knitting: — * 

The Rev. William Lee, M. A., who invented the first 
Stocking Frame in 1589, was a native of either Calverton or 
Woodborough, in Nottinghamshire. Deering says, that he 
was heir to a pretty freehold estate, and being deeply in love 
with a young person to whom he paid his addresses, but whom 
he always found more intent upon her knitting than to his vows 
and protestations, he was induced to contrive a machine which 
should render the mode of knitting by hand entirely useless-. 
We have, however, seen it stated differently; that Mr. Lee was 
a poor curate, and married ; and his wife being obliged to oc- 
cupy herself industriously with knitting, which interfered very 
much with the attention necessary to her family, he was 
prompted to attempt the invention of the present complex, yet 
simple machinery. It is certain that he or his brother exhibited 
the loom before Queen Elizabeth ; but his invention being 
despised in his native country, he went to France, with several 
English workmen, where he was patronised by Henry IV. — 
The murder of that monarch overturned all his hopes of suc- 
cess ; he died of grief and chagrin at Paris, and his few sur- 
viving workmen returned to England. After some time, a 
company of frame- work knitters was established in London ; 
but no trade of this kind, where small capitals are sufficient, can 
possibly flourish under a monopoly ; of course, even the London 
dealers in hosiery found it more profitable to purchase their goods 
in the country, than from the manufacturers of the metropolis ; 
and the trade has since spread itself over a great part of Notting- 
hamshire, Leicestershire, and Derbyshire, and a few frames are 
at work in almost every targe town in the kingdom. By an enu- 
meration in 1812, there were found to be 2600 Stocking 
Frames in Nottingham,! 900 in Old and New Radford, 400 
in Mansfield, 1700 in Leicester, 1500 at Hinckley, and 400 in 
and near Derby. The total number in Nottinghamshire, was 
9285; in Leicestershire, 11,183; in Derbyshire, 4700; in 
Gloucestershire, 9J0; in the other counties of England, 980; 
in Scotland, 1419; in Ireland, 976; in France, 6855; in the 
Netherlands, 520; in Spain and Portugal, 1955; in Italy, 985; 
in Germany, 2340 ; in America, 260 ; in St. Petersburg, &c. 

* The first Stocking-frame produced only plain work. The Betby-rib machine 
was invented in 1758, by Jebediah Strutt, of Derby ; the Knotting machine, in 
1770, by Mr. Horton; and the Warp machine, (which united the stitch of the 
stocking-frame with the warp of the weaver's loom,) in 1775, by Mr. Crane, of 
Edmonton. The last was superseded in 1782, James Tarrant's Warp-frame, which 
makes an inferior kind of shapeless stockings called cut-ups, and is also used in 
making warp lace. The Point-net machine, (appended to a stocking-frame,) was 
invented in 1778, by Messrs Lindley, Taylor, and Flint, of Nottingham. 

t In 1641, there were only two stocking-frames in Nottingham, and in 17-*W they 
had only increased to sixty. 



NOTTINGHAM. 197 

200 ; and at Stockholm and Copenhagen, 65 ; making the 
grand total, 42,768! Many of the frames in Nottinghamshire 

and the adjoining counties were destroyed by the Luddites 
betwixt the years 1812 and 1816, (see p. 102 to 106,) and som c , 
of them were perhaps never replaced, owing to their ownej 
embarking in the lace trade, in which there are now employe 
in England upwards of 4500 Bobbin Net Machines, belong 
ing to about 1380 owners, of whom nearly 1000 work in thei 
own machines, and enter both into the class of journeyme 
and masters, and thus, in ail depressions of trade, operate 
injuriously on the wages of the one and the profits of the other 
More than half of these machines are in Nottingham, Mansfieb 
and the surrounding villages, and the remainder are mostly i 
Leicestershire. About 1000 of them, (principally in Leicester 
shire,) are worked by the agency of steam, but those in th 
towns of Nottingham and Mansfield are nearly all worked V 
hand, the broad machines having generally two men each, 
who work them "in four hour shifts." 

In the " Calculations illustrative of the present state of the 
Bobbin Net Trade" published in August 1831, by a gentleman 
of Nottingham, who is extensively connected with that im- 
portant manufacture, we find the following conclusions, viz, 
that 25,000 lb. of raw silk, and l,600,00(Hb. of Sea-Island cot- 
ton, worth .£150,000, is manufactured annually into 23,400,000 
square yards of bobbin net, worth £1,891,875; of which net, 
3-8ths is sold unembroidered at home ; and 4-8ths is exported 
in the same state, and most of it embroidered on the continent : 
The remaining 1 -8th is embroidered in this country, (princi- 
pally in the midland counties,) at the cost, in wages, &c, of 
£l,o25,$2o, making its total ultimate value £3,417,700 ! ! ! He 
also estimates the total capital employed -at £2,310,000, of which 
.£935,000, is sunk or employed in 35 Cotton Mills, (principally 
in Manchester,) engaged in spinning and doubling lace thread : 
and =£1,020,000 in machines. 

The following comparative view of the British and 
French Lace Trades, containing a description of the Queen's 
Press, made at Nottingham in 1831, is extracted from the 
Nottingham Review of June 3rd in that year, and is, we presume, 
from the pen of Mr. Gravener Henson. 

" The dress worn by Queen Adelaide at the Juvenile Ball 
given by their Majesties on the 24th of May, 1831, in honour 
of the Princess Victoria of Kent, the heiress presumptive of 
the Crown, and mentioned in the Court Circular as being made 
of white lace and silver, was made of Nottingham machine 
wrought bobbin net silk lace, in imitation of the French chan- 
tilly blond, and tulle, so extensively made at Lyons, Nismes, 
Troyes, and Barcelona, and so largely imported into this 
country. 

" The circumstances under which her Majesty was induced to 

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BRITISH AND FRENCH LACI 



order this British silk blond dress were of the most extraordi- 
nary nature, and important to the manufacturing and commer- 
cial interests of the country, — deeply involving the question as to 
the policy and wholesome practicability of the free trade system 
adopted by the British Legislature, erroneously termed the " re- 
ciprocity sytem," as the reciprocity on the part of France and 
Spain is entirely on one side, they absolutely prohibiting as con- 
traband almost every article of British manufacture. 

" This blond dress was made to compete with the article called 
by the French, tulle, and also with the beautiful fabrics im- 
ported from the continent termed chantilly blond, the 
former of which is made from a machine, the latter from the 
cushion by the hand. The French tulle is made in the exact 
manner termed by the workman single press point net, against 
which the Luddites, from 1812 to 18-16, directed so much of 
their vengeance, when made of cotton, as being a fraudulent 
article. The first lace made by machinery in England was 
formed by removing the loops of the plain stocking fabric to 
form the mesh ; this was made for a period of from ten to 
twelve years, but the mesh was very imperfect; at length, about 
the year 1778, the thread which conjoins the loops was placed 
round two loops alternately, keeping the stocking loop unre- 
moved ; this method formed a complete sexangular mesh, but 
had little or no sale, the article being loose, and only retained 
its form by stiffening, which was very imperfectly done. This 
effect was produced by an instrument exactly resembling a bar- 
leycorn, called a point, for which a patent was obtained, which 
fell into the hands of Messrs. William Hayne and Co., who 
instituted a great number of actions for infringement. A per- 
son of the name of Harvey, to evade this patent, invented (in 
London,) an instrument to make the same net, by using a bent 
thin pin, by which he placed conjoint thread on the loops by a 
different mode from the patentee, who agreed to give him an 
annuity of £60 a year not to use the machine. The French, 
who are ever on the alert to pirate British inventions, deputed 
the Duke du Liancourtto London, to obtain the numerous new 
inventions which had been introduced to the stocking frame ; 
he was accompanied by a workman. of the name of Rhambolt, 
who wrought in the frame as a journeyman, and obtained a 
knowledge of this machine, and introduced it into France, (the 
barley corn point not then being known in London) for which 
service the committee of public safety, in 1793-4, awarded 
him the sum of 11,000 francs (bout .£450.) The English, in 
1780, had effected a method of making point net by improved 
maehinerv, and re-looping the conjoined thread, made a fast 
mesh, so as to require little or no care in stiffening. From 
this period, lace made by machinery began to be in considerable 
demand ; the English making their lace from the barley corn 
point, a fast-wrought net — the French from the pin, a loose- 



BRITISH AND FRENCH LACE, 199 

wrought net, or single press. At this period commenced the 
revolutionary war, which obstructed all communicaton between 
the two countries, each state proceeding with its own machine- 
ry. At the conclusion of the war by the treaty of Amiens, in 
'1802-3, England had made nearly 1200 frames, all employed 
upon silk fast net. The French had increased their machinery 
at Lyons and Nismes to near 2000, all employed on single press 
net, and in order to protect it against the superior quality of 
English net, the French Republic had prohibited the latter so 
early as 1794-5 ; at that period, when Mr. John Morris, of Not- 
tingham, was at Lyons and Nismes, they had made some pro- 
gress in improving their machinery and in stiffening the lace, 
though not so as to come in competition with English net; so 
decided was the superiority of fast net considered, and so strict 
the prohibitory laws, that Mr. George Armitage was induced 
to remove from London to Paris, to introduce the English me- 
thod. The war again commencing, separated the two coun- 
tries ; the French machines were found totally incompetent to 
make fast net. Mr. William Hayne, the original patentee, 
was in Paris, and was detained by Bonaparte at the commence- 
ment of the war ; his object was to smuggle British net into 
France, which he continued to do with varied success until 
1809, when, his agents having betrayed him, no less than 
.£25,000 worth was seized in one week, which together with 
the fines, amounted to .£40,000 ; he had before sustained great 
losses from seizures in this contraband trade, and succeeded by 
almost a miracle in making his escape to England. In Not- 
tingham, the capital of Mr. Hayne was supposed to be almost 
inexhaustible, as he had carried on a flourishing business for 
twenty years, and had commenced with a freehold estate worth 
£17000 a year, yet his French speculations in smuggling had so 
deranged his concerns, that in 1811, he was found completely 
insolvent, and died in a state of childish inanity, though aman 
of strong mind, completely exhausted by his misfortunes. 

" At the conclusion of the war, in 1813-14, by the peace of 
Paris, the speculations in Nottingham were ruinously exten- 
sive ; lace machines rose in value from £25 to .£130, under tr^e 
impression that British lace would have the same demand as in 
1802-3. Mr. Morris, however, who had been at Lyonsand Nis- 
mes, knew better, and a little before he died, sent along memorial 
written with his own hand to Lord Sidmouth, pointing out the 
danger from French competition in the silk lace manufacture, 
and predicted its total extinction in England. That minister 
was too much elated by his unexpected success to listen to any 
warning, and the admonition was thrown by as ill-timed and 
useless. So great were the speculations that premiums were 
actually giveu by the masters to the work-people, to obtain each 
others' nets surreptitiously ; but when their nets were convey- 
ed to the great markets in Spain, Sicily, and South America, 



200 BRITISH AND FRENCH LACE. 

they were met by the French single press net, stiffened and 
dressed in such a superior manner as to wholly supersede Bri- 
tish nets in those markets ; many thousand pounds worth of 
British lace is now lying at Palermo, Cadiz, Rio, and Buenos 
Ayres, unsold to this day, which has led to the failure of most 
of the old established houses. But however strange it may 
appear, these circumstances were not known to the working 
classes m Nottingham, until the year 1819-20. By the large 
importations of French wrought nets into this country, the 
workmen had been deprived of employment^ their frames either 
palmed upon them for wages, or sold for a mere trifle to make 
slop stockings, to the utter injury and disgrace of the regular 
hosiery manufacture. The duty charged upon the importation 
was 40 per cent, on the declared value, which duty was* much 
evaded by the importers. A memorial upon this subject was 
presented to Mr. Robinson (Lord Goderich) by Mr. Birch, 
which was treated with great coolness and neglect; another was 
presented by Mr. Denman, who made such strong remon- 
strances, aided by Mr. Birch, that the duty was altered to 2s. 
per square yard, or more than 75 per cent. — This continued 
until Mr. Huskisson, by his celebrated measure in 1824, alter- 
ed the whole scale of duties, which took place in 1826, and 
lowered the tariff to 30 per cent. ; since which period the point 
net frames, from 1500, in 1808, have gradually disappeared, 
until John Martin is now the last solitary point net hand ! The 
extent of the importation of a manufacture in which the Eng- 
lish conceived they should ever have remained unrivalled from 
their superior skill* may be estimated by a return made to the 
Lords of Trade, 5th Nov. 1830, by which it appeared, that in 
one year nearly 200,000 square yards were imported, but so 
slovenly is the business carried on at the Custom House, that 
the French import their ells of 45 inches, which are passed as 
yards, making the total more than 240,000 yards, exclusive of 
the system of which the merchants of Deal and Dover know 
so much — smuggling! 

" While the English were thus totally losing the silk lace 
trade, the French were rapidly gaining the cotton lace trade, 
though they affected to prohibit both ; the former being really 
and rigidly prohibited, the latter only speciously, in order to 
. encourage English workmen to establish machines in France, 
and to make one piece and smuggle another, thus completely 
outwitting us, in which the original patentee unfortunately 
took the lead. The British Government, instead of checking 
this ruinous system, which will ultimately be found so dreadful 
in its consequences, winked at the subject as unworthy their 
notice, under the infatuation that the skill of the English work- 
men had nothing to fear from competition. 

" The workmen (principally inventors of machinery) con- 
ceiving themselves in the most imminent jeopardy, as the bobbin 



NOTTINGHAM. 20 L 

net machines were extending at the rate of more than twenty per 
month in France, came to the resolution of presenting a me- 
morial to the board of trade upon these important subjects, 
urging a careful inquiry into the state of the hosiery and lace 
trades, which was presented to Mr. Herries by Mr. Legh Keck, 
M.P. for the county of Leicester, and Mr. Birch, M.P. for 
Nottingham, who promised a careful investigation. 

" On the meeting of Parliament, Mr. Herries determined to 
redeem his pledge to those gentlemen, directed his secretary to 
require the attendance of Gravener Henson, whose mission was 
interrupted by the dissolution of the Wellington administration. 
Before the new minister, Lord Auckland, had taken the oaths 
and entered upon office, Sir R. C. Ferguson, M.P. for Not- 
tingham, had urged the matter upon his Lordship, and requested 
him to permit Henson to wait upon him. The result of this 
interview was, that his lordship expressed considerable doubts 
as to the propriety of interference ; and that Mr. P. Thompson, 
the vice president of the Board of Trade, treated the matter as 
frivolous and unworthy his attention. 

"But their majesties, soon afterwards, with a praiseworthy at- 
tention to the distresses of the country, gave the most positive 
directions that no person should appear at court dressed in any 
but British manufactures. This order was nearly tantamount 
in its consequences to directing that no lady should appear in 
white silk lace. 

" Silk lace had begun to be made from the bobbin-net machines 
which had increased since 1813, from little more than 200, to 
more than 4500, at an expense of nearly a million and a half of 
capital. A species of white silk lace had been made from the 
warp frame, another distinct mode of making machine lace. 
Several abortive attempts had been made, for a long period, to 
stiifen the lace after the French method, and persons had gone 
to Lyons, for the express purpose of learning their method, who 
had all lamentably failed. Mr. Joseph Crowdei\ of Nottingham, 
who had made considerable improvements in the lace machinery, 
had (induced by some of the manufacturers who imported the 
French lace, and employed their work-people in Nottingham, 
to ornament net made at Lyons,) directed his attention to the 
subject, and as he was said to have obtained some hints from 
the continent, he, by dint of great perseverance, was enabled to 
produce an article fully equal in appearance to the French tulle, 
from the bobbin net, but decidedly superior in its stamina. The 
French tulle made, single prest, is nothing more than a series of 
stocking warpings, owing the whole of its stamina to the gluti- 
nous stiffening, which wet or damp will cause the web to lose 
every appearance of a fabric of lace. The bobbin net lace is 
made exactly in the same manner by the machine, as the 
cushion lace in Buckinghamshire, and as the blond lace im- 
ported from France, but infinitely superior in the regular for- 



202 queen's lace dress, &c. 

mation of the meshes. The infinite difficulty was to stiffen an 
article of so gossamer an appearance, perfectly pliable, as lace 
made from a single thread of Italian silk ; but this, Mr. Crow- 
der had fully accomplished, with this drawback, that the cost 
was materially greater than the ordinary method, which it ap- 
pears, upon inquiry, is the case with the French dressed lace, 
five persons being enabled even in their improved state, to dress 
only about seventy or eighty yards per day. 

" It was conceived, that if her majesty would order a dress of 
this net, and thus, from such a distinguished patronage, intro- 
duce it to the notice of the nobility and gentry, their patriotism 
might induce them to use a British in preference to a foreign 
article; and G. Henson was advised to apply to the principal 
manufacturers upon his return, and present a petition to her 
Majesty for that purpose. This petition was proposed, and 
signed by Mr. Samuel Hall, Mr. John Kendall, Messrs. Train 
and Wesson, and by J. Crowder and G. Henson, and presented 
to her Majesty by Sir Herbert Taylor. Her Majesty, with a 
condescension and attention which ought to endear her to 
every considerate person, not only gave the order, but directed 
Messrs. Train and Wesson, who undertook in the handsomest 
manner to complete it, to apply to her milliner, through whom 
she gave directions as to the manner in which the dress, when 
made, was most likely to meet the public approbation, leaving 
the exact pattern to the discretion of the manufacturer. G. 
Henson, during the completion of the dress, was induced to 
proceed to town upon the question of the Truck Bill, and pre- 
sented to her Majesty's milliner, for her inspection, specimens 
of the English and French lace, and explained th,e nature of 
the fabrics, and the test of placing each of them in water, for 
the information of her Majesty and her court. 

" This dress, when completed by Messrs. Train and Wesson, 
was sent, by direction of Sir H. Taylor, direct to her Majesty, 
at St. James's Palace. The pattern was made in stripes of 
nine inches, and consisted of an elegant star, having a large 
open work in the middle, beautifully worked with the needle, 
encircled with a series of roses ; the whole appearance of the 
dress was of the most brilliant description imaginable, and ab- 
solutely dazzled the eye. The appearance was that of flowers 
of brilliant shining silk, worked upon a gossamer light fabric, 
having more the appearance of net made of mother-of-pearl, 
than of any other substance. A most material improvement 
had been made in preparing the ornamental silk, by the sugges- 
tion of Mrs. Bitton's, her Majesty's milliner, which heightened 
the effect, by preserving the gloss of the ornamental silk. Her 
Majesty, with that attention and politeness which confers the 
greatest lustre upon her character, took the earliest and most 
effectual method of introducing the article to the notice of her 
court, by wearing it, ornamented with silver, over a white satin 



NOTTINGHAM. - 13 

dress, and that too at a juvenile ball, principally composed of 
voung ladies of her court, in honour of her niece, the heiress 
presumptive; thus displaying- the new article to a body of in- 
fluential young ladies, most likely to patronize white ornamen- 
tal dresses, the characteristic and proper dress for their rank 
and age. 

* Thus has her Majesty, in the noblest manner, done her duty, 
in introducing the article in the most effectual way to her 
court, to become the prevailing fashion. It now remains to be 
seen whether Nottingham or Lyons shall have the silk net 
trade. If the English nobility patronize this article, which is 
of superior qualitv to French tulle, the consumption must ne- 
cessarily increase in this country, and wherever English fashions 
or influence predominates. The beauty and stamina of bobbin 
net is so decided, above single press, that it will bear no com- 
parison, where the articles are known and appreciated. France 
employs more than 3000 frames, making more than 3,000,000. 
yards of silk lace annually; Spain from 500 to 7^0? making- 
more than 600,000 vards yearly; whilst in Italy, Germany, and 
the whole amount mauntactured upon the continent, cannot be 
•estimated at less than 4,000,000 square yards annually, or near 
a million in value. But when it is considered that an immense 
number of persons are employed to ornament it, the subject 
increases to immense importance, and is probably to the extent 
of o£10, 000,000 annually, as in Catalona alone, the ornamen- 
ters of lace are computed by the Spaniards at 5000 persons. 
Thus has the last effort been made on the part of the English 
workmen, to meet the French by a fair competition; the result 
will be seen, and posterity and Europe will judge whether the 
Eng-lish mechanic has had fair play — as whilst French silk net 
is allowed to be imported upon a light duty, net rigidly levied, 
British lace is rigorously and sternly seized, -whilst the most in- 
fluential and spirited of her manufacturers have been ruined and 
undone by confiscations. But it is hoped that a reformed Par- 
liament will very early devote their attention to the employment 
of the population of this kingdom, and adopt a firm line of con- 
duct with foreign states, respecting- reciprocal duties and pro- 
hibitions, and make them really reciprocal.' ' 

The abolition of the East India Company would be an ines- 
timable benefit to the trade of Nottingham, for, in the absence 
of that great chartered monopoly, British lace would find an 
extensive market in the countries eastward of the Cape of Good 
Hope, where it is now almost unknown, though it is so suitable 
and desirable an article of dress for the inhabitants of warm cli- 
mates. The present exports of bobbin net are principally to Hol- 
land and Belgium ; to France by contraband; to Italy*; and to 
North and South America. A durable and elegant article in bob- 
bin net, suitable forcurtains, &c. is now exported at the low price 
of fourpence per square yard, and another article used for many 



204 COTTON 'SPINNING, &C, 

purposes of female dress at sixpence per square yard. The 
hosiery manufactured here, consists chiefly of the finer sorts of 
silk, cotton, and worsted stockings, gloves, &c. 

Cotton Mills, &c. — " The first cotton mill erected in the 
world''' was built at Nottingham, on a piece of ground betwixt 
Hockley and Woolpack-lane, in 1769, by the celebrated Richard 
Arkwright. It was burnt down a few years afterwards, but 
was rebuilt by its founder, and now bears the name of Hockley 
Mill, and is occupied by Mr. Benjamin Moore. The machinery 
which was here introduced for the spinning of cotton, was in- 
vented in Lancashire, and the principal cause which gave 
Nottingham the honour of first applying it, was the determina- 
tion of the Lancashire workmen to resist all improvements 
which had a tendency to supersede manual labour. Until the 
latter part of the 18th century, the warp of cotton goods was of 
linen yarn, principally imported from Germany or Ireland, and 
the weft was of cotton which was carded by hand, and spun in 
the weaver's own family by the distaff and spindle, which (after 
England began to export cotton goods) were soon found greatly 
insufficient to supply the encreasing demands of the loom ; 
though upwards of 50,000 spindles were daily in motion in 
Lancashire, turned by as many individuals. At this juncture, 
Thomas Highs, a reed-maker, of Leigh, assisted by John Kay, 
a clock -maker, invented a machine which gave motion to six 
spindles, and which he named after his own daughter, Jenny. 
In 1767, James Hargrave, of Blackburn, constructed a spin- 
ning jenny, that would spin 20 or 30 threads into yarn, but it 
was destroyed by a mob, in consequence of which he left 
Lancashire and came to Nottingham, where he set several 
similar machines to work, but his patent was invaded, and he 
died in obscurity and distress, having no just claim to the in- 
vention, which belonged to the before named Thomas Highs, 
who also (in 17^7) invented the Throstle, for the spinning of 
twist by rollers, but of this he was also robbed, but by a more 
successful adventurer, ycleped Richard, afterwards Sir Richard 
Arkwright, who was a barber at Preston, where he had the ad- 
dress to possess himself of a model of High's machine. This 
was the germ of Mr. Arkwright's future prosperity, and of the 
extension of the cotton trade. To supply his lack of pecuniary 
means he effected a partnership with Mr. Smalley, of Preston, 
in Lancashire, and in 1768, he removed to Nottingham, where 
he built Hockley Mill, and obtained a patent for the exclusive 
benefit of spinning cotton by the new process, which privilege 
he enjoyed till 1785, when his patent-right was destroyed by a 
decision of the Court of King's Bench, after a long protracted 
litigation. Though Sir Richard has been deprived of the 
honour of the original invention, and subjected to a charge of a 
want of fair dealing towards Highs, he possessed the merit of 
having perfected that which before had attained only an embryo 






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state, and of having surmounted difficulties by the force of his 
own mind which hardly any other man in the same situation 
could have triumphed over. His capacity of combination, if 
not of invention, was of the highest order, and his manufactories 
in Nottinghamshire and in Derbyshire, in the infancy of the 
cotton trade, manifested the intelligence of a presiding genius. 
He became one of the richest commoners of England, and died at 
his works at Cromford, in 1792, in the sixtieth year of his age. 
In 1791, Mr. Robert Denison built a large cotton mill at Not- 
tingham, near Poplar-place, but it was burnt down in 1802, 
and was never rebuilt. There are now in the town and neigh- 
bourhood several silk^ cotton^ and worsted mills for supplying 
the lace and hosiery manufactures, but the greater part of the 
cotton lace thread used here is spun at Manchester. 

It is estimated that the cotton twist and weft spun in Great 
Britain amounts to 110,000,000 lbs per annum, of which nearly 
one-tenth is used in the lace, thread, and hosiery manufactures; 
two-tenths is exported to the continent of Europe in twist, and 
the remainder manufactured at home into calicoes, muslins, fus- 
tians, &a 

The annual value of the cotton manufactures of this kingdom 
is now estimated at from 30 to 40 millions sterling, though in 
the early part of the reign of George III. it did not exceed 
<£200,000. The growth of this manufacture, now the first in 
the world, has been greatly facilitated by the introduction of 
Boltain and Watts' rotative steam engine ; by the spinning mule 
invented in 1775, by Samuel Crompton, of Bolton-le-Moors, 
and by the power-loom, invented by the Rev. — Cartwright of 
Kent, in 1785, but not brought into extensive use till about 
1820. In 1815, Mr. George Oldfield Needham, of Nottingham, 
obtained a gold medal and sixty guineas from the Society of 
Arts, for improving the machinery used in carding, roving, and 
spinning cotton wool. Mr, Samuel Cartledge, of Nottingham, 
was the first who brought to perfection the spinning of the fine 
cotton twist used in making British lace, for which he received 
the thanks of the Buckinghamshire manufacturers of bone or 
cushion lace, in 1815. 

Besides the numerous machine works, there are in the town 
several iron and brass founderies, a steam engine manufactory, 
and an extensive white lead works. There were formerly two 
glass-houses and two potteries in the town, but they have long 
since disappeared. The Tanners here once formed a numerous 
and respectable company, with a master and two wardens 
chosen annually. In 1664, here were 47 tan-yards, but in 1750 
they were reduced to three, of which only two now remain, 
besides four felmongers^ yards ; though there are in the town 
thirteen curriers. In the vicinity there are no fewer than thirty 
wind milk, which supply the town and the surrounding villages 
with flour. Most of the inhabitants purchase their bread of the 



206, 



TRADE AND MANUFACTURES. 



numerous common bakers, one of whom, Mr. Edwin Clayton, 
has lately obtained a patent for a bread-making machine, which 
works on the principle of a barrel-churn, and enables the baker 
to convert one or two sacks of flour into tine light dough in the 
space of a few minutes. The Malting business has, ever 
since the period of the Norman conquest, been a source of 
profit to the town and suburbs, where there are now upwards of 
fifty master maltsters. The goodness of the barley grown in 
some parts of Nottinghamshire, and in the vale of Belvoir ; the 
excellent quality of the coal used in the malt kilns ; and the deep 
and cool rock cellars, possessed by almost every house in the 
town, have long since established the fame of Nottingham Ale, 
which Stukely notices as being " highly valued for softness and 
pleasant taste." There is however but one common breivery 
in the town, as many of the private families and nearly all the 
publicans brew their own beer, and the latter are many of them 
wholesale as well as retail dealers. From 1800 to 1 804, the 
Newark brewers attempted to force their liquor upon the town 
by purchasing all the public-houses they could obtain, but the 
great aversion of the inhabitants to what is termed " brewery 
ale," and the determination of the magistrates to withhold the 
licences of all such houses, destroyed the monoply in the latter 
year; so that the traveller may still regale himself, in almost 
any inn or tavern in the town, with a " can" (a plated gill) of 
that excellent and wholesome beverage, which many years ago 
inspired Mr. Gunthorpe, a naval officer, but a native of Not- 
tingham, with a popular bacchanalian song, of which the fol- 
lowing is the last verse and chorus : — 

"Ye poets, who brag of the Helicon brook, 
The nectar of gods, and the juice of the vine ; 
You say none can write well, except they invoke 
The friendly assistance of one of the nine — 
Here's liquor surpasses the streams of Parnassus, 
The nectar ambrosia, on which gods regale; 
JExperience will show it, nought makes a good poet, 
JLike quantum sufficit of Nottingham ale ! 

Nottingham ale, boys, Nottingham ale ; 

No liquor on earth like Nottingham ale !** 



Numbering of the Houses.— Before dismissing this suc- 
cinct (but we hope comprehensive,) historical, statistical, 
and descriptive view of Nottingham, wo, with much defer- 
ence, offer the following remarks for the consideration of 
the authorities of the town, both corporate and parochial. We 
have not found in any other large town in the kingdom so great 
a want of that necessary facility to the every-dav transactions of 
residents and strangers which is afforded by the proper num- 



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bering of the houses. Each street, square, court, and alley in 
the town ought to have a separate set ol numbers affixed or 
painted upon its doors, but the greater part of them are yet 
without such distinction, even in many of the longest streets, 
where the postman, the porter, and other inquirers often 
incur much trouble before they can find the object of their 
search. And in those streets Avhich partially enjoy this facility, 
the numbers are placed in such irregular order as to be of but 
little service ; many of them beginning at wrong ends of the 
streets, progressing from right to left, and very often having 
duplicates on opposite sides of the same street. Cast iron plates, 
bearing the names of the streets, were put up in 1831, and we 
trust the authorities will, ere long, order and superintend the 
numbering of all the houses in the town and suburbs, on the 
plan suggested above. 



LIST OF STREETS IN NOTTINGHAM 

As they appear on Specie's plan of the town* published in 1610 

«& The names printed in Italics show the present appellations of those which 
have been changed. 



Barker lane (gate) 

Bearward lane (Mount street) 

Bellargate 

Bridlesmith gate 

Broad maisli 

Castle lane 

Cartergate 

Chal°r's lane (Chandler's lane) 

Cow lane (Clumber street) 

Fishergate 

Fleshergate (Fletcher gate) 

Gos^egate (Goose gate) 

Gridlesmith gate ( Pelham street) 

Halifax lane 

High pavement 

Hungate 

Low pavement 



Lymbv lane (Bottle lane) 
Maliahill 

Middle pavement 

Narrow marsh 

Newark, lane (fVoolpack lane) 

Pepper street 

Pilshergate 

St. James' lane 

St. Mary's gate 

Stoney street 

Swine green (Carlton street) 

Vault lane (Drury hill) 

Wheelwright lane (Wheeler gate) 

White Friars' lane 

Wooller lane (Byardlane) 

Worser lane (Warsergate) 



* A Plan of Nottingham was published in 1820, by T. H. Smith and H. Wild, 
(engraved by J. Carr, of Houndsgate.) Two other plans of the town, one on a 
large and the other on a small scale, have lately been published by Mr. E. Staveley 



208 



LIBT OF STREETS, COURTS,. &C* 



ALPHABETICAL LIST 

OF 

STREETS, SQUARES, GATES, LANES, COURTS, 
AND ALLEYS, 

IN NOTTINGHAM AND ITS VICINITY, IN 1832, 
WITH REFERENCES TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SITUATIONS. 

*3r The CONTRACTIONS used in the following list and in the subjoined Di- 
rectory of Nottingham, will, it is hoped, be easily understood; those most fre- 
quently used are, bdgs. for buildings ; bookr. book«eper •* coml. commercial ; corns . 
commission ; f kr. framework-knitter ; gt. gate ; h. house ; L. Lenton ; Iggv logg- 
ings ; Msfd. rd. Mansfield road ; Mkp. Market-place ; mfF. manufacturer ; N. R. 
New Radford ; O. R. Old Radford ; Parlt. st. Parliament street ; pi. place j pvt. 
pavement ; rd. road; rtl. retail ; spr. spinner or doubler,; S. Sneinton ; solr. solici- 
tor; sq. square ; St. Saint; st. street; ter. terrace; tvr. traveller; vict. victualler ; 
whl. wholesale ; and whsm. warehouseman. Many of .these abbreviations are like- 
wise used in the other Town Directories in this Volume, as also are the com- 
mon contractions of christian names. 



Agnes yard, Broad st 
Albion court, Kingston st 
Albion place, Albion st 
Albion st, Grev friars' gate 
Alfreton road,*Sion Hill, N. R. 
Andrew court, York st 
Angel alley, Woolpack In 
Angel row, Market place 
Angler's yd, Plumptre st 
Ant-Hill, Cur lane 
Apple row, Milk st 
Armfield's yard, Mount st 
Arrow yard, Fishergate 
Ashton's yard, Bridlesmithgate 
Aspley terrace, New Radford 
Augean place, Maiden In. 
Babbington st, Mansfield rd 
Back Common, Mansfield rd. 
Back lane, Parliament st 
Bail row, York st 
Ball lane, Coalpit lane 
Ball yard, Broad marsh 
Balloon ct, Mount East st 
Barkergate, Stoney st 
Barker's yard, St. Ann's st 
Barlow's ct, Sneinton id 
Baron row, Earl st 



Barrow's yd, High Pavement 
Bat lane, York st 
Bath row wharf, Canal st 
Bath place, Canal st 
Beans yard, Eyre st, S. 
Bear ct, Mansfield rd 
Bear yard, Long row 
Beast market hill, Market pi 
Beck barn, now Beck street 
Beck court, Beck st 
Beck square, Coalpit lane 
Beck street, John st 
Beehive yard, Beck st 
Bedford row, Tyler st 
Bedford street, Tyler st 
Bellargate, Barkergate 
Bell founder's yard, Long row 
Birch Row, New Radford 
Bilbie's yard, Mansfield rd 
Bishop row, Sussex st 
Black Lion yd, Coalpit lane 
Black yard, Narrow marsh 
Black Boy yard, Long row 
Black Horse yard, VVoolpack In 
Blewitt's yard, Beck st 
Bloomsbury pi, Millstone In 
Bloomsgrove, New Radford 



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209 



Blucher row, Butcher st 
Bond st, York st 
Bond st, New Sneinton 
Bost ct, Milton st 
Boot In, now Milton st 
Booth's bdgs, St. Ann's st 
Bottle alley, Bottle In 
Bottle In, 1, Bridlesmithgate 
Bran ct, Mansfield rd 
Brewer street, Mill st 
Brewery st, Old Glass' house In 
Brewhouse yd, Castle rd 
Brewitt's pi. 8, George st 
Bridge st, Plumtre sq 
Bridlesmithgate, Poultry 
Bright Alley, Cartergate 
Britannia yd, Mount st 
Broad Marsh, Listergate 
Broad st, Parliament st, to Carle- 
ton street 
Bromley house, Angel row 
Brook alley, Coalpit In 
Brook st, Beck st 
Brunswick pi, Kingston st 
Budge row, Mount st 
Ball court, Red Lion st 
Bull yard, Long row 
Bunhill row, Poplar pi 
Bunker's hill, Parliament st 
Bussey's yd, 46, Bridlesmithgate 
Burdett's ct, Old Glass house In 
Burial ground yd, Mount st 
Burrow's yd, Bedford row 
Butcher st, Plumtre sq 
Butcher's row. Coalpit In 
Butler's ct, Narrow, Marsh 
Bunker's Hill, Parliament st 
Butcher's ct, Beck st 
Buttery's yd, Long row 
Byard In, 19, Bridlesmithgate 
Byron st, Middle Sneinton 
Cabbage ct, Charlotte st 
Canaan st, New Bridge st 
Cannon yard, Long row 
Canal st, Bridge st 
Capon ct, Charlotte st 
Carey's yd, Coalpit In 
Carlisle pi, Cur In 
Carlton hill, Sneinton 
Carlton road, Sneinton 
Carlton st, Pelham ?^t 
Carrington st, Listergate 
Cartergate, Sneinton st 



Carter row, Cartergate 
Castle ct, Millstone In 
Castlegate, Low Pavement 
Castle pi, head of Park st 
Castle road, Brewhouse yd 
Castle street, New Bridge st 
Castle terrace, Castle rd 
Castle wharf, Brewhouse yd 
Caunt st, Barkergate 
Cavendish street, Red st 
Chancery ct, Broad marsh 
Chandler's In, 1, Bridlesmithgate 
Chapel Bar, Long row 
Chapel st, AUreton rd, N. R. 
Charles street, Plat st 
Charlotte street, Milton st 
Charlotte sq, Milton st 
Chatham st, Mansfield rd 
Cheapside, Market place 
Cherry place, Coalpit lane 
Chesterfield st, Grey Friargate 
Churchgate, Peters' Church side 
Clare court, Clare st 
Clare street, Parliament st 
Clark's square, Glasshouse st 
Clayton's yd, 34, Bridlesmithgate 
Click in, Parliament st 
Clifton st, New Bridge st 
Clinton st, Lincoln st 
Clinton street, Nile st 
Close alley, Fishergate 
Clumber st, E. end of Long row 
Coach and Horses' yd, Mansfield 

road 
Coal court, Parliament st 
Coalpit lane, St John's st 
Cock court, Old street 
Cockayne's yd, Pierrepont st 
Collin st, Carrington st 
Cohvick st, Middle Sneinton 
Commerce ct, 20, Barkergate 
Commerce row, Beck st 
Convent st, St. John's st 
Cork alley. Parliament st 
Commercial st, London rd 
Corn street, Brook st 
Cottage place, Sneinton 
Cousin's yd, Pierrepont st 
Cow court, Cartergate 
Cow yard, Cartergate 
Cowslip ct, Hockley 
Crank ct, Glasshouse st 
Cricket ct, 5J, Barkergate 



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LIST OF STREETS, COURTS, &C. 



Cross ct, Glasshouse st 
Cross street, Mount East st 
Cross street, Beck st 
Crossland yd, Narrow marsh 
Crosland st, Narrow marsh 
Croshavv's yd, Pierrepont st 
Crow court, Park st 
Crown court, Millstone In 
Crown yd, Long row 
Crown and Anchor yd, Bridge st 
Cullen's ct, Parliament st 
Cur lane, St. John's st 
Cumberland pi, Park row 
Currant street, Sussex st 
Cuitis's yd, Parliament st 
Cyprus street, Beck st 
Darker's ct, Broad marsh 
Darker's In, Broad marsh 
Daykin's ct, 58* Barkergate 
Daykin's yd, West st 
Dean street, Bellargate 
De Ligne st, Wood st, N..R. 
Den man st, George st, N. R. 
Derby Arms' yd. Long row 
Derby road, Tollhouse hill 
Derby st, Derby rd 
Derby terrace, Derby rd, Park 
Devonshire pi, Sherwood st 
Dickenson's yd, 7? Bridlesmithgt 
Dobb's court, Orchard st 
Dodsley's ct, Parliament st 
Dot yard, Listergate 
Dove yard, Parliament st 
Drake street, Plat st 
Drury hill, Middle Pavement 
Duke's yard, Long row 
Duke's pi, 27, Barkergate 
Dutch alley, Narrow marsh 
Dutton's yd, Newcastle st 
Earl street, Water st 
Earl st, New Radford 
East st, St, John's st 
East street, Plat st 
Edward st, Castle st 
Eland st, Mortimer st 
Element hill, Carlton rd, S. 
Elliott's yd, Mount st 
Elliott st, New Radford 
Ely court, Phesterfield st 
Eyre street, Sneinton 
Exchange, Market place 
Exchange ct, Mount t-t 
Exchange alley, Exchange 



Exchange row, Exchange 

Eyre st, Pierrepont, partly in 

Sneinton 
Felix place, 37, Barkergate 
Fen yard, Barkergate 
Fine street, Nile st 
Finkhill st, Grey Friargate 
Fish court, Fishergate 
Fishergate, Plumptre sq 
Fletchergate, Bottle In 
Flint ct, Garner's hill 
Flint's yd, Chandler's In 
Flood road, Bridge st 
Forest side, Mansfield rd,to Rad- 
ford 
Foster's place, Rick st 
Eoundry yard, Narrow marsh 
Fountain place, Goosegate and. 

Woolpack In 
Fowler's yaid, Long row 
Fox lane, Mansfield road 
Frame court, Parliament st 
Frame yard, Parliament st 
Fredville st, Cartergate 
Freeman's ct, Glasshouse st 
Freeman's st, Nile st 
Friar lane, Beast market hill 
Friary yard, Friar lane 
Frog alley, Milk st 
Galloway's yard, Milton st 
Garden court, Mansfield rd 
Garner's hill, High Pavement 
Garter court, Old street 
Gedling street, Hockley 
George & Dragon yd, Long row 
George st, Carlton st 
George st, New Radford 
Gibraltar Straits, Beilargate 
Gilliflower hill, now Castle rd 
Glass court, York st 
Glasshouse st, Parliament st 
Glue court, Narrow marsh 
Goodall's yard, Canal st 
Good all's yard, North st 
Goodhead's yard, Listergate 
Good head's court, Derby rd 
Goosegate, Carlton st 
Gran by ht, St. James's st 
Greek'st, Mont ford st, N. R. 
Green's yard, Angel row 
Gregory st, Sion hill, N. R. 
Grenville place, Carrington st 
Grey Fiiargate, Listergate 



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211 



Greyhound yd for st.) Long row 
Groom ct, St. Peter's Church side 
Grosvenor p], Parliament st 
Grove st, New Bridge st 
Halifax place, Pilchergate 
Hare yard, Mount st 
Harley place, Carrington st 
Harrington st, Sussex st 
Harris's pi, Lincoln st 
Harrison's ct, Lincoln st 
Harrison's yard, Houndsgate 
Hart's place, Goosegate 
Harvey's row, Bu k In 
Haughton pi, Lincoln st 
Haughton st, Lincoln st 
Hay hurst st, Den man st, X. R. 
Haywood st, X. Sneinton 
Hazard's yd. Long row 
Heath st," Alfreton rd, X. R. 
Herbert st, Pierrepont st 
Hermitage, (Sneinton) Pennvfoot 

stile 
Hickiing's bdgs. St. Ann's st' 
High Cross st. Broad st 
High Pavement, Weekday cross 
High st, Smithy row 
High st, New Radford 
Hdl's ct, Millstone lane 
Hind's yard, Angel row 
Hockley, Goosegate 
Holland street, Goosegate 
Hockley place, Goosegate 
Hollows, now St. James's terrace 
Hollowstone, High Pavement 
Hoop Alley, Cartergate 
Hop kin son's ct. Park st 
Houndsgate. St. Peter's sq 
Horubuckle's yd, Narrow marsh 
Howard st, Glsshouse st 
Hulse's yard. Long row 
Hunt's yd. 14. Wool pack !n 
Hyson green. Xew Radford 
Ice court, Petergate 
Ilkeston rd, Sion hill, X. R. 
Independent hill, Xile row 
Iron yard, Xarrow marsh 
Irongate wharf, Bridge st 
Isabella st. Castle road 
Islington, Den man st, X. R. 
James's yard, Milton st 
James's yard, West st 
Jason pi, Penny foot lane 
Jew lane, now Nicholas st 



Jerrom's yard, Park st 
John's ct, Glasshouse st 
Kelk's yard, Caunt ct 
Kendall street, Mount st 
Kennel hill, Mansfield road 
Kenton's square, Edward st 
Kenyon square, Mortimer st 
Keyworth's yd, Glasshouse st 
Kid street, Pht street 
King st, Old Glasshouse In 
King's Arms bdgs, Woolpack In 
King's Arms yd, Woolpack la 
King's ct, King's square- 
King's place, Stoney st 
King's square, King street 
King's st, o, Woolpack lane 
Kingston ct, Parliament st 
Kingston place. Kingston st 
Kingston street. Water st 
Knight's yard, Long row 
Knotted alley. Narrow marsh 
Lamb lane, Charlotte st 
Lammas pla^e, Back lane 
Lane's buildings, St. Ann's st 
Latimer alley, Lamb lane 
Leather alley. Xarrow marsh- 
Leaver's yd, Spaniel row 
Leen court. Canal st 
Leen row, Canal st 
Leen side, Canal st 
Lees' court, X'ewcnstle st 
Lees' yard. Rutland st 
Lees' yard, Canal st 
Lemon court, Hockley 
Lenton street, George st 
Lewis street, RanclirTe st 
Lewis's place, Kingston st 
Lincoln court. Millstone lane 
Lincoln street, Clumber st 
Line alley, Fisherga'e 
Lion sr, Sion hill- X. R. 
Lison's row, Canal st 
Listergate, Low Pavement 
Little Butt dike. Tollhouse hill 
Lock court, Xarrow marsh 
Lodge yard, Parliament st 
Lomas's yard, 17, Bellargate 
London road. Bridge st 
Long row, Market place 
Long stairs, 21, High Pavement 
Loop alley, Water sc 
Low Cross st. East st 
Low Pavement, Bridlesmitbg.ate 



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LIST OF STREETS, COURTS, &C. 



Lowe's yard, Canal street 
Lynedock row, Poplar place 
Maiden lane, 18, VVooIpack In 
Mail ct, Mansfield rd 
Malin hill, Plumptre sqr 
Malt court, Charlotte st 
Maltmill lane, Red Lion st 
Mansfield road, Milton st 
Mansfield terrace, Mansfield rd 
Manver's sqr, Manver's st, S. 
Manver's st, Old Glasshouse In 
Manver's yd, Manver's st, S. 
March st, Walnut tree In 
Mark lane, Back lane 
Market place, Exchange 
Market street, Weekday cross 
Marsden's court, Sussex st 
Martin's yard. Red Lion st 
Matthew's court, Back lane 
Maypole yard, Long row 
Meadow street, Canal st 
Meal ct & yd, St. James's st 
Melsonby pi. Narrow marsh 
Meynell ct & row, Plat st 
Meynell street, South st 
Middle hill, Weekday cross 
Middle marsh, Broad marsh 
Middle street, Gedling st 
Middle Pavement, Bridlesmithgt 
Middle row, Exchange 
Middleton pi, New Lenton 
Milk square, Milk st 
Milk street, Glasshouse st 
Mill alley, Hockley 
Mill street, Butcher st 
Mdl yd, Narrow marsh 
Mill street, Back lane 
Mill's yard, Long row 
Millstone lane, Beck st 
Milton st, Clumber st 
Minnitt's yard, Parliament st 
Mirror alley, Caunt st 
Mitchell's terrace, Mortimer st 
Mole court, Milton st 
Monk court, St. Ann's st 
Montford st, George st, N. R. 
Moor's yard, 25, Barkergate 
Mortimer st, Finkhill st 
Mount court, Mount st 
Mount street, Chapel bar 
Mount East ct. Mount East st 
Mount East st, Parliament st 
Mount Hooton, Forest side 



Mount Pleasant, Mount st 
Mount Vernon, Forest side 
Nameless alley, Parliament st 
Narrow marsh, Plumptre sq 
Navigation row, Canal st 
Needle place, Back lane 
Needle row, Milk st 
NeL-son street, Gedling st 
Nelson's yard, Rutland st 
Neptune place, Albion st 
New Bridge st, Canal st 
New street, Parliament st 
New street, Fishergate 
Newark lane, Sneinton st 
Newcastle ct, Newcastle st 
Newcastle st, Parliament st 
New Charles st, Gedling st 
New Radford* Derby road 
Nicholas place, Houndsgate 
Nicholas street, Houndsgate 
Nile row, Cross street 
Nile strpet, Cross street 
Nob alley, Narrow marsh 
North street, Clumber st 
North street, N. Sneinton 
Norton's yard, Castlegate 
Nottingham terrace, Park 
Nottington place, Mid. Sneinton, 
Octagon yd, Lamb lane 
Old street, Mik street 
Old Glasshouse lane, Sneinton st 
Oklknow's yd, Lonij row 
Old Pottery, Beck st 
Old Rose yd, Bellargate 
Olive row, Mount st 
Olive yd, 3, Barkergate 
Orange's yd, 9, Woolpaek In 
Orchard pi, Orchard st 
Orchard square, Orchard st 
Orchard st, Greyfriargate 
Orchard yd, Butcher st 
Owen's ct. Newark lane 
Pack place, Maiden lane 
Paddock ct, Paddock st 
Paddock st, Greyfriargate 
Palace yard, Clare street 
Pannier row. Mount East st 
Paiadise place, 22, Barkergate 
Paradise row, Coalpit lane 
Park ( The) Park row 
Park hill, Sion hill, & Park 
Park row, Chapel bar, to Postern 
street 



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213 



Park terrace. Park 
Park street, Friar lane 
Park wharf, at the head of Ca- 
nal street 
Parker's yd, Coalpit lane 
Parkinson's yd, Parliament st 
Parley's yd, 31, Fletchergate 
Parliament row. Parliament st 
Parliament st, Chapel bar, to St. 

John's street 
Parrott's place, Corn st 
Patriot st, Old Glasshouse st 
Paul yard, St. Peter's gate 
Peach street, Sussex st 
Pear street, Sussex st 
Peck lane, Poultry 
Pel ham court, Pel ham st 
Pelham street, Smithy row 
Pelican st, Alfreton rd, N. R. 
Pelt alley, Narrow marsh 
Pennell's yard, Long row 
Penny foot lane, Water st 
Penny foot stile, Penny foot In 
Pepper alley, Narrow marsh 
Pepper st, 38, Bridlesmithgate 
Pepper's yd, 34, Bridlesmithgate 
Perch court, Fishergate 
Pheasant square, Lamb lane 
Pierrepont street, Water st 
Pilchergate, Fletchergate 
Pin alley, Fishergate 
Pipe street, Gedling st 
Pitt yard, Coalpit lane 
Plat court, Gedling street 
Plat street, Hockley 
Platoffrow, Gedling st 
Pleasant place. Mount st 
Pleasant place, 7* Pilchergate 
Pleasant row, Gedling st 
Plum street, Sussex st 
Plough & Harrow yd, Milton st 
Plumptre place, Stoney st 
Plumptre square, Hollow stone 
Plumptre street, St. Mary's gate 
Point court. Park street 
Pomfret court, Cartergate 
Poplar place, Butcher st 
Poplar square, Poplar place 
Portland place, Coalpit lane 
Portland street, Coalpit lane 
Postern place, Mid Pavement 
Postern street, head of Park row 
Pottery place, Beck street 



Potter's yard, Warsergate 
Pott's square, Pierrepont st 
Pott's yard, Hockley 
Poultry, Timber hill, to Bridle- 
smithgate 
Poynton st, Tollhouse hill 
Prickard's yard, Hockley 
Princes st, Millstone lane 
Princes st, Gedling street 
Prior court, Spaniel row 
Province court, Millstone lane 
Pump street, Plat street 
Queen street, Warsergate 
Rabbit court, Parliament st 
Radford terrace, Wood st, N. R. 
Radford's yd, 2, Woolpack In 
Ram yard, Long row 
Rancliffe street, Sussex st 
Ratcliffe row, Coalpit lane 
Raven court, Old street 
Red street, Plat st 
Red Lion street is now Narrow 

marsh, the original name 
Renshaw's yd, 22, St. Mary's gt 
Rice pi, 37, Barkergate 
Rice row, Barkergate 
Richmond st, Charles st 
Rick st, Glasshouse st 
Ridsdale's yd, Houndsgate 
Rigley's yard, Long row 
Robin Hood pi, Coalpit lane 
Rookery, Howard st 
Rosemary lane, Greyfriargate 
Rose row, King's square 
Rose yard, 9, Bridlesmithgate 
Rumford place. Beck st 
Rushton's court, Bellargate 
Russell street, Postern st 
Rutland place, Granby st 
Rutland street, Granby st 
Salisbury square, Cur lane 
Salmon court, Charlotte st 
Shakspeare yard, Milton st 
Shambles, behind the Exchange 
Sharpe's yard, Mount st 
Sharped Bdgs, Rick st 
Shaw lane, Parliament st 
Sheep lane, Long row 
Sheridan street, Gedling st 
Sherwin's ct, Coalpit lane 
Sherwin st, Old Glasshouse In 
Sherwood lane, Charlotte st 
Sherwood place, Broad marsh 



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LIST OF -STREETS)* COURTS, &C. 



Sherwood place, Sherwood st 
Sherwood st, behind Mansfield rd 
Shore yard, Greyfriargate 
Short hill, High Pavement 
Short stairs, Short hill 
Silk mill yard, Sussex st 
Silverwood place, Bellargate 
Simpson's ct, 11, Lenton st 
Simpson's pi, Sherwood st 
Sinker alley, Mansfield rd 
Sion hill, Derby rd, N. R. 
Sion place, Holland place 
Skinner st. Mill st 
Slop court, Milk st 
Smalley's yd. Beck st 
Smith's sq, Pierrepontst 
Smith's yd, Glasshouse st 

Smithy row, from N. end the Ex- 
change to High st 

Snail alley, Barkergate 

Sneinton (New), beginswith Man- 
ver's street 

Sneinton pi, N. Sneinton rd 

Sneinton rd, Old Glasshouse In 

Sneinton street, Hockley 

Snow hill* Meynell st 

Sollory's yd, Pilchergate 

South parade, (was Timber hill,) 
Market place 

South st, Coalpit lane 

South st, New Radford 

South st, New Sneinton 

Southampton st, Millstone In 

Spaniel row, Friar lane 

Spaw meadow, Park 

Spencer's yd, Fishergate 

Spurr's yd, Derby road 

Spread Eagle yd, Long row 

Sta^ court. Lamb la-ne 

Standard hill, St. James's terrace 

Stanhope st, Water st 

Star ct, St. James's st 

St. Ann's st, York st 

St. James's pi, Granby st 

St, James's sq, St. James's st 

St. James's st, Beast market hill 
St. James's terrace, Postern st 

St. John's st, Parliament st 
St. Mary's gt, 6, Warscrgate 
St. Mary's pi, 41, St. Mary's gt 
St. Michael row, Mansfield rd 
Stone ct, Parliament st 
Stoney street, Carlton st 



Storey's yard, Holland st 
St. Peter's church side, St. Pe- 
ter's square 
St. Peter's gate, St. Peter's sq 
St. Peter's sq, Wheelergate 
Stretton's yard, Long row 
Stubb's yd, Fletchergate 
Sun Hill, Drake street 
Sussex sq, Harrington st 
Sussex st, Middle marsh 
Sydney street, Red st 
Taft's yard, Carrington st 
Talbot yard. Long row 
Tanner's hall ct, Narrow marsh 
Taylor's ct, Milton st 
Taylor's ct, New Bridge st 
Ten bells yd, Red Lion st 
Theaker's yd, Chestei field st 
Theobald's bdgs, Earl st 
Thompson's yd, Castlegate 
Thread yd, Mount st 
Thurman's yd, Castlegate 
Thurman's vd, Orchard st 
Tilley's yard, Drury hill 
Timber hill, or South parade, 

Market place 
Toll st, Toll house hill 
Tollinton's yard, Long row 
Toll house hill, Chapel bar 
Tomlin's yd, Parliament st 
Tradesman's mart, Parliament st 
Tree yard,. Plumptre st 
Trent bridge, Flood road 
Trent row, Canal st 
Trim court, Parliament st 
Trumpet street, Beck st 
Truswell's yard, Castlegate 
Turncalf alley, now Sussex st 
TuiF court, Middle marsh 
Twigg alley, Goosegate 
Tyler street, Plat st 
Union place, Glasshouse st 
Union street, Plat st 
Valentine place, Broad marsh 
Vassal st, Old Glasshouse In 
Vat yard, Narrow marsh 
Veinon street, Derby road 
Vine court, Glasshouse st 
Virginia street, Meynel st 
Walker street, Cartergate 
Walker's yard, Houndsgate 
Walnut tree lane, Castlegate 
Wan en court, York st 



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215 



Warsergate, Bottle lane 
Washington st, Meynell st 
Water street, Carter row 
Waterloo court, Newcastle st 
Watts' yard, Chesterfield st 
Web court, North st 
Weekday cross. Mid. Pavement 
Wellington ct, Mount East st 
Wellington st, Water st 
Welsh's bdgs, Pierrepont st 
West st, High Cross st 
West st. Sneinton place, S. 
Wharf street, Mill st 
Wheat Sheaf yard, Long row 
Wheat Sheaf yard, Sneinton rd 
Wheelergate, Beastmarket hill 
White street, Cartergate 
Wild's yard, Houndsgate 
Willoughby st, Middleton pi, L. 



Willowby row, Fishergate 
Wilson's yard. Milk street 
Wing alley, Woolpack lane 
Wood court, Mansfield rd 
Woodhouse's yard, 43, Barkergt 
Woodland pi. Parliament st 
Wood street, Gedling street 
Wood street, George st, N. R. 
Woodland pi. Parliament st 
Wool alley, Woolpack lane 
Wool ley's yard, Sussex st 
Woolpack lane, 5, Stoney st 
Wright's yard, Charlotte st 
Wright's yard, Wood street 
Yates' yd, Middle Pavement 
York court, Millstone lane 
York court, St. Ann's street 
York street, Glasshouse street 



THE POST OFFICE, 

Situated in High street, Nottingham, closes at 10 at night, and 
opens every morning at 7, from April to October* and at 8 during 
the rest of the year. 



Mb. GEORGE KEPPLE WHITE, POST-MASTER. 

Mr. W. G. Neilson is the Office Clerk, and the following are 
the Letter Carriers, viz. John Simpson, of Byard lane, William 
Brown, of Coalpit lane, and Joseph Fetcher, of Parliament street. 
They are sent out on delivery three times a day, viz. at half-past 8 ; 
at 1 1 ; and at half-past 2 o'clock. 

The letter bags for London and all parts of the South* are made 
up at 3 afternoon, and are received from thence at half-past 10 
morning. No mail bags are sent to London on Saturday, nor re- 
ceived from thence on Monday. 

The ba^s for Leeds and all parts of the North are made up at 
half-past 9 morning, and are received at half-past 5 morning. 

The bags for Derby {mail gig) and the fVest are closed at half- 
past 6 morning, and received at half-past 1 afternoon. 

The ba^s for Newark and Lincoln, {mail gig) and all parts of 
Lincolnshire and the East, leave at 5 morning and arrive at 2 after- 
noon. 

Tiie bags for Loughbro' and Stamford {mail gig) leave at half- 
past 3 afternoon, and are received at half-past 10 morning. 

{£> The Country Carriers take letters to their respective villages. 
(See list of mails, coaches, and carriers.) 



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NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY. 



CLASSIFICATION 

OF THE 

PROFESSIONS, MANUFACTURES, % TRADES, 

IN THE 

Cofon anfc Countg ot tijt Cafou 

OF 

NOTTINGHAM, 



%• This portion of the Nottingham Directory, contains a classifi- 
cation of the names and addresses of all the professional gentlemen, 
merchants, manufacturers, traders, and other inhabitants carrying 
on business on their own account; and is followed by an Alphabe- 
tical List of the names and residences of the clergy, gentry, part- 
ners in firms, persons out of business, travellers, bookkeepers, and 
others, who are not arranged under any of the following trades and 
professions, to which an Tndex of the names of persons is subjoined, 
so that if the occupation of any person sought for is not known, it 
may be instantly referred to, and thus the whole will be found to 
possess all the advantages of an Alphabetical as well as a Commercial 
Directory. 

{£$> Though Radford and Sneinton join the town of Notting- 
ham, it lias been deemed advisable to give separate directories of 
these populous parishes, as well as of Basforo and Llnton, which 
are also in contiguity with the liberties of the town. 



(1) ACADEMIES. 

See also Professors. 

Baker W. II. High Pavement 

Barker James, 15, Sheep lane, h. 
Mansfield road 

Biddulph Sampson, Halifax pi, 
h Fountain pi 

Barker gate Charity School* W. K. 
Her nek and William Taylor, 
masters ; Mrs. Taylor, gover- 
ness 

Bluecoat Charity School, Thos. 
Cokayne. High Pavement 

Blackwell, Eliz. Poplar Cottage, 
Hyson Green 

?*rice Wm. St. .James' st 



Carpenter Rev. B. Castlegate 
Carver John, Maling hill 
Chambers Mary, Mount pit. 
Clayton Ann, Boot ct 
Clayton Eliz. Castlegate 
Cole Geo, (writing) Mansfield rd 
Cowley Ann, Castlegate 
Die wry Mrs, 17. Plumptre st 
Far ns worth Eliza, Pel ham st 
Feathprstone Jane E, Middle hill 
Fell Ann, Canal street 
Fisher Mary, Parliament st 
Free Grammar School, 16, Stoney 
st, Rev. Rt, Wood, master. Rev. 
Sam. M'Lund, usher, and Rd, 
Dudley, writing master 



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217 



Gilbert and Nelson, Parliament st 
Gregory Frans. Hill, Malt mill In 
Grisenthwaite Wm. St. James' st 
Harmston Mary, Rick st 
Hemment Eliza, Derby rd 
Holt Sarah, St Ann's st 
Hoone Samuel, St. John's st 
Horner Mary, Mount st 
Hutchason Wm. St. Ann's st 
Infant School, Canaan st. Miss 

Mary Prior, h. Woolpack In 
Infant School, Rutland st. Mrs. 
Ann Dean, h. Mansfield road 
Infant School, (P. Baptist,) Inde- 
pendent hill, Samuel Rushton 
Infant School, St. Ann's st. Wm. 

and Harriet Teesdale 
Jacks Jemima, Crown yard 
Jarman Eliz. and Eliza, 30, St. 

Mary gate 
Joynes Lucy, Castlegate 
. Kelk Sarah & Eliz. 2, Plumptre st 
Lancasterian School, Derby rd. 

Samuel Langworth, master 
Lancasterian (Girls) Houndgate, 
Emma Longden, h. Middle pt 
Lee Sarah, 12, Haughton st 
Lowe Samuel, 1, Pilshergate 
Lee John, (writing) Mount East st 
Martin Martha, Mansfield road 
Maudley Jthn. Newcastle st 
Milligan Alex. Kingston ct 
National School, Jph. Aldridge, 

h. 5, East street 
Newbold Mary Ann, Sherwood st 
Newton Isaac, Bottle In. h. Short 

hill. 
North John, King's place 
Oliver Anthony, St. James' st 
Page Ann, Albion st 
Palfreman Ann & Har. Sussex st 
Pearson Ann, Stoney st 
Pettinger, Barb & Mart. Hounds- 
gate 
Plane Richard, Glasshouse st 
Pugh Eliz. 32, Warsergate 
Roe William, Woodland pi 
Rogers Jer. D. Nottingham ter. 
Roper John Anthony, Toll st 
Sailbury William, Finkhill st 
School of Industry, Rutland st. 
Ellen Green and Rose Ann 
Bishop 



Selby Isaac. Mole ct. b. Lenton 
Shepherd James, Herbert st 
Sleath Thomas, Short hill 
Smith Ann, Houndsgate 
Smith Misses, E. B. & M. B. 6, 

Haughton st 
Sparey Isaac, Wheelergate, h. 10, 

Haughton st 
Sollory Mrs Ann, Market st 
Stenson Sarah, Parliament st 
Tatham William, Peter's Church 

side 
Taylor Mary and Ann, Derby rd 
Truman Ann, 16, Parliament st 
Turner Catharine, Park row 
Turner Sarah, Parliament row 
Unitarian Charity, High Pave- 
ment, John Taylor & Charlotte 
Sansom 
Ward Francis Milner, Clare st 
Ward Samuel, Park st 
Warner Sarah, 19, Stoney st 
Warsop Sarah Richards, Pepper 

street 
Wells Charles, Lenton st 
Wheatley Robert, Mortimer st. 

h. Castle road 
White Sarah & Ann, 7, St. Mary- 
gate 
Whitehead George, 10, St. Mary- 
gate 
Wilson Hannah and Eliz. Park st 
Wortley Jph. St. Peter's Church 

side 
(2.) AGENTS- (LACE, &c.) 
Those marked* are general agents* 
the rest sell Bobbin net on com- 
mission. 
Adderton Thomas, Woodland pi 
*Allen Jas. Roger, St. James's st 
Ashwell J. Heard, St. James's st 
*Attenborough, Rt. 7> Clumber si 
Beecroft Jacob, 7, Pilshergate 
Bestow William, Clayton's yard 
Bingham James, Orchard street 
Booker Alfred, Mount East st 
•Booker Richard, Buttery's yard 
Booker Rd. Peter's Church side 
Broadhead William, Postern pi 
Brown George, 8, Lenton st 
Cartwright Ed. Parliament t>t 
Cartwright Wm. Grosvenor pi 
*Crowther Thos. St. Marygate 
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Dickisson James, Houndsgate 
Dobson John, Sherwood st 
•Etherington & Duplex, Byard In 
Ferguson John, 9, Wool pack In 
*Garton Thomas, 36, Broad st 
Gee William, 4, Cannon yd 
Gibson Thomas, 29, H. Cross st 
^Gill Geo. and Son, Houndsgate, 

h. Park 
•Gill Robert Mount st 
Goddard Edward. Portland pi 
•Grundy Sam. Low Pavement 
Hall Samuel March st 
Hallam Wm. Apple row 
Harper Joseph, Derby rd 
Haskard Thos. Low Cross st 
Haythorn Fdk. 16, Rigley's yd 
•Haythorn Jonth. Wright, ct. 33, 

Long row 
Hearson Thomas, 28, George st 
Herrap James, 13, Broad st 
Hickling, William Toll st 
Holmes Jonth. Spaniel row, h. 

Radford 
Hooley Thomas, 34, Barkergate 
•Hutchinson John, 24, Carlton st 
Letherland John, Mansfield rd 
Maples Rd. (Lace Broker,) Rose 

yard, h. St. Petersgate 
Marriott Jph. Wild's yd. Hounds- 
gate 
Morris John, Clayton's yd 
Nixon John, Friar ln.h. Hounds- 
gate 
•Parker and Kirk, Maypole yd 
Reckless, Joseph, Castle terrace 
•Rogerson Wrn. ct. 9, Poultry 
Rushton James, 4, King's place 
Samuels Lewis, Castle terrace 
*Sanderson Edgar, 26, Carlton st 
Sanderson George, Houndsgate 
Sanderson Thomas, 19. Stoney st 
Shipman Wm. Clayton's yd 
Shipman Wm. 3, Lincoln st 
Smith Peter Stanley, Carrington 

street 
*Stenson John, 29, Parliament st 
Stenson Wm. Mortimer st 
Sturt James, Cropland's yard 
Sulley Richard, 9, Stoney st 
•Taylor Isaac, (Law, Money, and 

House,) Parliament st 
Taylor John, 3, Haugbtoo st 



Taylor Wm. (Law, Money and 

House,) Derby road 
Walker George, 2, Rigley's yd 
•Walsh Geo. Nelson, Park st 
Webster David, 33, St. Marygate 
*WelIs Wm.O, Clumber st 
Wentworth Henry, Castle road 
Westmoreland John, Galloway's 

yard, Milton street 
•Wetzlar & Sarazin, Woodlandpl 
Wheatley Arthur, Canal st 
Wheatley James, 3, Rigley's yd 
Whitby John, Air yd. Mount st 
Whitchurch Richard 8, East st 
Whitfield William, Leen row 
(3.) ARCHITECTS. 
Staveley Edward, Pelham street, 

h. Park 
Surplice William, 2, Clumber st 
Wood Henrv Moses, Park st 
(4)— ARTISTS & DRAWING 

MASTERS. 
Barber Thos, (portrait) Park hill 
Clubley Samuel, (portrait) Mans- 
field road 
Huskinson Henry, (portrait) Cas- 
tlegate 
Johnson William, (portrait) Hy- 
son green 
Lees Henry, (portrait) Mansfield 

road 
Parker Alexander, Castlegate 
Shaw William Drury, (portrait 
and animal painter) Market st 
(5.) ATTORNIES. 
Andrew Joseph 16, Grehound yd 
Bowley John, Wheelergate 
Bradshaw Job, Wheelergate 
Brewster John, Castlegate 
Buttery John, 29, Long row 
Clarke and Wells. George st 
Clarke Thomas, 12, Lenton st 
Coope James, 4, Haughton st 
Coope Jesse, Rutland street and 

Radford 
Chursham Wm. St. Petersgate, h. 

Derby terrace 
Enfield Henry and Wm. (Town- 
clerks,) Low Pavement 
Fearnhcad & Campbell, Fletcher- 
gate 
Fox John, ct. 39, Long row, h. 
Neville Cottage, Park 



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Foxcroi't Alexander and Son, Low 

Pavement 
Foxcroft John, (Clerk to Sub-Di- 
vison -Meetings- and to Comss. 
of Land and Assessed Taxes, lor 
S. Div. of Notts.) Low Pave- 
ment 
Greasley Thomas Taft, Beast 

Market hill 
Hague John, St. James's st 
Hardwick Alfred, Churchgate 
Hopkinson George, 30, Long row 
Hopkinson George, jun. 19, Bri- 

dlesmithgate 
Hurst Nicholas Charles, Week- 
day cross, lu Beck lane 
Hurst William, (Under Sheriffand 
Steward of the Mayor and She- 
riff's Court,) Weekday cross 
Inkersley Thos. ct. 33, Long row 
Jackson Thomas, Wheelergate 
Leeson and Gell, Pelham st 
Lowdham and Freeth, Low Pave- 
ment and London 
Nuttall John, Beastmarket hill 
Parsons Saml. & Son, St. James's. 

street 
Payne and Daft, Low Pavement 
Percy and Smith, Wheelergate 
Redgate Thomas Blatherwick, ct. 

66, Long row, h. Calvertou 
Renshaw Hd. St. Petersgate 
Rigley Joseph James Ward, ct. 

39, Long row 
Sanders Samuel, (Prothonotary of 
the Peveril Court,) Wheeler- 
gate, h. B as ford 
Sculthorpe William and Robert, 
St. Petersgate, (Win. is Ma- 
gistrates' Clerk and Treasurer 
of the S. Divison of Notts.) 
Shilton Caractacus l)'Abigney,74 

Long row and Sneinton 
Swann and Browne, Churchgate, 
Swann Chpr. (Coioner for the 

County) Churchgate 
Turner Wm. Hy. 6^ Warsergate 
Wadsworth Jno.25, Fletchergate 
Ward Joseph Septimus, ct. 66, 

Long row, h. Aspley terrace 
Williams William, Maypole yard, 

h. Basford 
Wise & Eddowes, 8, Clumber st 



Wood John, ct. 39, Long row 
(6.) AUCTIONEERS AND 
APPRAISERS. 

Barton Chas. Bond st. N. S. 
Blackwell W. sen. 75, Long row 
Black well W. jun. 34, Long row 
Clark Thomas, Milton street 
Duckworth George, Pelham st 
Eyre Wm. St. James's street 
Hayes John, 24, H. Pavement 
Hickling Geo. 3, Clumber street 
Maples Rt. S. Bridlesmithgate 
MorJey Edward, St. Petersgate 
Parker Wm. 4, Carlton street 
Peet John, 36, Long row 
Robinson E. B. 61, Long row 
Wild Wm. (comssr. for taking 

special bail) Weekday cross 
Wright C.N. 50, Long row 
Wright Wm. Milton street 
(70 BAKERS & FLOUR DLRS. 
Adamson George, East street 
Annibal Rd. Derby road 
Attenborough Thos. Hockley 
Baker Wm. Mid. Pavement 
Barnes John, Cavendish street 
Barnes Thomas, King street' 
Beadles John, Narrow marsh 
Beardmore John, St. Peter's so^ 
Bennett Edward, Edward street 
Bennett John, Houndsgate 
Bissil Thomas, 10, Chapel bar 
Carnall Isaac, Goosegate 
Chamberlin Wm. 17, East st 
Chester John, Parliament st 
Clarke John, 29, Clumber st 
Clayton Benj. Glasshouse st 
Clayton Edwin, (patentee of the 

machine for making dough,) ct. 

35, Bridlesmithgate 
Cooper Edward, Milton st 
Copley John, 13, Parliament st 
Crafts Rd. Charlotte st 
Dickenson Wm. Goosegate 
Dore Thomas, Milk st 
Doxey Thos. Parliament st 
Emmerson P. Mansfield road 
Fletcher George, Beck st 
Flewitt Saml. Bridlesmithgate 
Flewitt Wm. 37, Barkerga'e 
Foulkes: Thos. 12, Charlotte st 
France Henry & Co. Hockley 

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Gadsby Saml. Walnut tree In 
Gainsley John, 11, Lenton st 
Greenfield Sarah, Richmond st 
Greenfield Wm. 16, Broad st 
Guy Wright, York st 
Hall John, Listergate 
Hammond Thos. Brook st 
Harpham David, Mansfield rd 
Harrison Clifford, Pierrepont st 
Haywood Robert, Nile st 
Hedderley J. 31, Bridlesmithgt 
Hickling Wm. Old Glasshouse In 
Hogg John, Goosegate 
Holmes Jas. Pierrepont st 
Hutchinson John, Mount st 
Innocent Ann, Meynel row 
Ireland Rt. (and horse corn dlr.) 

Bridge street 
James Henry, Star court 
James John, Canal st. 
Kidd Wm. Mansfield road 
Marshall Geo. Narrow marsh 
Marshall Wm. Spread Eagle yd 
Marvin Chas. 7* Bridlesmithgate 
Minta Thos. Virginia st 
Moore Jas. New Bridge st 
Moore Edward, Cherry street 
Morley Mark, Mill street 
Morley William, Mount st 
Needham John, 23, Barkergate 
Oliver Wm. Parliament row 
Orchard John, Pierrepont st 
Orchard Saml. Butcher st 
Palethorpe Wm. 25, Wool pack In 
Parkin George, Hockley 
Patchet John, Listergate 
Pyatt John, Orchard st 
Reddish Saml. 15, Parliament st 
Reddish Wm. Sussex st 
Reed J ph. Patriot street 
Ridsdale Wm. Houndsgate 
Robinson John, Caunt st 
Sanders John, Millstone In 
Smith Edw. Sneinton st 
Smith Robt. 6, Parliament st 
Spencer Bcnj. Fishergate 
StrettOB Ann, 22, Warsergatc 
Sylvester Wm. St. Ann's st 
Taylor Jph, Narrow marsh 
Thorpe John, Pelham st 
Tinker Rd. Mansfield rd 
Tipler James B. Narrow mareh 
Town roe Rd. St. Peter's scj 



Travis Barnabas, Mt. East st 
Turner Thos. 24, Long row 
Voce Wm. Clare st 
Warsop Wm. Cartergate 
Watson Eliz. (dlr.) Bottle In 
Watton Wm. 5, Bridlesmithgate 
Whitlock Natl. Cartergate 
Woffit Rd. Narrow marsh 
Wright Francis, Narrow marsh 
Wood James, Bellargate 
(8.) BANKERS. 
Hart, Fellows, & Co. 38, Bridle- 
smithgate (draw on Hanburys 
and Co.) 
Moore & Robinson, Beastmarket 
hill (draw on Sir Rd. C. Glyn 
and Co.) 
Smith Saml. Esq. & Co. Timber 
hill (draw on Smith y Payne, & 
Smiths ) 
Wright I. & I. C. & Co. 1, Carl- 
ton st (draw on Robarts, Cur- 
tis, & Co.) 
Savings' Bank, Smithy row, open 
every Monday, and on last Sa- 
turday in every month, from 
eleven till two o'clock ; Wm. 
Jarman, secretary, and John 
Paterson, clerk. 
(9.) BASKET MAKERS. 
Barker John, 29, Greyhound yd 
Clayton James, 6, Sheep lane* 
Clayton John, Derby road 
Clayton Jph. 22, Greyhound yd 
Merrin Eliz. 2, Hollow stone 
Smith Henry, Fishergate 
Watts Hy, & Sons, Bromley house 

(10.) BILLIARD TABLES. 
Pride Jph. Maypole yard, h. 8, 

Haughton st 
Subsciiption Table, Bromley hse 

(11.) BLACKING MFRS. 
Those marked * make compost' 
tion for cleaning stove grates^ 
fyo. 
Allsop Geo. Parliament st 
•Radnell Chas. 2, Greyhound yd 
Selby Wm. Trent bridge 
Skelton Wm. Pierrepont st 
'Soar Rd. St. James's st 
•Wright Wm. & Gcrvase, (& ink) 
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(12.) BLACKSMITHS. 

Caborn George, Minnett's yd 
Carver Wm. Hockley 
Chamberlain Win. Cartergate 
Clay John, Butcher street 
Copeland Jerh. Tollhouse hill 
Cooper Emanl. Cartergate 
Dal by Win. Paddock st 
Drabble Francis, Derby rd 
Fisher George, Canal st 
Gadd Wm. (& farrier) Fishergt 
Graham Geo. Vassal st 
Green bary Jph. St. Mary's pi 
Grocoft John, North st 
Kent Wm. Shaw lane 
Lord Thos. Derby Arms yd 
Lovait Gervase, Bottle lane 
Richardson Thos. Mansfield rd 
Stapleton James. Toll st 
Starr Sam I. Canal st 
Strangeway James, Canal st 
Walker Jph. London road 
(13.) BLEACHERS. 
Allcock Charles, Bulwell 
Bostock Edw. sen. Lovett mills 
Bostock Edward, jun. Bobber's 

mill 
Brown Geo. Whitemoor spring 
Brown John, Basford 
Diggie James, Whitemoor 
Diggle John, Whitemoor 
Garton & Woodward, Stump cross, 

Basford 
Hall Saml. & Co. (& patent gas- 

ers) Two-mile house, Basford 
Bill Thomas, Arnold 
Jennison & Robinson. Bulwell 
Milnes John, Hall mill 
Milnes Thos. B. Lenton works 
Mitchell W^m. Bobber's mill 
Pearson Joseph, Basford, h. 27, 

Hi^h Pavement 
Stanford John Fry, Bulwell 
BLEACHING POWDER, &e. 

MANUFACTURERS. 
Tennant Chas. & Co. Glasgow; 

T. Garton, agent> 36 r Broad 

street 

(14.) BOAT BUILDERS. 
Marshall Wm. Poplar place 
Roberts Benj. Lenton, h. Canal 

street 
Simpson John, Park wharf 



(1.5.) BOBBIN & CARRIAGE 
MAKERS- 

See also Circular Comb and Bull 

makers \ and JVatchmakers. 
Aukon Wm. Plump tie square 
Beha Thaddeus, 1, Woodland pi 
Boves Rt. Minnitt's yard 
Bullock Elijah, 12, Charlotte st 
Hall Wm. Smithy row and Grey- 
hound yard 
Hett & Bostock, Granby st 
Kirk Wm. Agnes yd, Broad st 
Lees Charles, Kingston court 
Mather Wm. Parliament row 
Marshall John, Houndsgate 
Milner James, Goosegate 
Milner Wm. ct. 31, Fietchergate 
Mortimer Thos. Mount East st 
Mosley John, Lowe's yard 
Ordoyno George, Castle terrace 
Pindar George, Holland st 
Rudd James, Canal street 
Rutland Thos. Mansfield rd 
Smith Edward, Burton st 
Stokes Geo. (and all interior work 
for bobbin-net machines) 
Duke's place 
Thornton Chas. Castle terrace 
Turner Saml. 12, Beck lane 
Walker Geo. Kingston st 
Whitaker Thos. Holland st 
(16.) BOBBIN NET MKRS. 
These are Lace-net makers, who 
employ machines and sell their 
net in the brown state to the 
merchants and manufacturers, 
who finish it for the home and 
foreign markets, 
AUdred Jph. Mansfield rd 
Al lister Wm. Mansfield rd 
Anderson Wm. East st 
Anderson Robert, Sherwood st 
Anderson John, Sherwood st 
Arnold Jph. Mount East st 
Arnold Wm. Hind, Broad marsh 
Ashton John, 13, Bridlesmithgt 
Ashworth Robt. Mount East st 
Ash more Jph. Glasshouse st 
A ul ton, Ashmore, and Mosley, 

Sherwood place 
Barker Thomas, Sherwood st 
Barnes Wm. Sherwood st 
Barnett Hy. Rose, Bedford row 
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Baxter Charles, Back lane 
Beadles Eliz. King street 
Beardsall Rt. Wellington st 
Bell John, Glasshouse street 
Bell Joseph, York street 
Belshaw Wm. Wellington st 
Billiard Thos. 22, Rice place 
Bilbie Walter, Mansfield rd 
Birkin Geo. Glasshouse st 
Birkin Thos. Babbington pi 
Bonsor Stephen, Alt. East st 
Booker Allred, Mt. East st 
Booth James, Newcastle st 
Bovvmer John, Back lane 
Bradley Wm. Tollhouse hill 
Brazier Wm. Sherwood st 
Brookes Thos. Plumptre sq 
Brookes Thomas, Toll street 
Brotherton Benj. Postern pi 
Brown Thomas, Mansfield road 
Brown John, Hollow stone 
Brown William, Nile street 
Burgoin James, Cartergate 
Burley Thos. 12, St. Mary's pi 
Burton Samuel, Grove street 
Burton Thos. 35, York street 
Bushby John, Hollow stone 
Caunt John, Newcastle street 
Chand William. Kingston court 
Cheshire Wm. Ten Bells yard 
Clark Samuel, Butcher street 
Clarkstone Joseph, Mansfield rd 
Clayton John, Wool alley 
Collishaw John, (tatting) East st 
Colson James, Mount court 
Cooper Thos. S. Trent bdg 
Cooke Robert, Goosegate 
Creswell Cph. jun. Bahbington st 
Creswell Cphr. Mansfield rd 
Coxon Peter, Navigation row 
Corah Samuel, Sherwood st 
Cowley George, Rose yd 
Crofts Jas. Freeman st 
Cropper Jas. Bridge st 
Cummins John, 5, Mansfield ter 
Curtis William, Canal st 
Daft Wm. Mount pleasant 
Dann Wm. Navigation row 
Davis Wm. Babbington st 
Davis Wm. Mortimer st 
Daykin John, Glasshouse s 
Day .John, Mountst 
Dent .Jas. Castle terrace 



Derrick John, &, Plumptre st 
Derry Samuel, 13, Mansfield ter 
Dufty Rd. Castle road 
Dyer John, Greyfriargate 
Earp Thos. Derby rd 
Ellis Wm. 4, Rice place 
Evans Wm. Broad marsh 
Flather Jas. Poplar square 
Flather John, Poplar sq 
Fletcher Wm. Mortimer st 
Fletcher Samuel, Mansfield rd 
Fox Charles, North st 
Freeman & Co. Houndsgate 
Freeman Wm. Sherwood st 
Gadd John, Penneyfoot lane 
Galloway Robt. Milton st 
Gamble J ph. Newcastle st 
Garner Jas. Cross street 
Gilderthorp Jph. Watt's yd 
Gisborn John, Pleasant row 
Godber Samuel, King st 
Goodhead Elijah, 27, Woolpack In 
Goodhead Luke, Beck st 
Goodall Rd. Back lane 
Goode Thomas, Parliament st 
Gothard Wm. Sherwood st 
Green Alfred, Castlegate 
Green Jthn. Verginia st 
Greensmith Rd. 17, Milton st 
Greenwood John, Parliament st 
Hall S. & T. E. {by power) Mount 

street 
Hampson Wm. 20, New st 
Hardwick Jph. Forest side 
Harper Jph. Derby road 
Harrison John, Cross st 
Hebb Fras. Wright's yd. Wood st 
Hebb Wm. 22. Parliament st 
Henson Gravener, Sherwood In 
Henson John, 30, Broad st 
Heron Thos. Wellington st 
Hibbert Robt. Cro;s st 
Hicklifig Wm. Toll st 
Hill John, Brook alley 
Hill John, Chapel st 
Hill Wm. Charlotte street 
Hill Thos. Sherwood street 
Holland John, Mansfield rd 
Holland John, Glasshouse st 
Holland Thos. 12, Mansfield ter 
Holland Rd. Knotted place 
Mollis Win. Bellargatc 
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Holmes Samuel, Pleasant row 
Hood Robert, Milton street 
Hoyles John, Mansfield road 
Humphreys John, Sherwood st 
Jackson James, Kingston ct 
Jarman Henry, 25, H. Cross st 
James Edw. Mount East st 
Jarvis Samuel, Malt court 
Jeffries Rt. 26, Broad st 
Kendall John, {by power) Canal st 
Killingley Edward, York st 
Kirk Thomas, (Caps) Nile st 
Lamb Jph. Mansfield rd 
Lamb John, Martin's alley 
Lambert Thos. Walnuttree la 
Langham Jph. Mansfield rd 
Langham Thos. 42, Barkergate 
Leavers Elias, Mill st 
Leavers Jph. Derby road 
Lee Jph. Raven ct. Old st 
Letherland John, Mansfield rd 
Lewis Jph. Midle pavement 
Longmire Edwin, 49, Barkergate 
Marriott John, Independent hill 
Machin Wm. Finkhill st 
Macklerith Adam, Glasshouse st 
Maloney Cor. Freeman st 
Marshall Thos. Mansfield road 
Maddack Rt. Castle Terrace 
Mason Samuel Bonnell, Hollow 

stone 
Marson Thos. Castle terrace 
Massey Wm. Chesterfield st 
Massey John, East street 
Meats Isaac, Nob yard 
Middleton John, Walker st 
Miller George, Fishergate 
Middleton Thos. 48, Barkergate 
Milner Wm. Glasshouse In 
Morley Samuel, Mount st 
Morris Jph. 2, Beck In 
Newton Geo. Mansfield rd 
Newton Jph. Mansfield rd 
North Samuel, Pleasant row 
Oldham Thos. Castle road 
Packer Isaac, Beck st 
Parker Isaac, Mansfield rd 
Parker Thos. Sherwood st 
Pass Wm. Hornbuckle's yd 
Pass Wm. Commerce row 
Pearson Wm. Parliament st 
Pegg Carter, Mansfield road 
Pole Wm. Bedford row 



Poole George, Bilbie's yard 
Porter James, 4, Broad st 
Price Thomas, Canal st 
Raynor Samuel, Mount East st 
Rawson Samuel, Canal st 
Read William, Poynton st 
Reckless Richard, Castle terrace 
Renshaw Henry, Sneinton st 
Revill Erasmus, Sherwood st 
Richardson Wm. Mount court 
Robinson Thomas, Kingston ct 
Rudd Jamps, Canal st 
Rutland John, Mansfield rd 
Sands Thomas, Castle terrace 
Saunders Thomas, York st 
Sansom Samuel, 8, Kings pi 
Scott Richard, Mansfield rd 
Selby Thomas, Cross st 
Selby Wm. Trent bridge 
Sewell Thos. R. 3, Canal st 
Seymour Richard, Olive row 
Shaw John, Babbington st 
Shaw Robert, Derby rd 
Shepherd Wm. Knotted pi 
Shipham John, Coalpit In 
Shipman Charles, Freeman st 
Shorrock Edward, Mansfield rd 
Simmons Thos. Houndsgate 
Simpson Wm. Glasshouse st 
Skelton Wm. Toll street 
Smith John, Nile street 
Smith Joseph, Bedford Row 
Smith William, Paddock st 
Smith Wm. Pleasant row 
Smith John, St. Michael row 
Spencer Thos. Castle terrace 
Squires John, Mansn'eld rd 
Stanfield Samuel, 1, York st 
Stanton Eliz. 39, York st 
Street Wm. Houndsgate 
Stubbins John, Poynton st 
Sturtivant Chpr. Castle terrace- 
Sumner George, Cartergate 
Sutton John, Sherwood st 
Swanwick Geo. Beck square 
Sylvester John, Clare st 
few William, Mill st 
Thornton Chas. Castle terrace 
Thorpe Geo. Trumpet st 
Throne Thos. Pleasant row 
Timm George, Milk st 
Timm Charles, Sherwood st 
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Topham John, Sherwood st 
Townsend James, Castle, terrace 
Trussweil John, Listergate 
Turner Wra. Beck square 
Unwin Samuel, Derby st 
Ward Peter, Independent hill 
Ward Samuel, St. Petersgate 
Walker Fras. Mansfield rd 
Warsop Emanuel, Cross st 
Warsop Samuel, Tomiin's yard, 

Parliament street 
Watts George, Finkhill street 
Whiles James. Mansfield rd 
Whiles John, York st 
Webster David, 33, St. Marygate 
Whitchurch Win. Penny foot In 
White Robert, Greyfriargate 
White Thomas, Mansfield rd 
Whitehead Jph. Mount East st 
Whittaker John, Castle terrace 
Whittle James, York st 
Widdowson Wm. Navigation row 
Wills Benj. Houndsgate 
Wood Wm. Coal court 
Wood Henry, Serwood st 
Witham Wm. Castle terrace 
Wood h ouse Jacob, 32, Woolpk . In 
Woolley John, Beck In 
Woodward John, Penny foot In 
Wright Edward, Newcastle st 
Wright Nathl. 6, East st 
Wright Wm. Gedling st 
Yates Jph. Brewhouse yd 
Yates Thos. 11, York street 
(17.) BONE MERCHANTS. 
Fothergil) Jas. & John, Canal st 
Shelton & Harvey, Canal st 

(18.) BOOK BINDERS. 
Bayne Charles, Bottle In. H. Park- 
square 
Bull John, Newcastle st 
Bull Robert, 19, Fetchergate 
Jones Thos. Backlane 
Leighton John, (wholesale sta- 
tioner) Lincoln street 
Rothera John, Clare st 
Whittingham John, Parliament 

row 
(19.) BOOKSELLERS, PRIN- 
TERS, BINDERS, & STA- 
TIONERS. 
See also Periodical Publishers 
Barber Alfred, Angel row 



Bennett Samuel, 57, Long row 
Deardon Wm. 3, Carlton st 
Duckworth Geo. Pelham st 
Dunn Jonathan, South parade 
Kirk Thomas, St Peter'sgate { 
Maples Rt. Sewel, 16, Bridle- 

smithgate 
Mercer Richard, 3, Chapel bar 
Robinson Edw. Briggs, 61, Long 

row 
Simons George, 13, Long row 
Staveley John, 1, High street 
Stretton George, 64, Long row 
Sutton Richard, 1, Bridlesmith- 

gate, h. 14, Bottle lane 
Wells Wm. 9, Clumber st 
Wright Chpr. Norton, 50, Long 

row 
(20.) BOOT & SHOE MAKERS 
Abbott David, 6, Pennell's yard 
Astle Edward, Peiham street 
Baker Wm. Mount East st. 
Baker John, 15, Long row, h., 

Derby road 
Bannister Chas. Hockley 
Barlow Wm. Cartergate 
Beck George, Cross st 
Bestow Luke, Charles st 
Bishop Wm. Goosegate 
Bishop Wm. Spaniel row 
Booth Chas. 6, Lenton st 
Boyington Rd. Garner's hill 
Bown Thos. Glasshouse st 
Brad field Thos. York st 
Braley Wm. Cheapside 
Briggs Wm. Cross st 
Brown Hy. Milton st 
Brunt John, HoUowstone 
Burton Thos. Mill st. 
Camm Richd. Hockley 
Clark Joseph, Bottle In 
Clayton Hphy. Mansfield rd 
Clover Thos. Sherwin st 
Collyer John & Son, 26, St. Mary- 
gate 
Crisp Danl. Goosegate 
Cumberland Jas. Fteeman st 
Daft Win. Nelson st 
Davis John, Goosegate 
Dobson Thos. Brewhouse yd 
Doriard Fras. Sherwood st 
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Fearn Michl. Coalpit In 
Fearn Wm, 4, Stoney st 
Flinn Cphr. Drury hill 

Foster Noah, Gedling st 
Foulkes Geo. Glasshouse st 
Fox Hy. 2, Angel yard 
Getley Geo. Patriot st 
Gray Arthur, Plat st 
Green Joseph, Mount st 
Gregg Jas. Carter gate 
Hanley Robert, 14, Sheep lane 
Hawksley Mary, Charlotte st 
Heaton Saml. Beck st 
Heazell Arthur, 40, Woolpack In 
Heazell Robt. 2, Smithy row 
Hickling Wm. 19, Low Cross st 
Hobb John, Fletchergt 
Hockney Thos. Sussex st 
Hogg Jas. Middle Marsh 
Holmes Wm. Listergate 
Hopkins John, Newcastle st 
Howett Wm. Simpson's pi 
Howett John, Pierrepont st 
Hurst Danl. Mount East st 
Jaquiss lssachar, 27? Broad st 
Jaquiss lssachar, jun. St. Ann's st 
Jeffs Edw. (shoe whs.) St. Peter's 

square 
Jeffery Samuel (ointment mfr.) 

Goosegate 
Kenton Rd. Virginia st 
Kerry Thos. Plat st 
Kirkhy Wm. Peck lane 
Knight John & Sarah, 10, Clum- 
ber st 
Kynnersley Edw. Pipe st 
Lacey Henry, Houndsgate 
Lee John, Narrow Marsh 
Lawson Edw. Perliament row 
Lindley Leonard, Fishergate 
Lownds Robert, Exchange alley 
Maltby John, Albion st 
Marriott Geo. St. James's st 
Mann John, Beck st 
Martin Jas. Back In 
Maxfield Mtw. Newcastle st 
Massey Peter, Pump st 
Meeson & Sons, 46, Bridlesmith 

gate and Stafford 
Meldram Jas. Glasshouse st 
Merrin Frdk. Derby road 
Merrin Saml. Hockley 
Metheringham John, Mt East st 



Mitchell Geo. Middle hill 
Mitchell Hy. Sussex st 
Moody Jasper, Clare st 
Needham Geo. Broad Marsh 
North Henry, Tree yard 
Oxley Walter, Houndsgate 
Parkinson Jas. New Bridge «t 
Parnham Thos. & Co. 76, Long 

row 
Pickard Geo. Parliament st 
Pickard Jph. High pavmt. 
Pollard Thos. ct. 8, Bridlesmith 

gate 
Poole Wm. Parliament st 
Popple John, Rancliffe st 
Porter Thos. Charlotte st 
Raynor Jph. High Cross st 
Raynor Wm. Cur lane 
Richards Wm. Wellington st 
Read Edw. Drake st 
Roberts Thos. Finkhill st 
Rockley Geo. York st 
Rose John, 37, Broad st 
Salsbury Josiah, Charlotte st 
Saunders Hy. Newcastle st 
S carles Jas. Broad Marsh 
Sharp John, Fishergate 
Shaw Chas. Listergate 
Shipley Joseph, Wheelergate 
Slater Chas. Mount East st 
Snelson Frederick, Nicholas st 
Sotheran John, Barkergate 
Steel Aaron, Cavendish st 
Steel Reuben, 9, Broad st 
Stenson Robert, Mount st 
Starling Wm. 1, Barkergate 
Storer Geo. Sherwood st - 
Sweet Thos. 2, Queen st 
Swindal^Thos. Pierrepont st 
Taylor John, 10, York st 
Taylor John, 5, Clumber st 
Taylor Thomas, Hockley 
Thatcher Benj. 2, York st 
Thompson Thos. Old Glasshouse 

lane 
Tyas Moses, Houndsgate 
Turner John, West st 
Vansor Wm. 3, Mansfield terrace 
Waite Robert, Derby rd 
Walker Wm. 14, Carlton st 
Ward Rt. 28, Bridlesmith gt 
Webster Wm. York st 
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White Hiram, St. Petersgate 
Woolle? Wm. Yorkst 
Wood Geo. Bellargate 
Whiteley John, Newcastle st 
Widdowson Matthew, Kingston st 
Wildig Ann, Bottle lane 
Williamson Fras. York- st 
Win field Rt. 7, Milton st 
Wilks Elias, St. James's st 
Wright John, Sydney st 
Wright Wm. 14, Lenton st 
(21.) BRACE MAKERS. 
See Smallware Dealers. 
Ash SamL sen. (and fancy articles) 

4, Castle terrace 
Ash Saml. jun.(and fancy articles) 

Poplar place 
(22.) BRASS FOUNDERS AND 
GAS FITTERS. 
See also Iron Founders. 
Cooper Jas. Harrington st 
Coulby Wm. 12, Greyhound yd 
Pegg Samuel, Park row 
Tatham Robert, S. 49 r Bridle- 

smithgate 
(23) BRAZIERS & TIN-PLATE 

WORKERS. 
Beard Henry, St. Peter's square 
Cooke Thos. Martin, Bridge st 
Farnsworth Daniel, Sussex st 
Fidler John, Milton st 
Gillett Jph. Plat st 
Goodbid John, Narrow marsh 
Harrison Nettleship, Hocklev 
Higginbottom John, Broad marsh 
Holmes Jph. Old Glasshouse la 
Jones Danl. York st 
Knight Thos. Sneintcn st 
Lewis Wm. 53, Bridlesmitbgate 

and Peck lane 
Milford Wm. Derby rd 
Morley James, Cheapside 
Nash Wm. Broad st 
Pearce Anthony, Derby rd 
Riddell Thos. Tradesmen's mart 
Robinson Cpr. St. John st 
Wapplinton Wm. Platst 
Whyatt John, Pel ham st 
Woodward Wm. Angel row 
BREWERS. 
See Porter Dealers. 

(24.) BRICK MAKERS. 
Marked tb,us • have Brickyards 



at Mapperley hills, and f at 

Sneinton. 
*Bean Saml. Lincoln st 
fBradshaw John &, Sons, Canal 

street 
Clay James, Coalpit In 
•Clay Wm. York st 
*f Daykin John, West Bridgford 
fHooton Rd. Fishergate 
*James Thos. Mansfield rd 
James Saml. Carlton hill 
*Neep Thos. Wm. Apple row 
*North Thos. London rd. 
*Pritchard Jas. St. Ann's st 
""Robinson Danl. Cartergate 
•Robinson Jas. Wharf st 
*Smith John, 21, Mansfield ter 
Smith Martha & Sons, Carlton 
Surplice Wm. 2, Clumber st. and 

Forest 

Taylor John, Carlton rd. and 
Radford 
fWood Moses, Sneinton 

(25.) BRICKLAYERS. 
See also . Stone Masons. 
Anderson Michl. Parliament row 
Astick John, Mount st 
Bradbury Wm. 6, Broad st 
Butler Rd. Castlegate 
Dale Thos. 39, Woolpack In 
Elliott Fdk. 20, Warsergate 
Hard wick Saml. 43, Baikergate 
Hare J. Wild's yard, Houndsgt 
Hawley John, Fishergate 
Jackson Saml. Washington st 
James Wm. Coalpit In 
Lane Samuel, 56, Bark-ergt 
Lucas Thos. 1, Fountain pi 
May Jas. Beck street 
Ostick Thos. 1, Beck lane 
Overend Geo. Mount East st 
Parker Wm. New Charles st 
Perceival Geo. Carter row 
Smith Wm. 9, West st 
Spurr Rd.36, Warsergate 
Spurr Thos. Water street 
Stephenson Wm. Rose yard 
Taft John, Carrington st 
Ward Joshua, Derby rd 
Wootton Pp. (steeple bldr.) Pier- 

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(26.) BUILDERS. 
Drewry W. &B. 17, Plumptre st 
Inger Wm. Glasshouse st 
Kenton Rt. Glasshouse st 
Parrott John & Sons,22,George st 
Patterson Wm, St. James's st. h. 

Park terrace 
Soar Jph. 27* George st 
Surplice Wm. 2, Clumber st 
Tomllnson Jas. Listergate 
Walker John & Saml. Derby rd 
j Weston, Field and Son, 23, St. 

Mary's gate 
[ Winter Thos. Nottingham ter 
(27.) BRUSH MAKERS. 
Savage Geo. Coalpit lane 
Waine Avery, P^lhamst 
Wallace & Keiling. Parliament st 

(28.) BUTCHERS. 
Those marked 1 have Shops in the 
Cheap side Passage. 2 Dark 
Shambles. 3 New Shambles. 4 
Old Shambles. 5 Police Pas- 
sage. 6 Smithy Row Passage, 
and 7 mi Cross Shambles. 

3 Abbott John, Smalley 

1 Allen Silas, 55, Barkergate 
Appleby Thos. Sneinton st 

1 Archer Thos. Keyworth 

5 Armitage John, Koundsgt 

6 Armitage Saml. Newcastle st 
Armitage Saml. Chatham st 

2 Armitage Wrn. Trent bridge 

5 Attenborough Geo. Ruddington 
Attenburrow Wm. Change alley 
and Parliament st 

7 AyreRd. Broad marsh 

4 Ayre Thos. Basford 

1 Bailey Anthy. Castlegate 
4 Bagaley John, Cotgrave 

4 Barber Geo. Chandler's In 
•2 ; Baudon Rt. Parliament row- 
Bee Thos. Old Glasshouse In 

2 Borrows Thos. Coalpit In 
Bramley Fras. Narrow marsh 
Brazier Jas. Albion place 

4 Brewin Wm. Lenton 
4 Briddon Rt. Parliament row 
Briddon Thos. Derby rd 
Briddon Wm. Milton st 
7 Brown Jph. Goosegate 

3 Buttery Rd. Ratcliffe 
Cartledge Benj. Goosegate 



Clay John, Plat st 
Clayworth Wm. New Clare st 
Cliff Thos. Albion place 

5 Cockayne John, Parliament st 
1 Cockayne John, Sherwood 

4 Cockayne Thos. Grey Friargt 

1 Cockayne Wm. 2, Mansfield ter 
3 Collins Jph. Bunney 

3 Cooke John, Bingham 
Curtis Rt. Narrow marsh 
Dakeyne John, 15, Bellargate 
3 Day Wm. Beeston 
Deeker John, Wheat Sheaf yd 

3 Dixon John, Cotgrave 

2 Dixon John, Mount st 

4 Drake Thos. Newcastle st 
4 Draper Geo. Gotham 

6 Dutton Silas. Newcastle st 
Eite Henry, Millstone lane 
Eite James, Mortimer st 
Eite John, Sussex street 
Farrands John, Cartergate 
Farrands Thos. Plumptre sq 
Fisher Micha, Penny foot stile 
6 Fletcher Wm. Tollhouse hill 
4 Foster Richard, Ratcliffe 

3 Foster William, Ratcliffe 
Gadd Thomas, Malt court 

3 G'over Jph. Wymeswould 

4 Glover Thomas, Plumptre 

6 Goodall Chas. 13, Bottle lane 
Goodall John, Chapel bar 

4 Goodall T. Old Glasshouse In 
Goodburn John, 53, Barkergate 
SlGoode John, Mount East st 

5 Greensmith Joseph, Bootiane 
4 Hall Chas. Houndsgate 

2 Hall John, Houndsgate 
Hall Samuel, Houndsgate 
Handley Wm. Glasshouse st 

3 Hardy Rd. Hickling 
Hardy Thomas, Narrow marsh 
3 Harpham George, Wilford 

3 Hart John, Rancliffe street 
1 Harvey Jas. Weekday cross, h. 
Middle hill 

3 Helmesley Rd. Bunney 

4 Hickling James, Angel row 

1 Hickman John, Change alley & 

Mansfield road 
Hind Benj. 15, Mansfield terrace 
Hobson John, Washington st 
3 Hodgkin John, Ruddington 



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Holland Thos. Mount court 
4 Hooper Wm. Whatton 
4 Houghton Henry, Nuttal 
Inocent Francis, Cur lane 
Jerrom Frederick, Friar lane 
Kelsall Edmund, Carfergate 

3 Lacy James, Caunt street 

4 Lawrence Hastings, Rempston 
4 LinekerSiddons, Greyhound yd 
6 Lloyd Robert, 3, St Marygate 

3 Machin Richard, Papplewick 
Maidens George, Talbot yd 
Mai thy Jph. (pork) 6, Chapel bar 
Martin Gervasp, Charlotte st 

4 Mee John, Broad marsh 
Millar Samuel, Narrow marsh 

1 Moody Charles, Glasshouse st 

2 Morley Ann, "Broad st 
4 Morley John, Beck st. 

3 Neep Thomas, Houndsgate 
Keep Wm. Finkhill st 

3, Newton John, Cropwell Bishop 
Nix Thomas, St. Ann's st 
Norton John, Exchange & Mans- 
field road 

4 Ogle George, Ratcliffe 
Osborn Samuel, Pierrepont st 
3 Page Wm. Ruddington 

3 Palethorpe Thomas, Shelford 

2 Palmer David, Coalpit lane 
Parker Wm. Gedling st 
Parlby Thos. Canal street 

5 Pearson John, Charlotte st 
Pearson Wm. (& bacon factor) 8, 

Smithy row 

4 Pearson Wm. Glasshouse In 

-3 Pearson Wm. jun. Newcatle st 

3 Peet Edward, Edwalton 
Perkins Mary, Tradesmen's mart 
Pettinger Thos. Pelham st 

4 Plackett John, Breaston 
4 Plackett Rd. Breaston 

2 Plowright Henry, Mount st 

2 Plowright Wm. Parliament st 
Pollard John, '38, Watergate & 

St. James' st 
U Prew John, Paliament st 

3 Prew Wm. 8, Bell founders yd 
Prew John, Mansfield rd 

3 Price Wm. Clifton 
.'! Richmond John, Carlton 
3 Richmond Samuel, Rate) i fie 
Rowhotham Rd. Narrow marsh 



3 Russell Thos. Ockbrook 
3 Salt Richard, Sandyacre 
Sanders Charles, Houndsgate 

2 Seals Robt. 17, Stoney st 

3 Shuter John, Bridgford 

4 Simkin John, Carrington st 
2 Simkins Chas. Houndsgate 

2 Simkins Daniel, Narrow marsh 
Simkins Eliz. Listergate 
4 Simkins James Sneinton 

2 Simkins John, Mansfield rd 

3 Simpson Mrs. Car Corston 

2 Smith John Abm. Mount East 
street 

Smith John, Narrow marsh 

3 Southgate Wm. Newcastle st 
3 Spearing Benj. Woolpack In 

3 Stevens John, Braycott 

7 Street Geo. Chandler's In 

2 Strelley Richard, Pepper st 

4 Tebbutt John, Hockley 

4 Thornton Hy. Parliament st 
Thraves Wm. 26, Barkergate 
4 Tipping Wm. Chilwell 
Tomiinson Thos. Canal st- 
Topley Wm, Cross st 
Torr George, Drury hill 
Torr James, Derby rd 
4 Turner George, Clayton's yd 
7 Turner James, ct. 35, Bridle- 

smithgate 
4 Turton George, IS, Stoney st 
Tutin George, Hockley 

3 Vessey Joseph, Scarrington 
Walker John, Plat st 
Watson Samuel, St. Peter's sq 

1 Watts Richard, 13, Warsergatc 

4 Wells Andrew, Hazard's yd 
4 Wheatley John, Whatton 
Wheeldon John, Back In 

3 Whittaker Ed. Parliament st 
Whitby Edward, Geo. & Drag, yd 
White Robert, Narrow marsh 

2 Whitfield John, Newcastle st 
Whitworth John, York st 
Widdowson Reuben, Exchange 

alley 
Wigley Henry, St. Peter's sq 

4 Wilford Thomas, Newcastle st 

3 Williamson Luke, Bridgford 

4 Wilson Cam, Cartergate 

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5 Wood Thomas, Pilchergate 
Woodward James, 20, Long row 

1 Wright Hy. New Sneinton 
Wright John, Exchange and N. 

Radford 

2 Wright John, 11, Broad st 
(29.) CABINET MAKERS. 

Those marked * are Upholsterers. 
See also Joiners and Furniture 

Brokers . 
Allen Silas, Rosemary lane 
Breckels Thos. Listergate 
•Brothers Benj. ct. 65, Long row 
Cope James, Milton st 
Goodrich Win. Milton st 
•Green Joseph, Angel row 
Harrison Wm. Tradesmen's mart 
•Jones Edw. Beastmarket hill 
•Lakin Thos. Angel row 
Lock Wm. Cook, Angel row 
•Stoney & Clarke, High pave- 
ment 
•Thurman Thos. Finkhill st 
Wilson Joseph. 8. Pennell'svd 
(30.) CALICO GLAZERS. 
Bignall Robt. 15. Stoney st 
Peach Cath. 3, Queen st 
(31.) CARPET WAREHSES. 
Blackwell Wm. sen. 75, Long row 
Brothers Benj. 65, Long row 
Leake Thos. Milton st 
(32.) CARVERS & GILDERS. 
Th?(s * are also Thermometer, 
Barometer, and Looking Glass 
Ma mi fact urers . 
•Bregazzi Peter. High pavement 
Cooper John, 19, Broad st 
Everitt John, Bridlesmithgate 
Fitzwalter Fras. Toll st 
Fitzwalter Thos. 29, Bridlesmith- 
gate 
•Guggiari Domenico, Pelham st 
Leader Geo. (carver, and mould 

and block cutter.) Bridge st 
Tiddiman Geo. Union place 
Wright Rt. Newcastle st 

(33.) CATTLE DEALERS. 
Barrow Joseph, Darker's yd 
Brown Wm. 7. George st 
Hakes Thos. Darker's yd 
Milncr David, Carrington st 
Marshall Jph. (pigs) Narrow 
marsh 



(34.) CHAIR MAKERS. 
Adderton John, 24, Greyhound 

yard 
Allen Wm. West st. h. Pine st 
Bar wick Jas. Goosegate 
Halfpenny Jph. Canal st 
Lawson Eliz. Listergate 
Meadows Samuel, Mount st 
Smart Thos. Fishergate 
Wilkinson Rd. Broad marsh 
(35.) CHEESE AND BACON 
FACTORS. 
See also Shopkeepers. 
Child Frances, Pelham st 
Fisher Chas. {and flour) Bridge st 
Flint Thos. Sneinton st 
Goodliife Arnold, 33, Bridlesmith 

gate 
Greanev Walter, Tradesmen's mt 
Hall Thos. 6, Carlton st 
Kennedy Bridget, Drury hill 
Midlam Jph. 1, Charlotte st 
North Wm. Charlotte st 
Parr Samuel, Pelham st 
Smith and Newton, 65, Long row 
Taylor Robert, St. Peter's square 
White Jas. York st 
(36.) CHIMNEY SWPRS., &c. 
Baxter J. Twigg alley 
Hickling Mary, Queen st 
Henis Wm. 5, Charlotte st 
Lowe Wm. St. Peter's church 
Turner John. York st 
(37.) CHINA, GLASS AND 
EARTHENWARE DEALERS. 
Marked 1 are Earthenware Dea- 
lers, and 2 Glass Dealers only. 
Bradbury John, Goosegate 
Dutton Jph. (glass cutter) 4, Bri- 
dlesmithgate 
Gray Rt. (crown glass) Canal st 
2 Haywood Wm. & Son, (bottle, 
phial, and vitriol merts.) Mid- 
dle hill 
Tnger George, 46, Long row 
Inger Wm. Chapel bar 
2 Jackson Henry, (cut glass mfr.) 
4, Bridlesmithgate and Tut- 
bury. J. Dutton, agent 
1 Leeming Thos. 14, Riley's yd 
1 Loach Fras. Coalpit lane 
1 PinderWm. Mansfield road 
1 Smith Thos. Green's yard 



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Stenson Wm. Listergate 
1 Towie John, 26, York st 
1 Vaugban Rt. 3, Charlotte st 
Wass Geo. Parliament st 
(38.) CHEMTSTS AND DRUG- 
GISTS. 
Marked thus f are only Drug- 
gists and Grocers. 
Bassctt Jph. Oldknow, 1, Clam- 
ber street 
Beardsley Jas. Sneinton st 
fBell Wm. 1, Mansfield terrace 
Brothers and Williams, 60, Long 

row- 
Buttery Chas. & Fredk. 14, Long 

row 
Cheetham Henry, 63, Long row 

and Drury hill 
Clarke John, 17, Beck lane 
Cooke Hy. 9. Mansfield terrace 
Cox Edvv. jun. Fishergate 
Cullen Samuel, Cheapside 
Dale Jas. & Sons, Weekday cross, 

Exchange row, & Hi^h st 
f Felkin Thos. 20, Charlotte st 
Harrison John, 46, Bridlesmith- 

gate 
Harrison Thos. St. Peter's sqr 
Hart Edmund, 11, Narrow marsh 
HcddeHey John, 14, Clumber st 
Howitt Rd. Parliament st 
Howitt Wm. South parade 
Humphreys John. Sussex st 
Marlow John* Hi^h street 
Need and Colt man, 39. Long row 
Nunn John, 36, Brid'esmithgate 
Potts Rd. Smith, Hockley 
Sanderson A. R. 10. Carlton st 
Southam Geo. Glasshouse st 
Spencer Jph. Gedling st 
f Taylor Wm. 42, Warsergate 
Towne Leonard, 43, Bridlesmgte 
Underwood Rd. Beastmarket hill 
Ward Hy. Piikington,41, Bridle- 

smithgate 
Warren Jolin, Cartergate 
Waterall Geo. 5, Chapel bar 
f Whitchurch Saml. Cross st 
Wilcockson Chas. Vigani, Lister- 
irate 
Wilcockson John, 7* Carlton st 
fWood Thos. Carlisle place. 
Yates & Guilford, 53, Long row 



fYeomans Wm. Charles st 
(39.) CIRCULAR COMB AND 

BOLT MAKERS. 
Beck Chas. St. James's st 
Greensmith Saml. (bolt) Mount 

East street 
Mortimer Geo. Mount East st 
Marriott Hy. Rutland st 
Stokes Geo. Dukes place 
Wardle Wm. 2, Barkenrate 
(40.) CLOTHES DEALERS. 
See also Pawnbrokers. 
Bush Lydia, Glasshouse st 
Forgie John, King st 
Forgie Andw. Goosegate 
Gee Josiah, 6. Greyhound yard 
Habhijam Jas. Coalpit lane 
Hallam Chas. 10. Queen st 
Hardy Thos. 26, Greyhound yrd 
Hardy Thos. Old Glasshouse fane 
Hartley Jonas, 9, Charlotte st 
Kelland John, Pelham st 
Leet Wm. Glasshouse st 
Martin John, Drury hill 
Newbolt Gervase, Charlotte st 
Robinson Martha, Milton st 
Simmons Chas. Narrow marsh 
Smith Wm. Plat street 
Theobald Wm. Pierrepont st 
Wallace Saml. Bridlesmithgate 
Watson George, Cross st 
Willimott John, Sussex st 
(41.) COACH BUILDERS & 

HARNESS MAKERS. 
Butler Sarah & Son, Bottle lane 
Hunt Wm. 29. George st 
Ragg Saml. Glasshouse st 
Rutland Thos. High Pavement 
Stones John & Co. Lincoln st. & 

Parliament st. h. Park 

COACHES (HACKNEY.) 
See Livery Stables. 
(42.) COAL DEALERS. 
Bradshaw John & Sons, Canal st 
Brough Joh.n, Canal st 
Cooper T. S. Trent bridge 
Deny Saml. London road, h. 

Canal str u et^ 
Dobb Samuel, Canal st 
Fothergiil Ja*. & John, Canal st 
Hilton Eras. & Son, Castle Wharf 
Lewis Jph. & Rd. Balh row wharf 
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Marshall Rt. London road 
Mitchell John & Win. Canal st 
No i tli Phos. Babbington Colliery 

h. London road 
Pyatt John, Walnut tree lane 
Pyatt Wm. Canal st 
Richards Saml. Mill st 
Robinson Jas. Whan st 
Robinson John, Brewery st, h. 

Sneinton 
Ramsey Thos. London road, h. 

20, St. Marygate 
Shelton and Harvey, Canal st 
Swanwick Geo. Trent row 
Swanwick John, Canal st 
Swanwick Jph. Canai st 
Thorpe Saml. Canal Co.'s Wharf, 

Canal street. 
Wood £dw. Canal st 

(43.) COLLECTORS OF 
RENTS. 
Fann John, 57* Coat pit lane. 
Holland Jph. 29, Barkergate 
Machin Joseph, Derby road 
Ti pier Jas. Parliament row 
Wheatley John, (bai.iti of the 

Peverii Court) 2, Lincoln st 
Wheatcrott i hos. 43, Stoney st 

(44.) CONFECTIONERS. 
Beard all Fred. 35, Long row 
B« j ardmore John, St. Peter's sqr 
Benton Jas. (dlr.) Bridge st 
Brampton Jas. Old Glasshouse 

lane 
Carnall Isaac, Goosegate 
Clarkson Aiired, Derby road 
Ciarkson Matw. Aiount East st 
Coulton Owen, Goosegate 
Croshaw John, 55, Long row, and 

Peiham st 
Cumbeiiand George, 39, Bridle- 

smith^ute 
Derrick Geo. Sneinton st 
Fox Thomas, <?-2, Long row 
Fox Wm. Pelham st 
Glover Philip, 6, Carlton st 
Gainsley J. 11, LenLon st 
Plusband Rd. Goosegate 
Lambert Thos. Hewitt, Beck st 
Metheringham Dennis, Derby rd 
Need ham and Green, 6, Bridle- 

smithgate 
Parker Tho6. Derby road 



Taylor Rd. Listergate 
Towers Rd. Listergate 
Wood John, Hock lev 

(45.) COOPERS. 
Dickisson James, Mount st 
Evans Thos. Independent hill 
Halford John, Listergate 
Halloid Wm. Cartergate 
Ley Wm, B re who use yard 
Lowe Chas. Goosegate 
Morris Thos. Houudsgate 
Petty Saml. Houndsgate 
Roome Win, Coalpit lane 
Savage Geo. Druryhili 
Whiuington Wm. Fiame yard 
Yates Hv. Maypole yard 
(46.) CORK UUTTKHS AND 

FLEECY SOCK MANFRS. 
Bussey Wm. 47, Bridlesmithgt 
Gamble Rt. 10, Hugh Pavement 
Gamble Win, Sneinton st 
Lewis Walter, 25, Bridiesmithgt 
(47.) CORN MERCHANTS. 
Marked 1 are Com and Flour 

Dealers. 
1 Curtis Wm. Canal street and 

Bridge st 
1 Fisher Chas. Bridge st 
Fox Thos. Long row 
1 Hodgkinson Thos. Parliament 

street 
Roworth Wm. London road 
Sims John, Canal st. and Middle 

Pavement 
1 Smith Jph. & Co. Canal st. and 

Weekday cross 
1 Spencei John, Cheapside 
1 Taylor Jas. Sneinton st 

(48. ) CORN MILLERS. 
Marked * have Windmills on the 

Forest side, 
Barradell John, Canal st 
Bennett John, Sneinton 
*Bitssiil Thomas, 10, Chapel Bar 
Bost«'ck Ed. sen. Lovett Mills 
Chimley Edward, Derby road 
Cooper Edward, Basiord 
*Fietcher Geoige, Beck st 
*Hall John, Listergate 
*Hickling W. Old Glasshouse In 
Hodkinson James, Parliament st. 

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Innocent Ann, Meynel row and 

Sneinton 
*.Johnson John Forest side 
Leavers and Smith, Canal st 
•MorJey Abraham, Forest side 
Morley William, Sneinton 
Oliver Wm. Parliament row and 

Basford 
*Ossinbrook John, Forest side 
Reddish William, Basford 
Robinson William, Mill st. h. 

28, Stoney st 
•Rowland Wm. York st 
•Sharp Wm. 19, Mansfield ter 
Simpson Joseph, Bobber's mill 
Stapleton John, Beck In. 
Thorpe John and Thomas, Pel- 
ham street and Basford 
Tinker Rd. Sand hill, h. Mans- 
field road 
*Toyne Wm. Derby road 
•Toyne Samuel, Radford 
WagstafT Wm. Sneinton 
•Wright Francis, Narrow marsh 
•Walker John, Old Radford 
(49.) COTTON SPINNERS and 
LACE THREAD MANUFAC- 
TURERS AND DEALERS. 
Those marked f are Cotton Spin- 
ners, * Lace Thread Manufac- 
turers, and the rest are dealers 
only. 
Allen Jas. Rogers, St. James's 

street 
fArkwright Peter, Esq. Park 
row and Cromford. Wm. and 
David Melville, agents 
* Ash well John Heard, (and silk) 

St. Jame's st 
Attenboiough Rt. 7? Clumber st 
Bishop James and Thomas, St. 

Peter's square 
Booker Richard, Buttery's yard, 

Long row 
•Bradley and Harvey, Park st 
•Cartledge Samuel and Son, Pos- 
tern street 
Chambers John, 27, St. Mary's 

gate and Manchester 
Crowther Thos. 25, St. Mary's gt 
•Earp Edwin, Hockley Mill 
Etherington and Duplex, Byard 
lane 



0111 George and Son, Hounds- 
gate, h. Park terrace 
Gill Robert, Mount st 
Gray B. 24, Carlton street and 
Manchester. John Hutchin- 
son, agent 
Haythorn Fdk. 16, Ridley's yd 
Haythorn Jonathan Wright, ct. 

33, Long row 
•Heywood and Jones, ct. 33, 

Long row 
Hodson Wm. and Co. Spaniel 
row and Mansfield. John Lea- 
vers, agent 
fHollins H. and C. and Co. An- 
gel row and Langwith 
fHollins, Siddons, and Co. Ar>- 
gel row and Pleasley. Wm. 
Woodward, jun. agent 
Hughes John & Co. St. James's st 
fLivingston and Cheetham, Par- 
liament st. and Manchester 
fManlove S. and Co. 16, St. 

Mary 's gate 
•Melville William and David, 

Park row 
•Mills and Elliott, 45, Long row 

and Commercial street 
f Mi lis George and John (and 

Merino yarn) Long row 
•Milnes Thomas Brown, Lenton 

works 
fMurray A. and;G. 36, Broad St. 
and Manchester. Thos. Garton, 
agent 
•Moore Benjamin, Hockley mill 
Moore Samuel and Son, Friar In. 
and Manchester. Jph. White, 
agent 
Parker and Kirk, Maypole yd 
Rideout Henry George, Rutland 

st. h. Mansfield road 
Rushton James, 4, King's place 
Russell William, Pawlet's yard, 

Long row 
fRutt and Williams, 26, Carlton 
st. and Manchester. —Edgar 
Sanderson, agent 
Sanderson George, Houndsgate 
•Sanderson Thos. 19, Stoney st 
•Sneath William and Co. 44, 

Bridlesmithgate & Mansfield 
Stenson John. 29, Parliament st 



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Sulley Richard, 9, Stoney st 
•Thackeray, John, St. James's st 
•Towle Thomas, John, and Benj. 
Angel row. John Cooper. a.>t 
Trueman David and Co. 74, Long 

row 
fWakefield Francis and Thomas 

C urchgate and Mansfield 
Walsh George Nelson, Park st 
Wells William. 9. Clumber st 
fWilson Win, & Samuel (and Me- 
rino Yarn) Radford 
(50.; CURRIERS AND LEA- 
THER CUTTERS. 
Hood Wm. 11, Biidlesmithgate, 

h. Park hill 
Hopkinson Willi am, -Mount st 
Hopkinson Charl. Chandler's In 
Lowe Wm. Fletchergate 
Pa^e Samuel, Wheelergate 
Pearson George, 26, Clumber st 
Phiib iek Thomas, Fletchergate 
Shipley Francis Edward, 21, Bii- 
dlesmithgate 
Smart Wm. 46, Bridlesmithgate 
Smith Wm. 2. St. Mary's gate 
Thorpe Joseph, St. Peter's sq. 
Wilhy David, Beck lane 
Wilson Wm. .34, Bridlesmuhgate 
ffih) CUTLERS AND HARD- 

WARE DEALERS. 
Bartlett Thomas, (rile cutter) 

Narrow marsh 
Greaves, Fras. Narrow march 
Hardy George, Derby road 
Hattersley Joseph Plat st 
Hattersley John, Derby rd 
Micklewait John, Listergate 
Simpson Jph. 10, Bridlesmitbgt 
Townsend Robt. St. Peter's gate 
Townsend Septimus , 12, Bridle- 
smitbjjate 

(52.J DENTISTS. 
Clare Isaiah William 32, Bridle- 

srnithu-ate 
Forbes John Luke (bleeder) 10, 

Olive vard 
Hutchinson Thos (cupper, &c.) 

11, Broad street 
Thompson Wm. Low Pavement 
{53.) DRAPERS AND TEA 

DEALERS.- (Travelling.) 
Brown James, Mount st 



Carson Wm. Tree yard 
Davidson Thos Sherwood st 
Graham George. 7« Lincoln st 
Grierson Win. Mansfield road 
Henry Samuel, 31, Parliament st 
M-Call John, 11, George st 
M'Q'uhae Thomas, Canington si 
M fc Monies James. Derby road 
Murdock Nath. Plumptrt sqr 
Saulsburv And. ?»Ianstield rd 

DRYSALTER, &c. 
Fry William, Lincoln st. h. Par- 
liament st. 

Druggists* see Chemists, fyc. 
(54.) DYERS. 
Arm field Joseph, Mount st 
Atherstone Hugh, Brewhouse yd 
Bagnall James Fred. Finkhill st 
Bartley Sam. (jo>>) Knotted alley 
B rough ton Mary. Canal st 
Bullivant John. Canal st 
Chamberlain Wm. Pom fret st 
Chawner Thomas Ealand st 
Damant Edward, Brewhouse }'d 
Doncaster Wm. Rutland st 
Fellows and Crosby (silk) High 

Pavement 
Garrick Thomas 13, Sheep In 
Haslam Samuel, Salmon yd 
Keeley John and Son, W'alnut 

tree In 
Manners John, Goosegate 
Marshall George, Queen st 
Marshall Thomas, Wheelergate 
Mus'am William, Hockley 
Shakespear Han. St. Peter's sq 
She! ton Wm. Cast legate 
Smith Samuel, Robin Hood yd 
Spooner George, Tillev's yd 

(55) EATING HOUSES. 
Ashton Jolm, 13, Bridlesmithgt 
Brightmore Hannah, 18, Parlia- 
ment st 
Hardy Joseph, Mansfield rd 
Marvin Chas. 7< Bridlesmithgate - 
Reddish James, Goosegate 
Shipley James, 18, Clumner st 
Weatherall George, Drury hill 
Wainwright Ann, Goosegate 
(56.) ENGRAVERS & COP- 

PERPLATE PRINTERS.. 
Carr Joseph, Houndsgate 
Lees John, Bottle lane. 
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Palethorpe Job, St. James's st 
Wilkins John, Greyhound yd 
Wild Ebenezer,(Wood and Litho- 
graphic) Harley pi. Carrington 

(57.) FELLMONGERS AND 
LEATHER DRESSERS. 

Arm it age Jph. jun. Trent bridge 

Bayley Isaac, Lenton 

Mitchell John & Win, Finkhill st 

Parr Thomas, Narrow marsh 

Roberts Sam. PI umpire sq 

(58) FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE 
AGENTS. 

(Six Fire Engines are supported 
by the Corporation ; J. C. 
Griffin, of Broad street, is the 
Engineer.) 

Alliance,. British, fy Foreign, J. 
W. Haythorn, ct. 33, Long row 

Birmingham, Leavers & Smith, 
Canal st 

Clerical and Medical, Thomas 
Crowther, 25, St. Mary's gt 

Crown Life and Protector Fire, 
John Stenson, 29, Parliament st 

County Fire and Provident Life, 
Thos* Crowther, 25, St. Mary's 
gate 

Globe, James Coope, 4, Haugh- 
ton st 

Guardian, John Watson, 1, Carl- 
ton st 

Norwich Union, William Mor- 
land. Wheat Sheaf yard 

Palladium, William Wild, Week- 
day cross 

Phoenix, John Parker, 16, Carl- 
ton st 

Protector, Christopher Norton 
Wright, 50, Long row 

Promoter Life Ass. and Annuity, 
S. Payne, Low Pavement 

Royal Exchange, Edward Stave- 
ley, Pelham st 
Suffolk, S. Turner, 20, Warsergt 
Sun, Jph. Jas. Ward, Rigley's ct. 

39, Long row 
JFcst of England, Thomas Alex. 
Campbell, ct. 39, Long row 
(59.) FISHING TACKLE 
MAKERS. 
E.iglesfield Char lei, Coalpit In 



Etches Jeffrey, Hockley 
Lees Edward, Sussex st 
Wells John, Sussex st 
Wetherbed Charles, Cartergate 
Young John, Bridge st 

(60.) FISHMONGERS. 
Baggarley Thomas, Crown yard 
Broadburrey Wm. Crown yd 
Ford Moses, 10, Pennells yd 
Gear Saml, Timber hill 
Gilbert Richard, Vernon st 
Hickling Thomas, Plat st 
Hodgson Hy. 19, Greyhound yd 
Stevenson Edward, Park st 
Trueman David, Change alley 
Weightman Wm. *}, Pennell's yd 
(61.) FRAME SMITHS. 
See also Machine Makers and 
Whitesmiths. 
Bates Wm. Caunt st 
Bishop John, Washington st 
Burton Thomas, 46, Barkergate 
Corah Thomas, Mansfield rd 
Davis George, Robin Hood yd 
Fox Thomas, Holland st 
Harvey Henry, Dove yd 
Hind Wm. 22, Beck lane 
Hopcraft Wm. & John, Sneinton 
Kerry, James, Hockley 
Mortimer James, (frame broker) 

Pleasant row 
Oldham Robert, Castle road 
Pineger Edward, Derby road 
Robinson George, Wool alley 
Rogers Joseph, Mansfield rd 
Stone John, Granby st. h. Brew- 
house yd 
Straw Edward, Parliament st 
Turner Thomas, Toll st 
Ward Joseph, 21, Rice pi 
Wilcocks George, Sneinton st 
Woodhouse David, 42, Barker gt 
Yeomans John, Duke's pi 
Young Wm. Manver's st, 
(62.) FRAME WORK-KNIT- 
TERS. 
( Owners and Employers of Stock- 
ing Frames.) 
See also Hosiery Manufacturers. 
Billiard Thos. sen. 22, Rice pi 
Blower Thos. 11, Olive yard 
BraiLstord Wm. 14, Bcllargate 
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Burnham John, Independent hill 
Chambers John, Wellington st 
Cheetham Geo. Newark lane 
Dobbs John, Sinker alley 
Elliott Thos. 21, York st 
Guest Wm. 38, York st 
Guest Thos. Glasshouse st 
Hayes Jph. Old Pottery 
Hogg Rt. Portland place 
Hollis John, King st 
Hulland John, Back lane 
Hutchinson Wm. Bran court 
Kent Jph. 25, Rice place 
Kirkman Jas. Nile st 
Laev Jas. Maiden lane 
Lamb Chas. 23, Broad st 
McCalaum Wm. King's square 
Miller John, Cur lane 
Pepper Saml. Nile st. 
Phipps Saml. Newcastle st 
Pole John, St. Ann's st. 
Poyzer Geo. Back lane 
Sands John, Mansfield road 
Scattergood John, Sinker alley 
Spray John, 23, Rice place 
Swain Jph. Woolpack lane 
Thompson Edw. Nile street 
Towers Thos. Mansfield road 
Turton Wm. Trumpet st 
Varney John, Newark lane 
Wainman John, Nile street 
Wainwright John. Mansfield rd 
Webster Gervase, 12, Woolpk In 
White Eliz. Richmond st 
Winterton Wm. Kim? sq 
Wood John, 13. York st 
(63.) FURNITUREBROKERS. 
Marked * are Cabinet Makers 

also. 
•Bai'ey Gilbert, Goosegate 
Barwiek Jas. Goosegate 
* Binkley Geo. 28 & 30, Clum- 
ber st 
Blank well Wm. sen. 75, Long row 
Brittan Fras. Narrow marsh 
Chapman John, 31, Greyhound 

yard 
Clark Thos. Milton st 
Goodwin Thos. Goosegate h. New 

Sneinton 
Hather Wm. Milton st. 
Knight John, St. Peter's gate 
Newel! Jas. MilUtone In 



Parsons Thos. Hulse's yd 
Porter John, Sheridan st 
Richards Eliz. Drury hill 
Wells Wm. Gedlingst 
Wain Jph. Parliament st 
Wild Wm. Weekday cross 
Wright Wm. Milton st 

(64.) FURRIERS. . 
Cooke & Farmer, 56, Long row 
Else Fras. Parliament st 
Harrison &Brockmer, High st 
Wa\re Chas. 16, Exchange row 

GLASS CUTTERS & DLRS. 

See China fy Class Dealers. 

(65.) GLOVERS & BREECHES 

MAKERS. 
Hunt Thos. Parliament st 
Lakin John, St. Peter's gate 
Mario w Wm. ct 7« Bridlesmithgt 
Watson Susan, 9, East street 
(66.) GREEN GROCERS. 
Marked thus * are Gardeners. 
Booth Wm. 9, Sheep lane 
*Bussey Wm. 47, Bridlesmithgt 
*Barton Saml. 5, Beck lane 
*Bramley Chas. Beck st 
Cheshire John, Broad marsh 
Curzon John, Caunt st 
Elliott Wm. I, Wnrsergate 
*Gresham Rd.(seedsmn.) Hockley 
*Hawksley John, Coalpit In 
*Hillery John, Parliament st 
Hind Abm. Bellargate 
Johnson John, 8, Charlotte st 
*Kirk Saml. Chesterfield st 
*Lo water Jph. Water street 
*Lowater Saml. Fishergate 
Mason Sylvester, Pomlret st 
Roberts — , Coppice house 
Slater John (& egg mert.j2, Can- 
non yard 
•Straw John, Parliament st 
Trueman Chas. Tradesmen's mt 
Wilson Wm. (herbalist^ Goosegt 

(67.) GROCERS AND TEA 

DEALERS. 

(See also Shopkeepers) 

Marked thus % are Tea fy Coffee 

dealers only. 
Ash Robert, Howard street 
Attenborough Hy. South parade 
Baines Thomas, Listergate 
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Barber John Houseman, Hollow- 
stone 
Beardsall Edw. 3, Woo) pack In 
Bell Jph. Hoi lows tone 
Bell Wait 1, Mansfield terrace 
Bennett Wm. Wheelergate 
Bowman Thos. Narrow marsh 
Bradley Thos. Lowe, 3, Smithy 

row 
J Bradley Thos. and Joshua, 7, 

Smithy row 
Bunting Geo. &Co. 6*7 * Long r 
Chalenor Wm. 21, Parliament st 
Cheetham Isaac, Water street 
Clark Jph. & Co. 3, Bridlesmith- 

gate 
Cole Eliz. 8. Poultry 
Cooke & Barnsdall, 4, Chapel br 
Copley Wm. 1, Parliament row 
Cox Edward, Cartergate 
Dean Cnas. Parliament row 
Elliott Elias, 20, Bridlesmithgate 
Elliott John Jefferv, Bridge st 
Felkin Thos. 20, Charlotte st 
Ford William, HoundsgateJ 
J Fowler Smith, 23, Long row 
Fox Samuel, High street 
Fry Wm. (& drysalter) Lincoln st 

h. Parliament st 
Gill William, Derby road 
Goodacre Rd. & John, Pelham 

street & Carlton street 
Hall Thos. 14. Carlton st 
Harrison Wm. Derby road 
Hemsley Thos. 77? Long row & 

Clumber st 
Henson Thomas, 3, Poultry 
J Hopkins Thos* & Co. 66, Long 

row 
Hucknall Jph. Hockley 
Hudson William, Castlegate 
Keep John & Co. Smithy row 
Leake Thos. Goosc<rate 
Lightfoot Thomas, Mount st 
Lomax Jas. & Son, South parade 
Midlam Jph. 1, Charlotte st 
Mil ward Lucy, Carrington st 
Mitchell Henry, Sussex st 
Parker Wm. Plat street 
Pawlett Daniel, 74. Long row 
Potter Thos. 7? Broad st 
X Preston Rd. 47, Long row 
.Prickard Jas. Wm. Hockley 



Pve Thomas, 4, Poultry 
Quinton Hezekiah & John, 37, 

Long row 
Sargent Thos. Toll house hill 
Sheldon John & Rt. Broad marsh 
| Shuttleworth Jph. & Co. Beast- 
market hill 
Spencer Jph. Gedling st 
Spencer Saml. Chesterfield st 
I Swann Saml. Hy. ct. 66, Long 

row 
Tatham Thos. (& oil mert.) Mid- 
dle pavement 
Taylor Wm. 42, Warsergate 
Tollington Thos. 32, Long row 
Torr Lot, Milton street 
Towers Wm. 1, Timber hill 
Uiry Geo. PI u nipt re sq 
Walker Mtw. Woolpack In 
Wass Wm. Mount street 
Webster Eliz. Ann, 10. Poultry 
Webster Jas Mansfield rd 
Whitchurch Saml. Cross street 
Wood Thos. Carlisle place 
Wortley Eliz. 37, Bridlesmithgt 
Yeomans Wm. Charles st 

(68) GUN MAKERS. 
Hetherington John, 56, Bridle- 
smithgate 
Jackson John. Churcbgate 
(69.) HAIR DRESSERS. 
(See also Perfumers.) 
Ashley Rd. Narrow marsh 
Railey John. Sussex st 
Banks Jas. Glasshouse st 
Bartle Thos. Millstone In 
Beastall Thomas, Rutland st 
Black well Ehzr. Tradesmen's mt 
Bloom Thomas, 10, Milton st 
Boot John, Cartergate 
Bottom Jabez, ('anal st. h. 24,. 

St. Mary's gate 
Bowler Fias, Listergate. 
Bowler James, Wheelergate 
Bowler Jph. Derby road 
Brown Wm. Millstone In 
(Mark John, Brook st. 
Clayton Thos. Sneinton st 
Co born Jas. Peter's church side 
Coope Samuel, 15, Sheep lane 
Coider Thos. Walnut tree lane 
Daft Jph. St. Ann's st 
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Etches Jeffry. Hockley 
Etches George, Plat st 
Fletcher Daniel. Parliament st 
Fox Jas. Middle pavement 
Gadsby Wm.jun. Water st 
Gieen Henry, Mount st 
Hindis Thos Sneinton st 
Hardy Geo. Derby road 
Hardy Miry, Parliament st 
Hawksley John. 14. Mansfield ter 
Hebb Wm.24, Warsergate 
Hiiuiley John, 2, Maypole yard 
i Holland Jph. St. Jatne's st 
Holmes Edward, Listergate 
Holmes Wm. Hy. Narrow marsh 
Hind Jas. C. Milton st 
Mason Joseph. 20. Clumber st 
Mellow James. Fishergate 
McCreery Jas. Mansfield road 
Moore Wm. Charlotte st 
Moreton Edw. 14. Bridlesmithgt 
Mottrom Thos. 1, Goosegate 
Peach David. Howard st 
Randall John, Middle marsh 
Richmond Thos. Spaniel row 
Sansom James, 27. Clumber st 
Starr Abm. Coalpit In 
Sweet Jas. (& books) Goosegite 
Sumner John. 43. Barkergate 
Worthington John, Cross st 
Wright Chas. Coalpit lane, and 

Cross st 
Wright Rt. Old Glasshouse In 
Wright John, Bridge st 
Young John. Bridge st 
(70.) HARDWARE DEALERS. 

See Cutlers 8f Ironmongers. 
Cox Wm. 17, Rigley*s yd 
Mordan Sam I. Trus well's vd 
(71.) HATTERS. HOSIERS. 

AND GLOVERS. 
Marked thus J are Hat Manu- 
facturers. 
Blackwell John* 23, Bridlesmith- 

gate 
X Bodell Rd. 25, Greyhound yd 
Carey Geo. & Son, 15, Clumber st 
Carver Edward, Pel ham st 
Darkins John. 13, Exchange 
Harrison & Brockmer, High st 
Harison Rd. (dresser) Drury hill 
Lacy Robert. 13, Rigley's yard 
Lamb Rd. & Co. South parade 



Lowe Wm. (dresser) 3, Warsergt 
Roe Jas. 42, Bridlesmithgate 
Spyvey Geo. Newcastle st 
X Taylor George, Green's yard, 

Angel row 
Thmman Samuel. 4, Smithv row 
} Walker Daniel, 9. Poultry 
Wavre Chas. 16. Exchange row 

(72.) HOP MERCHANTS. 
Atten borough Hy. South parade 
Dabell Wm. 19, Long tow 
Fox Saml. (& seed) High st 
M-iltby Samuel, Beastmarket hill 
Pawlett Daniel. 74, Long row 
Small Ann. 1, Pouitry 
Swann Saml. Hy. (& Seed) Long 

row 
(73.) HOSIERY MANUFAC- 
TURERS. 
Allen John & Sons. St. James's st 
Barker & Adams. Greyhound yd 
Barrowclifi* Samuel, & Son, 19, 

George street 
Beckwith Wm. 7. Short hill 
Berridge, and James, and Son, 

Houndsgate 
Berridge John, Houndsgate 
Bond Aoijah & Son, 1. Bond st. S 
Braithwaite Fras. & Jph. Peck In 
Brocksopp Tnos. Park st. (& 10, 

Wood street. London) 
Carrier Henry, ct. 33, Long row 
Cheetham Wm. & Saml. Pepper 

street 
Churchill. Daft, Smith, & Co. 25, 

High pavement 
Corah John, ct. 44. Long row 
Deakin Jonathan. Rigley's yard 
Dodd Geo. (silk j Convent st 
Farthing James. Clinton st 
Galloway, Taite, & Son, (silk) 

George street 
Gascoigne Thos. Parliament st 
Gibson Geo. & Sons. Park row 
Gibson John, Freeman st 
Glover & Parley, Carrington st 
Godber John, Peck lane 
Greensmith Thos. Parliament st 
Hadden Alexander & John & Co. 

Castlegate, (& 2, King street, 

Loudon) 
Hallam Saml. Tollhouse hill 
Hardwick Fras. & Co. Pepper fit 



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Heard & Hurst, Houndsgate 
HensonThos. &John, Bottle In 
Hewitt Eras. Pike, & Co. Rutland 

street 
Hollins and Marshall, Houndsgt 
Horner Robert,(silk) Mount st 
Jackson Thomas, Castlegate 
Jarratt Thos. Nile street 
Jenkins Charles Watson & Co. 

Park hill road, & Milk street, 

London 
Keely Thos. Friar In. h. Walnut- 
tree In 
Kevvney, Richardson, & Kevvney, 

Wheelergate 
Lart John, Halifax pi. & London 
Leeson Saml. Weekday cross 
Lowater John, Fishergate 
Lowe & Smith, 23, Piichergate 
Lupton Win. (fancy) Listergate 
Mills Geo. & John, 45, Long row 
Moriey John & Rd. Fieichergt 
Mortimer Jas. (drawers, ike.) 

Pleasant row 
Mullen Jonathan, Mount st 
Nelson Tims. Low pavement 
Nixon John, 32, H. pavement 
Oldham Thos. (& silk gloves) 

Tollhouse hiii 
Pa^e Thos. Watts' yd. Chester- 
field street 
Parker John, 6, St. Mary'6 gate 
Pope & Co. 25, St. Mary's gate, 

and London 
Rawson Win. 8, Short hill 
Ray Geo. & Co. (silk) Park st. 

&41, Gutter In. London 
Renshaw, Siielton, & Co. 1J, H. 

pavement 
Renshaw Chpr. Park street 
Renshaw Samuel, (silk & cotton) 

Ruse yd. h. Park row 
Roe Jas. 42, Bridlesmithgate 
Rogers & Carver, 42, Warsergt 
Scorer & A comb, Mount st 
Shaw Richard, St. James's st 
Stun ley John, (silk gloves) Peach 

street 
Starr George, 11, Seeep lane 
Tom kin \\ m. Mount pleasant 
Turner Thos. Standard hill 
Warner Thos. Ct. 33, Long row 
Wells Rd. 47, Barkergate 



Wilson Jph. John, and Isaac, 

Angel row 
Wilson Js. & Son, (fleecy hosiery) 

East St. St. John's 
Woodhouse Samuel, Park st 
Yates Joseph, Brewhou'se yd 

(74.; HOSIERS, (Dealers), 
See also Hatters and jLineu and 

fVoollen Drapers. 
Mills Geo. & John, 45, Long row 
Morris & Pickering, 44, Long row 
Newbery Thos. St. Peter's church 

side 
Timms Thos. (& lace dlr.) Beast 

market hill 
(75.) HOTELS, INNS, AND 

TAVERNS. 
Alderman Wood, Thos. Barker, 

Charlotte st 
Anchor, Jph. Kendall, Walnut- 
tree lane 
Ancient Druid, Thomas Hardy, 

Newcastle st 
Apolio, Win. Alvey, 41, Bar- 

kergate 
Artichoke, Thomas Pilkington, 

High Cross st 
Ball, James Ciay, Coaipit In 
Balloon, Jph. Doer, Mount East 

street 
Barley Mow, Eliz. Goodrich,. 

Weekday cross 
Bee Hive, Isaac Parker, Beck &t 
Bell, Hannah Bennett, ct 56, 

Long row 
Bird-in-Hand, Jph. Marriott, 17, 

Sheep lane 
Black Boy Inn, Rd. Hall, 69, 

Long row 
Black Bull Inn, Jas. Horrocks, 

11, Ciiapel bar 
Black Horse, Rd. Coppock, 8, 

Stoney st 
Back Lion, Mary Ann Harvey, 

Coalpit lane 
Black Lion, Geo. Mann, Castlegt 
Black's Head, Wm. Pick, Broad 

marsh 
Black Swan, Harriet Buller, 

Goosegate 
Blue Ball, Jph. Barker, Broad 

marsh 



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B!ue Bell Inn, Win. Clark. An- 
gel row 

Blue Bell, Jph Perry, Peck In 

Blue Bell. John Wood, Parlia- 
ment street 

Bowling Green, Thos.Palethorpe, 
Canal street 

Britannia. John Day, Mount st 

Bugle Horn. Wm. Pass, Com- 
mercial row 

Bull's Head, Wm. Flinders, Fish- 
ery are 

Bunkers Hill, Sarah Holmes, 
Parliament st 

Butchers' Arms, John Dutch, 
Newcastle st 

Canal Inn, Jas. Hickiing, Lon- 
don road 

Carpenters' Arms, John Hick- 
man, Mansfield rd 

Castle & Falcon, Jas. Bedles, 
Goosegate 

Coach & Horses, Wm. Jackson, 
Mansfield rd 

Coopers' Arms, Geo. Tootey, 
Plat street 

Cricket Players. Mary Inglesant, 
51. Barkergate 

Cross Keys, Hy. Miilington, By- 
ard lane 

Crown Inn, Mary Roberts, ct 57, 
Long row 

Crown & Anchor. Geo. Handley, 
Bridge st 

Crown & Anchor, John Harrison, 
Sneinton st 

Crown & Cushion, Thos. Flower,. 
Market st 

Derby Arms, Hy. Cross, 21, 
Long row 

Dog & Bear, John Pratt, 54, 
Bridlesmithgate 

Dog & Gun, Hy. Blundell, Low 
Pavement 

Dog & Pheasant, Charlotte Ire- 
land, Castlegate 

Dolphin, John Hoyles, without 
Chapel bar 

Dove & Rainbow, Jph. Oakland, 
Parliament st 

Druid's Tavern, John Cox, 31, 
Wars erg ate 



Duke of York, Wm. Clarkson, 

14, York st 
Durham Ox Inn, John Farrands, 

1, Pelham st 
Eclipse, John Pideock, Chapel bar 
Eight BelK John Everal', Peck In 
Elephant & Castle, Thos. Hay- 
wood, Houndsgate 
Feathers, SI. Be-tow, Exchange 
Filho-da-Puta, Robert Anncliffe, 

Mansfield rd 
Flaming Sword, Thomas Stayner, 

Drake st 
Flying Horse Inn, Jane Clark, 11, 

Poultry 
Forest Tavern, John Taylor, 

Mansfield rd 
Fox & Grapes, Fras. Parker, Old 

Glasshouse In 
Fox & Hounds, Dymock Hust- 

wayte, Cartergate 
Gate, Geo. Boggis, Brewhse. yd 
General Ferguson, Rd. Smeeton, 

28, Barkergate 
George IV. Inn, Eliz. Ward, 

Carlton st 
George & Dragon, Jas. Worth, 

18, Long row- 
George & Dragon, Jph. Ingham, 

North st 
Globe, Tho6. Dutton, Poynton st 
Goat's Head, Jph. Norman, Pump 

street 
Golden Ball, Fras. Talbot, 25, 

Long row 
Golden Fleece, Wm. Baldwin, 

Water st 
Green Dragon, John Redfern, 

Park st 
Greyhound, Rt. Burgess, Grey- 
hound yard 
Half Moon, John Cragg, Car- 
tergate 
Hare & Hounds, Thos. Taylor, 

Meynel row 
Hearty Good Fellow, Edw. Thnr- 

man, Mount st 
Highland Laddie, Saml. Stanfield, 

1, York st 
[lope & Anchor, Saml. Vincent, 

Parliament st 
Horse & Groom, John Bower, 3i f 

Clumber st 



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Horse & Groom, Wm. Porter, St. 
Peter's sq 

Horse & Trumpet Jph. Gels- 
thorp, Trumpet st 

Hotel. Lewis Wilson, 7^ Poultry 

Huntsman, Rt. Moore, Old st 

Jolly Angler, Benj. Hamtson, 9, 
Plumptre st 

King George on Horseback, John 
Franks, 1, King st 

Kind's Arms, Patrick Potts, 
Wool pack In 

King's Head, Wm. Hill, Char- 
lotte st 

King's Head, John & Rt. Green, 
Narrow marsh 

King William JV. W r m. Dabell, 
19. Long row 

Kingston Arms, Thos. Ely, Par- 
liament st 

Leather Bottle, Wm. Laughton, 
Hockley 

Leg of Mutton, Dd. W T atts, Mill- 
stone lane 

Leopard, Saml. White, Derby rd 

Lion Hotel, (& postg. house) Win. 
Smith, 17, Clumber st 

Loggerheads, Saml. Godkin, Nar- 
row marsh 

Lord Byron, Wm. Lehy, Narrow 
marsh 

Lord John Russell, Wm. Hague, 
Houndsgate 

Lord Nelson, Wm. Hart, 20, Carl- 
ton street 

Malt Cross, Jph. Mart, St. 
James's st 

Marquis of Gran by, John Hed- 
derley, Drury hill 

Masons' Arms, John Dutton, 
Glasshouse st 

Maypole Inn, John Hardy, ct 71? 
Long row 

Milton's Head Inn, Thos. Pitch- 
fork, Milton st 

Milton's Head, Thos. Rowell, 
Derby road 

Nag's Head, Wm. Barwick, 1, 
Stonry st 

Nag's Head, John Smith, 21, 
Mansfield ten ace 

Navigation Inn, John Mawby, 
'"anal street 



Neptune, Jno. Hampson, Beck st ; 
New George, Wm. Pilkington, 

10, Warsergate 
News House, Thos. Johnson, St. 

James's street 
Nottingham Arms,Benj .Richards, 

Trent bridge 
Nottingham Castle,Wm. Halford, 

Cartergate 
Old Admiral Duncan, Thos, Potts, 

25, Clumber street 
Old Angel, John Billings, 12, 

High Pavement 
Old Angel, Saml. Varney, 5, Sto- 

ney street 
Old Cross Keys, Isaac Willatt, 

46, St. Mary's gate 
Old King's Head, Saml. Barton, 

Chapel bar 
Old Peacock, John Cressey, St. 

Peter's gate 
Old Plough, John Woolley, 25, 

Beck lane 
Old Punch Bowl. Alex. Tomlin- 

son, Garner's hill 
Old Rose, Thos Waldram, Bel- 

largate 
Old Royal Oak, Edw. Nix, Broad 

marsh 
Old Shoulder of Mutton, George 

Turner, 3, Barkergate 
Peach Tree, Wm. Hilditch, Par- 
liament street 
Peacock, Wm. Gell. Pelham st 
Peahen, Thos. Scotney, Peter's 

church side 
Pheasant, Jno. Grant, Charlotte st 
Plough and Harrow, Nathaniel 

Adgo, Milton st 
Plough & Sickle, Ann Collishaw, 

20, Broad st 
Poplar Tree, Thos. Hart, Poplar 

place 
Postern Gate, Charles Johnson, 

Weekday cross 
Prince Blucher, Wm. Dabell, 

Chandler's lane 
Punch Bowl, Thos. Stubbs, 

Peck lane 
Queen Caroline, John Guyler, 

15, Charlotte st 
Queen's Head, Gervase Lovatt, 

Bottle lane 



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Ragged Staff, William Millar, 
Plumptre square 

Ram Inn, Win. Swanwick, 52, 
Long row 

Ranclitfe Arms, John Lee, Sus- 
sex street 

Rancliffe Tavern, Jph. Simpson, 
Gedling street 

Red Lion, Geo. Dann, Narrow 
marsh 

Red Lion Inn, Ann Ward, Plump- 
tre square 

Rein Deer, Wm. Chester, Wheel- 
ergate 

Robin Hood, Jph. Foster, Coal- 
pit lane 

Robin Hood & Little John, Ger- 
vase Thorp, Milton st 

Rose, John Knowles, Mount st 

Rose, Dorothy Potts, 10, Bridle- 
smith gate 

Royal Children, Josiah Burrows, 
Nicholas st 

Royal Arch Druid, Wm. Swin- 

- dell, Listergate 

Royal Oak, Wm. Cooper, 1, Cha- 
pel bar 

Salutation, Wm. Bagshaw, Nicho- 
las street 

Sawyers Arms, William W T ildgust. 
Listergate 

Shakspeare, Rt. Shelton, Milton 
street 

Ship. Nathl. 'Warren, Pelham st 

Shoulder of Mutton, Samuel 
Hooper, 5, Smithy row 

Shoulder of Mutton, John Rush- 
ton, High st 

Sinker Maker's Arms, Charles 
Potts, Cartergate 

Sir Francis Burdett, Rd. Kendall, 
Mount st 

Sir Isaac Newton., John Beard - 
shall, Howard st 

Sir J. B. Warren, Edw. Henson, 
Old street 

Sir Thomas White, Geo. Roberts, 
Cartergate 

Spread Eagle Inn, Rt. Chapman, 
35, Long row 

Stag and Hounds, E!iz. Howitt, 
Caunt st 



Stag and Pheasant, Geo. Hani- 
son, Butcher st 

Star, Jas. Gibson, St. Peter's sq 

Star & Garter, John Woodhouse, 
Narrow marsh 

Strugglers, Joseph Woodhouse t 
Tollhouse hill 

Talbot, Wm. Hopkin, 35, Long 
row 

Ten Bells, John Bennett, Nar- 
row marsh 

Three Crowns, Edw. Daniels, 23, 
Parliament st 

Three Horse Shoes. John Orme, 
Tollhouse hill 

Three Tuns, William Bailey, 26, 
Warsergate 

Trent Bridge Inn, Mary Chap- 
man, Trent bridge 

Tiger's Head, Wm. Leeson, Nar- 
row marsh 

Trip to Jerusalem, J. F. Bagnall, 
Brewhouse yard 

Unicorn, Wm. Pailthorpe, Mil- 
ton street 

Union, Thomas Simons Cooper, 
Trent bridge 

Wheat Sheaf, Luke Davies, ct« 
60, Long row 

White Hart, Jph. Robinson, 22, 
Parliament st 

White Hart, William Bailey, 42, 
York st 

White Lion, Carver Savidge, Hol- 
low stone 

W r hite Swan, Wm. Ogle, Beast- 
market hill 

Windmill, Rd. Summerfield, Mar- 
ket street 

Woolpack, Benj. Mavo. Sussex st 
(76.) BEERHOUSES. 
Under the New Beer Act. 

Board, Wm. Leby, Mortimer st 

Bricklayer's Arms, Wm. Barker, 
New Charles st 

Broom Girl, Benj. Moore, jun. 
Hockley 

Castle Tavern, W T m. Pickering, 
Cross st 

Colwick Lodge, Jph. Perkins, 
Water st 

Cottage Tavern, Isaac Sampson, 
Poplar place 



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Forest Miller, Rt. Greaves, Forest 

Fox and Goose, Mary Moore, 
Mansfield road 

Garden Gate, Samuel Jackson, 
Hunger lane 

Grey Horse, John Read, Herbert 
street 

Greyhound, Rt. Burgess, Grey- 
hound yard 

Greyhound, John Newton, Cas- 
tlegate 

Greyhound, Wm, Topley, Cross st 

Harp and Crown, Isaac Cowen, 
Cherry street 

Hedge Hog, Fras. Hallam, Canal 
street 

Highland Laddie, John Bishop, 
Washington st 

Hon. Geo. Canning, Hy. Sprigg, 
Glasshouse st 

Hop Pole, Wm. Wright, Wool- 
pack lane 

Hunger Hill Tavern, John Clea- 
ver, Beck st 

Huntsman's Tav. Thos. Hutchin- 
son, Broad st 

Jolly Britton, Ira, "Home, St. 
Ann's street 

Jolly Colliers, Thomas & George 
Brown, Mansfield road 

Lord Rancliffe, Wm. Longland, 
Howard street. 

Louis Philip I., Wm, North, King 
street 

Marquis of Anglesea, Jas. Turner, 
St. James's street 

Mortimer's Hole, Jas. Mortimer, 
Pleasant row 

Mulberry Tree, Wm. Wilkinson, 
Narrow marsh 

News House, Robert Cartwright, 
Canal street 

Nottingham Arms, Jph, White- 
head, Derby road 

Old Bob Hudson, Jas. Turner, 
Glasshouse street 

Oyster Girl, Hy. Johnson, Platst 

Porcupine & Dogs, Wm. Stokes, 
East street 

Plough & Farmer, Geo. Skidmoie, 
Houndsgate 

Queen Adelaide, Wm. Rollett, 
Mansfield road 



Reformer, William James, New 
Bridge street 

Robinson Crusoe, William Whit- 
church, Mansfield road 

Rose and Crown, Wm. Burbage, 
Spaniel row 

Samaritan, Emanl. Lindsey, Clare 
street 

Sir Thos. Denman, Wm. Daniels, 
Orchard street 

Sun, Joshua Wardle, Sherwin st 

Sun hill Brewery, Saml. James, 
Sun hill 

Turk's Head, Lewis Woolley 9 
Crossland street 

Twist Machine, Geo. Watson, 
Caunt street 

Walnut Tree, Jas. Gilberthorpe^ 
Walnut tree lane 

William IV., Saml. Scroop, Caven- 
dish street 

Woodman, Thos. Bartlett, Nar- 
row march 
(770 IRON FOUNDERS, &c. 

See also Brass Founders and 
Gas Fitters. 

Aston Samuel & Co. Britannia 
Foundry, Canal st 

Boothby Benj. & Co. (and stove- 
grate mfrs.) Rutland Foundry, 
Granby street 

Cowen Robt. and Co. (and fender 
mfrs.) Beck st 

Lingford John, 9, Parliament st 

R.edgate Henry, (and stovegrate 
mfr.) Houndsgate 

(78.) IRON, &c. MERCHANTS 

Cowen Rt. & Co. Beck st 

Leavers Chas. Canal st. h. Park 

Wood Edw. Canal st 

(79.) IRONMONGERS. 
Sec also Cutlers, fyc. 

Bell Wm. 28, Long row 

Britton Thos. Goosegate 

Carr Jas. (and saw maker) 23, 
Clumber st 

Danks Isaiah & Thos. Beastmar- 
ket hill 

Leavers Charles, Canal street 

Lingford John, (wholesale) 9, 
Parliament st 

Sherwood John, 12, Clumber st 

Stanley John, Pelham st 



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Tatham Robert Serjeantson, 49, 

Bridlesmithgate 
Wright James, South parade 
(SO.) JEWELLERS (WORK- 

ING.) 
Band Robt, 7. Sheep lane 
Doleman John, Middle pavmt 
Rose Thos. (lipidary) ct. 21, St 

Mary's gate 
Woodborough Thos. Peach st 

(81.) JOINERS. 
Marked 1 are Cabinet Makers, 

See also Builders. 
1 Ashby Wm, Peach st 
Atkin Thos. Sheridan st 
Atten borough Geo. Trim ct 
1 Atterbury Job, Rutland st 
1 Bagshaw John, 7« Parliamnt. st 
1 Barnsdall Edward, (and paper 

hanger) 39, Warsergate 
Barnsdall Jph. 19, Warsergate 
Bartram Saml. Coalpit lane 
Bee Robt. Cherrv st 
Bell Thos. 18, Duke's place 
Black & Lees, Houndsgate 
Black John, 5, Broad st 
Blathenvick Geo. Mansfield rd 
Bott Saml. Brewhouse yd 
Bull Geo. Mount East st 
Burgess Geo. 19, Woolpack In 
1 Butler Rt. Derby road 
1 Chiswell John, Drury hill 
Collyer Saml. Coal court 
Cooper J. Woolpack lane 
Cox Rd. Old Glasshouse In 
1 Cullen Thos. 4, Parliament st 
Dams John, Friar lane 
3 Dennis Wm. 14, Fletchergt 
1 Dennis Jas. Sneinton st 
1 Drewry William and Benj. 17, 

Plumptre street 
1 Eden Wm. Derby road 
Elliott Thos. St. James's st 
Ellis Wm. Goosegt. h. Pott's yd 
England Geo. Coal court 
Fann Wm. Byard lane 
Fish & Stead/33, Barkergate 
Fish Thos. 33, Barkergate 
Fisher Han. Parliament st 
Flamson Thos. & Henry Walnut- 
tree lane 
Foster Thos. 5, Lincoln st 
Gee Edw. Mount East st 



Gelsthorpe Geo. Park row 
Gelsthorpe Jph. Trumpet st 
Glover Wm. Wheelergate 
Goodson John, Wood's row, Canal 

street 
Gould Thos. Nile row 
Green & West, Derby road 
Greenshield Dd. 29, York st 
1 Greenwood Thos. Derby rd 
Grundv Mary, Parliament st 
1 Halfam John, Jph. & Thos. St. 

Peter's gate 
Harmston John, Rick st 
Hawley Hy. Martin's alley 
Hickling Geo. 3, Clumber st 
Holbrook Wm. Leenside, h. Grey 

Friar's gate 
1 Hunter & Wyles, Bellargate 
Lakin Thos. Angel row & Mount 

street 
Lees Philip, Leenside 
Lees Thos. Air yd. Mount st 
1 Lees John, Newcastle st 
Littlewood Wm Carrington st 
Marr Wm. High pavement 
Millington Mattw. Broad st. h. 

Parliament street 
Mosley Hy. 10, Woolpack In 
1 Newton Wm. Mount st 
Nicholson Jas. Coalpit iane, h. 

East street 
1 Nightingale Wm. Glasshouse St. 

h. Goosegate 
Norton John, Broad marsh and 

Houndsgate 
Pinder Wm. Mansfield road 
Porter Hy. Crosland's yd. Canal 

street 
1 Saxton Joshua, Listergate 
1 Saxton Thos. Chesterfield st. h. 

Middle Pavement 
Sharp Thos. Toll street 
Shaw Wm. Hollowstone 
Sheldon Wm. Mortimer st 
1 Sheraton Ralpb, Derby rd 
Skerritt Francis, Pepper st. h. 

Chancery court 
1 Smith* Jas. 4o, St. Marygate 
Sparrow Jas. Mount street and 

Grosvenor place 
1 Stainrod & Byfield, Derby rd 
1 Stevens Isaac, Houndsgate 
Stokes Geo. 22, Parliament st 



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Stoney and Clarke, H. Pavement 
Swann Geo. Poplar place 
Taylor John, Parliament row 
1 Thornhill Wm. Kid street 
Thurman John, Finkhill st 
1 Toyne John, Milton st 
1 Truswell Joseph, Mount st 
Turner Edw. 18, East st 
Walton John, Brook st 
Ward & Allen, Star ct. St. James's 

street 
Webster John, Derby rd 
1 Wells Joseph, Plat st 
1 Woodall John, Goosegate 
Woodford David, 31, Broad st. h. 

20, Beck lane 
Woolley Jas. 16, Beck lane 
Wratt Geo. Pear st 
Wratt Geo. Patriot st 
1 Wright John, 3, George st 
Wright Wm. Black Bull yd. and 

Woolpack lane 
(82.) LACE DRESSERS. 
Bacon & Elliott, Sherwood st 
Baker Geo. Eyre street 
Bentley Robt. ct4, Parliament st 
Birkhead John, Durham Ox yd 

and Houndsgate 
Boot Gervase, Point court 
Brown John, Mansfield road and 

Basford 
Brown Wm. Commercial st 
Crowder J ph. (silk lace dresser 

after the French manner) Mount 

Hooton 
Hill Jane, Isabella st 
Hill Robert, Mount st 
Hudson & Bottom, Herbert st 
Jacklin Thos. New Lenton 
Lambert John, ct 9, Parliament st 
Morris Ann, New Bridge st 
Oastler Matthew, Melsonby pi 
Parker Saml. Beck lane 
Spencer, Harrison, & Co. Car- 

rington, and Finkhill st 
Spittlehouse Wm. 7, Fletchergate 
Taylor Benj. Sussex street 
Taylor John, New Bridge st 
Taylor Wm. Haughton st 
Wain & Black ner, Canal st 
Webster John, New Sneinton 

(S3.) LACE MFRS. 
Marked thus * make Purl and 



Tatting, and thus f are Fancy 

Warp Lace mfrs. 
See also Bobbin Net mfrs, 
Adams & Morley, 9, Stoney st 
Allcock Geo. 22, High Pavement, 

h. Short hill 
Allen John & Sons, St. James's st 
Ashwin James, Mount st 
Astill Wm. Carrington 
Aveson Stockdale, Mount street, 

h. Hyson green 
Bacon Edw. & Son, Park row 
*Baggaley Wm. Wheelergate 
*Balm & Rothwell, (Mecklin and 

Tatting) Wheelergate. John 

Perry, agent 
Banks Wm. 45, Stoney st 
Barnett Lazarus C. Parliament st 
Bees Bennet, 56, Coalpit lane 
Berrey Geo. & Co. 13, St. Ma- 
ry's gate 
Bingham Archelaus & James, St. 

James's street 
Blatherwick John, (caps) Car- 
rington street 
Boden James, Houndsgate 
Bod en & Morley, Houndsgate 
Boot Cyrus G. 3, Plumptre st 
Boot Francis, St. James's street 

and Beeston 
Bowley Wm. & Son, Standard hill 
Bradley Geo. & Son, Park st 
Bramley Thos. Rutland st 
Broadhurst John, Castlegate 
Brothwell Wm. H. Mount st 
Brough Edw. Pelham st 
Burge James, Derby road 
Burton John C. 16, Pilchergate 
Burton Saml. New Bridge st 
Butt Thos. Mount street 
Callow Chas. (& quilling) St. 

James's street 
Campbell James, Fletchergate 
Campbell M. 26, Fletchergate 
Carey Geo. 12, St. Mary's gate 

and Pelham st 
Carrier Henry, ct 33, Long row 
Carter & Cheetham, 22, High 

Pavement 
•Carter Wm. Brown (and fast 

purled gimp thread edging) 

Rutland street 
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Chambers Benj. (caps) Newcas- 
tle street 
Chamberlain Mallet & Co. 9, 

Stoney street 
Chambers John, 27, St. Mary's gt 
Christie Hector, Cumberland pi 
Clark John, 8, Warsergate 
Clark Thos. 9, Warsergate, h. 

Broughton Lodge 
Cooper Thos. 18, Broad st 
Copestske Marcus, o, Plumptre 

st, h. Mount Hooton 
Cox Chas. 29, High Pavement, h. 

Wilford 
Cullen Thos. & Jas. 21, Pilcher- 

gate, h. 2, Parliament st 
Curtiss Thos. 26, High Pavement 
Drtkevne Jph. Park st. & Lenton 
Desmed John & Co. St. Petergt 
Dodson Nathaniel, Park st 
Doubleday Thos. St. James's st 
Duclos & Caron, Potter's yard, 

Warsergate 
Dunnington Hy. 25, Parliament 

street 
Edensor Wm. ct 24, H. Pavement 
Elvid^e Agnes, Castlegate 
Etherington & Duplex, Byard In 
Fishers & Robinson, 11, Short 

hill 
Flewitt Wm. Parliament st 
Foote Robt & Co. 20, Stoney st, 

h. Scotholra Lodge 
Frearson & Hovey, 32, St. Ma- 
ry's gate 
Frearson & Vickers, Castlegate 
Frost Rt. & Thos. & Co. Wheel- 

ergate 
Galloway Wm. & Co. Houndsgt 
Gedling Micah & Son, Mount st 
Gilbert James, Parliament st 
Gimson Thos. F. Parliament st 
Gray Rd. St. James's st 
Green Wm. (caps) Clare st 
Gregory Thos. St. James's st 
Haimes Thos. & Co. Mount st 
Hall Henry, Houndsgate 
Hall James, Castleaate 
Hard wick Fras. & Co. Pepper st 
Hart Nevvcomh, 14, George st 
Heathfieid & Cartledge, 20, Sto- 
ney street 
Heathcoat & Co. 46, Bridlesmith- 



gate & Tiverton. Wm. Felkin, 
agent 
Henson John, Babbington st 

* f Herbert Wm. (purl & tatting) 

St. Mary's pi, h. Park 

* fHerberts & Sneath, 17, Grey- 

hound yd 
Hind John, Standard hill 
Hind Thos. & Co. 17, St. Marygt 
Holbrook Jas. N. Houndsgate" 
Hollins Sam]. Houndsgate 
Hopkins John, 19, Pilchergate 
Howitt John, Houndsgate 
Hubbart Hy. 26, George st 
Hughes Jno. & Co. St. James's st 
Hurst Saml. 35, St. Mary's gt'-. 
Jerram Jas. St. James's st 
Jerram John T. Halifax pi 
Johnson Rt. 11, Warsergate 
Johnson Geo. 25, Stoney st 
Jones & Dent, 27, Pilchergate- 
Kaye Thos. 18, Bridlesmithgate 
Kelk Jas. Burrows, Houndsgate 
Kendall Geo. Kendal street, h. 

Walnut tree lane 
Kendall John, Postern st 
Kimber Jas. & Co. H. Pavement 
Kulp H. N. & Son, Houndsgate 
•Lamb Jph. 45, Stoney st 
Leaver Hy. 37, Stoney street, h. 

St. Mary's gate 
Leavers Wm. Rutland st 
Lightfoot Rt. Mount st, fa. Der- 
by terrace 
Lowe Chas. & John, Houndsgt 
M'Coul David, Toll st, h. 38,, 

Stoney street 
M'Donald John, Tollhouse hill 
Manlove Thos. & Son, 16, St. 

Mary's- gate 
•Middleton Saml. 7, Plumptre st 
fMorrison Jthn. Fell, (caps) New- 
castle street 
fMorrison Geo. & Co. 5^ St. Ma- 
ry's gate, h. White moor 
Morrison & Jenks, 27, Warsergt 
Mullen Jthn. & Co. Mount st 
Needham Matthew, 14, Sheep In- 
Newball & Copeland, Mount st 
Nichols Edwin, 39, St. Mary's gt 
Oram John & Wm. 3, King's pi. 

& Chard, Somersetshire 
Pa^e Joh. & Sons, Standard hill 



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Pearson Jas. Rutland st 
Peat Ethv. Granby street 
Peet & Co. Houndsgate 
Perry Joshua B. 14, H, Pavement 
Pogson Geo. Owen, St. James's st 
Polak D. M. & Co. Granby st 
Ragg Thos. 17, Wool pack In 
RawJinson G. & Co. 3], H. Pave- 
ment & Taunton 
Reinbeck Frederick, Castlegate 
Renshaw, Shelton, & Co. 1 1, High 

Pavement 
Rideout Hy. Geo. Rutland st 
Roberts Thos. & Co. 18, Plump- 

tre street 
Robinson Saml. 16, Clumber st 
Robinson Saml. 15, Plumptre st 
Roe Thos. & Co. Rutland st 
Rogers Stephen Stevenson, 

Houndsgate 
Saalfeld A.J. Parliament street 

and Hambro' 
Sands Robert, Houndsgate 
Sansom Saml. 8, King's pi 
Seals John, 4, Plumptre st 
Seals Robt. Plumptre st, h. 5, 

King's place 
Selbv Wm. Houndsgate 
Shaw Thos. 39, Stoney st 
Shipman Thos. 9, Chapel bar 
Skipwith & Atherstone, 1, Bell 

founder's yd 
Slater Thos. St. Peter's gate 
Smedley Thos. & Jph. Rutland st 
Smith Job, St. James's st 
Spears John, Houndsgate 
Spencer Chas. 2, Fletchergate 
Stevenson John, Cheapside 
Stevenson Moses, 10, Parliament 

street 
Swan wick John, Houndsgate 
Taylor Mary, Buttery's yd, Long 

row 
Theaker & Birkhead, Rutland st 
Train & Wesson, (tulle, Sec.) 

Mount street 
Trueman Dd. & Co, 74, Long row 
Turner Jas. (tatting) Glasshouse 

street 
Turner Goo. J. 3, Stoney st 
Turner Saml. 20, Warsergate 
Wakefield & Smith. Halifax pi 
ii. Hound*] 



Walker Wm. 38, St. Mary's gate 
Wardle & Brown, 18, Pilchergt 
Wardle Isaac & Co. 18, Pilcher- 

gate, h. 37, St. Mary's gate 
Watson Wm. Pennell's yard, h. 

Daybrook 
Watts Edw. Castle road 
Waynman & Nunn, Bottle In 
Webster Hammond, 6, Plumptre 

street 
Wesson John, 12, Plumptre st 
Wesson Thos. Rutland st 
Wheatiey & Riste, South parade 

& Leicester. J. S. Whitlark, 

agent 
Whitchurch John & Co. St, 

James's street 
White Joseph, Castlegate 
Whitfield Geo'. Castlegate 
Whitlock Matthew & Co. Park st 
Whitt, John, St. James's st 
Widdowson & Robinson, Stan- 
dard hill 
Wild John, (tulle) Houndsgate 
Wildsmith Joseph, Houndsgate 
Wilmott John, 8, Plumptre st 
Wolff Wm. & Co. Chandler's In 
Wood Wm. Wheelergate corner 
Woodhouse Thos. & Co. 13, 

Fletchergate 
Woolley Isaac, Castlegate 
* Wool ley John, 21, Beck lane 
Wright & Trivett, 27, St. Mary's 

gate 
Yates Geo. 36, St. Mary's gate 
LACE THREAD DLRS. 

See Cotton Spinners^ p. 232. 
(84.) LACE SINGERS. 
Cook John, 6, Woolpack lane 
Hallam Jph. Woolpack lane 
Hiekling John, Crosland st 
Newe'l Wm. 4:.. Barkergate 
(85.) LACE PATTERN DE- 
SIGNERS & STAMPERS. 
Conduit Wm. Tree yard 
Dutton Thos. Bedford st 
Fitz waiter Joseph, Houndsgate 
Holmes Thos. Mount East st 
Jepll80D Henry, Houndsgate 
Lightfoot John, Mount st 
Mather John, Holland st 
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(86.) LAND & BUILDING 
SURVEVORS. 

Barnsdall Jpb. 19, Warsergate 
Campbell Thos. Alex. ct. 39, 
r Long row 

Dudlev Wm. Pelham st 
Elliott* Fdk, 29, Warsergate 
Hickling Geo 3, Clamber st 
Lees James, Rutland st 
Surplice. Sam. Herrick, Parlia- 
ment st 
Surplice Wra. 2, Clumber st 
Walker Geo. Fdk. Derby rd 
Warsop Thomas, Pepper st 
Wood Hy. Moses. Park st 

(87.) LAW STATIONERS. 
Goodal' Isaac, Castlegate 
Roe, Thos. 2, Beck lane 

(88.) LEAD MERCHANTS. 
Cox, Poyser, and Co. (and Patent 

Shot) Butcher st. and Derby 
Grav Robt. (and Glass) Canal st 
(89.) LIBRA RIES— (CIRCU- 
LATING.) 
Artizan's — Smityrow, open from 
7 to 9 evening. V. Kirk, Li- 
brarian 
Beastall, Thos. Rutland st 
Belfit Hannah, Drury hill 
Britton Eliz. Portland pi 
Clerical fy Medical.— John Stave- 
ley, 1, Smithy row 
Dearden Wm. 3, Carlton st 
Duckworth George, Pelham st 
Fisher Mary, Parliament st 
Kirk Thomas, St. Peter's gate 
Morrison Mary Ann, Narrow 

marsh 
Robertson James, 7? East st 
Smith and Haslarn, Greyhound yd 
Subscription. — Bromley House, 
Angel row. — Mr. Jas. Archer, 
Librarian 
Wright Chpr; Norton, 50, Long 

row 
(90.; LINEN AND WOOLLEN 

DRAPERS. 

Those marked * are Silk Mercers, 

and f are Linen Drapers only. 

Alliott and Pepper, South parade 

Atkin James (wholesale) South 

street 
Bailey Thomas, South Parade 



Brewster George, High street 
Brewster, VVm. South parade 
Cave Thomas, Hockley 
Chatterton John Hocker, 11, 

Clumber st 
Churchill Charles 41, Long Row 
* Cooke & Farmer, 56, Long row 
Corner Robert Cur lane 
*Cullen Henry, 38, Long row 
Cullen Samuel, 49, Long row 
Dickinson Mary, Long row 
Doubleday Josha. (smock frocks) 

Bottle lane 
Edwards Thomas, 3, Timber hill 
Fowler Geo. & Co. 14, Exchange 
Hazard Geo. 42, Long row 
He!msley and Pick, 6, Poultry 
Kepworth Frdck. South Parade 
Hoe Thomas, Hockley 
Hubbert Thos. Pelham st 
fliudson Wm. Castlegate 
Jardin Andrew. Houndsgate 
f Jennings Geo. 58, Bridlesmith- 

gate and Pelham st 
Knight Thos. 33, Long row 
Ledlie John, (Irish Linen Whs.) 

Broad march 
Levick Robert, South parade 
*Manlove Ebz. 59, Long row 
Marriott and Munk (wholesale 

Manchester and Scotch whs.) 

St. James's st 
Musson Thomas, 72, Long row 
Need Nath. Peniston, 51, Long r 
*01dershaw John, 52 r Long row 
Oldknow and Wilson, Beastmar- 

ket hill 
Preston Richard, 47, Long row 
Pyatt Abraham, South parade 
Reynolds and Woodhouse (wool- 
Ten) 13, Clumber st 
f Rogers Abraham Isaac, South 

parade 
Smith Wm. Jas. Mansfield rd 
Swann and Son, 43, Long row 
Thorpe William, 31, Long row 
Toplis Thomas, Pelham st 
Toplis Wm. 2, Timber hall 
*Townsend& Daft, 69, Long row 
Wells and Burkitt, Cheapside 
Wilson and Cutts, South parade 
Wright and Harriman, 5, Poultry 



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(91 J LIVERY STABLE KEEP- 
ERS, &c. 
Thus * are also Horse Dealers, 
and thus f have Hackney Coaches. 
Chester John, 6. Friar lane, Cas- 
tle place 
•Chester Wm. St. Peter's sq 
fGlew John, Goosegate 
fKing John, Castlegate 
•f-Ouseley Thos. John, Castlegate 
*Spink Mark, Wheelergate 
Wigginton Jph. Friar lane 
(92.) MACHINE MAKERS. 
See also Bobbin fy Carriage, and 
Circular Comb fy Bolt Makers^ 
and Frame smiths* 
Abbott John, Newcastle st 
Booth John, 7* Rigley's yd 
Corah Thos. Mansfield rd 
Creswell Chpr. Mansfield rd 
Creswick John, (dealer, springer 

and repairer) 15, Sheep lane 
Fletcher Saml. (dealer, repairer, 

&c.) Mansfield rd 
Hall Wm. 15, PennelPs yd 
Higgins & Wharton, (and Steam 
Engine bldrs. and Mill smiths) 
Canal st 
Holland Saml. Chandler's lane 
Kidger & Topham, Sherwood st 
Lingford John, 9, Parliament st 
Nelson Abm. B. Holland st 
Nutt James, Broad st 
Price Thomas, Canal st 
Pritchard Thomas, Castle terrace 
Rawson and Barraclough, Wool- 
pack In 
Watts Geo. Finkhill st 
Whitehall Thos. Batkin, (Drum 
and Engine) 10, Grey Hound 
yard 
Woodhouse I)d. 42, Barkergate 
Wyre Isaac, Howard st 
Yeomans John, Duke pi 
Young Saml. Mansfield rd 
(93.) MALTSTERS. 
Allcock John, 4, Bond street, 

Sneinton 
AnnclifTRd. Mansfield rd 
Barker Jas. Taft's yard 
Beadles John, Narrow marsh 
Carver Thomas and Son, South 
street, N. S.. 



Clay James, Coalpit lane 
Clay Wm. York street 
Cox John, 31, Warsergate 
Cross Henry, Long row 
Dennis Jph. Mansfield rd 
Dann Geo. Narrow marsh 
Deverill and Co. Pelham st 
Dennis Jph. Mansfield rd 
Ely Thomas, Parliament st 
Farrand John, Listergate 
Flinders Wm. Fishprgate 
Galloway Thos. 16, Milton st 
I Hall and Harrison, Cana! st 
Hamtson Ben. 9, Plumptre st 
Harrison John, Sneinton st 
Harvey Geo. Canal street and 

Sneinton 
Hewitt James, Park row 
Hooton Richard, Fishergate 
Hopkinson Richd. Castlegate, h. 

Park st 
Hoyles John, Chapel bar 
Hustwayte Dymock, Cartergate 
James Samuel, Sunhill 
Johnson Charles, Postern place 
Kendall Rd. and Co. St. James's 

street 
Langford Thomas, Grey Friarsgt 
Leavers and Smith, Canal st 
Lowe John, Angel row 
Mack ley and Mai thy, Poplar pi 
Oakland Jph. Parliament st 
Pailthorp Wm. Milton st 
Perry Jph. Peck lane 
Pilkington Thos. H. Cross st 
Pratt John, 54, Bridlesmithgate 
Rollett Joshua, Mansfield rd 
Rowarth Wm. London rd 
Seals Robert, Plumptre st 
Shelton Robert, Milton st 
Smith George, 23, George st 
Stubbs Thomas, Peck lane 
Tallant Jane, Crown and Anchor 

yard, Bridge st 
Thorpe John, Pelham st 
Tomlin Edmund, Dean street, h. 

Carrington 
Turner Geo. 3, Barkergate 
Tyers John, 5, Bell Founder's 

yard and Newcastle st 
(94.) MATTING MANUFRS. 
Smith James, St. Peter's gate 
Smith Wm. Manver's st. 



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(95.) MATTRESS AND BED 
MAKERS. 

Detheick John, Sussex st 
Odam Hannah, Talbot yd 
Stone Thomas. Gedling st 

(96.) MERCHANTS, 
f See Lace and Hosiery Mfrs. 
AntoninDinoyel, High Pavement 
Bishop James and Thomas, St. 

Peter's sq 
Bishop Thos.jun. St. Peter's sq 
Fishers and Robinson, il Short 

hill 
Fry Wm. (fruit, &c.) Lincoln st 
Kulp, H. N. &Son, (lace) Hounds 

gate 
Parker and Kirk, Maypole yd 
Renshaw, Shelton, and Co. 31, 

High Pavement 
Wilson W. & S. Plumptre house 
(97.) MILLINERS & DRESS 

MAKERS. 
Alien Mary Ann, Brewhouse yd 
Almond Eliz. St. Peter's Church- 
side 
Anderson Eliz. Glasshouse st 
Ashley Eliz. Mount st 
Baidock Mary Ann, 6, Cannon 

yard 
Barber Mary Ann, Newcastle st 
Beastall and Fryer, Pleasant pi 
Bi nk ley Emma, Parliament st 
Black, Elizabeth, Castlegate 
Blatherwick Ann, ct» 26, Clum- 
ber st 
Borrows Eliz. Coalpit In 
Bradbury Hh. 13, Lenton st 
Broomhead and Kelsall, Angel yd 
Bordicot Mary, Collin st 
Brough Mrs, (upholsterer) Flet- 

chergate 
Brown A. & J. ct. 39, Long row 
Brown Hanh. and Eliz. Catlegate 
Burton Mary, Goosegate 
Byrne Mary, Angel row 
Carter Henriette, Clinton st 
Cropper Htinh. Chandler's In 
Charge Thos. (child bed linen,) 

23, Carlton st 
Cartwright Eliz. St. Jame's st 
Crisp Sarah and Mary, Listergt 
Chatterton Ruth, 11. 'Clumber st j 
Crowther Mary W, Houndsgate I 



Davison Mary Ann, Park st 
Doubleday Jane, Carrington st 
Drage Mary, Pel ham st 
Ellis Mary, Clare st 
Evans Sarah, 9, Bridlesmitbgate 
Foster Eliz. Postern place 
Garratt S. 10, Plumptree st 
Green Mary Ann, Buttery's yd 
Henson C. Babbington st 
Hall Sarah, Castlegate 
Harvey Ann, Parliament row 
Hayes Maria, Grosvenor pi 
Hickling Eliz. Mansfield rd. 
Holland Mary, Castlegate, 
Hovey Harriet, Derby rd 
Holmes Sarah, Friar lane 
Hunt and Parsons, St. Peter's sq 
Hodges Mary A*»n, Carrington st 
Hodges Mary, Houndsgate 
Howard Mary, Spaniel row 
Jardine H. 6, Haughton pi 
Kir by Mary, 30, Greyhound yd 
Kirk Jane, 20, Barker-gate 
Lane S. and M. 56, Barkergate* 
Linecar Sarah, 14, Greyhound yd 
Lindley Martha, Wheelergate 
Lloyd Ann, 32, Warsergate 
Lomas Jane, 16, Mansfield ter 
Marple Sarah, 24,. Clumber st 
Milner Ann, Glasshouse st 
Morley Mary and Hannah, Lis- 

tergate 
Morris A. and E. Beck lane 
Morrison Eliz. 27, Bridlesmithgt 
Myres M. and A. Chesterfield st 
Newton Mary Ann, Mount st 
Ordoyno Eliz. Castle terrace 
Parsons Mary, Line alley 
Pattenden Eliz. St. James's st 
Peet Mary Ann, Rutland st 
Peet Mary Woolpack lane 
Place Mary, Beastmarket hill 
Porter Rebecca, Brook street 
Pratt Mary, 40, Stoney st 
Redgate Ann, Mount st 
Ramshaw Emma, Sneintonst 
Rigby M. & S. Beck lane 
Roberts Mary Ann, Canal st 
Robinson Eliza, Park st 
Robertson M. High pavement 
Savidge Eliz. Derby road 
Saunders Cath. Cheapside and 

Houndsgate 



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Scott Emery & Mary, Castlegate 
Sharpin Elizabeth, Mount st 
Shaw El iz. 37, Wars erg ate 
Shore Cath. 2, Parliament st 
Skid more J. & H, Castlegate 
Smart Catherine, Broad marsh 
Smith Frances, Bridge st 
Smith Martha, Grosvenor pi 
Stretton Sarah, Spaniel row 
Teale M. 12, Bridlesmithgate 
Thompson & Wilkinson, Park st. 
Thornton Eliz. Mount East st 
Tinkler Ann, 32, VVarsergate 
Tow & Wootton, Castlegate 
Uny & Fry. 24, Parliament st 
Wain Harriet, Castle terrace 
Waite Jane, Holland st 
Walker Mary, Derby road 
Ward Sarah, St. Peter's gate 
Wass Mary, Parliament st 
Watson Mrs. Rt. Clinton st 
Webb & Palmer, ct. 47, Bridle- 
smithgate 
Wheeldon Eliz. 13, George st 
White Mary, Houndsgate 
Whittle & Butler, 22, Carlton st 
Wilkinson Eliza, Derby road 
Wool ley Mary, Sussex st 
Wright Eliz. 8, Greyhound yd 

(98.) MILLWRIGHTS. 
Constable Wm. New Radford 
Howard Samh Derby road 
Reddish Samuel, Beck st 
(99.) MUSIC SELLERS. 
See also Professors. 
Allsop John & William, Peter's 

Church side 
Garland Wm. (& tuner) 1 Clum- 
ber street 
Owencroft Jph. (& tuner) 26, 

Long row 
Woolley Thomas, Wheelergate 

(100.) NAIL MAKERS. 
Aston Elias, 33^ Greyhound yd 
Bennett John, Wheat Sheaf yd 
Copeland Jeremiah, (cut) Toll 

house hill 
Jackson John, Narrow marsh 
Sidney John (& screw) Pelham st 
Starr Samuel, Canal st 
Taylor John, Toll house hill 
Wood Edward, Canal st 
Wood Samuel, Canal st 



(101.) NEEDLE MAKERS. 

Marked thus * also make Points , 

Guides^ fyc. 
Arnes Robert, Sinker alley 
Battersley Samuel, 52, Barkergt 
Berwick John, Salmon yd 
Bradfield John, Bond st 
Brooks Wm. Long stairs 
Burrows Josiah, Nicholas st 

* Chadwick J. L. Talbot yd 
Church Benj, Ten Bells yard 
Clark Richard, Beck st 
Dickisson George, South st 
Fowkes John, 5, Greyhound yd 
Gibbons Wm. Union place 
Gibson Fredk. Cross st 
Goodhead Geo. Horse Shoe yard, 

Toll House Hill 
Goodwin Frances, Wright's yard, 

Gedling st 
Hall Cla}-, Cross st 
Hefford Wm. East street 
Hick ton Wm. Robin Hood yard 
Hammonds Jph. Chesterfield st 

* Hopewell Thos. 20, Beck lane 
James John, Cartergate 
Lorrrman Geo. Pomfret st 
Maxfield Jph. Charlotte st 
Milner Frdk. Glass house st 
Milner Jas. Goosegate 
Mortimer Jph. Mount East st 
Newton Isaac, Cross st 
Randall Thos. Coalpit lane 
Rayner George, 7, Greyhound yd 
Roper Wm. 9, Mansfield terrace 
Saxby Jas. Mansfield road 
Sewell Samuel, Marsden's court, 

Sussex st 
Sheldon W r m. Broad marsh 
Shipman John, Derby road 
Smith Hy. 4, Charlotte st 
Stanley Wm. Mansfield road 
*Stevenson John, Commerce row 
Stokes George, Duke's place 
Tomlinson John, Howard st 
Tomlinson Wm. 19, Lenton st j 
Truman Sarah, Derby road 
Ward Saml. 12, West st 
Wheatley Wm. Carter row 
•Whittington Robt. Hockley 
Whitworth Benj. King st 
Wild Wm. Broad marsh 
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Yeomans Saml. Cherry place 
(102) NEWSPAPERS. 
Journal* (Friday mg.) Geo. Stre- 

ton, 64, Long row 
Mercury, (Saturday mg.) Jonth. 

Dunn, South Parade 
Review, (Friday mg) Rd. Sutton, 

Bridlesmith^ate 
(103.) NURSERY & SEEDS- 
MEN. 
Daft Rd. Beskwood park 
Lee Wm. (Florist) Lenton 
Pearson John, 15, Exchange row, 
and Chihvell (attds. Wed.& Sat; 
(104.) OPTICIANS & MATHL. 

INSTRUMENT MAKERS. 
Myers Philip, Pelham street 
Pagani Anthv. 15, Greyhound yd 
(105.) PAINTERS-HOUSE, 
SIGN, &c. 
Allen John, Narrow marsh 
Armston Danl. St. Michael's row 
Armston Thomas, *, Hazard's yd 
Austin Danl. King street 
Barnsdall John Spensley, 44, 
Bridlesmgt. h. Mount Vernon 
Barratt John. High pavement 
Bretland Peter & Thos. (& gil- 
ders) Chandler's lane 
Cubley Saml. Parliament st 
Dikes Geo. (& glazier) Trades- 
men's mart 
Dodsley Wm. Parliament st 
Elliott John Jeffery, Bridge st 
Fox James, Glass house street 
Gell Wm. Coalpit In 
Hague James. St. Jame's st 
Hague Wm. Houndsgate 
Hamerton Wm. Narrow marsh 
Holland Saml. Vernon st 
Jennings Thos. 41, Warsergate 
Kirby Thos. 30, Greyhound yard 
Lacy J as. Parliament street 
Lees Hy.3, Clumber street, and 

Mansfield road 
Lloyd Thos. 33, Warsergate 
Marshall Geo. 7« Stoney st 
Marshall Wm. Goosegate 
Neaves Geo. Needle place 
Oxley Sus. Maria & Co. Hounds- 
gate 
Pegg Jas. Mount East st 



Perkins Edward, (Bronzer) Derby 

road 
Pocklinston Wm. Coalpit lane 
Read Wm. 24, Broad st 
Scrimshaw Joseph, Parliament st 
Shepperd Wm. Houndsgate 
Shipham Benj. ct. 33, Long row 
Sissling Jph. Druryhill 
Sparrow Jas. & Son, 17* Long row 
Steele Wm (& gilder) 48, Clare 

street 
Stretton Saml. Milton street 
Walker Isaac, (job) Paradise st 
Walls Geo. Chesterfield st 
Whitmore Thos. Cartergate 
Wood Math. Mount st. & Angel 

row 
(106.) PAPER WAREHOUSES. 
Allen Jas. Roger, St. Jame's st 
Dowson Ralph, St. Peter's gate 
Leighton John, Lincoln st 
Hockney John, (paper hangings) 

7, Haughton st 
Nelson Thos. (Wm. Robinson 

agent) 9, Poultry 
Wells Wm. 9, Clumber st 
(107.) PATTEN AND CLOG 

MAKERS. 
Alvey Wm. Drury hill 
Barwick Jas. Goosegate 
Holmes Wm. Listergate 
Goodwin Thos. Goosegate 
Thornton Joseph, (& ring) 26, 

Bridlesmithgate 
Thorpe Jph. (& ring) St. Peter's 

square 

(10S.) PAVERS. 
Fido, Tetley, & Taylor, Holland 

street 
Squires John. Holland st 

(109.) PAWNBROKERS. 
Marked thus I are Dealers in 

Silver Plate 
Cooke Hannah, Goosegate 
1 Denner John. 73. Long row 
1 EamesFras. Goosegate 
Gresham Wm. Middle pavement 
Hartwell Robert, 71? Long row 
Lock and Gresham, Angel row 
Reynolds and Woodhouse, 13, 

Clumber street 
Sibley Wm. Beck street 
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Wallace Saml. 30, Bridlesmithgt 
Wick ham J ph. & Wm. Goosegt 
(110.) PERFUMERS, &c. 
See also Hair Dressers. 
Allen Thos. Peck lane 
BombroffThos. Houndsgate 
Bunting Adam, Chapel bar 
Clarke Richard, 20, Long row 
Corbett & Warner, 2, High st 
Crofts John, 70, Long row 
Drover Joshua, 58, Long row 
Emblow Chas. 36, Long row 
McArthur Thos. Bridlesmithgt 
Wragg Charles, Pel ham st 
(111.) PERIODICAL PUB- 
LISHERS. 
Brown Geo. Mansfield road 
Claikson Geo. Pennyfoot lane 
Goldsmith Jacob, Rutland st 
Mercer Rd. -Chapel bar 
Pacey Wm. Beliarsrate 
Robinson Jas. IS, Barkergate 

(112.) PHYSICIANS. 
Blake Andrew, Parliament st 
Davidson John Mitchell, Wheel- 

ergate 
Howitt Godfrey, High pavement 
Hutchinson Rd. Scholes, Friar In 
Manson Alex. 24, Stoney st 
Marsden William, Wheelergate 
Payne Henry, Castlegate 
Pigot John, M. B. St. James's st 
Williams J. Calthrop, Rose place 

(113.) PIPE MAKERS. 
Derbyshire Jas. 12, Eastst 
Derbyshire James jun. 7? St. 

Mary's gate 
Edwards Thos. Old Glasshouse 

lane 
Hanson Lucy, High Cross st 
Langford John Wver, Boot ct 
(114.) PLANE MAKER. 
Hi elds Wm. Parliament street 
(115.) PLASTER MANUFAC- 
TURERS. 
Fotbergill Jas. & John, Canal st 
Leavers & Smith, Canal st 
Lewis Jph. & R<\. Canal st 
(116.) PLASTERERS AND 
STAINERS. 
Elliott Fdk. 2.9, Warsergate 
Hames Joseph, Pepper st 
Ingram Valentine, 6, Pilchergate 



Spurr Rd. 36, Warsergate 
Surplice Wm. Clumber st 
Martin Geo. Roe, St. Peter's sq 
Walker John & Saml. Derbv rd 
(117.) PORK BUTCHERS. 
Haines Wm. 51, Bridlesmithgate 
Hukman J. Middle hill 
Tansley Ann, Coalpit lane 
Maltby Joseph, 6, Chapel bar 
Marchington John, Carringtonst 
Pearson Charles, Hockley 
(118.) PLUxMBERS AND 
GLAZIERS. 
Addicott Pvd. Old Glass house In 
Askew Wm. Milton st 
Attenborough Rd. Pepper st 
Bilbie John, York st 
Briggs John Boyd, Castlegate 
Cook Samuel, Market street 
Crackle Wm. 10, Parliament st 
Cullen Richard, Clare st 
Dickinson Thos. Beck st 
DunniclirF Atton, Houndsgate & 

Parliament street 
Flewitt Saml. Bridlesmithgate 
Gell Saml. Middle marsh 
Goodson Jas. 10, Broad st 
Gunn Saml. Derby road 
Hirst John, Dot yd. Listergate 
Jackson John, Goosegate 
Langton John, Butler's ct. Nar- 
row marsh 
Maidens Wm. Fishergate 
Nix Thomas, Mount st 
Parley Daniel, F^etchergate 
Rawson Thos. 19, Carlton st 
Roberts Rd. Crown ct. Long row 
Smith Wm. New Bridge st 
Sollory James, 22, Bridlesmithgt 
Sollory Henry, Postern place 
Stephenson Geo. Sneinton st 
Stevenson & Rhodes, Wheelergt 
Towle Mark, St. James's st 
Walker Wm. 29, Carlton street 
Whitworth Richard, Clare st 
Whitworth Thos. Surplice (and 
painter) Hollow stone 
(119.) PORTER, &c MER- 
CHANTS. 
Attenborough Hy. South parade 
Cutts Hanh. Canal st 
Doverill and Co. (brewers of ale 
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Lewis, Jph. and Rd. Canal st 
Perry John, Wheelergate 
(120.) PRESERVERS or BIRDS 

and BEASTS. 
Jones Thomas, Beck lane 
Mellow James, Fishergate 
Roberts Thomas, Finkhill st 
Yates Geo. Holland st 

(121.) POULTERERS. 
See Fishmongers, 
Parr Samuel, Pel ham st 
( 122.) PRINTERS(Le«6T Press) 

See also Booksellers, fyc. 
Dawson Ralph, Chandler's lane 
Hopkinson Rt. Mount East st 
Ordoyno Win. Cross st. Mount 

East street 
Shaw Jph. St Mary's p'.ace 
Waterson John, Rose yard 
West wick Rt. Back lane 
Wheelhouse Thos. Newcastle st 
Wild Henrv, Rutland st 

(123.; PROFESSORS AND 

TEACHERS. 

Aspul W. (Organist of St Mary's, 

& professor of singing, & piano 

forte) High pavement 
Allsop John & Wm. (music) St. 

Peter's Church side 
Alliott Wm. (languages) Castle 

gate 
Bond Hy. (organist) 1, Bond st 
De Lasalle Henry Pole (French) 

Park street 
Fryett Mrs. William, (dancing) 

fcastlegate 
Garland Wm. (music) 1, Clum- 
ber street 
McNamara Michl. (music) Castle 

terrace 
Owencroft John, (dancing) Park 

hill 
Owencroft Jph.. (music) 25, Long 

row 
Quick Edw. (dancing & painting) 

Park street 
Thirlv.all John (music) Park st 
Wilkinson Mary Ann (piano) 44, 

Stoney st 
Woolley Thos. Cmusic) Wheeler- 
gate 

(124.) RAG MERCHANTS. 
Ashling Jane, Glasshouse st 



Dodd David, (& bone) Narrow 

marsh 
James Rt. Gedling street 
Leighton John, Lincoln street 
Smalley John & Son, Beck st 
Walker Mtw. Woolpack lane 
(125a.) REGISTER OFFICES. 
Africanus Geo. Chandler's In 
Chester Wm. St. Peter's square 
Fletcher Wm. Tollhouse hill 
Husband Rd. Goosegate 
(125.) ROPE AND TWINE 

MAKERS. 
Allen Hugh, Milton st 
Brookhouse Jph. Needle place 
Godber Esther, Parliament st 
Haynes Geo. 17, York st 
Simpson Wm. Parliament st 
Taylor Barnabas, Parliament st 
Tavlor John, Mansfield road 
(126.) SADDLERS & HAR- 
NESS MAKERS. 
Andrew John, Listergate 
Betts Thos. Low Pavement 
Bradwell Thos. Canal st 
Caddick John, 14, Milton st 
Creeke Wm. Woollard, 14, Pel- 
ham st 
Hardy & Mallett, 68, Long row 
Hogg Robert, Canal st 
Holmes Wm. Cartergate 
Nelson Thos. Milton st 
Place John, sen. Cheapside 
Place John, jun. Beast market 

hill 
Radnall Chas. 8. Sheep lane 
Ward Eliz. Hockley 
(127.) SAIL CLOTH & SACK- 
ING MANUFACTURERS. 
Miliington Thos. & Co.(&sail) 

Canal st 
Tomlinson Thos. Portland place 
(128.) SCALE-BEAM & STEEL 

MILL MFR. 
Leake Wm. 42. Woolpack lane 
(129.) SEDAN CHAIRMEN. 
Bamford Wm. Middle hill 
Doubledav John, 21. Mary's gt 
(130.) SEED CRUSHER/ 
Barnsdall Nathl. Canal st 
(131.) SETTERS UP OF MA^ 

CHINERV. 
Barraclough Thos. Broad st 
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Dowker Richard, Narrow marsh 
Elliott Leond, York st 
Fletcher Saml. Mansfield road 
Gildin Hy. 38, Woolpack lane 
Goodburn Thos. Nob yard 
Jefford John Parliament st 
Notman John, Cross st 
Notman Wm. Woolpack In 
(132.) SHERIFF'S OFFICERS. 
Marked * are for the Town, and 

thus %for the County, 
% Archer Wm. Castle terrace 

* Cox Henry, Castlegate. 

* Gibson Wm. Houndsgate 

% Ward Daniel, Parliament st 
Wheatley John, (bailiff of the 

Peveril courtj 2, Lincoln st 
(133.) SHOPKEEPERS. 
See also Cheese and Bacon Factors 

and Bakers fy Flour Dealers, 
Allen Ann, Crosland st 
Allen John, St. James's st 
Alvey Ann, Goosegate 
Alvey Thos. Mansfield road 
Asling John, St. Ann's st 
Atkinson Mtw. Mount East st 
Baines Thomas, Parliament st 
Bartram Thos. St. Ann's st 
Beck Charles, St. James's st 
Bell John, Orchard st 
Benson John, Bellargate 
Bingham John, 37, York st 
Blythe Saml, Newcastle st 
BoldockWm. Snienton st 
Bradbury Matw. Mortimer st 
Brammer John, Poplar place 
Brookes .John, (butter dlr.) 4, 

Greyhound yard 
Brown Samuel Gedlingst 
Burnham John. 44, Barkergate 
Burrows Fras. Coalpit lane 
Butterworth Saml. Glasshouse st 
Campion John, Commercial st 
Campion Robert, York st 
Carver Fredk. Narrow marsh 
Chester William, St. Peter's sq 
Cholerton Ann, Parliament st 
Clark Thos. Albion st 
Clarke Hy. South st 
Clark Roderic, Gedling st 
Cliss Eliz. Milk st 
Co- Operative Society, Thomas 

Haddon, agent ? Milton st 



Cope Benj. Chandler's lane 
Corner Rt. Cur lane 
Culley Wm. New bridge st 
Daft Emery, 20, Fletebergate 
Dawson Henry, Sussex st 
Dawson Thos. Newcastle st 
Dexter Ann, Castlegate 
Dodd David, Narrow marsh 
Drayton Benj. Bellargate 
Dutton Thos. Bedford st 
Elliott Thos. St. James's st 
Eve Thos. Herbert st 
Farnworth Rt. Narrow marsh 
Fell Thos. Grey Friar's gate 
Fletcher John Bailey, Milk st 
Forbes John, Water st 
Gell Saml. Hollowstone 
Gell Wm. Coalpit lane 
Goodhead John, Trumpet st 
Greaves Jas. Newcastle st 
Green Ann, Glasshouse st 
Gunn Mary, Isabella st 
Greensmith Saml. Mount East st 
Guest Bartholemew, Canal st 
Harris Jph. Millstone In 
Hart Mary Ann, Old Glasshouse 

lane 
Hawthorne Wm. Finkhill st 
Hawley Fras, Millstone lane 
Hextall Sarah, Cross st 
Higton Eliz. Parliament st 
Hill Thomas, Parliament st 
Hinks Wm. Narrow marsh 
Hodgkinson John, Babbington st 
Holland John, Middle marsh 
Holroyd John, Newcastle st 
Hopkinson John, Cross st 
Hopkinson Thos. Derby road 
Humphrey Thos. Beck st 
King Wm. Parrott's place 
Kirkby Thos. Finkhill st 
Kitchen John, Sherwood st 
Kitchen Rebecca, Parliament row 
Kitchinman Eliza, St. John's st 
Knight Rd. Cherry place 
Latham Thos. (& corn roaster) 

Middle marsh 
Leavers Edward, Paul court 
Leeson Wm. 3, Charlotte st 
Lewis Thos. 28, Broad st 
Loseby Wm. Simpson's pi 
Lovitt Peter, 6, York st 
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iJann Edwin, Eyre st 
Marshall John, Edward st 
Marshall Jph. Narrow marsh 
Marshall Wm. Trent row 
Mason Jas. Cartergate 
Meadows Eliz. Broad marsh 
Morley Robert, Paradise st 
Morris Geo. Parliament st 
Newboid Gervase. Charlotte st 
Norman John, Derby rd 
Nunnalee Wm. Pipe st 
Palethorpe Mtw. 13, Plumptre st 
Paulson Chas. Bellargate 
Peet Edwin. Rutland st 
Peet Ann, Sussex st 
Pick Saml. Castle court 
Pickard Jph. St. Ann's st 
Pinder Eliz. Coalpit lane 
Popple Benj. New bridge st 
Porter Wm. 40, York st 
Potts Benj. Pierrepont st 
Poulter Rcl. Narrow marsh 
Price Jas. Parliament st 
Prior John, 34, Woolpack lane 
Ra worth John, York st 
Read Sarah, Beck st 
Reavill Sarah, Parliament st 
Reaviil Fras. Water st 
Reckless Jonathan. Derby road 
Riddell Melicent, Friar laue 
Robinson Jas. 18. Barkergate 
Robinson Jas. Cartergate 
Rogers Saml. White st 
Rowbottom John, Beck st 
Seaton John, Narrow marsh 
Sheldon Wm. Mortimer st 
Shipham John, Coalpit lane 
Simmons Eliz. Narrow marsh 
Sims John, Mill st 
Slack Mary, Beck st 
Smith Abhm. Beck st 
Snowden Hy. Gediing st 
Snowden Thos. Rumtord place 
Spearing Ann, Maiden lane 
Sprigg Benj . Snow hill 
Squire Ann, Plat st 
Stanley Jas. 24, Barkergate 
Stevenson Jas. Sussex st 
Sulley Richard. Parliament st 
Sutton Mary Ann, Ranciifte st 
Taylor John, Broad marsh 
Tebbutt Robt. Glasshouse st 
horpe Geo. Trumpet st 



Titterton Thos. 36, Barkergate 
Walstow Jas. Millstone lane 
Wells Thomas, Mount st 
White Jas. 41, York st 
Wilby David, Beck lane 
Wildsmith Saml. Albion st 
Wilkinson Eliz. Plat st 
Williamson Wm. Canal st 
Wills Benj. Houndsgate 
Wilson John, Cartergate 
Withers Frances, Mount st 
Walden John, 9, George st 
Wood "Benj. Plat st 
Wood Mary, Clare st 
Woodhead John, Nile row 
(134.) SILK THROWSTERS 
AND MERCHANTS. 
Ashwell John Heard, (dlr,) St. 

James's st 
Baker Wm. (dlr.) 6, King's place 
Bean & Johmon, Clinton st 
Fellows & Crosby, High Pavmnt 
Lowe & Smith, (mens,) 23, Pil- 
ch ergate 
Rogers Jonthn. Pierrepont st S 
Truswell & Heap, 7* Fletchergt 
(135.) SILVERSMITHS AND 

JEWELLERS. 
Marked thus f are Plated Mea- 
sure. 8fC. Manufacturers. 
Danks Isaiah & Thomas, Beast- 
market hill 
Driver Joshua, 58, Long row 
Gresham William, Exchange 
f Kitchen Thos. Derby road 
Lazarus Isaac, Pelham st 
t Powell Chas. Glasshouse st 
f Sheldon John, (& hardware) 

Parliament st 
Sollory Jas. 22, Bridlesmithgate 

(136.) SINKER MAKERS. 
See also Framesmiths and Ma~ 

chine Makers. 
Birkins John, Stone court 
Bradbury John, Parliamet st 
Elnor John, Parliament st 
Howett Geo. 22, Parliament st 
James Robt. Hart's pi 
Johnson John, Vernon st 
Leavers Everard, Earl st 
Lenton Hy. Coalpit hi 
Milnes John, 11, W^est st 
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Potter Samuel, Mount st 
Smith VVm. Robin Hood's yd 
Turner Wm, Toll st 
Wells Jph. 17, New &t 
Woodward Saml. 24, Rice pi 
(137) SLATERS AND SLATE 

MERCHANTS. 
Fothergill Jas. and John, Canal st 
Lewis Jph & Rd. Bath row wharf 
Walker John and Sam. Derby rd 
(138.) SMALLWARE DLRS. 
Clarke Mary S. 32, Bridlesgt 
Colton Jph. Mount East st 
James Rt Gedling st. 
Lamb Rd. South parade 
Leighton John, Lincoln st 
Page James & Sons, (cotton ball 

&c. mfrs.) Maypole yard and 

Drury hill 
Watts Henry, 12, Chapel bar 
(139.) STARCH MANUFAC- 
TURER. 
Hall Lawrence, Wheelergate and 

Stanton-by-Dale 
(140.) STAY MAKERS. 
Alvey, Thos. Mansfield rd 
Atkinson Geo. 28, Pilchergate 
Clark Ann, Goosegt 
Cockram John Wm. St. James's 

street 
Croley John. 2, Warsergate 
Flether Wm. Tollhouse hill 
Machin Eliz. 1, Greyhound yd 
Mercer Richard (London whs.) 3. 

Chapel bar 
Pacey Thos. 50, Bridlesmithgate 
Robinson Maria, Kingstone st 
Slater James, Bridlesmithgate 
Stafford Sarah, Mount ct 
Vernham Ann, Coalpit In 
Wallis James, Peck lane 
(141.) STOCKING PRINTERS. 
M fc Callum John, Canal st 
(142.) STONE AND MARBLE 

MASONS. 
Those marked * arc Marble Ma- 
sons. — See also Builders. 
Allen Thomas, Castle terrace 
Booth John, Broad st. h. New 

Sneinton 
Brassington John, Mansfield rd 
Clayson John, Carrington st 
•Earnshaw Thos. Grey Friarsgate 



Granger John, Tollhouse hill 
Hall Jas. Ebrank, Hockley 
Hastie Geo. Glasshouse &t . 
Hawley and Cox, New st 
Palethorpe Geo. Canal st 
Peacock Thos. 14, Broad marsh 
*Pratt Brothers, (& sculptures) 

Leen bridge 
Walker John & Saml. (& statu- 
aries) Derby road 
(143.) STRAW HAT MKRS. 
Barnsdall M. 39, Warsergate 
Belk Elizabeth, Cross s-t 
Bigg Edw. (presser) 3, Lenton st 
Cooke Eliz. Coalpit lane 
Darkins Jno. (whs.) 13, Exchange 
Deverill Mary, Hockley 
Dick Mary, 31, York st 
Dunniclitf Ann, 7i Parliament 6t 
Else Eliz. 17, Bottle lane 
Evans Sarah, 9, Bridlesmithgate 
Fisher Ann, Pepper st 
Fletcher Sarah, 59, Barkergate 
Greensmith Mary, Back In 
Gregory Mary, Peter's church side 
Harwood Isabella, Sneinton st 
Hawkins Martha, Parliament st 
Headley Louisa, Friar lane 
Hodges Eliz. Houndsgate 
Holburd Mary, 6, Lincoln 6t 
Kemp Eliz. Sneinton st 
Kennedy Cath. Drury hill 
Marriott Eliz. Peter's church side 
Mercer Rd. (plat whs.) 3, Chapel 

bar 
Meredith Thos. Angel row 
Merrin Maria, Derby road 
Nash Mary, 8, Mansfield terrace 
Newton Eliz. Mount st 
Parsons Wm. Cur lane 
Pierce & Sanson, 9, Milton st 
Richards Ann, Cartergate 
Sands M. Drury hill 
Simpson Sarah, Goosegate 
Smedley C. 21, Carlton st 
Teale Mary, 12, Bridlesmithgate 
Waddington & Wilson, Narrow 

marsh 
Waite Eliz. Queen st 
Walker Wm. 14, Carlton st 
Ward Eliz. Water street 
Whcatlev Frances, Pleasant pi 
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(144.) SURGEONS. 
Allen Thos. Listergate 
Attenburrow Jno. Beastmkt. hill 
Beveridge Thos. Market st 
Butlin Jas. Low Pavement 
Caiint John, ct. 66, Long row 
Darby Augustus, Clinton st 
Davison Rt. Peter's church side 
Eddison Booth, (General Hospi- 
tal) Postern st 
Garner Rt. Dispensary, Goosegt 
Greeves Augustus Fdk.Adolphus, 

Angel row 
Higgin bottom John, H. Pavement 
Jannan John, Mdle. Pavement 
Jowett Thos. Mdle. Pavement 
Mann Stph. John, Derby rd 
Oldknow & White. St. James's st 
Sanderson Aymor Richard, 10, 

Carlton street 
Truman Beck it, Plumptre sq 
Valentine Wm. (St. Mary's work- 
house) Mansfield rd 
Walker Fdk. 3S, St. Mary's gate 
Watts Wm. 11, Smithv row 
White Jph. 23, Warsergate 
Wright John, 21, H. Pavement 
Wright Win. Pelham st 
(145.) TAILORS AND KABIT 

xMAKERS. 
Marked* are also IVoollen Dprs. 
and f are Slopsellers - the rest 
are Tailors only. 
Addicott Thos. 7, Woolpack In 
Bai'ey Jas. Cartergate 
•Baldwin Geo. Hollow stone 
Bali Geo. 16, Sheep lane 
Ball James, Poynton st 
Barn^tt Wm. Miles Douthwaite, 

42, Queen street 
Bayley Wm. New Charles st 
Bell Geo. 5, Hazard's yd 
Bennett John. 5. Parliament st 
•Ber^sford Rd. 2, Bridlesmithgt. 

h. Carrington 
Beikins Mtw. Ccnven st 
Berridge Fras. 14, Plumptre st 
•Bradbury Thos. Wheelergate 
•Burton jph. 7, Chapel bar 
•Bywater John & Jas. Carlton st 
fCantreil Thos. 5, Clumber st 
Cheetham Geo. Grey Friar gate 
Clarke John, 4, Parliament st 



Codling Wm. Virginia st 

Dawson Edw. Sussex st 

Dooley Geo. ct. 39, Bridlesinitb- 

gate 
Edson Hy. Low Pavement 
•Fearn John, Market st 
•Finn David Bennett & Co. 74,. 

Long row 
•Finn Thos. 5, Clumber st 
Fitzhugh John, Low Pavement 
•Fleming Geo. 27, Carlton st 
Foulkes John, Carter row 
Gibbons Benj. Coalpit lane 
Goldsmith Edw. Rutland st 
Goodwin Wm. Hockley 
Gore Arthur, Rice place 
Gorse Wm. Ram yard 
Green berry John, Broad marsh 
Grundy John, Beck st 
Hall Edw. Rawson, Park st 
Hardy John, 3, Huzard's yard 
Harpham Wm. Toll street 
Harrison Saml. 1, Lincoln st 
Harvey Edw. Fountain pi 
Harvey Thos. Parliament row 
Hatton Wm. Buttery's yd. Long 

row 
Holland Jas. Angel yard 
Howard John, 2, Haughtcn s& 
Howell Rd. Parliament st 
Hutchinson John, Broad st 
King Wm. 41, Woolpack lane 
•Lacey Alex. St. James's st 
Lamb John, Glasshouse st 
LangstarTThos. 4, Lincoln st 
Lees John, Hounds^ate 
Lewis Thomas, Rutland ct 
*Liverseege John, 13, Carlton st 
Manderfield Jas. Carrington st 
Manful] John, Mount East st 
•Marple Jacob, 24, Clumber st 
Mycroft Wm. ct 28, Clumber st 
Newbold Chas. St. Peter's church 

yard & Peck lane 
Newton Mark, Mount st 
•Nightingale Rd. 9, High st 
Norman Wrn. Harris place 
•Owen Samuel, Cheapside 
Palmer Wm. Cross st 
•Parker John, 16, Carlton st 
Peach Hy. Newcastle st 
*Philps Geo. 1J, Bridlesmithgate 
Pigott John* Parliament it 
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Press Thos. Mansfield road 
Ragsdale Rd. Listergate 
Richards Abm. Parliament st 
Roper John Narrow marsh 
Rouse John, Derby road 
Scrimshaw Saml, Sussex st 
Scott Matthew, Convent st 
•Sharp John, VVheelergate 
Sharp Geo. Chapel bar 
•Slater Jas. 40, Bridlesmitho:ate 
•Stagg Wm. 24, Bridlesmithgate 
Stubbins Chas. & Co. Mount 

East street 
Taylor. Geo. 18, Low Cross st 
Taylor Jas. Glasshouse st 
Timms Thos.Beastmarket hill 
Wadsworth Wm. 21, George st 
fWalker Jph. Fishergate 
•Wallis Jas. Peck lane, h. Not- 
tingham terrace, Park 
Warburton & Astle, 30, War- 

sergate 
Ward Isaac, Goosegate 
•Ward John & Rd. Angel row 
Whait John. Exchange court 
Whait John, jun. Mount ct 
White Wm. Portland place 
Window Rt. Mount East st 
Wolden John, 9, George st 
(146.) TALLOW CHNDLRS. 
Baldock Wm. Hockley 
Barber J. H. Hollow stone 
Beardmore Josa. Sion Hill, N.R. 
Felkin Thos. 20, Charlotte st 
Ford Wm. Houndsgate 
Henson Thos, 3, Poultry 
Keep John & Co. Smithy row 
Millward Lucy, Carrington st 
Minnett John, ct 24, Long row 
Powlett Daniel, 74, Long row 
Sheldon John & Rt. Broad marbh 
Urry Geo. Plumptre square 

(147.) TANNERS. 
Alton Elias, Basford 
Cox, Poyser, & Co. Butcher st 
Parr Thos. Narrow marsh 

(148.) TIMBER MRCHTS. 
Marked 1 are English wood dlrs, 
1 Allen Wm. Tollhouse hill, h. 

Mount Vernon 
Barnsdall Nathl. Canal st. h. 
Middle Pavement 



Chiswell John* (mahogany) Toll- 
house hill 
I Ellis Wm. Goosegate 
1 Harrison John, Rick street 
1 Hawkins Wm. Hockley, h. New 

Sneinton 
Knight Rt. Grey Friar gate, b, 

Paddock street 
L Martin Saml. Shaw lane 
1 Oldham John, Canal st 
Youle John & Henry, Castle 

wharf,, and Hull 
TINNERS-See Braziers, &c. 
(149.) TOBACCO & SNUFF 
MANUFACTURERS. 
Thus * are only Dealers* 
Bradley Thos L. 3, Smithyrosr 
•Nelson Rd. High street 
•Peet Thos. 5, Carlton st 
Soars Wm. Pelhnm street 
Wright John, Middle marsh 

(150.) TOY DEALERS. 
Corbett Josiah, (cutlery, &c.) 2, 

High street 
Crofts John, 70, Long row 
Driver Joshua, 28, Long row 
Hebb Wm. 24, Warsergate 
Sweet Jas. Goosegate 
Wright Jas. South Parade 
(151.) TRIMMERS & PRESS- 

ERS OF HOSIERY. 
Christian Thos. Byard lane 
Davis Hy. Page's bldgs 
Davis Ann, Nicholas street 
Davis Wm. xMount East st 
Dunbar Sarah, 29, St. Mary's gt 
Metheringham Cath. Brewhouse 

yard 
Kirk Thos. (silk hose) Maiden In 
Rooke Marv, Chandler's In 
(152.) TRUNK AND PAPER 

BOX MAKERS. 
Shepherd Eiiz. Listergate 
Shipman Chas. Darker's In 
Simpson Thos. Narrow marsh 
Swinney Saml. Millstone In 
Wrigley Saml. Sion hill 
(153.) TURNERS IN WOOD. 

See also Chair Makers, 
Bamford John, Narrow marsh 
Brown Thos. Back lane 
Foster Fras. 31, Parliament it 
Fowke John, Earl itreet 



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Hall Wm. 15, Pennell'syd 
Hutchinson John, 19^ Parliament 

street 
Hutchinson Thos. Frame court 
Kershaw Thos. ct. 10, Parliament 

street 
Kirk Saml. Mount East ct 
Langham John{& coach axletree) 

7, Pilchergate 
Longman Saml. 19, New st 
Loversuch Wm. Mansfield rd 
Myers P. (lathe & tool mfr.) Pel- 
ham street 
Parker John, (& winding mchns.) 

50* Barkergate 
Sheraton Ralph, Derby road 
Skelton Wm. (& spring maker) 

Toll street 
Soar John, Wm. IV.'s yard, Par- 
liament street 
Stretch Jas. Broad street 
Taylor Dd.( wood bobbins) Hock- 
ley mill, h. Sneinton 
Thompson John, (& lathe maker) 

Clare street 
Walker Thos. (& ivory) Glass- 
house street 
Woodford Dd. 31, Broad st 
(154.) UMBRELLA MKRS. 
Morris & Pickering, 44, Long 

row 
Scorrer Jph. 16, Bottle lane 
Theaker John, Plum st 

(155.) UPHOLSTERERS. 
See also Cabinet Makers, 
Black well Wm. jun. 34, Long row 
Dean Wm. Broad marsh 
Dixon Moses, (wkg.) Carey's yd 
Lackenby Wm. (wkg.) Granby st 
Smith Job, St. James's st 
Stone Thos. Gedling street 
Wild Wm. Weekday cross 
(156.) VETERINARY SUR- 
GEONS. 
Kewney Jonas, St> James's st 
Rowland Thos. 4, Clumber st 
Taylor Chas. 21, Clumber st 
(157.) WATCH AND CLOCK 

MAKERS. 
Those marked * are Jeweller tf, §♦ 
t Bobbin and Carriage Makers. 
Barber John, Newcastle st 
Behreni Jacob, GoosegaU 



Brownsword John, (and dealer in 

German Clocks-) 8, Chapel bar 
*Cox & Adams, Goosegate 
Drury Wm. Sneinton at 
Etches John, Listergate 
Goodwin Wm. Narrow marsh 
•Hallam Thos. 48, Bridlesmithgt 
Harper Jas. Parliament st 
Harper Richard, North st 
Hopkin Wm. Mansfield road 
*Kelvey Ebenezer, Pelham st 
Lees Chas. Kingston court 
fMather Wm. 11, Milton st 
Pratt John, 54, Bridlesmithgate 
*Shepperley & Pearce, 27, Long. 

row 
Stevenson Wm. 2, Poultry 
Sulley Rd. Hollow stone 
Webster George, Derby road 
Whitehall Thos. Caunt st 
•Yeomans Henry, 19, Clumber st 

(158.) WHARFINGERS. 
Barnsdall Nathaniel, Canal st 
Bradshaw John and Sons, Leen, 

row wharf, Canal st 
Cutts Hannah, Bath row 
Marshall Rt. London road 
Pickford & Co., L<*en bridge 
Richards Saml. Mill st 
Robinson Jas. Wharf st 
Ro worth Wm. London road 
Simpson John, Park wharf, h* 

Castle road 
Thorpe Saml. Canal Company's 

wharf, Canal street 
Wheatcroft G. & Son, Commer- 

cial street 

(159.) WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Cross Henry, Shaw lane 
Fairholme Geo. Water street 
Haddon Wm. Butcher st 
Quinton John, Sherwin st 
(160.) WHIP MAKERS, &c. 
Clarke Roderick (thong) Gedling 

street 
Edwards Jph. Sneinton st 
Lowe Jas. (hand whip) Wheat 

Sheaf yard 
Place John, jun. Beastmarket hill 
Wapplinton Thos. (thong) Red st. 
White Jervas, (cord) Mount st 
Whittle John, (thong) North st 



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(161.) WHITE LEAD MRFS. 
Cox, Poyser & Co. Butcher st 
(162.) WHITESMITHS AND 
BELLHANGERS. 

Abbott John, Bell founder's yard 
Barker Thos. Wheetergate 
Booth John, 7? Ridley's yard 
Brentnall George, 6,Belifounder's 

yard 
Cowen Rt. & Co. Beck Works, 

Beck street 
Drabble Fras. Derby road 
Hackett Wm. Broad st 
Hawksworth Wm. (and elastic 
spring mkr.) 9, Greyhound yd 
Holland Saml. Chandler's lane 
Hood Edw. Narrow marsh 
Hood Rd. Garner's hill 
Leak Robert, Pennell's yard 
Miller John, Canal st 
Millington David, Broad marsh 
Need ham Geo. Old field, (mecha- 
nist) Sussex street 
Nelson A. B. Holland st 
Orme John, 13, Pennell's yard 
Philips Geo. Narrow marsh 
Sanders John, Newcastle st 
Selby Jph. Goosegate 
Sims Geo. 22, Barkergate 
Smedley Richard, Houndsgate 
Stanley John, Pelham st 
Stephenson Wm. Houndsgate 
Taylor John, Nottingham house 

yard 
Taylor Wm. Beck street, h. Inde- 
pendent hill 
Topping Joseph, Stretton's yd 
Walker Wm. 29, Carlton st 
Yates Thos. (lock) Middle hill 
(163.) WINE AND SPIRIT 
MERCHANTS. 
Marked thus * are only Retailers. 
Bailey Thos. Wheelergate 
Bason Henry, Sion hill,h. Ashby 

terrace 
•Cooper Wm. 1, Chapel bar 
Cox Edw. & Fredk. Parliament st 
•Cross Hv. 21, Long row 
"Dabell Wm. 19, Long row 



Deverill Wm. Pelham st 
Homer, Watson, and Crossland, 

Pennell's yard 
*Hopkin Win. 35, Long row 
Jalland Eliz. Goosegate 
*Killingley Melicent, 9, Smithy 

row 
Maltby Saml. Beastmarket hill 
Parker Wm. 4, Carlton st 
Perry John, Wheelergate 
Severn J as. Middle Pavement 
*Skip-vith Mary, 54, Long row 
*Slater Thos. Beck lane 
Small Ann, 1, Poultry 
Smith William, Bromley house 

Angel row 
•Talhott Fras. 25, Long row 
*Wilson Lewis, 7* Poultry 
Wright Chpr. Norton, (wine) 50, 

Long row 

(164.) WIRE WORKERS. 

Marked * are fVire Drawers. 
Ashforth Henry, (springs) Broad 

marsh, and Sheineld, Rebecca 

Crisp, agent 
Cottrell James, (and pin maker) 

Broad marsh 
Cowen Rt. & Co. Beck st 
Massey John, 17. Broad st 
Raynor Rd. ("spring) Bellargate 
•Redgate Hy. (& lender makers) 

Houndsgate 
•Taylor John, Broad marsh 
Wood Saml. Canal street 
(165.) WOOLLEN CLOTH 

MANUFACTURER. 
Hobson Wm. Parliament st 

(166.) WOOLSTAPLERS. 
Bakewell John, Friar lane 
Hodgson Saml. & Jph. Houndsgt 
Phipps Geo. Poplar sq. & Arnold 

(167.) WORSTED YARN 

SPINNERS. 

Mills Geo. & John, (merino) 45, 

Long row 
Raynor Win. Beck st.and Wake- 
field ; Geo. Wilson, agent 
Wilson Wm. & Saml. (merino) 

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MISCELLANEOUS LIST 

OF 

GENTRY, CLERGY, PARTNERS IN FIRMS, AND OTHERS, 

NOT 

Arranged in the Lists of Trades and Professions. 



Aekroyd Thos. carter Toll st 
Acott Mrs. Efiz. Park row 
Acton Jas. joiner, 9, Lincoln st 
Acton Mrs. Mary, Canal st 
Adams Saml. mfr. 20, High Pave- 
ment 
Adams Thos. mfr. 9, Stoney st 
Aldred Mrs. Ann, Toll st 
Allcock VVm. hosier, Portland pi 
Allen Jno. sexton of St. Nicholas', 

Brewhouse yard 
Allen John Roger, hosier, h. Der- 
by road 
Allen Rd. lace mfr. h. Granby st 
Allin VVm. Hardstaff, traveller, 

Tree vard 
Alliott Rev. Rd. (IndJ Castlegt 
Alliott Rev. Rd. jun. (Ind.) Mid- 
dle hill 
Almond Rev. Rt. White, M.A. 
Rector of St. Peter's, Russell st 
Alvey Sarah, cowkeeper. Fishergt 
Archer Fanny & Eliz. Low Pavmt 
Archer Jas. librarian, Bromley h 
Archer Wm. St. Nicholas's Parish 

Clerk, Castle terrace 
Armitage Jph. gent. Trent bridge 
Andrew Thos. list shoe maker, 

Mount East st 
Ash Jas. whsman. Poplar place 
Astill Mrs. Ann, 4, Lenton st 
Astle John, shopman, Derby rd 
Attenborough Thos. bookkeeper, 

Spread Eagle yard 
Aulton Chas. net mkr. Sherwood 

place 
Bacon Geo. mfr. Park row 
Bagshaw Wm. shopman, Mill st 
BaguleyMrs. F. Low Pavement 
Baker Wm. 10, St. Mary's place 



Baker Wm. cowkpr, 18, Wool- 
pack lane 
Baker Wm. cowkpr. Independent 

hill 
Balguy Charles Geo. Esq. Regis- 
trar of the Archdeaconry of 
Nottingham, Timber hill and 
Colwick 
Barber Mrs. Isbl. 3, Hollowstone 
Barber Mr. John, 1, Lenton st 
Barker Misses Ann & Mary, Cas- 

tlegate 
Barker Mattw. Hy. editor of the 

Mercury ', h. Clayton's yd 
Barker Sarah, lodgings, Bottle In 
Barnes Benj. governor St. Mary's 

workhouse 
Barnes Wm. clerk, 12, York st 
Barney Mrs. Ann, Houndsgate 
Barnett Absalom, assistant over- 
seer of St. Mary's, Pilchergate 
Barney Rd. bookpr. Castle st 
Barratt Wm. plasterer, Mans- 
field road 
Barrows Rd. carrier, 26, Stoney 

street 
Barrows Rd. gent. 24, H. Pave- 
ment 
Bartle Mrs. midwife, ct. 15, Bri- 

dlesmithgate 
Barton Fras. 47, St. Mary's gate 
Bartram Mrs. Hockley 
Barwick Thos. town-crier, Grey- 
hound street 
Basnett Misses, 24, Fletchergate 
Bates Mr. Thos. Rancliffe st 
Batty Rev. Edw. fWes.) Foun- 
tain place 
Beale Mrs. Ann, Mortimer st 
Bean Saml. inert, Lincoln «t 



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Beard more Mrs. Hannah, Mans- 
field road 
Beardsley Mrs. Sarah, Castlegate 
Beeby Mrs. Mary, Derby road 
Beighton John, hav* &c. dealer, 

Tollhouse hill 
Bell Mr. Chas. Forest side 
Berridge Jas. hosier, Park st 
Best Win. whsman. Back lane 
Bestall Saml. gent. Mid. Pavemt 
Betts Edvv. coachman, Chester- 
field street 
Bidtlle Rd. net mfr. Park row 
Bilbie Mrs. Ann, Mansfield road 
Bingham Mrs. Lydia, Canal st 
Birch Rd. Mayor's Serjeant, Po- 
lice-office 
Birkhead John, lace mfr. Hol- 
lows 
Bishop John Fillingham, bookpr. 

Mount East st 
Bishop Mrs. 11, Parliament st 
Bishop Thos. jun. inert. Standard 

hill 
Black John, joiner, Spaniel row 
Black Peter, assistant overseer, 

Mansfield road 
Bakey Mgt. feather dresser, 27, 

Parliament street 
Blatherwick Hermon, gent. 6, 

Short hill 
Blatherwick John, warehouse- 
man, Mount East street 
Boden \V~m. mfr. Houndsgate 
Bonsor Hy. Assembly rooms 
Bonsor Hy. upholsterer, Castlegt 
Booker Win. surveyor, Carring- 

ton street 
Boot Miss Frances, Castlegate 
Booth Mr. Rt. 20, Plumptre st 
Boothby Benj. sen. and jun. iron 

founders, Park terrace 
Bosworth Geo. agt. Aspley ter 
Bottom .John Fras. lace dresser, 

h. Pierrepont st 
Bower Benj. coach proprietor, 

Parliament st 
Bower Jas. Lincoln Postman, 15, 

Charlotte st 
Bowler Mr Saml. Mount-hooton 
Bowlev John, warper, Portland St 
Bradbury \U\. gent. Derby rd 
Bradfield Jas. warper, Portland pi 



Bradford John, porter, Boot ct 
Bradley Jas* coll. of Grantham 

canal tonage, Canal lock 
Braithwaite Fras. hosier, 13, 

Poultry 
Braithwaite Jph. hosier, Park ter 
Braley Mr. Peter, Mansfield rd 
Bramley Geo. warper, Manfield 

road 
Bretland Thos. painter, Nctting- 

ton pi. S. 
Bridger Geo. Mansfield rd 
Biierley Thos. warper, Mansfield 

roed 
B fieri y Rd. Butler, Governor of 

County gaol 
Briggs Win. 6, St. Mary's gt 
Broadhurst Miss Eliz. Wheelergt 
Brockmer John, hatter, Cheapside 
Broksopp Mrs Sarah, ^Standard 

hill 
Brothers Rt. Allen, druggist, 

Mount Vernon 
Brown John, sexton, Duke's pi 
Browne Mich, solicitor, 34, Pel- 
ham street 
Brown W. letter carier, 56, Coal- 
pit lane 
Brown Wm. lace dresser, Mans- 
field road 
Brownell John, bookr. Derby rd 
Broxholme Nathl. clothier, 19, 

Plumptre st 
Bryon, Mrs. Sarah, 13, H. Pave- 
ment 
Bullock Mrs. Sarah, Bellargate 
Bullivant Mr. Wm. Canal st 
Burkitt Rd. Scott, draper, Chea- 

side 
Burley Chas. tripe dresser, Mai- 
den In 
Burrows Mrs. Mary. St. John's st 
Burton Mrs. Ann, Spaniel row 
Burton Mrs. Eliz. 17, Charlotte 

street 
Burton Jas. hawker, Kingston ct 
Burton Jonth. lace mfr. Park row 
Butler Saml. cowkpr. Kingston 

street 
Butler Rev. Wm* Jph. M. A. rec- 
tor of St. Nicholas, Castlegate 
Butler Thomas, 19, Woolpk. In 
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Campbell Hugh Bruce, solr. Park 
Campbell Mrs. Sophia, Notting- 
ham terrace 
Campbell Thos. Alex, surveyor, 
h. Park 

Campbell , coach proprietor, 

9, Haughton st 
Carpenter Rev. Benj. Unitarian, 

High Pavement 
Carter Alfred, warper, St. Ann's 

street 
Carter Mr. John, Clinton st 
Cart'iidge Saml. mfr. 16, High 

Pavement 
Cartwright George, book-keeper, 

Pierrepont st 
Cartwright Robert, collector of St. 

Mary's poor rates. Canal st 
Carver Thomas, hosier, 11, Carl- 
ton st 
Caunt Mary, Eliz. and Ann, gen- 
tlewomen, Mid. Pavement 
Chadburn Mrs. Har. 5. Lenton st 
Chamberlin W. gent. Houndsgt 
Chambers John, 6, Broad st 
Chapman Geo. cowkpr. Convent 

street 
Chapman Mrs. Elouisa Ann, 

Shore's lane 
Chapman John, cowkpr, North 

street 
Chapman Rev. Leonard, vicar of 

Wysall, Angel row 
Chapman W. excise officer, Wa- 
ter street 
Chatteries Mrs. Eliz. H. Pavemt 
Cheetham Thos. gent. Lincoln st 
Cheetham S. hosier, Clumber st 
Cheetham John, Governor of St. 
Nicholas's Poorhouse, Park row 
Cheetham Wm. hosier, 26, Pil- 

chergate 
Cheetham Wra. mfr. h. Mansfield 

road 
Church Hy. gent. Park hill 
Churchill Han. draper, St. James' 

row 
Churchill Jph. gent. H. Pavemt 
Clark Mrs. Ann, 25. Carlton st 
Clark Charles, 2. Woo! pack In 
Clark Jph. gent. Park row 
Clark Saml. gent. Park terrace 
Clark Wm. cart owner, Vassal st 



Clarke Charles Harrison, solici- 
tor, George st 
Clarke Harriet, midwife, Narrow 

marsh 
Clarke Rt. builder, H. Pavement 
Clarkson Rev. W. II. Wesieyan 

Min. Sneinton 
Clifford Richard, coachman, 4, 

Haughton pi 
Clifton Capt. Joseph, N. L. M. 

Mansfield rd 
Cloak Hugh, wool sorter, Park st 
Close Thos. Esq. St. James's st 
Cokayne Thomas, stenographer, 

Blue Coac School 
Coltman Mrs. Susanna, Park st 
Colton Sarah, Chandler's In 
Cooke Marshall, Forest side 
Cooley David, lodgings, 44, St. 

Mary's gate 
Cooper Jane and Mary, Glass- 
house st 
Cooper John, clerk, Parliament st 
Copeland Geo. lare mfr. 1, Not- 
tingham terrace 
Copestake Mary, lace dlr. 5, 

Haughton st 
Copeleston Wm. Postern place 
Cotton Saml. modeller, 35, Sto- 

ney st 
Cotton Wm. gent. 2, King's pi 
Cowley Geo. Molona, attorney's 

clerk, Castle st 
Cox Alfred, mason, Trent Bridge 
Cox Humphrey, gent. Parliament 

street 
Crabtree Eliz. bone button mfr. 

Woolpack In 
Crisp Wm. Fletchergate 
Crosby John, silk mert. High 

Pavement 
Crossland Edw. wine merchant, 

Park hill 
Cross Mrs. Mary, 23, High Pave- 
ment 
Curtis Jas. gent. Parliament st 
Curtis Joseph, Sheep In 
Dabell Thos. warper, 30, York st 
Daft John, sol. Low Pavement 
Daft Sarah, midwife, Mid. marsh 
Dakeyne Ralph, saddler, Lincoln 
street 



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Dale Ricd. Meadows, druggist 

High st 
Danks Isaiah, ironmonger, Forest 

hill 
Darker Mr. Geo. Derby st 
Darker John Lomas, gent. Broad 

marsh 
Davis Mr. Tho. 18, Mansfield ter 
Dawson Mrs. Bridge st 
Day Edw. herbalist, St. Michael's 

row 
Daykin. Mrs Milicent, 27, Stoney 

street 
Deacon, Harrison and Co. car- 
riers, Milton st 
Dean John, bookpr. Mansfield rd 
Dear Preston, herb distiller,Lamb 

lane 
Dearman Nat, agent, St. James's 

street 
Dethick John, mattress maker, 

Sussex st 
Deverill Thos. bookpr, 17, Mans- 
field terrace 
Dickenson Rt. draper, 41, Long 

row 
Dobeler Rev. Clement, 8, King's 

place 
Dobson John, gardener, Carter r 
Dodd Mrs. Mary, Postern st 
Dodd Mrs. Jane, Bab bin g ton st 
Donaldson Mrs. Sophia, Derby rd 
Drewry Benj. joiner, h. Commer- 
cial st 
Dados Gabriel, mfr.h. St. Mary's 

place 
Dudgeon Steph. clerk, Rutland st 
Dudley Rd. writing master, Cas- 

tlegate 
DumelowMrs. Hanb. Vernon st. 
Dutton Geo. farmer, Newcastle st 
Dutton Mr. Samuel, Hockley 
Earp Saml. gent. Park hill 
^Eastwood Thos. 30, Woolpk. In 
Eato Jph. White Lion Stables 
Eddowes Geo. solr. 7i VVarsergt 
Eden Wm. joiner. Back lane 
Edinborough Hugh, gent. Not- 
tingham terrace 
Edwards Rev. Jas. fbapt.) Mans- 
field road 
Elcy Isaac, tripe dresser, Pink bill 
street 



Elliott Geo. 11, St. Mary's gate 
Elliott W. lace thread mfr. Com- 
mercial st 
Elliott T. bookpr. Hollowstone 
Elliott Joshua, silk knitter, King's 

Arms yard 
Elliott John, dresser, Shaw In 
Elsorn Jno. boot closer, 8, George 

street 
Ely Thos. farmer, Paradise pi 
Etherington John, mfr. h. Not- 
tingham terrace 
Evers Wm. coachman, Lincoln st 
Everson Miss Mary, Castle st 
Favance Miss Harriet, Castle pi 
Fearnhead Peter, solr. Fletchergt 
Featherstone John, Middle hill 
Felkin Wm. agent, Clinton st 
Fellows Alfred Tho. Esq. banker, 

High Pavement 
Fido Wm. paver, Holland st 
Fitzwalter John, stamper, Coal 

court 
Flintoff Jas. bookpr, Warsergate 
Fox Saml. grocer, h. Houndsgate 
Franks JaS. Dean street 
Frearson Hy. mfr. Mansfield rd 
Frearson Jph. mfr. Mansfield rd 
Freeman Geo. mfr. St. James's 

terrace 
Freeman Thomas, laceman, St. 

James's terrace 
Freeth Danl. Esq. Standard hill 
Freeth Geo. solr. Low Pavement 
Frost John, farmer, 10, Sherwood 

street 
Frost Thos. bookpr. W T heelergt 
Frost Thos. lace mfr. South parade 
Frost Mr. Wm. 3, Cannon yard 
Frost Wm. gent. Mansfield road 
Fiyett Wm. riding-master, Castle 

gate 
Gamble Geo. cowkpr. Sherwood 

lane 
Gedling Micah. sen. mfr. Park 

row 
Gedling Micah. jun. mfr. h. Mount 

Veni' n 
Gel! John, Sherbrooke, sol. Stan- 
dard hill 
Gelsthorp Jph. (Idgs.) Park st 
George Chas. vagrant office kpr. 
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German Mr. Anty. 25, Geo. st 
Gibson John, hosier. Park row 
Gibson Mrs. Mary, Parliament st 
Gibson Wm. hosier, Park row 
Gilbert Wm. ostler, Haughton st 
Gilbert Rev. Jph. (Ind.) Castle- 
gate 
Gill John, gent. Postern st 
Gill John, banker's clerk, Goose 

gate 
Gil liver Eliz. cowkpr. Poynton st 
Gilson Thos. trvlr. Monnt st 
Glover Wm. bookbinder, Clare st 
Godber Mary, ldgs. Rutland st 
Gordan Rt. cowkeeper, Mill st 
Goodacre Rt. jun. editor of the 

Nottingham Review^ Castlegt 
Goodall Mrs. Eliz. 16. Fletchergt 
Goody Mrs. Eliz. Sneinton st 
Gordon Mrs. Susanna, Standard 

hill 
Gough John, clerk, Park st 
Greasley Chas. bookpr. ct. 19, 

Stoney street 
Greaves Mrs. Wheelergate 
Greaves Miss Frances, Castlegt 
Green Mrs. Ann, St. James's st 
Green John, gent. Castlegate 
Green Sainl. confectioner, Bas- 

ford lane 
Green Mr. Thos. Pleasant place 
Griffin John Cooper, fire engineer, 

Broad st 
Guilford Thomas, Druggist, 53, 

Long row 
Gunn James, Packet Master, 

Severn's yard, Mid. Pavt 
Haddin Mrs. Violet, Castle place 
Hall Mrs. Eliz. Standard hill 
Hall John Edm. mfr. Park ter. 
Hall Samuel, net mfr. Mount 

Pleasant 
Hall Thos. Esq. Angel row 
Hall Thos. bookkpr. Postern pi 
Hallam John, engineer. Old 

Waterworks, Brewhouse yard 
Hallam John, joiner. Pepper st 
Hallam Jph. joiner, Grosvenorpl 
Hallam Wm. turnkey. Albion st 
Hampson Jas. hawker, Kingston 

court 
Hancock John, Esq., 14, St. 

Mary's gate 



Handley Eliz. Mansfield rd 
Hardwick Fras. hosier, Low Pave- 
ment 
Hardy Rd. cowkpr, Chandler's In 
Harriman John, draper, Poultry 
Harris John, gent. 17? Parlia- 
ment street 
Harris Rev. Thomas Hockley 

Chapel 
Harrison Geo. brewer, Rice pi 
Harrison Edw. lace dresser, h. 

Carrington street 
Harrison John, carter, Jason pi 
Harrison Noah, hatter, St. James's 

terrace 
Harrison John, bookpr. Hollow- 
stone 
Harrison Thos. brazier, Mans- 
field road 
Haseldine Jas. gent. Holland st 
Hart Miss Eliz. midwife, 1 1, Nar- 
row marsh 
Hart Fras. Esq. banker, Pepper 

street 
Hart Jph. warper, Rancliffe st 
Harvey Geo. coal mert. Canal st 
Harvey Mrs. Sarah. Derby rd 
Harvey Wm. coach maker, 6, 

Beck lane 
Hawkins Jacob, sawyer, East st 
Hawkins Mich, sawyer, King st 
Hawley Wm. mason, Butcher st 
Haywood Wm. and Son, glass 
and vitriol mercts. Middle hill 
Haywood Jph. porter, 25, Broad 

street 
Heap Geo. silk throwster, Fletch- 

ergate 
Heard John, hosier, Castlegate 
Heath, Mr. Jph. Park st 
Heath John, bookpr. Pleasant pi 
Hemsley Stph. draper, Poultry 
Henshaw Mrs. Ann, J 7? Carlton 

street 
Herbert Thos. mfr. Mansfield rd 
Herbert Wm. mfr. Parliament st 
Hett Chas. bobbin, &c. mfr. Back 

lane 
Hewitt F. P. hosier, Park 
Hewitt Jas. col. of Old Water- 
works rates, Park row 
Hick ling Mrs. Susanna, Mansfield 
road 
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Higgs Mrs. Ann, H. Pavement 
Higgins Thos. machine maker, 

Greyfriargate 
Hill Thos. carter, St. Ann's st 
Hilton, Rt. Auld. coal dlr. Nep- 
tune place 
Hind Benj. Watt's yard 
Hind Jas. hay dlr. Goosegate 
Hine Jthn. lace mfr. Mount st 
Hinton Wm. 34, Warsergate 
Hitchcock Simeon, excise officer, 

Harley place 
Hodges Wm. paver, Cross st 
Holbrook W. bailiff, Rutland ct 
Holbrook Rt. Gregory, warper, 

St. Ann's st 
Holbrook Geo. weighing machine, 

Derby road 
Holland John, mfr. Mansfield rd 
Hollinshead Edw. clerk, Walnut- 
tree lane 
Hollingworth W. 7, Charlotte st 
Homer Hy. wine inert. Park hill 
Hook John, gunsmith, 2, Lenton 

street 
Hosley John, carter, Warren st 
Hope Wm. clerk, Grosvenor pi 
Hopin Wm. bookpr. Ealand st 
Horsfall John, gent. Standard hill 
Horsfall Mrs. Mary, Standard hill 
Hovey Thos. mfr. 32, St, Mary's 

gate 
Howe Dixon, permit writer, Peck- 
lane, h. Old Sneinton 
Howell Hy. agent to the Canal 

Com. Canal street 
Howett John, gent. 42, Stoney st 
Hubbert Mrs. 4, George st 
Hudson, Maria, lace dresser, h, 

Herbert street 
Hudson John, governor of St. 
Peter's Workhouse, Brd. mar 
Huff Mrs. Jemima, Castle ter 
Hughes Jas, Lyster, clerk, Cum- 
berland place 
Hull Wm. hawker, Exchange ct 
Ilumprcys John, East st 
Hunt Mr. John, 14, Wool pack In 
Hurst Nathan, hosier, Houndsgt 
Hutchinson Mrs. Eli?. Parlia- 
ment street 
Hutchinson, W. coach man, Pos- 
tern place 



Huthwaite Hy. sol. Park ter 
Huthvvaite, Miss Mary, Park ter 
Ibberson Rd. gent. Postern st 
Jnglesant Thos. 6, George st 
In man John, warper, Stanhope st 
Jackson John, surveyor of taxes, 

Park row 
James Mrs. Hanh. 31, Warsergt 
James John, gent. Houndsgate 
James Rt. hosier, Park st 
Jarman Mr. Wm. Castlegate 
Jeffery Tho. wool sorter, Hounds- 
gate 
Jeffries John, constable, Plump- 

tre square 
Jenks John, mfr. 27, Warser st 
Jerram Jas. lace mfr. Derby rd 
Johnson Saml. gent. Park st 
Johnson W. sexton of St. Mary's, 

25, Pilcheigate 
Jones Alex, traveller, York st 
Jones Thos. com. trvlr. Friar In 
Jordan, Mrs. Eliz. Castle rd 
Jubb Mrs. Sarah, Parliament st 
Kain Ambrose, barrack sergeant, 
Kain Geo. Cowkpr. Mark In 
Kean Frans. 15, York st 
Kelham Mr. Hy. Mount street 
Kelsall Edm. drug dlr. Cyprus st 
Kewney Chas. Ginnever, nosier, 

St. Peter's square 
Kidd Wm. Moses, clerk of St. 

Peter's, Byard lane 
Kidger Wm. Forest side 
Kilbourn Saml. common sergeant, 

woodward, &c. 25, Warsergate 
King Mrs. Cath. Glasshouse st 
King Mrs. Sarah, Mount st 
Kirk Edw. Bellargate 
Kirk John, agent, Red hill 
Kirk Samuel cotton preparer, 

Mount Pleasant 
Kirk Valentine, stamp office clerk, 

Carrington st 
Kirkby Rev. John,M. A. Rector 

of Gotham, Standard hill 
Kitchen Thomas, toll collector, 

Forest<iate 
Knight John, agent, Cartergate 
Kyte Jph. gent. Park st 
Lavender John, gent. Parliament 

street 



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Lawton Edward, banker's clerk, 

Forest side 
Lawson James, police officer, 

Bridge street 
Leavers Jno. mfr. h. Spaniel row 
Lee Rt. clerk, Carrington st 
Lees Geo. joiner, Houndsgate 
Lees Mr. John, Glasshouse st 
Lees Philip, gent. Canal st 
Leeson Robt. solr. h. Wilford 
Lewin Geo. mfr. Goosegate 
Lightfoot John, warehouseman, 

Castie terrace 
Limbert Wm. clerk, Carrington 

place 
Linecar Rt. constable, 14, Grey- 
hound yard 
Linecar Wm. col. of St. Mary's 

poor-rates, Greyhound street 
Lloyd Mrs. Sarah, Bottle alley 
Lock Wm. Cook, cabinet maker, 

Forest side 
Lomax Edw. grocer, Nottingham 

terrace 
Long Jas. bookpr. Lee's yard 
Lord John, plasterer, Malt ct 
Lowdham Lewis Alsopp, solr. h. 

Low Pavement 
Low Wm. mfr. 23, Pilchergate 
Lownds Wm. turnkey, County 

Gaol 
Lucas Thomas, jun. Paradise pi 
Lyle Joseph, coachman, Grosve- 

nor place 
M'Lund, Rev. Saml. Bridgeford 
Machin Mrs. Sarah, Back lane 
Machin Wm. bookpr. Castlegate 
Mallet Henry, saddler, 68, Long 

row 
Mallet Hy. mfr. 10, Stoney st 
Manlove Thomas, jun. 40, St. 

Mary's gate 
Marriott Jas. carter, Pom fret st 
Marriott John, porter, Castle 
Marriott Thos. draper, St. James's 

street 
Marsh Jas. lace mfr. h. Park sq 
Marshall Thos. Jas. hosier, Cas- 
tlegate 
Martin Abm. cow keeper, Fink- 
hill street 
Martin Miss Ann, 12, Poultry 
Martin Mr. John, Mansfield rd 



MasseyDanl. excise officer,Mans- 

field road 
Mather Anthony, millwright, 

Beck lane 
Mather Rt. 19, Barkergate 
Matthewson Rev. Geo. (P. Bap- 
tist) Castle terrace 
Medlam Thos. D. warehouseman, 

Carrington street 
Mee John, waiter, ct. 32, Long 

row 
Mee Josiah, carter, Sneinton st 
Melets Mrs. Eliz. Parliament st 
Melville Wm. mfr. Standard hill, 
Mettam Misses Margt. & Frances, 

Castlegate 
Miller Mr. Hy. Derby rd 
Millington Jas. bookkeeper, 17, 

Rice place 
Mills Miss Eliz. Castle place 
Mills Geo. hosier, 45, Long row 
Mills John, hosier, Castlegate 
Mill ward Wm. foreman, Harring- 
ton street 
Mitchell John, leather dresser, 

Canal street 
Mitchell Wm. leather dresser, h. 

Finkhill street 
Mitchell Rt. fiddler, Old Rose yd 
Moody Thos. clerk, Glasshouse st 
Moody Thos. constable, Glass- 
house street 
Moore Saml. Weston, cotton dou- 

bler, h. Mansfield rd 
Moore Thos. Esq. banker, Rud- 

dington 
Morley Chas. Lomas, alderman, 

Beck lane 
Morley John, mfr. h. Sneinton 
Morris Mrs. Anna Maria, Castle 

terrace 
Morris Mr. John, 1, Woolpack In 
Morton Mrs. Flora, Poynton st 
Moss Mrs. Mary, Forest side 
Mugleston Mr. Rt. Mark lane 
Mugleston Mr. Saml. Mark lane 
Munk Edw. draper, St. James's 

street 
Need Miss Eliz. 40, Long row 
Needham Miss Priscilla, Castlegt 
Neilson Wm. Geo. hawkers' li- 
cense office, High st 
Nelson Mrs. Ann, St. James's it 



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Nelson Geo. overlooker, Plum st 
Nelson Isaiah, machinist, Snein- 

ton street 
Neubere: Jph. merct. Houndsgt 
NeviJl Jthn. mfr. H. Pavement 
Newball Thos. mfr. Sherwood 

bill 
Newbery Mr. Rt. sen. Glasshouse 

street 
Newham Saml. gent. Mt. Vernoif 
Newham Wm. carter, Fishergate 
Newton John, cheesefactor, 65, 

Long row 
Newton Jph. schoolmr. Bottle In 
Nightingale Hy. Mt. Hooton 
Nix Mr. Saml. 23, York st 
Norris Thos. secretary to the 
Lunatic Asylum & the Dispen- 
sary, Castle terrace 
North Wm. High Cross st 
Norton Mrs. Ann, Mansfield rd 
Norton Miss, Market street 
Norton Wm. Fletcher Norton, 

Esq. Castlegate 
Nunn Saml. Beeton, lace mfr. 30 

Fletchergate 
Oakland Mrs. Hannah, St. Mi- 
chael's row 
Odam Hannah r bed mfr. Talbot 

yard 
Oliver Mrs. Eliz. Forest Cottage 
Oldknow Mrs. Cath. Mansfield rd 
Oldknow Miss Hannah, Meadow 

street 
Oldknow Henry, surgeon, St. 

James's street 
Oldknow Octavius Thos. draper, 

Beastmarket hill 
Orange Jph. 9, Woolpack lane 
Orange Rev. John, (Ind.) Carl- 
ton grove 
Osborne Henry, fendersmith, 5, 

Woodland place 
Outram John, guard, Parliament 

street 
Owen Edw. cowkeeper, 14, Par- 
liament street 
Owen Wm. lodgings, 20, George 

6treet 
Page Hy. carter, York ct 
Page Jph. jun. lace mfr. Mount 

street 
Palethorpe Mr. Jph. York st 



Parker Mrs. N. Postern st 
Parker Rt. agent, 17, Bridle- 

smithgate 
Parnham Jph. dep. clerk of St. 

Mary's, 6* Hollowstone 
Parr John, tax collector, 3o, War- 

sergate 
Parr Misses Ann & Hannah, Cas- 
tle place 
Parr Wm. carter, Tollhouse hill 
ParreyGeo. coachman, 5, Haugh- 

ton place 
Parsons Saml. solicitor, Notting- 

tingbam terrace 
Parsons Wm. soh\ St. James's st 
Patterson John, clerk to savings 

bank, Castlegate 
Patterson Wm. builder, h. Park- 
Patterson Mr. Wm. 19* East st 
Payne Mrs. Derby terrace 
Payne Saml. solr. Paik cottage 
Peake Mr. John, Coalpit lane 
Pearce Jas. bookkpr. Fletchergt 
Pearson Mrs. Ann, 41, Stoney st 
Pearson Mr. John, Derby rd 
Pell Jph. Plough & Harrow yd 
Peet Mrs. Mary, Castlegate 
Peet Thos. lace mfr. Castlegate 
Pentieost Jas. bookkeeper, Pos- 
tern, place 
Pettinger Wm. cowkeeper, Wel- 
lington street' 
Percy Hy. solicitor, Wheelergate 
Perry John & Jph. Mt. Hooton 
Pettifor Wm. carrier, Park* st 
Pettinger Wm. supervisor, 28, 

Fletchergate 
Pick Wm. draper, Park st 
Petty Jas. chapel keeper, 43, St. 

Mary's gate 
Pickard Hy. whsman. Gedling st 
Pickard Susan, farmer, St. Ann's 

Well 
Piokard Wm. cotton preparer, 

Burdett's court 
Pickering Urban, hosier, Grosve- 

nor place 
Pierce Thos. manager, Mills's yd 
Piller Rev. Rt. Hockley chapel 
Place John, whsman. Vernon st 
Pollicott Thos. hosier, Exchange 

court 
Potter Wm. gent. 13. Warsergate 



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Pratt Mrs. Eliz. Bridge st 
Pratt Wm. mason, Bridge st 
Pratt John, mason, Plumptre pi 
Pratt Saml. sculptor, 40, Stoney 

street 
Price Rt. gent. Park st 
Pritchard Thos. farmer, Coppice 
Probett Stphn. Thos. medicine 

vender, Park st 
Radford Thos. gent. 42, Bar- 
ic ergate 
Rainbow John, governor, House 

of Correction 
Rather Mr. Wm. Forest side 
Rayner Mrs. Eliz. I, St. Marygt 
Raynor Wm. gent. Mill st 
Reek Mrs. Eliz. 20, Mansfield 

terrace 
Rensbaw Mrs. Low Pavement 
Reynolds Stpn. pawnbroker, Lin- 
coln street 
Rich Thos. traveller, 29, Sto- 
ney street 
Richards Mrs. Sarah, Mansfield 

road 
Richards John, York st 
Richardson Wm. Geo. hosier, 19, 

St. Mary's gate 
Righy Lewis, Sandemanian elder, 

18, Beck lane 
Rippon John, cowkeeper, Vernon 

street 
Rippon John, cowkeeper, Plough 

& Harrow yard 
Rivington John, coachman, 15* 

Broad street 
Robinson Fredk. Esq. banker, 

Beastmarket lull 
Robinson Mr. Thos. Park st 
Robinson Wm. hosier, Park st 
Roe Miss, Parliament st 
Roe Mr. Rd. Narrow marsh 
Rogers John, hosier, S, St. Mary's 

gate, & Carrington 
Roper John, Independent hill 
Rothera Jas. bkbndr. Wild's yd 
Roulston Jph. cowkpr, Canal st 
Rowbotham Wm. cowkeeper, 

Wool pack lane 
Rowe Rd. whsman. Back lane 
Rushton Saml. hay & straw dlr. 

4, Hazard's yd 
Salt Benj. pig dlr. Rick st 



Salthouse Thos. gent. Market st 
Sanders Misses Hannah & Char- 
lotte, 7, Rigley's yd 
Sanderson Mrs. Ann, 4, War- 

sergate 
Sanderson Jph. porter, ct. 21, St. 

Mary's gate 
Sansom Charlotte, tea dlr. Lin- 
coln street 
Sansom Mr. John, Glasshouse st 
Sarazin Aime, agent, Castlegate 
Scattergood Saml. cowkpr. Bran 

court 
Scorer Hy. hosier, Forest house 
Scottorn Saml. miller, Sherwood 

street 
Sculthorpe Rt. solr. Standard hill 
Sculthorpe Wm. solr. St. Petergt 
Seaton Jph. guard, Parliament st 
Senior Jerh. gent. Wheelergate 
Severn John, High Pavement 
Sharp Freeman, cowkpr. Rick st 
Shaw John, hay, &c, dlr. weigh- 
ing machine, Tollhouse hill 
Shaw Rt. cart owner, Toll st 
Sheldon Miss Mary, Cumberland i 

place 
Shelton Mrs. Park row 
SheJton John, coal mrcht. Mea- 
dow street 
Shelton Jph. mattress maker, 

Sneinton street 
Shipley Hy. Wm. whsman. Park 

street 
Shipley Miss Sarah, Nicholas st 
Shore Thos. bookpr. Back lane 
Simes Wm. gent. 31, George st 
Simons Mr. John, Pilchergate 
Simpkin Wm. overlooker, Cop- 
pice 
Simpson Mrs. Ann, Granby st 
Simpson Geo. periodical agent, 

Parliament street 
Simpson John, coach proprietor, 

Fletchergate 
Simpson Thos. coach proprietor, 

2, Carlton street 
Simpson John, letter carrier, 

Byard lane 
Simpson Thomas, excise officer, 

Parliament street 
Singlehurst Martha, cowkeeper, . 
Narrow marsh 
2a 2 



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Sisson Hy. Mount Hooton 
Skipwith Mrs. Isabella, Wood- 
land place 
Skipwith Rd. mfr. 55* Long row 
S ark Jas. Northern Water Works 

Forest side 
Slide John, fwk. Warren court 
Smart Mr, Robt. Mount Hooton 
Smedley Danl. trvlr. Bottle \n 
Smith Mrs. Peggy, 9, Short hill 
Smith Geo. Esq. stamp distribu- 
tor, St. Petergate, h. Stoney st 
Smith Jas. gent. Tollhouse hill 
Smith Henry, Esq. banker, Wil- 

ford 
Smith John, lace mfr. Toll st 
Smith John, solr. Castlegate 
Smith John, whsman. Mill's yd 
Smith Mrs, Sarah, Castlegate 
Smith Thos. Hollins, corn miller, 

Canal st 
Smith Wm.. wine mert. Park 
Smith Thos. carter, Millstone ]n 
Smith Wm. hosier, St. James's sq 
Smith Wm. boatowner, Milist 
Smith John, Derby post man, 
Crown & Anchor, yd. Bridge st 
Smoke Mr. Jph. Harvey, Ches- 
terfield st 
Sneath Chas. mfr. h. Mansfield rd 
Sollory John, accountant, Mar- 
ket street 
Solomon Dd. hawker, 8, Broad st 
Sowter Jph. van office, Maypole 

yard 
Sparks Wm. York st 
Sparrow James, painter, Park row 
Speed Mrs. Hannah, Glasshouse 

street 
Spencer John, lace dresser, Car- 

rington st 
Spencer Saml. lace dresser, Castle 

terrace 
Spurr John, bricklayer, 3, Broad 

stieet 
Spurr John, druggist, 37, War- 

sergate 
Stain rod Saml. joiner, Derby rd 
Sta] Ie8 Wm. bookpr. 8, Lincoln 

street 
Stevenson John, gent. Grosvenor 
pi :ce 



Stevenson Thomas, coachman, 

Parliament street 
Stones Mrs. Ellen, High Pavmt 
Starr Mrs. Deborah, Derby rd 
Strahan Mrs. Mary, Castlegate 
Stuart Rev. John Burnett, M.A. 
Incumbent of St. James's, Stan- 
dard hill 
Styring Geo. bkpr. Newcastle st 
Sugden James, tax collector, 14, 

Broad street 
Sulley Mrs. Ann, 18, George st 
Summers Mr. Jph. 9, Broad st 
Summer Thos. cowkeeper, Bar- 

kergatc 
Swainscow Hy. whsman. Park st 
Swann Chpr. Esq. solr. & coroner 

for the county, Castlegate 
Swann Chpr. draper, Derby rd 
Swann John, draper, 43, Long 

row 
Swann Kirk, gent. St. James's 

terrace 
Swann Saml. spring truss mkr. 31, 

Woolpack lane 
Taylor Mrs, Eliz. 33, H. Pavmt 
Taylor Isaac, paver, Pierrepont 

street 
Taylor John, lace mfr. Park hill 
Taylor Saml. gent. Cur Jane 
Taylor Wm. gent. Park row 
Taylor Wm. whsman. Glasshouse 

street 
Tetley Edw. paver, Gedling st 
Thackeray John, mfr. Forest side 
Theaker John, mfr. Park st 
Thornton Mrs. E!iz. 5, George &t 
Thornton Mr. Hy. Mount East st 
Thorp Wm. carter, Warren ct 
Thraves Saml. cowkpr. l T nion pi 
Throop Geo. coachman, o, Lin- 
coln street 
Thurman Mr. Jas. Pepper st 
Tomlinson Miss F. Forest side 
Tomlinson Mr. Wm. 17, High 

Pavement 
Topbam Jph. machine mkr. h 

Babbingtoo st 
Train Rt, lace mfr. h. Derby rd 
Trentham Wm. gent. Derby ter 
Trivett Ephraim, lace manufac- 
turer, Silvcrwood place 
Tiosha Mr?. R. Postern st 



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Truman Mr. Robert, North st 
Truswell John Geo. silk throws- 
ter, Carrington st 
Truswell Rd. cowpr. 18, Carlton 

street 
Turner John, carter, Line alley 
Upton John, mfr. 24, George st 
Upton Saral. cowkeeper, Mill- 
stone lane 
Vason Geo. governor of Town 

Jail Weekday cross 
Vaughan James, Mole court 
Vaughan Ann,, doc tress, 6, Stoney 

street 
Veni Mark, plaster figure maker, 

Drake st 
VLckers Wm. lace mfr. Park 
Wade Rd. carrier, 8, Milton st 
Wakefield Mrs. Mary. Low Pavt 
Wakefield Thos. cotton spinner, 

&c. Low Pavement 
Wakefield Chas. gent. Low pvt 
Walker John, thread preparer, 

20, East st 
Walker Mrs. Dorothy, St. James's 

street 
Walker Jph. traveller, North st 
Walker Miss Sarah, Tollhouse hill 
Wallis Thos. shopman, Peck lane 
Walters Jph. cowkeeper, Derby 

street 
Wand Wm. cowkpr. Wool pack In 
Ward Geo. bcokpr. 41, St. Mary's 

gate 
Ward John, joiner, Mount st 
Ward Hanh. farmer, Coppice 
Ward Mrs. Martha, 9, Parlia- 
ment st 
Ward Rd. tailor, h. Mansfield rd 
Wardle Chas. foreman, 4, Bottle 

lane 
Waring Mr. Thos. 19, H. Pavmt 
Warren Anna, midwife, Cartergt 
Waters John, warper, Cross st 
Watson Mr. Rt. Clinton st 
Watson Thos. cowkpr. Hockley 
Watson Thos. trvr. Houndsgate 
Watts Mr. Edw. Chesterfield st 
Wattshurst Miss Sarah, Hounds- 
gate 
Waynmann VI m. mfr. Beeston 
Wells Henry, solr. Castlegate 
Wells John, draper. Forest side 



Wells George Navy surgeon, I", 

Bottle lane 
Welle Mr. Jonathan. Milton st 
Werford Fras. gent. Nottingham 

terrace 
Wesson John, lace mfr. Mount st 
Wetzlar Gustavue, agent, Castle- 
gate 
Wharton Rph. machine maker, 

Canal street 
Wheatcroft Alex, carrier, Lon- 
don road 
Wheatcroft Wm. warper, Wil- 

loughby row 
Whitchurch Mr. Rd. Cannt st 
Whitchurch Rd. Bedford row 
White Alfred, shopman, Mount 

street 
White Geo. Mills, surgeon, St. 

James's street 
White Geo. Kepple, post master, 

High street 
White Saml, police officer, Mans- 
field road 
Whitlark Jno. Start, agent, Sher- 
wood hill 
Whittle Edw. clerk, Carrington 

street 
Whyatt Rev. William, curate of 

Sneinton, 31, St. Mary's gate 
Widdowson Wm. mfr. Standard 

hill 
Wilkins Rev. Geo. D.D. vicar of 

St. Marv's, High Pavement 
Wilkins Mr. James, Granby st 
Wilkinson Mark, High Pavmt 
Wilkinson John, wharehouseman, 

St. Peter's square 
Williams Wm. supervisor, Milton 

street 
Williams Wm. joiner. Parlt. st 
Willson Rev. Robert William, 

Catholic priest, George st 
Wilmot John, coach proptr. St. 

James's street 
Wilson Geo. bookpr. Finkhill st 
Wilson Isaac, hosier, Park ter 
Wilson John, hosier, Angel row 
Wilson Rev. John, Park row 
Wilson Jph. hosier, Long row 
Wilson Robert, draper, Park ter 
Wilson William Esq. Plumptre 
house 



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Winterton Thomas Wm. Bible 

Society Depository, Park st 
Wise Win. solr. h. 8, Clumber st 
Wolfe Fras. cowkpr. Boot ct 
Wolfe Wm. carter, Parliament st 
Wood Mrs. Eliz. Park st 
Wood Mrs. Mary, 18, Warsergt 
Wood Rev. Robert, D.D. gram. 

school, Stoney st 
Wood Wm. vvhsman. Cross Beck 

street 
Woodcock Joseph, bookkeeper, 

Paddock st 
Woodhouse Mrs. Eliz. Chapel bar 
Woodhouse James, coachman, 2, 

Haughton place 
Woodward Sarah, medicine ven- 
der, Cross st 



Worsdall Mrs. Ann. Castlegate 
Wright Ichabod, Esq. banker, 

Map perl ey 
Wright Ichabod Chs. Esq. banker 

Bramcote 
Wright Mrs. Eliz. 28, H. Pavmt 
Wright Fras. clerk, Mid. Pavmt 
Wright John, warehouseman, Pad- 
dock street 
Wright Mrs. Maiy, St. Peter'sgt 
Wright Stephen, mfr. 28, St. 

Mary's gate 
Wright Thos. draper, Standard 

hill 
Wyer Mr. S. John, Milton st 
Wylde Mrs. Esther, 12. Short hill 
Youle Hv. timber mert. Melville 
Cottage, Park 



INDEX OF PERSONS 



ARRANGED IN THB 



NOTTINGHAM TRADES' DIRECTORY. 



4Q- To facilitate the finding of any Name, when the trade of the person sought 
for is not known, the following Alphabetical Index is given, pointing out the 
corresponding Number of the Trade or Profession under which that name 
stands in the Commercial Directory, in which all the Lists are arranged in 
numerical order, so that a reference may be instantly made to any of them ; 
The names in the preceding Miscellaneous part of the Nottingham Directory 
being already in alphabetical order, are not inserted in this Index. 



Abbott Dd. 20 ; John, 28, 92, 162 
Adams & Morlev, 8.3 
Adamson Geo. 7 
Adderton Thos. 2 ; 34 
Addicott Rd. 118 ; Thos. 
Adjjo Nathaniel, 7o 
Africanus Geo. 125 
AldrioVe Geo. 1 
Allcock Chas. 13; Geo. 83 
Mldred Jph. 16 



145 



; J. 93 



Allen Ann, 133 ; Hy. \25a ; Jas. 

R. 2,49, 106; John, 105, 133 ; 

John & Sons, 73, 83 ; M A. 

97; Thos. 110. 142.144; Silas, 

28,29; Win. 34, 148 
Allidtt Wm. 123 
Aliiott & Pepper, 90 
Allister Win. 16 
Allsop Geo. II ; John, 99; J. .^ 

W., 123 



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Almond Eliz. 9/ 
Alton Elias, 147 
Alvev Ann & Thomas, 133, 140 ; 

Wm. 75, 107 
Anderson Eliz. 97; John, 16; 

MichL 25; Rt. 16; Wm. 16 
Andrew Jph. 5 ; John, 16 
AnnclitFe Rt. 75 
Annibal Rd. 7 
Antonin D. 96 
Appleby Thos. 28 
Archer Thos. 28; Jas. S9 ; Wm. 

Ark wright P. 49 
Armfield Jph. 54 
Armitage Jp'i. 57; John, 28; 

Saml. 28; Wm. 28 
Armston T. & D. 105 
Arnes Robt. 101 
Arnold Jph. & W. H. 16 
Ash Rt. 67 ; Saml. 21 
Ashbv Wm. 81 
Ashley Rd. 69; Eliz. 97 
Ashling Jane, 124 
Ashmore Jph. 16 
Ashton John. 16. bo 
Ashwell J. H. 2, 42, 134 
Ashwin James, 83 
Ash worth Rt. 16 
Askew Wm. 118 
Asling John. 133 
Aspul Wm. 123 
Astick John, 25 
Astill Wm. 83 
Astle Edw. 20 
Aston Elias, 100 ; Aston S. & Co. 

77 
Atherstone H. 54 
Atkin Thos. 81 , Jas. 90 
Atkinson Mattw. 133 ; Geo. 140 
Attenborough Geo. 28, 81 ; Hy. 

67,72,119; Rd. 117; Robt. 2, 

49 ; Thos. 7 ; Wm. 28 
Attenburrow Jno. 144 
Atterbury Job, 81 
Aulton, Ashmore, & Mosley, 16 
Aulton Wm. 15 
Austin Danl. 105 
Aveson Stockdale, 83 
Ayre Thos. & Rd. 28 
Bacon Edw. & Son, 83 
Bacon & Elliott, 82^ 
Baggaley Wm. 83 



Baggarley Thos. 60 

Bagnall Jas. F. 54, 75 ; John, 81 

Ba^shaw Wm. 75 

Bagerley John, 28 

Bailev Atv. 28 ; Isaac, 57 ; Jas. 

145*: John, 69; Gilbert, 63; 

Thos. 90,163; Wm. 75. 145 
Baines Thos. 67. 133 
Baker Geo. 82; Jao. 20; Wm. 

H. 1 ; Wm. 7,20, 134 
Bakewell Jno. 166 
Baldock Wm. 67, 146; M. A. 

97 
Baldwin Geo. 145 ; V> m. 75 
Ball J. & G. 145 
Balm & Rothwell. S3 
Bamt'ord John, 153; Wm. 129 
Band Robt. 80 
Banks Jas. 69; Wm. 83 
Bannister Chas. 20 
Barber Alfred, 19 ; Geo. 28 ; Jno. 

157 ; Jno, H. 67. 145 ; M. A. 

97 ; Thos. 4. 
Barker & Adams, 73 
Barker Jas. 1,95 ; Jno. 9 ; Jph. 

75 ; Thos. 16, 75, 162 
Barlow Wm. 20 
Barnes Jno. 7 ; Thos. 7 ; Wm, 

]6 
Barnett Edw. 7 ; Henry, R. 16 ; 

John. 7 ; L. C. 83 ; Wm. 145 
Bamsdall J. S. 105; Jph. 81, 

S6; M. 143; Natl. 130, 148 
Barradell John. 48 
Barratt Jno. 105 
Barrow Jph. 33 
Barrowcliff S. 8c Son, 73 
Barroughclough T. 131 
Bartle Thos. 69 
Bartlett Thos. 51, 76 
Bartley S. 54 

Barton Chas. 6 ; Saml. 66, 75 
Bartram Saml. 81 ; Thos. 133 
Barwick Jas. 34, 63, 107; Wm, 
Bason Hy. 163 [75 

Bassett Jph. 38 
Bates Wm. 61 
Battersby Saml. 101 
Baudon Rt. 28 
Baxter Chas. 16; J. 36. 
Bayne Chas. 18 
Beadles Eliz. 16 : Jas. 75; John, 

7, 93 



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Bean Saml. 24 

Bean & Johnson, 134 

Beard Henry, 23 

Beardall Fdk.44 

Beardmore Jno. 7, 44 ; Jos. 146 

Beardsall Edw. 67 ; Rt. 16 

Beardshall John, 75 

Beardsley Jas. 38 

Beastall & Fryer, 97 

Beastall Thos. 69, 89 

Beck Chas. 39; 133 ; Geo. 20 

Beckwith Win. 73 

Bee Robt. 81 ; Thos. 28 

Beecroft Jacob, 2 

Bees & Ber.net, 83 

Beha Thadeus, 15 

Behrens Jacob, 157 

Belfit Han. 89 

Belk Eliz. 143 

Bell Jno. 16, 133; George, 145; 

Jph. 16, 67; Thos. 81; Wm. 

38, 67, 79 
Belshavv Wm. 16 
Bennett Jno. 48, 75, 100, 145; 

Han. 75: Saml. 19; Wm. 67 
Benson John, 133 
Bentley Rt. 82 
Benton Jas. 44 
Berkins Matt. 145 
Berresford Rd. 145 
Berrey Geo. & Co. 83 
Berridge Frs. 145 ; John, 73 
Berridge & Jas. & Son, 73 
Berwick J. 101 
Bestow Saml. 75 ; Wm. 2 ; Luke, 

20 
BettsThos. 126 
Beveridge Thos. 144 
Biddulph Saml. 1 
Bigg Edw. 143 
Bignall Rt. 30 
Bilbie John, 118 
Billiard T. 62 
Billings John, 75 
Bingham Als. 83; Jas. 2; John, 

133 
Binkley Geo. 63 ; Em. 97 
Birkhead John, 82 
BirkinGeo. 16; J. 136 
Bishop Jas. & Thos. 49, 96 ; Jno. 

CI, 76; R. A. 1 ; Wm. 20 
Bissil Thos. 7, 48, 96 
Black Eliz. 97; J. 81 



Black & Lees, 81 

Blackwell Ebr. 69 ; Eliz. 1 ; Jno. 

71; Wm. 6, 31, 63; Wm. 

jun. 155 
Blake Adw. 112 
Blatherwick Ann, 97 ; Geo. 81 ; 

John, 83 
Bloom Thos. 69 
Blower Thos. 62 
Blundell Hy. 75 
Blythe Samuel, 133 
Bodil Richard, 71 
Boden & Morley, 83 
Boden Jas. 83 
Boggis Geo. 75 
Boldock Wm. 133 
BombroffThos. 110 
Bond Abj. 73; Henry, 123 
Bonsor Stephen, 16 
Booker Alfd. 2, 16 
Booker Rd. 2, 49 
BootC. G. 83; Fras. 83; Ger. 

82 ; John, 69 
Booth C. 20 ; J. 16 ; Jno. 92, 

142, 162; Wm.66 
Boothby B. & Co. 77 
Bordicot Mary, 97 
Borrows Eliz. 97 ; Thos. 28 
Bostock Edw. 13, 48 
Bott Saml. 81 
Bottom Jabez, 69 
Bower John, 75 

Bowler Frs. 69 ; Jas. 69 ; Jph. 69 
Bowley Jno. 5 
Bowley Wm. & Son, 83 
Bowman John, 16 
Bowman Thos. 67 
Bowne Thos. 20 
Boyes Robert, 15 
Boyington Richard, 20 
Bradbury John, 37, 133, 136 ; 

Thos. 145 ; Wm. 25 
Bradfield Thos. 20 ; John, 101 
Bradley Geo. & Son, S3 
Bradley & Harvey, 49 
Bradley Thos. L. 67, 148 ; Wm. 

16 ; Han. 97 
Bradshaw Job, 5 
Bradshaw J. & Sons, 24, 42, 158 
Bradwell Thos. 126 
Brady Thos. 67 
Brailsford Wm. 62 
Braithwaite F. & J. 73 



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Braley Win. 20 

Bramley Chas. 66 ; Thos. 83 

Brammar J. 133 

Brampton Jas. 44 

Brassington Jno. 142 

Brazier Wm. 16; Jas. 28 

Breckels Thos. 29 

Bregazzi P. 32 

Brentnall Geo. 162 

Bretland P. & T. 105 

Bre wester Jno. 5 ; G. & W. 90 

B re win Wm. 28 

Brice Wm. 1 

Briddon R. 1 ; T. & Wm. 28 

Briggs J. B. 118; Wm. 20 

Brightmore H. 55 

Brittain Fras. 63 

Britton Thos. 79 ; Eli*. 89 

Broadburrey Wm. 60 

Broadhead Wm. 2 

Broadhurst John, 83 

Brocksopp Thos. 73 

Brookes John, 133 ; Thos. 16 ; 

Wm. 101 
Brookhouse Jph. 125a 
Brothers & Williams, 3S 
Brothers Benj. 29 
Brotherton Benj. 16 
Broth well W. H. 83 
Brough Jno. 42 ; Ed-.v. S3 ; Mrs. 

97 
Broughton M. 54 
Brown A. & J. 97 ; Geo. % 13, 

111 ; James, 53 ; H. & E. 97 ; 

Hv. 20; John, 13, 16, 82 ; Jph. 

28; Saml. 62. 133; Thos. 16, 

153; Wm. 16, 33,69, 82; T. 

& W. 76 
Brownsword J. 157 
Brunt John, 20 

Bull Geo. 81 ; John, 18; Rt. 18 
Builer Har. 75 
Buliivant John, 54 
Bullock Eliza, 15 
Bunting Adam, 110 
Bunting Geo. & Co. 67 
Burbage Wm. 76 
Burge James. 83 
Burgess Geo.' 81 ; Robt. 75, 76 
Burgoin James, 16 
Burley Thomas, 16 
Burnham J. 62, 133 
Burrow Francis, 133 



Burrows Jos. 75, 101 
Burton John, 83 
Burton Jph. 145; Mary. 97; 
Saml. 83; Saml. & Thos. 16; 
Thos. 20, 61 
Bush Lydia, 40 
Bushby John, 16 
Bussev Wm. 46 
Butler Rd. 25 ; Rt. 81.; Sarah & 

Son, 41 
Butlin James, 144 
Butt Thomas. 83 
Butterworth S. 133 
Buttery Chas. & Fdk. 38 ; John, 

5 ; Richard, 28 
Byrne M. 97 

By water John & James, 145 
Caborn George, 12 
Caddick John, 126 
Callow Charles, 83 
Camm Richard, 20 
Campbell James, 83 ; Murray, 

83; T. A.S6 
Campion J. & R. 133 

Cantreli Thomas, J 45 
Carey George & Son, 71, 83 

Carnall Isaac, 7? 44 

Carr Jph. 56 ; John. 79 

Carrier Henry, 73. 83 

Carson William, 53 

Carter H. 97; W.B. 83 

Carter & Cheetham, 83 

Cartledge Benjamin, 28 

Cartledge Saml. & Son, 49 

Cartwright Edw. 2 ; Eliz. 97 ; 
Rt. 76; Wm. 2 

Carver Edsv. 71 ; Fdk. 133 ; Jno. 
1 ; Thos. & Son, 93 ; Wm. 12 

Castle Cath. 83 

Caunt John, 16. 144 

Cave Thomas, 90 

Chadwick J. L. 101 

Chalenor Wm. 67 

Chamberlain, Mallet, and Co. S3 

Chamberlin William. 7 

Chamberlain Wm. 12, 51 

Chambers Mary. 1; Benj. 83; 
John, 49. 62, 83 

Chand William, 16 

Chapman John, 63 ; Mary 75 ; 
Robert. 75 

Charge Thomas. 97 

Chatterton J. H. 90 ; Ruth, 97 



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Chawner T.-54 

Cheetham George, 62, 145 ; Isaac, 

67 ; Henry, 38 ; W. and S. 73 
Cheshire Wm. 16, John, 66 
Chester John, 7, 91 
Chester Wm. 75, 91, 125, 133 
Child Frances, 35 
Chimlev Edward, 48 
Chiswell John, 81, 148 
Cholerton A. 133 
Christian Thomas, 151 
Christie Hector, 83 
Church Benjamin, 101 
Churchill Charles. 90 
Churchill, Daft, Smith, & Co. 73 
Clark Ann, 140 
Clark John, 69, 83; Jph. 20; 

Jph. and Co. 67; Rd. 101; 

Rod. 133 ; Saml. 16 ; Thomas, 

6, 63, 83, 133; Wm. 75 
Clarke Hy. 133; Ish. W. 52; 

-Jane, 75; John, 7* 38, 145; 

Mary, 138; Rd. 110; Thos. 

5; Rdk. 160 
Clarke and Wells, 5 
Clarkson Alfd. 44; Geo. Ill; 

Jph. 16; Matt. 44; Wm. 75 
Clay Jno. 12, Jas. 24, 75, 93; 

John, 28, Wm. 24,93 
Clayson John, 142 
Clayton Ann and Eliz. 1 ; Benj. 

7 ; Humph. 20 ; Edwin, 7 ; 

James, John, and Joseph, 9 ; 

John, 16 ; Thomas, 69 
Cleaver John, 76 
Clay worth William, 28 
Clitfe Thomas. 28 
Cliss Thos. 133 
Clover Thos. 20 
Clubley Samuel. 4 
Cohorn James, 69 
Cockayne John, 28 
Cockayne T. and W. 28 
'Cokayne Thomas, 1 
Cochran William, 140 
Codling William, 145 
•Cole Eliz. 67 
Co'e George, 1 
Collins Joseph. 28 
Collishaw J. 16; Ann. 75 
Collyer J. and Son, 20 
Collier Samuel, *\ 
t Olson James, lti 



Colton Joseph, 138 

Conduit Wm. 85 

Constable Wm. 98 

Cook Jno. 84; S. US 

Cooke &Barnsdall, 67 

Cooke & Farmer, 64, 90 

Cooke Eliz. 143 ; Hannah, 109 ; 

Hy. 38 ; John, 28 ; Robert 16 ; 

Thos. M. 23 
Coope Jesse, 5 ; James, 5, 22 ; 

Samuel, 69 
Cooper Em. 12; Edw. 7, 48; 

Jno. 32, 81 ; Thos. S. 16,42, 

75/83; Wm. 75,163 
Cope Benj. 133; J. 29 
Copeland Jermh. 12, 100 
Copestake Marcus, 83 
Copley Wm. 67; J. 7 
Coppock Rd. 75 
Corah John, 73; Thos. 61, 92? 

Samuel, 16 
Corder Thos. 69 
Corbett& Warner, 110 
Corner Rt. 90, 133 
Cottrell Jas. 164 
Coulby Wm. 22 
Coulton Owen, 44 
Cowen Isaac, 76 ; Robt. & Co. 

77; Robert, 162 
Cowley Ann. 1 ; Geo. 16 
Cox & Adams, 157 
Cox Povser and Co. 88, 147, 161 
Cox Charles, 83; Edwr-38, 67; 

E.& F. 163; Hy. 132 ; Jno. 

75,93: Rd. 81; Wm. 70,81 
Coxon Peter, 16 
Crackle Wm. 118 
Crafts Richard. 7 
Cragg John, 75 
Creeke Wm. W. 126 
Cressey J. 75 
Cresswell Cphr. 16,92 
Creswick John, 92 
Crisp Daniel, 20; Reb. 164 
Crofts James, 16 
Crofts Jno. 110, 150 
Croley John, 140 
Cropper Jas. 16 
Croshaw John, 44 
Cross Hy. 75, 93, 15.9, 163 
Crowder Joseph, 82 
Crowther Thomas 2 
Cubley Samuol, LQj 



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Cubley Samuel, 105 

CullenHy. 90 ; T. & J. 83; Rd. 

118; Thos. 81; Saml. 38,90 
Culley Wm. 133 
Cumberland George, 44 
Cumberland James, 20 
Cummins John, 16 
Cursbam William, 5 
Curtis Wm. 16,47; Robert, 28; 

Thomas, 83 
Curzon Jno. 66 
Cutts Hannah. 119, 158 
Dabell Wm. 75, 163 
Daft Em. 133 ; Joseph, 69 ; Rt. 

101 ; Wm. 16,20 
Dakeyne John, 28 ; Joseph, 83 
Dalby Wm. 12 
Dale James & Sons, 38 
Dale Thomas, 25 
Damant Edward, 54 
Dams John, 81 
Daniels Edw. 75 ; Wm. 76 
Danks J. &T. 79, 135 

DannOeo. 75 ; William^ 16 

Darby Aug. 144 

Darkins John, 71, 143 

Davell Wm. 72 

Davidson Jno. M. 112 ; Thos.^3 

Davies Luke, 75 

Davis Ann, 151 ; Geo. 61 ; Hy. 
151 ; John, 20; Wm. 16, 151 

Davison Robert, 144 

Dawson Hy. 133 ; Edw. 145 

Day Wm. 28 ; John, 16, 75 

Daykin John, 16,24 

Deekin Jonathan, 73 

Dean Ann, 1 ; Chas. 67 ; W. 155 

Dearden Wm. 19 

Deeker John, '28 

De Lasalle H. B. 123 

Denner John, 109 

Dennis Jas. & Wm. 81 

Dent James, 16 

Derbyshire James, 113 

Derrick Geo. 44 

Derry Samuel, 16, 42 

Desmedt J. & Co. 83 

Detheick J. 95 

Deverill & Co. 1 19 ; Mary, 143 ; 
Wm. 163 

Dexter Ann, 133 

Dick Mary, 143 



Dickenson Wm. 7 ; Mary, 90 ; 

Thomas, 118 
Dickisson Jas. 2,45; Geo. 101 
Diggle James & John, 13 
Dikes Geo. 105 
Dixon Jno. 28; M. 155 
Dobb J. 62 ; S. 42 
Dobson John, 2 ; Thos. 20 
Dodd Dd. 124, 133; Geo. 73 
Dodsley Wm. 105 
Dodson Nathaniel, 83 
Doer Joseph, 75 
Doleman John, 80 
Doncaster W. 54 
Dooley Geo. 145 
Dore Thos. 7 

Dorrard Fras. 20 

Doubleday John, 129 ; Josbua, 
20 ; Thos. 83 

Dowker Richard, 131 

Dowson Rph. 106 ; Rd. 122 

Doxey Thos. 7 

Drabble Fras. 12, 162 

Drage Mary, 97 

Drake Thos. 28 

Draper George, 28 

Drayton B. 133 

DreWry Wm. & Benj. 26, 81 ; 
William, 157 

Driver Josh. 110, 135 

Duckworth Geo. 19 

Duclos & Caron, 83 

Dudley Richard, 1 ; Wm. 86 

Dufty Richard, 16 

Dunbar Sar. 151 

Dunn Jonathan, 19 

Dunnicliffe A. 118, 143 

Dunnington Henry, 83 

Dutch John, 75 

Dutton John, 75 ; Jph. 37 ; Silas, 
28 ; Thos. 75, 85, 133 

Dyer John, 16 

Eaglesfield Chas. 59^ 69 

Eames Fras. 109 

Earnshaw Thos. 142 

Earp Edwin, 49 ; Thos. 16 

Eddison B. 144 

Eden Wm. 81 

Edensor Wm. 83 

Edson Henry, 145 

Edwards Geo. 20 ; Jas. 20 ; Jph. 
160; Thos. 90, 113 

Eite H. J.&S. 28 



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Elliott Elias, 67; Fred. 25, 116 ; 
John J. 67, 105; Leod. 131; 
Thos. 62, 81, 133; Wm. 66 

Ellis Mary, 97; Wm. 16, 81, 148 

Elnor John, 136 

ElseFras. 64; Eliz. 143 

Elvidge Agnes, 83 

Ely Thos. 75, 93 

EmblowChas. 110 

Emmerson P. 7 

Enfield Henry & Wm. 5 

England Geo. 81 

Etches Jeffery, 59, 69 ; Geo. 69 ; 
John, 157 

Etherington & Duplex, 2, 49, 83 

Evans Sarah, 97 ; Thomas, 45 ; 
William, 16 

Eve Thomas, 133 

Everall J. 75 

Everitt John, 32 

Eyre Wm. 6 

Fairholm George, 159 

Fann J. 43; Wm. 81 

Farnsworth Eliz. 1 ; Danl. 23 ; 
Robert, 133 

Farrand John, 28, 75 
Farrands Thos. 28 

Farthing James. 73 

Fearn John, 145; Miehl. 20; 

; William. 20 
Fearnhead & Campbell, 5 

Featherstone J. E. 1 

Felkin Thos. 38, 67. 146 

Fell Ann, 1 ; Thos. 133 

Fellows & Crosby, 54, 134 

Ferguson John, 2 

Fidler John, 23 

Fido, Tetley, 8c Taylor, 108 

Finn D. B. & Co. 145; Thomas, 

145 
Fish Thos. 81, 
Fish & Stead, 81 
Fisher Ann, 143; Chas. 35, 47*. 
Han. 81 ; Geo. 12; Mary, 1. 
89; Michael, 28 
Fishers & Robinson, 83, 96 
Fitzhugh John, 145 
Fitzwalter Fras. 32 ; Jph. 85 ; 

Thomas. 32 
Flamson Thos. & Hy. 81 
Flather Jas. & John, 16 
Fleming Geo. 145 
Fletcher Dl. 69 ; George, 7, 48 ; 



John B. 133 ; Sar. 143 ; Saml. 

16,92, 131; Wm. 16,28, 125 
Flewitt Saml. 7, 118; Wm. ,%> 

S3, 140 
Flinders Wm. 75, 93 
Flinn Christopher, 20 
Flint Thos. 35 
Flower Thos. 75 
Foot Robert & Co. 83 
Forbes J. L. 52; John, 133 
Ford Moses, 60 ; Wm. 67, 146 
Forgie J.& A. 40 
Foster Noah. 20 ; Eliz. 97 ; Jph. 

75.; Rd.28; Thos. 81 ; Fras. 

153; Wm. 28 
Fothergill Jas. & John, 115, 137 ; 

James & Son. 42 
Foulkes Thos. 7; Geo. 20; Jno. 

101, 145, 153 
Fowler Geo. & Co. 90 
Fowler Smith, 67 
Fox Chas. 16 ; Jas. 69. 105 ; Hv. 

20; John, 5; Saml. 6/, 72; 

Thos. 44, 47, 61 ; Wm. 44 
Foxcroft Alex. & Son, 5 
France H. & Co. 7 
Franks John, 75 
Frearson & Hovey, 83 
Freeman & Co. \6 
Frost R., T. & Co. 83 
Fry Wm. 67, 96 
Fryett Mrs. W. 123 
Gadd J. 16; Wm. 12; Thos. 28 
Gadsby Saml. 7; Wm. 69 
Gainsley John, 7i 44 
Gallowav Tait & Son, 73 
Gall )\vay Rt. 16 ; Thos. 93 ; Wm. 

and Co. S3 
Gamble Jph. 16: Rt. & Wm. 46 
Garland Wm. 99, 123 
Garner Jas. 16; Robt. 144 
Garrick Th.s. 54 
Garratt & Woodward, 13 
Garrat S. 9J 
Garton Thos. 2 
Gaseoijjne Thos. 73 
Gear Samuel, 60 
Gedling M. & Son, S3 
(ice Jos'tab, 40 ; Edw. 81 ; W. 2 
Gell Samuel, 188, 133; Wm. 75, 

105, 133 
Gelsthorpe Geo. & Jph. 75, 81 
Getley Geo. 20 



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Gibbons Benj. 145 ; Wm. 101 
Gibson Fdk. 101 ; Geo. & Sons, 

73 ; Jas. 75 ; John, 73 ; Thos. 

2; Wm. 132 
Gilbert James, S3 
Gilbert Richard, 60 
Gilbert and Nelson, 1 
Gilderthorp Jph. 16; Jas. 76 
Gildin Henry, 131 
Gill George and Son, 2, 49 
Gill Robert, 49; William, 67 
Gillett Joseph. 23 
Gimson T. F. 83 
Gisborn John, 16 
Glew John, 91 
Glover Jph. 28 ; Pp. 44 ; Thos. 

28; Wm. 81 
Glover and Farley, 73 
Godber John, 73*3 Esther, 125a ; 

Samuel, 36 
Goddard Edward, % 
Godhead E. and L. 6 
Godkin Samuel, 75 
Goldsmith Jacob, 111 ; Edw. 145 
Good acre R. and J. 67 
Goodall Chas. 28; Isaac, 87; 

Jno. 28; Rd. 16; Thos. 28 
Goodburn J. 28 ; Thos. 131 
Goode J. 28; T. 16 
Goodhead Geo. 101; John, 133 
Goodliffe Aaron, 35 
Goodlud John, 23 
Goodrich Wm. 29; Eliz. 75 
Goodson Jas. 118; John, 81 
Goodwin Francis, 101 ; Thos. 63, 

107 ; Wm. 145, 157 
Gore Arthur, 145 
Gorse William, 145 
Gothard William, 16 
Gould Thomas. 81 
Graham Geo. 12, 53 
Granger Jno. 142 
Grant J. 75 
Gray Arthur, 20 ;. Rt. 37, 88 ^B. 

49 ; Rd. 83 
Greaney Thos. and Wm. 35 
Greasley Thomas T. 5 
Greaves Francis 51; Jas. 133; 

Robt. 76 
Green Alld. 16 ; Ann, 133 ; Ellen, 

1 ; Hy. 69 ; Jph. 20, 29 ; Jthn. 

16 ; J. cSc R. 75 ; WHiiam 83 ; 

M. A. 97 



Green and West, 81 
Greenberrv Jph. 12 ; John, 145 
Greenfield's, and W. 7 
Greenshield D. 81 
Greensmith Rd. 16; Jph. 28; 

Mary, 143 ; Samuel, 39, 133 ; 

Thomas, 73 
Greenwood John, 16; Thos. 81 
Greeves Aug. 144 
Gregg James, 20 
Gregory F. H. 1 ; Mary, 143 ; 

Thos". 83 
Gresham Rd. 66 ; Wm. 109, 135 
Grierson Wm. 53 
Grisenthwaite William, 1 
Grocott John, 12 
Grundy John, 145; Mary, 81; 

Samuel, 2 
Guest T. & W. 62 ; B. 133 
Guggiari D. 32 
Gun Saml. 1J8; M. 133 
Guyler John, 75 
Guy Wright, 7 
Habbijam James, 40 
Hackett William, 162 
Hadden Alex. Jno. and Co. 73 
Haddon Thomas, 133; Wm. 159 
Hague Jas. 105 ; John, 5, Wm. 

75, 105 
Haimes Thomas and Co. 83 
Haines Geo. 125a ;. Wm. 117 
Hakes Thomas, 33 
Halford John, 45 ; W T m. 45,75 
Halfpenny J. 34 
Hall Chas. 28 ; Clay. 101 ; E. R. 

145; Hy. 83; Jas. S3; Jas. E. 

142; Jno. 7. 28, 48;S.&J.E. 

16; Lawrence, 139; Rd. 75 ; 

Sarah, 97; Saml. 2, 28; Saml. 

and Co. 13; Thomas, 35, 67; 

Wm. 15, 92, 153 
Hall and Bostock, 15 
Hall and Harrison, 93 
HallRm Chas. 40; Fras. 76; J. 

J. and T. 81; Jph. 84 ; Saml. 

73 ; Thos. 157 ; Wm. 2 
Hamerton Wm. 105 
Hames Joseph, 116 
Hammond Thos. 7 ; Jph. 101 
Hampson J. 75 ; W r ^ 16 
Hamptson Benjamin, 75 
Handley George, 75 ; Rt. 20 ; 

William, 28 



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Hardwick Alfd. 5; Fras. 83; 

Jph. 16 ; Samuel, 25 ; F. and 

Co. 73 
Hardy Geo. 51, 69 ; J. 75, 145 ; 

Mary 69; Jph. 55; Rd. 28 

Thos. 28, 40, 75 
Hardy and Mellet, 126 
Hare John, 25 
Harmston John, 81 ; Mary 1 
Harper Rd. 157 ; Jph. 2,*16 
Harpham David, 7 ; George, 28 ; 

Wm. 145 
Harris Joseph, 133 
Harrison & Brock mer, 64, 71 
Harrison Clifford. 7 ; Geo. 75 

John, 16, 38, 75, 93, 148 

Nettp. 23;Rd.71 ; Saml. 145 

Thos. 38 ; Wm. 29, 67 
Hart, Fellows, and Co. 8 
Hart Edmund, 38; M. A. 133; 

Newcomb, 83 ; John, 28 ; T. 

75; Wm. 75 
Hartly Jonas, 40 
Hartwell Robert, 109 
Harvey Ann, 97 ; Geo. 93 ; Hy. 

6! ; Ed. 145; Jas. 28; M. A. 

75 ; Thos. 145 
Harwood Isb. 143 
Haskard Thomas, 2 
Haslam Samuel, 54 
Has tie George, 142 
Hather William, 63 
Hattersley Jno. & Jph. 53 
Hatton William, 145 
Hawkins, M. 143; Wm. 148 
Hawksley Mary, 20 ; Jno. 66, 69 
Hawksworth William, 162 
Hawley Francis, 133 ; Hy. 81 ; 

John, 25 
Hawley and Cox, 142 
Hawthorn William, 133 
Hayes Joseph, 62 ; John, 6 ; 

Maria, 97 
Haythorn Fdk. 2, 49 ; Jthn. W. 

2 49 
Haywood Thos. 75 ; Rt. 7 ; W. 

and Son, 37 
Hazard Georce. 90 
Headley L. 143 
Heard and Hurst, 73 
Hearson Thomas, 2 
Heathfield and Cartledge, 83 
Heathcoatand Co. 83 



Heaton Samuel, 20 

Heazell Rt. and Arth. 20 

Hebb Francis, 16 

Hebb Wm. 16,69, 150 

Hedderlev Jas, 7 ; Jno. 38, 75' 

Hefford William, 101 

Helmsley Richard, 28 

Hemment Eliz. 1 

Hemsley and Pick, 90 

Hemsley Thomas, 67 

Henis YVilliam, 36> 

Henry Samuel, 53 

Hen son Ed. 75 ; C. 97 ; Grav. 

16; Jno. 16\ 83; Lucy, 113; 

Thos. 146; T.and J. 73 
Hepwor-th Frederick, 90 
Herbert William, 83 
Herberts and Sneath, 83 
Heron Thomas, 16- 
Herrap James, 2 
Herrick William K. 1 
Hetherington John, 68 
Hewitt F. P. and Co. 73 
Hewitt James, 93 
HextallSar, 133 
Heywood and Jones, 45 
Hibbert Robert, 16 
Hibdis Thomas, 69 
Hickling Geo. 6, 81, 86; Eliz. 

97 ; James, 28, 75 ; Jno. 84 ; 

Marv36; Thos. 60; Wm. 2. 

7, 16, 20, 48 
Hickman John, 28, 75 
Hickton William, 101 
Hields William, 114 
Higginbottom John, 23. 144 
Higtjins and Wharton, 92 
Hilditch William, 75 
Higton Eliz. 133 
Hill John, 16 ; Jane 82 ; Rt. 82 ; 

Thos. 13, 16. 133; W. 16,75 
Hillerv John. 66 
Hilton Francis & Son, 42 
Hind Abraham, 66; Benj. 28;- 

Jas. E. 69 ; Jno. 83 ; Thos. & 

Co. 83; Wm. 61. 
Hindlev John, 69 
Ilinks'Wm. 133 
Hirst John, 118 
HobbJno. 20 
Hobson John, 2S 
Hobson Wm. 165 
Hocknry Thoc. 20 ; John, 106 



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Hodges Mary, 97 ; Eliz. 143 

Hodgkin Jno. 28 

Hodgkinson Thos. 47 ', Jas. 48 ; 

John, 133 
Hodgson Henry, 60 ; Samuel & 

Joseph, 166 
Hodson Wm, & Co. 49 
Hoe Thomas, 90 
Hogg Jno. 7 ; Jas. 20 ; Robert, 

62, 126 
Holbrook J.N. 83: Wm. 81 
Holland Jas. 145; Jno. 16, 133; 

Jph. 43,69 ; Mary 97 ; Saml. 

92,105, 162; Thos. 16,28 
Hollard Richard. 16 
Hollins & Marshall, 73 
Hollins Hv. & Chas. & Co. 49 
Hollins &Siddons& Co. 49 
Hollins Samuel, 83 
Hollis J. 62; W. 16 
Holmes Jas. 7 ; Edw. 69 ; Jthn. 

2; Jph. 23; Saml. 16 ; Sarah, 

75, 17; Thos. 85; Wm. 20, 

107; Wm.H. 69,126 
Holrovd John, 133 
Holt Sarah, 1 

Homer, Watson, & Crosland, 163 
Hood Edw. 162 ; Richard, 162 ; 

Robt. 16; Wm. 50 
Hooley Thos. 2 
Hoone Mary, 1 
Hooper Samuel, 75 ; Wm. 28 
Hooton Richard, 24, 93 
Hopcraft Wm. & J. 61 
Hopewell Thos. 101 
Hopkins Jno. 20,83 
Hopkins Thos. & Co. 67 
Hopkin Wm. 75, 157, 163 
Hopkinson Cht. 50; George, 5 ; 

Jno. 133; Rd. 93 ; Rt. 122; 

Wm. 50; Thos. 133; W. ^0 
Home Wm. 76 
Horner Mary, 1;.R. 73 
Horrocks James, 75 
Houghton Henry, 28 
HoveyH.97 
Howard Jno. 145 ; Samuel, 98 ; 

Mary, 97 
Howell John, 20 ; Rd. 145 
Howett Gdy. 1 12 ; George, 136 ; 

William, 20 
Howitt Eliz. 75 ; John, 83 ; Rd. 

38; Wm. 38 



Hoyles John, 16, 75, 93 

Hubbart Henry, 83 

Hubbert Thomas, 90 

Hucknall Jph. 67 

Hudson & Bottom, 82 

Hudson Wm. 67, 90 

Hughes J. & Co. 49, 83 

HulburdM. 143 

Hulland J. 62 

Humphries Jno. 16, 38 

Humphrey Thomas, 133 

Hunt & Parsons, 97 

Hunt Thos. 65\ Wm. 41 

Hunter & Wyles, 81 

Hurst Daniel, 20 ; N. C. 5; 

Saml. 83; Wm. 5 
Husband Rd. 44, 125 
Hustwayte D. 75, 93 
Hutchason Wm. 1 
Hutchinson Jno. 2, 7, 145, 153; 

My. 4; Rd. S. 112; Thos. 52, 

76, 153; Wm. 62 
Inger George, 37 ; W r m. 26, 37 
Ingham Jph. 75 
Inglesant Mar)', 75 
Ingram Valentine, 116 
Inkersley Thos. 5 
Innocent Ann, % 48; Fras. 2S- 
Ireland Cht. 75; Rt. 7 
JacklinThos. 82 
Jacks J. 1: : 
Jackson Hy. 37 ; Jas. 16 ; Jno. 

68, 100, 118; Saml. 25, 76;-. 

Thos. 5,73; W r m. 75 
Jacquiss Issachar, 20 
Jalland Eliz. 163 
James Edw. 16 ; Hy. 7 ; Jno. 7» 

101 ; Rt. 124, 136,138; Saml. 

24, 76, 93; Thos, 24; Wm. 

25,76 
Jardine Andw. 90 ; Han. 97 
Jarman E. & E. 1 ; Hy. 16 ; Jas, 

144; Wm,8 
JarrattThos. 73 
Jarvis Samuel, 16 
Jefford John, 131 
Jefferies Rt. 16; Saml. 20 
Jefts Edward, 20 
Jenkins C. W. & Co. 7 
Jennings G. 90; Thos. 105 
Jennison & Robinson, 13 
Jephson Hy. 85 
Jerram Jas 83 ; J. T. 83. 
2 b ..£ 



282 



NOTTINGHAM DJ-RECTOAY INDEX. 



Jerrom Fdk. 28 

Johnson Chas. 75 ; Geo. 83 ; Hv. 

76; Jno. 48,66,136; Robt. 8 ; 

Thos. 75 ; Win. 4 
James & Dent, 83 
Jones Edw. 29 ; Danl. 23 ; Thos. 

18, 120 
Jowett Thos. 144 
Joynes Lucy, 1 
Kave Thomas, 83 

Keeley Jno. & Son, 54; Thos. 73 

Keep J. & Co. 67, 146 

Kelk Jas. 83; S. & E. 1 

Kelland Jno. 40 

Kelsall Edm. 28 

Kelvey Ebenezer, 157 

Kemp Eliz. 143 

Kendall Geo. 83 ; John 16, 83 ; 

Jph. 75; Rd. 75; Richard & 

Go. 93 
Kennedy Bgt. 35 ; Cath. 143 
Kent Jph. 62; W. 12 
Kenton: Rd. 20; Robert, 26 
Kerry Jas. & Thos. 61 
Kershaw Thos. 153 
Kewney Jonas, 156 
Kewnev, Richardson, & Kewney, 

73 
Kidd Wm. 7 
Kidger& Topham, 92 
Kilfingley Edw. 16; Milt. 163 
Kimber J. & Co. 83 
King John, 91 ; Wm. 133, 145 
Kirk Saml. 66, 153; Thos. 16, 

19. 89, 151 ; Val. 89 ; Wm. 15 
KirkbyThos. 105. 133; Wm. 20 
Kirk man James, 62 

Kitchen John, 133; Reb. 133; 

Thomas, 1-35 
Kitchinman Eliza, 133 
Knight John & S. 20 ; John, 63 ; 

Rd. 133, 148; Thos. 23, 90 
Knowles John, 75 
Kulp H. N. &Son, 83, 96 
Kynnersley Edward, 20 
Lacekenby William, 155 
Lacey Alexander, 145 
Lacy Hy. 20; Jas. 28,62, 105; 

Robert, 71 
Lakin Thos. 29, 81 ; Wm. 65 
Lamb Chas. 62 ; John, 16, J 45 ; 

Jph. 16, 83; Rd. & Co. 71 J 

Rirh3irf, 138 



Lambert John, 82 ; Thos. 16 ; 

Thomas H. 44 
Lane Saml. 25 ; S. & M. 97 
Langford J. W. 113; Thos. 93 
Langham John,. 153 ; Jph. 16 ; 

Thomas, 16 
Langstaff Thomas, 145 
Langton John, 118 
Langworth Samuel, 1' 
Lart John, 73 
Latham Thomas, 133 
Laughton William, 75 
Lawrence Hastings. 28 
Lawson Edw. 20; Eliz. 34 
Lazarus I. 135 
Leader George, 32 
Leake Thos. 31. 67; Wm. 128; 

Robert, 162 
Leavers Chas. 78; Edw. 133; 

Elias, 16 ; Evd. 136 ; Hy. 83 ; 

Jph. 16 ; Wm. 83 
Leavers & Smith, 48, 93, 115 
Ledlie John, 90 
Lee John, 20, 75 ; John & Sarah ? 

1 ; Jph. 16; Wm. 103 
Leeming Thomas, 37 
Lees Chas. 15, 157 ; Edw. 59 ; 

Hv. 4, 105; Jas. 86; Jno. 56, 

81", 145; P. & T. 81 
Leeson & Gell, 5 
Leeson Saml. 73 ; Wm. 75, 133 
Leet. William, 40 
Lehy William, 75, 76 
Leighton John, 18, 106, 124, 138 
Lenton Henry, 136 
Letherland John. 2, 16 
Levick Robert, 90 
Lewis Jph. & Rd. IkS. 137 
Lewis Jph. 16; Jph. & Rd. 42, 

119; Thos. 133, 145; Walter, 

46; William, 23 
Ley William, 45 
Lightfoot John, 85 ; Thos. 67 ; 

Robert, 83 
Lindley L. 20; M. 97 
Lindsey Emanuel, 76 
Lineker Siddons, 28 ; Sarah 97 
Lingford John, 77, 92 
Little wood William 81 
Liverseege 1. 145 
Livingston & Chcetham, 49 
Lloyd Ann. 97; Rt. 28; Tho*, 

m 



i 



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283 



Loach Francis, 37 

Lock W. C. 29 

Lock & Gresham, 109 

Lomas Jane, 97 ; J. & Son, 67 

Longman Samuel, 153 

Longdea Emma, 1 

Longmire Edwin, 16% 

Lord Thomas, 1*2 

Longland William. 76 

Larriman George, 101 

Loseby William, 133 

Lovatt Gervase, 12, 75 

Loversuch William, 153 

Lovitt Peter, 133 

Lo water J no. 73 ; J ph. 66 ; Sam]. 

66; William, 133 
Lowdham & Freeth, 5 
Lowe Chas. 45 ; C. & J. 83 ; Jas. 
160; Jno. 93; Saral. 1 ;. Wm. 
36, 50, 71 
Lowe & Smith, 73. 134 
Lownds Robert, 20 
Lucas Thomas, 25 
Lupton William. 73 
M-Arthur T. 110 
M-Calium Wm. 62 ; John, 141 
M'Call John, 53 
M'Creerv James, 69 
M-Coul David, 83 
McDonald John, S3 
M'Monies James, 53 
M'Quhal Thomas, 53 
M-Namara M. 123 
Machin Jph, 43; Eliz. 140; Rd. 

28 ; William 16 
Macklerith A. 16. 
Mackley & Malt by, 93 
Maddock Robert, 16 
Maidens Geo. 28 ; W. 118 
Malonev Cor. 16 

Maltby John, 20; Jph. 28, 117 ; 
Samuel, 72, 163 

Manderfield James, 145 

Manfulll. 145 

Manlove Edward, 90; Thos. & 
Son, 83 ; S. & Co. 49 

Mann Geo* 75 ; Edw. 133 ; John. 
20 ; S. J. 144 

Manners John, 54 

Manson Alexander, 112 

Maples Richard, 2 ; Rt. S. 6, 19 

Marchi nton John, 111 

Marlow J. 38; Wm. 65 



Marple J. 145; S. 97 

Marr William, 81 

Marriott Eliz. 143 ; Geo, 20 ; 

John, 16,42; Jph. 2,75 
Marriott & Munk, 90 
Marsden William, 112 
Marshall Geo. 7. 54, 105; John, 

15, 133; Jph. 33, 133; Rt. 

42, 158 ; Wm. 7, 14, 105, 133 ; 

Thos. 16, 54 
Marson Thomas, 16 
Mart Joseph, 75 
Martin Geo. R. 116 ; John, 40 ; 

Gervase, 28 ; Martha, 1 ; Sa- 
muel, 148 
Marvin Charles, 7i 55 
Mason Jas. 133 ; Jph. 69 ; Saml. 

B. 16 ; Svr. 66 
Massey John, 16, 164; Peter, 

20 ; Wm. 16 
Mather John, 85 ; Wm. 15, la£ 
Maudsley Jonathan, 1 
Mawby J. 75 

MaxSeld Jph. 101 ; Mtw. 20 
May James, 25 
Mavo Benjamin, 75 
Meadows Eliz. 133 ; Saml. 34 
Meats Isaac, 16 
Mee John, 28 
Meeson & Sons, 20 
Meldram James, 20 
Mellow James, 69, 120 
Melville Wm. & David, 49 
Mercer Richard, 19. Ill 
Meredith Thomas, 143 
Merrin Eliz. 9 ; Fdk. & Saml. 26 ; 

Maria, 143 
Methringham Cath. 151; J. 20; 

Dennis, 44 
Micklewait John, 51 
Middleton John, 16 ; Thos. 16 ; 

Samuel, 83 
Midlam Joseph, 35. 67 
Milford William, 23 
Miller Geo. 16; John, 62, 162; 

Saml. 28; Wm. 75 
Milligan Alex. 1 ; Mtw. 81 
Millington Thos. & Co. 127 ; 

Hy. 75; David, 162 
Mills & Elliott, 49 
Mills Geo. & John, 49, 73 
Milner Dd. 33 ; A. 97 : Jas. 15, 
101 ; Wm. 15, 16; Fdk. 10 >: 



NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY INDEX. 



Milnes J. 13, 136; T.B. 13,49 
Milward Lucy, 67 
Minnitt John, 146 
Minta Thomas, 7 
Mitchell Hy. & Geo. 20; Hy. 

67 ; John & Wm. 42, 57 ; Wil- 
liam, 13 
Moody C. 28 . J. 20 
Moore & Robinson, 8 
Moore Benj. 49, 76 ; Edward, 7 ; 

Jas. 7 ; Mary, 76 ; S. & Son, 

49; Rt. 75; Wm. 69, 136 
Mordan Samuel, 70 
Moreton Edward, 69 
MorlevAnn,28; Abm. 48 ; Edw. 

6 ; Jas. 23 ; John. 28: John & 

Rd. 73 ; Mark, 7 ; M. & H. 97 ; 

Rt. 133; Saml. 16; Wm. 7,48 
Morris Ann, 82 ; A. & E. 97 ; 

Geo. 133 ; John, 2 ; Thos. 45 ; 

Joseph, 16 
Morrison & Pickering:, 74, 154 
Morrison & Jenks, 83 
Morrison G. & Co. 83 ; Eliz. 97 ; 

J. F. 83 ; M. A. 89 
Mortimer Geo. 39; Jas. 61,76, 

73; Jph. 101; Thos. 1$S ' 
Mosley Hy. 81 ; I. 15 
Mottrom Thomas, 69 
Murdock N. 53 
Mullen J. & Co. 83 
Mullen Jonathan, 73 
Murray A. & G. 49 
Musham William, 54 
Musson Thomas, 90 
Mycroft William, 145 
Myers M. A. 97; Pp. 104 
Nash Mary, 143 ; Wm. 23 
Neaves George, 105 
Need & Colt man, 38 
Need N. P. 90 
Needham Geo. 20; G. O. 162; 

John, 7; Mtw. 83 
Need h am & Green, 44 
Neep Thos. W. 24 ; T. & W. 28 
Nelson Abm. 92; A. B. 162 ; 

Rd. 148; Thos. 73, 106, 126 
Newball & Copeland, 83 
Newberry Thomas, 74 
Newbold Chas. 145 ; Gervase, 40, 

133; M.A. 1 
Newell Jas. 63; Wm. 84 
Newton Eliz. 143 : Isaac, 1, 101 j 



Geo. &Jph. 16; John, 28, 76; 

Mark, 145 ; M. A. 97 ; Wm. 81 
Nichols Edwin, 83 
Nicholson James, 81 
Nightingale Rd. 145; Wm. 81 
Nix Edw. 75; T. 28, 118 
Nixon John, 2, 73 
Norman John, 133 ; Jph. 75 ; 

William, 145 
North John, 1 ; Hy. 20 ; Saml. 

16; Thos. 24, 42; Wm. 35, 7S 
Norton John, 28, 81 
Notman J. & W. 131 
Nunn John, 38 
Nunnalee William, 133 
Nutt James, 92 
Nuttall John, 5 
Odam Hannah, 95 
Oakland Joseph, 75, 93 
Oastler Matthew, 82 
Ojjle George, 28 ; Wm. 75 
Oldershaw John, 90 
Oldham John, 148 ; Robert, 61 - y 

Thomas, 16, 73 
Oldknowand White, 144 
Oldknow and Wilson, 90 
Oliver Anty. 1 ; Wm. 7, 48 
Oram J. and W. S3 
Orchard John, 7 ; Saml. 7 
Ordoyno Eliz. 97; George, \5' ? \ 

William, 122 
Orme John, 75, 162 
Osborn Samuel, 28 
Ossingbrook J. N. 48 
Ostick Thomas, 25 
Ouseley T. J. 91 
Oveiend George, 25 
Owen Samuel, 145 
Owencroft John, 123; Jph. 99^ 

123 
Oxley S. M. & Co. 105; W. 20 
Pacey Thomas, 140; Wm. Ill 
Pagani Anthony, 104 
Pa^e Ann. 1 ; Jph. & Sons, 83, 

138; Saml. 50; Wm. 28; 

Thomas, 73 
Pailthorpe William, 75 
Palethorpe Geo. 142; Job, 56 ; 

Mtw. 133; Thomas, 28, 75; 

William. 7 
Palfreyman A. & H. 1 
Palmer David, 28 ; Wm. 146 



NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY INDEX. 



2S5 



Parker Alex. 4 ; Fras. 75 ; Isaac, 

16, 75; John, 73, 145, 153; 

Saml. 82 ; Thos. 16. 44 j Wm. 

6,25,28, 67, 76,163 
Parker & Kirk, 2, 49, 96 
Parkin George, 7 
Parkinson James, 20 
Parlbv Thomas, 28 
Parley Daniel, 118 
Parnham T. and Co. 20 
Parr Samuel, 35, 121 
Parr Thomas, 57, 147 
Parrott John and Sons, 26 
Parsons Mary, 97 ; Saml. & Son, 

5 ; Thos. 63 ; Wm. 143 
Pass Wm. 16, 75 
Patchett John. 7 
Pattenden E. 97 
Patterson John. 8 ; Wm. 26 
Paulson Chas. 133 
Pawlett Daniel, 67, 72, 146 
Payne & Daft. 5 
Payne Henry, 112 
Peach Davd", 69 ; Cath. 30 ; Hy. 

145 
Peacock Thos. 142. 
Pearce Anth. 23 
Pearson Ann, 1 ; Geo. 50 ; Jas. 

83; Jno. 28, 103; Jph. 13; 

Wm. 16, 28 
Peet&Co. 83 
Peet Ann, 133 ; Edw. 28, 83, 

133; Jno. 6; M. A. 97 ; Thos. 

148 
Pegg Carter, 16 ; James, 105 ;. 

Samuel, 22 
Pepper Samuel, 62 
Perciville Geo. 25 
Percy & Smith, 5 
Perkins Jph. 76 ; Edward, 105 ; 

Mary, 28 
Perry J. B. 83; John, 119,163; 

Jph. 75 
Pettinger B. &M. 1 ; Thos. 28 
Petty Samuel, 45 
Philbrick Thomas, 50 
Philips Geo. 162 
Philps George, 145 
PhippsG. 166; Saml. 62 
Pick Wm.75; S. G. 133 
Pickard Geo. 20; Jph. 20, 133 
Pickering Wm. 76 
Pidcock John, 75 



Pierce & Sansom. 143 
Pigot John, 112, 145 
Pilkington Thos. 75 ; Thos. H. 

93; Wm.75 
Pinder Eliz. 133; Geo. 15 ; W. 

37,81 
Pineger Edward, 61 
Pitchfork Thos. 75 
Place Jno. 126, 160 ; Mary, 97 ; 

Richard 1 
Plackett J. &R.28 
Plowright H. &W.28 
Pocklington Wm. 105 
Pagson Geo. O. 83 
Polak D.M.& Co. 83 
Pole John. 62 ; W. 16 
Pollard John 28 ; Pollard T. 20 
Poole Geo. 16, William, 20 
Pope & Co. 73 

Popple John, 20; Benj. 133 
Porter Hy. 81 ; Jas. 16 ; Reb. 

97 ;Thos. 20; John, 63; Wm. 

75, 133 ; Saml. 136 
Potter Thomas, 67 
Potts Benj. 133 ; Chas. 75 ; Dty. 

75 j Patrick, 75 ; Richard, 38 ; 

Thos. 75 
Ponlter Richard. 133 
Powell Charles, 135 
Poyzer George, 62 
Pratt Bros. 142; Jno. 75, 93, 

157 ; Mary, 97 
Press Thomas, 145 
Preston Richard, 67,90 
Prew J. &W.28 
Price Jas. 133 ; Thomas, 16, 92 ; 

Wm. 28 
Pridle Joseph, 10 
Prior Mary, 1 ; John, 133 
Pritchard Jas. 24 ; Jas. W. 67 ; 

Thos. 92 
Pugh Elizabeth, 1 
PvattAbm. 90; John, 7,42; Wm. 

"42 
Pye Thomas, 67 
Quick Edmund, 123 
Quinton H. & J. 67 ; John, 159 
Radnell Charles, 11, 126 
Ragg Samuel, 41 
Ragg Thomas. S3 
Ragsdale Richard, 145 
Randall John, 69 ; Thos. 101 
Rawlinson G. & Co. 83 



286 



NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY INDEX. 



Raworth J. 133 

Rawson Saml. 16; Thos. 118; 

Wm. 73 
Rawson & Barraclough, 92 
Ray George 8c Co. 73 
Ravnor Geo. 101 ; Jph. 20 ; Rd. 

164; Saml. 16; Wm. 20, 167 
Read Edw. 20 ; John, 76 ; Sarah, 

133; Wm. 16, 105 
Reavill S. & F. 133 
Reckless Jph. 2 ; Jtn. 133; Rd. 16 
Riddell Ml I. 133 
Reddish Saml. 7* 98 ; Jas. 55 ; 

Wm.7,48 
Red fern John, 75 
Redgate Hy. 77, 164; Ann, 97 ; 

Thos. B. 5 
Reed Joseph, 7 
Reinheck Frederick. 83 
Renshaw Cphr. 73; Hy. 16; Em. 

97; Rd. 5; Saml. 7*3 
Renishaw, Shelton, and Co. 88, 

73, 96 
Revill Eras. 16 

Reynold and Woodhouse, 90, 109 
Richards Abm. 145; Ann, 143; 

Benj. 15; Eliz. 63; Sam. 42, 

153; Wm. 20 
Richardson, Thos. 12; Wm. 16 
Richmond John, 28; Saml. 2S;. 

Thomas,. 69 
Ridell Thomas, 23 
Rideout H. G. 49, 83' 
Ridstlale William 7 
RigbyM. and S. 97 
Rigley Joseph James W. 5 
Roberts Benjamin, 14 ; Geo. 75 ; 

Mary, 75 ;M. A. 97; Rd. 118; 

Thos. 20, 120; Thomas and 

Co. 83. 
Robertson Jas. 7 ; M. 97 
Robinson Cphr. 23; Danl. 24, 

Eliz. 97; Edw. B. 6, 19; Geo. 

61 ; Jas. 24,42, 111, 133; 158; 

Jno. 7, 42; Jph. 75: Maria, 

140; Martha, 40; Saml. 83; 

Thos. 16 
Rock ley George, 20 
Roe James, 71, 73; Thos. 87; 

Thos. and Co. 83; Wm. 1 
Rodgers and Carver 73 
Rogers A. I. 90 ; Jtn. 134 ; Jph. 

61 ; J. D. 1; S. S. 83 ; S. 133 



Rogerson William, 2 

Rol'lett John, 93; W. 76 

Rooke Mary, 151 

Roome William, 45 

Roper John, 1, 145 ; Wm. 101 

Rose John, 20 

Rothera John, 18 

Rouse John. 145 

Rowbotharn John, 133; Rd. 28 

Rowell Thomas, 75 

Rowland Wm. 48; Thos. 156 

Roworth Wm. 47, 93, 158 

Rudd James, 15, 16 

Rumsey Thomas, 42 

Rushton Jas. 2, 49 ; John, 75 ; 

Saml. 1 
Russell Thos. 28 ; Wm, 49 
Rutland John, 16; Thos. 15,41 
Rutt arvd Williams, 49 
Saalfeld A. J. 83 
Salisbury Wm. 1 ; Josiah 20 ; 

Andw. 53 
Salt Richard, 28 
Sampson Isaac, 76 
Samuels Lewis, 2 
Sanders Jno. 7? 162 ; Samuel, 5 ; 

Thos. 16 
Sanderson Aymor, 144 ; Thomas, 

2, 49; A. R. 38; Geo. 49 
Sands John, 62; M. 143; Rt. 

83; Thos. 16 
Sansom Cht. 1 ; Jas. 69 ; Saml. 

16, 83 
Sargent Thomas, 67 
Saunders Cath. 97 ; Charles, 28 ; 

Hy. 20 
Savage George, 27, 45 
Savidge Eliz. 97 , Carver, 75 
Saxby Jas. 101 
Saxton Jas. and Thos. 81 
Scattergood J. 62 
Scorer and Acomb 73 
Scorer Jph. 154 
Scotney Thomas, 75 
Scott E. and M. 97 ; Matt. 145 ; 

Rd. 16 
Scrimshaw Jph. 105 ; Saml. 145 
Scroop Samuel, 76 
Sculthorpe Wm. & Rt. 5 
Seals John, 83 ; Rt. 28, 83, 93 
Searles James. 20 
Seaton J. 133 



NOTTINGHAM DIREOTOHT INDEX. 



287 



Selby Isaac. 1 ; Jph. 162; Thos. 

16; Wm. 11, 16,83 
Severn Jas. 163 
SewellT. R. 16; S. 101 
Seymour Richard, 16 
Shakes pear H. 54 
Sharp Geo. 145 ; John, 20, 145 ; 

Thos. 81 ; Wm.48 
Sharpin Eliz. 97 
Sharroek Edward, 16 
Shaw Chas. 20; Eliz. 9/5 Jph. 

122; Rd. 73; Rt. 16; Thos. 

83; Wm.81; Wm. D. 4 
'Sheldon John. 135 ; J. & R. 67 ; 

Wm.81. 101, 133 
Shelton Rt. 75, 93; Wm. 11,54 
Shelton & Harvey, 17, 42 
'Shepherd Eliz. 152 ; James, I; 

Wm. 16, 105 
Shepperlev & Pearce, 157 
Sheraton Ralph, 81, 153 
Sherwood John, 79 
Shilton Caractacns, D. 5 
Shipham Benj. 105 ; J. & C. 16 ; 

John, 101, 133; Thos. S3 
Shipley F. E. 50; Joseph, 20; 

James, 55 
Shipman Charles, 152; Wm. 2 
Shore Catharine, 97 
Shutor John, 28 
Shuttleworth J. & Co. 67 
Sihley Wm. 109 
Simmons Charles, 40 ; Eliz. 133 ; 

Geo. 19; Thos. 16 
j Simpkins Charles, Daniel, Eliza- 
beth, and John, 28 
Simpson John, 14, 158 ; Jph. 48, 

51, 75 ; Mrs. 28 ; Sarah. 143 ; 

Thos. 152; Wm. 16, 125 
Sims Geo. 162; John, 47, 133 
Sissling Joseph. 105 
Skelton Wm. 16. 153 
Skerritt James, 81 
Skidmore George. 76 ; J. & H. 97 
Skipwith & Atherstone, 83 
Skipwith Mary, 163 
Slack Marv, 133 
Slater Jas." 140, 145 ; John, 66 ; 

Chas. 20; Thos. 83, 163 
Sleaih Thomas. 1 
Small Ann, 72, 163 
Smalley John & Son, 124 
Smart Cath. 97; Thos, 34; W. 50 



Smedley C. 143 ; Rd. 162 ; T. & 
J. 83 

Smeeton Richard. 57 

Smith Abm. 133; Ann, I; F. 

97 ; E. B. & M. B. 1 ; Edw. 

7, 15 ; Hv. 9, 101 ; Geo. 93 ; 

Jas. 81,94"; Job, 83, 155; Jno. 

16,24,28, 75; J. A. 28; Jph. 

16; Jph. &Co. 47; M. & Son, 

24; Mar tha, 97 ; Peter S. 2 ; Rt. 

7; Saml.54; Thos. 37 ; Wm. 

16,25,40,50,75,90,94, 118, 

136, 163 
Smith &HasIam, 89 
Smith & Newton, 35 
Sneath Wm. & Co. 49 
Snelson Frederick, 20 
Snowden Hv. & Thos. 133 
Soar John, 153 ; Jph. 26 ; Rd. 11 
Soars Wm. 148 
Sollory Ann, I; H. & J. 118; 

James, 135 
Sotharan John, 20 
Sontham George. 3S 
Southgate Wm. 28 
Sparey Isaac, 1 

Sparrow Jas. 81 ; Jas. & Son, 105 
Spearing Ann, 133 ; B. 28 
Spears John, 83 
Spencer, Harrison, & Co. 82 
Spencer Benj. 7; Charles, 83; 

Jno. 47; Jph. 38, 67; Saml. 

67; Thos. 16 
Spink Matk, 91 
Spittlehouse William, 82 
Sprig* Benjamin, 133; Hy. 76 
Spooner George, 54 
Spray John, 62 
Spurr Richard. 25, 116 
Spurr Thomas, 25 
Spyvey George, 71 
Squire Ann. 133 
Squires John, 16, 108 
Stafford Sarah, 140 
Stagg William, 145 
Stainrod & Byrield, 81 
Stanrield Samuel, 16.75 
Standford J. F. 13 
Stanley Jas. 133; Jno. 73, 79: 

Wm. 101 
Stanton Elizabeth, 16 
Stapleton James, 12, 4£ 
Stayner Thomas, 75 



288 



NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY INDEX. 



Staveley Edwad, 3 ; J. 19 
Steel A.& R. 20, Win, 105 
Stenson Jno. 2, 49 ; Robert, 20 ; 

Sarah. 1; Wm. 2, 37 
Stephenson Wm. 25, 162; Geo. 

118 
Sterling William, 20 
Stevens John, 28 ; Isaac, 8 
Stevenson Edw. 60; Jas. 133; 

John, 83, 101 ; Moses, 83 ; Wm. 

157 
Stevenson & Rhodes, 118 
Stokes Geo. 15,39,81,101 ; Wm. 

76 
Stone John, 61 ; Thos. 155 
•Stones John & Co. 41 ; Thos. 95 
Stoney & Clarke, 29, 81 
Storer George, 20 
Storr Geo. 73; Saml. 12. 100; 

Abm. 69 
Strangeway James, 12 
Straw Edward, 61; J. 66 
Street George, 28 ; Wm. 16 
Strelley Richard, 28 
Stretch James, 153 
Stretton Ann, 7; Geo. 19; Sml. 

97, 105 
Stubbins C. and Co. 145 
Stubbins John, 16 
Stubbs Thomas, 75,93 
Sturt James, 2 
Sturtivant Cphr. 16 
Sulley Richard, 2, 49, 133, 157 
Summertield Richard, 75 
Sumner Geo. 16 ; John, 69 
Surplice Saml. 86 ; Wm. 3, 24, 

26,86. 116 
Sutton John, 16; M. A. 133; 

Richard, 19 
Swain Joseph, 62 
Swann and Son, 90 
Swann and Browne, 5 
Swann Chpr. 5; Geo. 81 ; S. H. 

67, 72 
Swanwick Geo. 16,42; John, 42, 

83; J ph. 42; Wm.75 
Sweet J. 69 ; T. 20 
Swindall Thomas, 20 
Swindell William, 75 
Swinney Samuel, 152 
Sylvester Wm. 7 ; Jno. 16 
Tart John, 25 
Talbot Fra*. 7M63 j John 28 



Tallant Jane, 93 

Tatham Rt. S. 22, 79 ; Thos. 67 ; 

Wm. 1 
Tavlor Bbs. J 25a ; Benj. 82; 
Chas. 156; Dd. 153; Geo. 71 ; 
145 ; Is. 2 ; Jas. 47, 145 ; Jno. 
1, 2,20, 24, 75, 81, 82, 100, 
125a; 133, 162, 164; Jph.7; 
Mary, 83; M. and A. 1 ; Rt. 
35 ; Rd. 44; Thos. 20, 75; 
Wm. 1, 2, 38, 67, 82, 83, 162 
Teale M. 97 
Tebbutt J. 28; Rt. 133 
Teesdale William, 1 
Tennant Charles and Co. 13 
Tew William, 16 
Thackeray John, 49 
Thatcher Benjamin, 20 
Theaker and Birkhead, 83 
Theaker John, 154 
Thompson & Wilkinson §7 
Thompson Wm. 52; Jno. 1 53 - 

Thos. 20; Edw. 62 
Theabald William. 40 
Thirlwall John, 123 
Thornhill William, 81 
Thornton Chas. 15, 16 ; Eliz. 97^ 

Hy. 28; Jph. 107 
Thorpe Gervase, 75 ; Geo. 16, 
133; John, 7, 93; J. & T. 48; 
Jph. 50, 107; Saml. 42, 158; 
Thos. 16 ; Wm. 90 
Thraves William, 28 
Throne Thomas, 16 
Thurrnan Edward, 75 ; John, 81 ; 

Saml. 71 ; Thos. 29 
Tiddiman George, 32 
Timm Chas. & Geo. 16 
TimmsThos. 74, 145 
Tinker Rd. 7,48; Ann, 97 
Tipler Jas. B. 7 ; James, 43 
Tipping Wm. 28 
Titterton Thos. 133 
Tollington Thos. 67 
Tome Wm. 16 
Tomkin Wm. 73 
Tomlin Edmund, 93 
Tomlinson Alex. 75 ; James, 26 ; 
John, 85, 101 ; Thos. 28, 127; 
Wm. 101 
Tootey George, 75 
Topham John, 16 
Topley Wm.2K, 76 



NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY INDEX. 



293 



Toplis Thos. 90 ; Wm. 90 

Topping Joseph, 162 

Torr Geo. 28 ; Jas. 28 ; Lot, 67 

Tow and Wootton. 97 

Towers Rd. 44 ; Ts. 62 ; Wm. 67 

Towle John, 37 ; M. 118; T.J. 

and B. 49 
Towne Leonard, 38 
Townroe Richard, 7 
Townsend and Daft, 90 
Townsend Jas. 16 ; Robert, 51 ; 

Septimus, 51 
Toyne J. 81 ; Saml. 48 ; Wm. 48 
Train and Wesson. 83 
Travell George, 109 
Travis Barnabas, 7 
Truman Ann, 1 ; Becket, 144 ; 
Dd. & Co. 49, 83; Dd. 60; 
William, 66 
Truswell and Heap, 134 
Trusswell J. 16, 81 
Turner Cath. 1 ; Edw. 81 ; Geo. 
28, 75, 93 ; G. J. 83 ; Jas. 28, 
76, 83 ; John, 20, 36 ; Saml. 
15,83; Sarah, 1; Thos. 7.61, 
73; Wm. H. 5; Wm. 16, 136 
Turton Geo. 28 ; W. 62 
Tutil George, 28 
Tj*as Moses. 20 
Tyers John, 93 
Underwood Richard, 38 
Unwin Samuel, 16 
Urry George, 67, 146 
Urry and Fry, 97 
Valentine William, 144 
Varney John, 62 ; Saml. 75 

Vaughan George, 37 

Vausor William, 20 

Vernham Ann, 140 

Vessey Joseph, 28 

Vincent Samuel, 75 

Voce William, 7 

Waddington and Wilson, 143 

Wadsworth John, 5 ; Wm. 145 

Wagstatf William, 48 

Wain and Blackner, 82 

Wain Av. 27 ; Jph. 63 ; Har. 97 

Wainman J. 62 

Wainwright Ann, 55 ; John, 62 

Waite Robt. 20; Jane, 97 ; Eli- 
zabeth, 143 

Wakefield F. & T. 49 

Wakefield & Smith. 83 



Waldram J. 75 

Walker D. 71; Fras. 16; Fdk. 
144; Geo. 2, 15; Geo. Fdk. 
86 ; Isaac, 105 ; John & Saml. 
26, 116, 137, 142; John, 28, 
48; Jph. 12, 83, 145; Marv, 
97; Matt. 67, 124; Thos. 153; 
Wm. 20, 83, 118, 143 
Wallace Samuel, 40 
Wallace and Keiling, 27 
Wallis James, 140, 145 
Walls George, 105 
Walsh George N. 2, 49 
Walstow James, 133 
Walton John, 81 
Wapplinton Wm. 23; Thos. 160 
Warburton and As tie, 145 
Ward and Allen, 81 
Ward Ann, 75; Eliz. 75, 126, 
143; F. M. 1; Hy. P. 38; 
Isaac, 145 ; John & Rd. 145 ; 
Jph. 61 ; Jsh. 25; Jph. S. 5 ; 
Peter, 16; Rt. 20; Saml. 1, 
16, 101; S. &M. 97 
Wardle and Brown, S3 
Wardle Isaac & Co. 83 ; Jos. 76 ; 

William, 39 
Warner Sarah, 1 ; Thos. 73 
Warren John, 38 ; Natl. 75 
Warsop Eman. 16 ; S. R. 1 ; 

Saml. 16 ; Thos. 86 ; Wm. 7 
Waterson John, 122 
Wass George, 37 ; Wm. 67 
Waterall George, 38 
Watson Eliz. 7 ; George. 40, 76 ; 
Sush. 65\ Saml. 28; Mrs. R. 
97; Wm. 7,83 
Watts David, 75 ; Edw. 83 ; Geo. 
16, 92 ; Hy. 138 ; Hy. & Sons, 
9; Rd. 28: Wm. 144 
Waynman & Nunn, 83 
Wayre Chas. 64, 71 
Weatherall Geo. 55 
Webb & Palmer, 97 
Webster E. A. 67; David, 16 
Geo. 157; Hamd.83; Dd. 2 
Ov. 62 ; Jas. 67 ; Jno. 81, 82 
William, 20 
Weightman Wm. 60 
Wells Andrew, 28; Benj. 16; 
Chas. 1 ; John, 59; Jph. 81, 
136: Rd.73; Thos. 133; Wm, 
2, 19, 49, 63, 106 



290 



NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY INDEX. 



Wells & Burkitt, 90 
Wentworth Henry, 2 
Wesson John, 83 ; Thos. 83 
Westmoreland J. 2 
Weston, Field, & Son, 26 
Westwick Robert, 122 
Wetherbed E. 59 
Wetzlar & Sarrazin, 2 
Whait John, 145 
WheatcroftG. &Son, 158; Fras, 

143; Thos. 43 
Wheatley Arthur, 2 ; James, 2 ; 

Robt. 1 ; Wm. 101 ; John, 28, 

43, 132 
Wheatley & Riste, 83 
Wheeldon Eliz. 97 ; John, 28 
Wheelhouse Thos. 122 
Whiles John & Jas. 16 
Whitaker Thos. 15 ; Edw. 28 
Whitby John, 2 ; Ed. 28 
Whitchurch J. & Co. 83 ; Rd. 2 ; 

Saml. 38, 67 ; Wm. 16, 76 
White Eliz. 62 ; Hiram, 20 ; Jer. 

160; Jas. 35, 133; Jph. 83, 

144; Mary, 97; Robt. 16,28; 

S. & A. 1.; Saml. 75; Thos. 

16; Wm. 145 
Whitfield John, 28 ; George, 83 ; 

Wm. 2 
Whitehall Thos. 92, 157 
Whitehead Geo. 1 ; Jph. 16, 7^ 
Whiteley John, 20 
Whitlock M. & Co. 83 
Whitlock Nathl. 7 
Whitmore Thomas, 105 
Whitt John, 83 
Whittaker John, 16 
Whittingham John, 18 
Whittington Robert, 101 
Whittington William, 45 
Whittle Jas. 16 ; Eliz. 143 ; John 

160 
Whittle & Butler, 97 
Whitworth John, 28 ; Benj. 101 ; 

R. &T. US 
WhyattJohn, 23 
Wirkham Jph. & Wm. 109 
Widdowson Wm. 16; Matthew, 

20; Reuben, 28 
Widdowson & Robinson. 83 
Wigginton Joseph, 91 
Wigley Hen it, 28 
Wilby David, 50. 133 



Wilcocks George, 61 
Wilcockson C. V. 38 ; John, 38 
Wild Eb. 56 ; Hy. 122 ; John 83 ; 

Wm. 6, 63, 101 
Wildgust William, 75 
Wildig Ann, 20 
Wildsmith Jph. 83 ; Sami. 133 
Wilford Thomas, 28 
Wilkins John, 56 
Wilkinson Eliz. 97, 133; M.A. 

123; Rd.34; Wm. 76 
Wilks Elias, 20 
Willatt Isaac, 75 
Williams John C. 112 
Williams William, 5 
Williamson Fras. 20 ; Luke, 28 ; 

Wm. 133 
Wills Benjamin, 16, 133 
Willimot John, 40 
Wilmott John, 83 
Wilson Carn, 28 
Wilson & Cutts, 90 
Wilson H. & E. 1 ; Jas. & Son, 

73; J.J. &L73; Jno. 133; 

Jph. 29 ; Lewis, 75. 163 ; Wm. 

&S.49,96; Wm. 50 
Window Robert, 145 
Wingfield Robert, 20 
Winter Thomas, 26 
Winterton William, 62 
Wise and Eddowes. 5 
Witham William, 16 
Withers Francis, 133 
WoldenJohn, 133, 145 
Wolff William, and Co. S3 
Wood Benjamin, 133 
Wood Edw. 42, 78, 100; Geo. 

20, 28; Hy. 16; Hy. M. 3, 

86 ; Jas. 7 ; Jno. 5. 28, 44, 62, 

75; Mary, 133 ; Matt. 105 ; 

Moses, 24; Rev. Rt. 1 ; Saml. 

100, 164; Thos. 28, 38, 67; 

Wm. 16,83, 101 
Woodall John, SI 
Wood borough Thomas, 80 
Wocdford David. SI. 153 
Woodhead John, 133 
Woodhouse Dd. 61, 92; Jacob, 

16 ; .Inn. and Jph. 75 ; Saml. 

73 ; Thos. and Co. 83 
Woodward Jas. 28; John, 16: 

Saml. 136; Wm. 23 
Woofit Richard, 7, 



NOTTINGHAM DIRECTORY INDEX. 



291 



Woolley Isaac, 83; James, SI ; 

John 16, 75, 83; Lewis, 7; 

Marv. 97 ; Thomas 99, 123 ; 

Wm. 20 
Wootton P. and W. 25 
Worth James, 75 
Worthington J. 69 
Wortley Eliz. 67; Jph. 1 
Wragg Charles, 110 
Wratt George. 81 
Wright Chas. 69 ; C. N. 6, 19, 

163; Ed. 16; Eliz. 97; Fras. 

7,48; Hy. 28; Jas. 79, 150; 

Jno. 20, 28, 69, 144 ; I. & I. 

C. &Co. 8; Jno. 148: Nath. 



16} Rt. 32, 69; Wm. 6, 16. 

20, 81, 144; W.&G.ll; W 

63, 76 
Wright and Harriman, 90 
Wright. Trivett, and Co. 83. 
Wrigley Samuel, 152 
Wyer Isaac, 92 
Yates Geo. 83, 120; Hy. 45 

Jph. 16, 73 ; Thos. 16, 162 
Yates and Guilford, 38 
Yeomans Hy. 157 ; Jno. 61, 92 

Saml. 101 ; Wm. 38, 67 
Youle John and Hy. 148 
Young Jno. 59, 69 ; Saml. 92 

Wm. 61 



MAILS, POST COACHES, &c. 



(The Post- Office Regulations are inserted at page 199 .) 



FROM THE LION HOTEL. 

(THOMAS AND JOHN SIMPSON AND CO.) 

London Times day Coach (alternately from the Milton's Head) daily, 
at six in the morning ; returns at ten in the evening. 

London Mail, through Melton, Bedford, &c. every morning at half- 
past five. 

Leeds, Carlisle, and Glasgow Mail, every morning at ten. 

London Express, every evening, at seven 

Leeds Express, every morning, at eight. 

Manchester and Liverpool Lord Nelson, through Matlock Bath, every 
morning, at a quarter before six ; returns every evening, at four. 

Birmingham Dart, through Castle Donington, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 
and Tamworth, every morning, (except Sunday) at eight o'clock ; 
returns at four in the afternoon, 

Lincoln, Barton, and Hull Imperial, through Bingham and Newark, 
with branches to Horncastles, Louth, and Boston, daiiy, (except 
Sunday,) at a quarter before nine ; returns at eight in the evening. 

Doncaster Royal Forester, through Mansfield and Worksop, every 
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, at half-past ten ; re- 
turns the following days, at half-past two. 

Derby Royal Sovereign, every morning at a quarter to seven ; returns 
at five in the evening. 

Derby Times, daily at eleven in the morning ; returns at nine the 
next morning. 

Newark Wonder, daily at four in the afternoon ; returns at eleven 
in the morning 



292 NOTTINGHAM COACHES. 

Leicester Pilot, every morning, at a quarter before seven, through 
Loughborough ; returns at seven in the evening. 



FROM THE MILTON'S HEAD INN. 

(benjamin BOWER AND CO.) 

London Times day Coach, every morning (alternately from the Lion 

Hotel,) at six o'clock ; returns in the evening at a quarter before 

ten. 
London Royal Hope Coach, every afternoon, at half-past two o'clock. 
Sheffield Royal Hope, every morning, at half-past ten o'clock. 
Manchester and Liverpool Champion, every morning at half-past 

seven, by way of Mansfield, Chesterfield, Stony Middleton, Cha- 

pel-en-le-Frith, &c. ; returns every evening at six o'clock. 
Leicester, Coventry, Warwick, and Birmingham Royal Pilot, every 

morning at a quarter before seven o'clock ; returns at half-past 

six in the evening. 
Newark and Southwell Accommodation, every day at half-past three ; 

returns every morning at eleven. 
Mansfield Robin Hood, daily (except Sunday) at five in the evening; 

returns at ten in the morning. 
To Boston, Hull, and Lincoln, the Royal Pilot, every morning at 

half-past five, and returns the same evening at seven. 
To Doncaster and York, the Union, every morning at half-past six 

(Sunday excepted) ; returns at eight o'clock in the evening. 



FROM THE BLACK BOY INN. 

London Courier, every evening at seven ; through Leicester, Har- 
borough, Northampton, Newport Pagnell, Woburn, Dunstable, 
and St. Albans. 

Leeds Courier, every morning at a quarter before six ; through Mans- 
field, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Barnsley, and Wakefield. 

Manchester Champion, every morning at half-past six ; through 
Derby, Ashbourne, Leek, and Macclesfield. 

Derby Tally-ho, every afternoon, at three. 

Derby, Burton on-Trent, Litchfield, fyc. the Champion, every morn- 
ing at half-past six. 

Birmingham, Warwick, Coventry, <§rc the Hark forward, every morn- 
ing at a quarter before seven, 

Leicester Hark forward, every morning at a quarter before seven. 

Leicester Lark, every afternoon at two. 

Newark, Lincoln, fyc. Perseverance, every morning at half-pa6t five. 

Grantham and Stamford, through Bingham, the Tally-ho, daily at 
twelve noon. 



FROM THE MAYPOLE INN. 

Derby Royal Defiance, every afternoon at half-past thret. 
Derby Times, every morning at eleven. 



NOTTINGHAM COACHES, &C. 293 

Grantham* Dunnington* Holbeach* Lynn* fyc. every morning, (Sun- 
day excepted) at half-past five. 
Leicester Accommodation, every afternoon at a quarter before three. 
Stamford Queen Adelaide, every morning at half- past five. 



MARKET COACHES AND CARS. 

Helper, Wm. Winson & Co.'s Omnibus* from the Blue Bell Inn, 

every Saturday, arrives 9- mg. departs 3 afternoon. 
Castle Donnington* Wm. Oliver's Van* every Wed. & Sat. from 

the Derby Arms, Chapel Bar, arr. 10 mg. dep. \ past 4 aft. 
Hea-nor and 'Eastwood* George Wysall's Car* from the George and 

Dragon, Long Row, Wed. and Sat. arr. 10 mg. dep. 5 evening. 
Ilkeston* Hives Jackson & Co.'s Car* from the Derby Arms, Chapel 

Bar, Mon. Wed. and Sat. arr. 10 mg. dep. 5 evening. 
Ilkeston and JVest Hallam* Hune, Rollinson, & Co.'s Coach* from 

the Black Bull Inn, Chapel Bar, every Saturday, arrives 10 mg. 

departs 4 afternoon. 
Loughborough* the Tradesman, from the Windmill, Market-street, 

every Tue. Wed. Fri. and Sat. at 5 evening. 
Stapleford and Sandzacre* Matthew Bramley's Reform Coach, every 

Wed. and Sat. from the Malt Cross ; Edward Brown's Omnibus* 

every Sat. from the Blue Bell Inn ; and Thos. Greasley's Car* 

every Sat. from the Derby Arms ; — arrive 9 mg. dep. 3 aft. 
Kegworth* Robert Mee's Car* from the Horse and Groom, St. Peter 's- 

square, Wed. and Sat. at 3 afternoon. 
Melton* John Helmsley's Car, from the Black Boy, Mon, Wed. and 

Sat. at 3 afternoon. 

MAIL GIGS. 

£&* They take parcels, but no passengers. 

To Derby* from the Crown and Anchor, Bridge-street, every morn- 
ing, at half-past 6. 

To Lough boroitgh* from the Durham Ox, Pelham- street, every af- 
ternoon, at half-past 3. 

To Newark and Lincoln* from the Durham Ox, every morning, at 
half-past 4. Q^ Parcels for the north arrive one day sooner in 
the north by this conveyance than by any other which leaves 
Nottingham. 

HACKNEY COACHES. 

Stand at the Lion Hotel, at George IV. Inn, at Castle Place, in 
Castlegate, and in the Market place.— (See Livery Stables* fyc. 
page 248.) 



CARRIERS BY LAND. 

DEACON-, HARRISON, & Co. xMilton -street, (Fly Waggons*) 
to London, every night at 10 ; to Sheffield, Leeds, York, Manchester, 
Liverpool, &c. every evening at 6 ; to Birmingham, every Mondav, 

2c2 



294 NOTTINGHAM CARRIERS. 

Wednesday, and Friday afternoon, at 4 ; and to Melton, Stamford, 
Peterborough, Cambridge, and Norwich, every Monday, Wed- 
nesday, and Friday night, at 7« 

PICKFORD & Co. from their Van Office, Maypole-yard, and 
their Waggon Warehouses, at Leen bridge and Clumber-street, to 
London, Sheffield, Manchester, and all parts of the kingdom, daily. 

GERMAN WHEATCROFT & SONS, Three Cranes Wharf, 
Commercial-street, Fly Waggons, to and from Bristol and Leeds, 
in three days, through Birmingham and Sheffield, daily ; also to 
Leicester, London, Newark, Gainsbro', Hull, Cromford, &c. 

WM. & JPH. PETTIFOR, Houndsgate, Waggons to London, 
Bath, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newark, Lin- 
coln, Hull, and all parts of the south, every Monday, Wednesday, 
Friday, and Saturday evening. 

WATER CONVEYANCE. 

To London, Liverpool, Manchester, Derby, Bath, Bristol, Hull, 
Birmingham, and nearly all parts of England, by Fly Boats daily 
from Thos. Pickford fy Co.'s, Leen Bridge Wharf, and from Robert 
Marshall's, London-road. 

To Derby, Liverpool, Grantham, and all intermediate places, 
Samuel Thorpe's Fly Boats, from the Canal Co.'s Wharf, Leen side. 

To Liverpool, Manchester, Newark, Gainsbro', and all parts of 
the West of England, and Cheshire, Richard Barrows' Boats, from 
Canal-street, every Tuesday and Friday night, and German Wheat* 
croft and Sons' Boats, from London-road, several times a-vveek. 

To Gainsbro', Hull, Cromford, Mansfield, High Peak Railway, 
Retford, Liverpool, and all parts of Scotland and the West of Eng- 
land, John Simpson's Boats, from the Park Wharf. 

To London, Deacon, Harrison, fy Co.'s Fly Boats, every Monday 
and Friday, from Mrs. Cutts's Wharf, Leen side. 

CARRIERS FROM THE TNNS. 

ty The letters W. F. S. &c. signify the days, and the figures after them, th« 
hours, when each carrier departs. Most of them arrive on Wednesday and Satur- 
day mornings about nine o'clock, and leave at three or four, afternoon. 

Alfreton, J. Nicholson, Derby Arms, S. ; Thos. Topham, Blue 

Bell. S. ; Wm. Wheatley, George and Dragon, Long row. W. 

and S. ; John Hardstaff, Bull, S. ; Martin Durham, Spread Eagle, 

W. and S. 3. 
Annesley, John Lee, Wheat Sheaf, W. and S. 2. 
Arnold, Edw, Seagrave, George and Dragon, North street, S. 4. 
Arnold, Robt. Denison, Admiral Duncan, M. W. F. and S. 5. 
Arnold Post, John Hutchinson, Admiral Duncan, daily at 5. 
Aslackton, Mr. Greaves, White Swan, S. ; Rd. Sanderson, Blue 

Bell, S. ; H. Potter, Rein Deer, W. and S. 
Bagthorp, John Farnsworth, King William IV., W. and S. 
Barkstone, John Cant, Crown Inn, S. 4. 
Barton, John Woodland, Star, S. 4. 
Beeston, Thomas Stone, Derby Arms, s. 1 ; W. Martin. Blue Bel J, 



NOTTINGHAM CARRIERS. 295 

S. 5 ; Joseph Oldham, Colonel Wardle, every day at 3 ; Rd. White, 

White Swan, W. and S. 
Belper, Horsley Woodhouse, and West Hallam, Samuel Saxton. 
Belper and Derby, William Winson, Blue Bell, S. 
Bingham, Robert Green, Rein Deer ; J. Jones, Wheat Sheaf; John 

Sills, Horse and Groom, Peter's square ; and Ann Moult, Wheat 

Sheaf, W. and S. 3. 
Bleasby, Wm. Wilson, Durham Ox; Rt. Pacey, Spread Eagle; 

and Wm. Mountney, News house, St. James's street, S. 4. 
Blidworth, John Barrowcliff, Kingston's Arms ; Thos. Frost, News 

house, James's street ; and Geo. Wheeldon, Milton's Head, S. 3. 
Bottesford, George Wilson, Kins William IV., W. and S. ; John 

Wilson, George and Dragon, S. ; Wm. Jackson, Bell, S. 
Bradmore, Wm. Marriott, Rein Deer, S. 3. 
Bramcote, George HardstafF, King William IV., W. and S. 
Breason, Robeit Plackett, White Swan, Beastmarket hill, S. 
Breason, Thomas Eden, Derby Arms, S. 3. 
Bridgeford, (East,) John Brown, Durham Ox, S. 5. 
Bridgeford, (East,) Wm. Upton, Horse and Groom, W. and S. 4... 
Brinsley, George Moss, Bull, W. and S. 3. 
Brinsley, Matthew Cooper, Talbot Inn, S. 3. 
Brinsley, Thomas Trueman, Swan, W. and S. 3. 
Broughton Sulney, John Hemsley, Black Boy, M. W. and S. 3. 
Broughton, (Nether) and Melton, Rt. Taylor, Geo. and Drag. S. 
Broughton, (Over) Joseph Brown, Rein Deer, W. and S. 3. 
Broughton, John Holmes, Talbot, S. 3. 
Broughton, (Over) John Hopkins, Talbot, S. 3. 
Buhvell, John Gent, Old Admiral Duncan, daily. 
Bulwell, Joseph Walker, White Hart, Sheep lane, W. and S. 3. 
Bunney, Wm. Hart, News house, James's street, W. and S. 3. 
Bunney, Wm. Henson, Horse and Groom, Peter's square, S. 3. 
Burton Joyce, John Swinscoe, Lord Nelson, S. 4. 
Calverton, Rt. Watson, Robin Hood, Milton street, S. 3. ; Robert 

Watson, jun., Black Boy, S. 4. ; Simeon Cundy, Bell, Parliament 

street, W. and S. 4. 
Car Colston. T. Asher, Black Boy, Tu. and S. 3. ; John Baker,, 

Horse and Groom, S. 3. ; Thomas Cragg, Swan, S. 3. ; and John 

Simpson, Wheat Sheaf, S. 3. 
Castle Donington, Chas. Greaves, Wheat Sheaf; Isaac Hodson, 

Black Boy ; and Wm. Oliver, Derby Arms, W and S. 4. 
Claythorpe, John Bailey, Nag's Head. Stoney street, W. and S. 5. 
Chesterfield, John Townsend, Black Boy, S. 12. 
Chilwell, John Lee, Swan, Angel row, S. 5. 
Clawson Long, J. Wilkinson, Milton's Head, S. 3. 
Clawson Long, Joseph Scarborough, George and Dragon, S. 4. 
Clawson Long, John Marriott, Maypole, S. 4. 
Clifton, Henry Allen, Star. S. 3. 
Colston Bassett, Thos. Hicks, Swan, S. 3. ; Wm. Herrick, Black 

Boy, S. 4. ; and Thos. Newton, Rein Deer, W. and S. 4. 
Cotgrave. Wm. Archer, Star, Wheelergate, W. and S. 4. ; and 

Saml. Upton and James Sharp, Horse and Groom, Peter's sq.S. 3 
Cotmanbay, Saml. Booth, Golden Ball, Long row, W and S. 3. 
Cropwell Bishop. John Abbott, Black Boy ; Wm. Clark. Horse 

and Groom ; and Saml. Swinscoe, Star, S. 4, 



♦ 

2 l JG NOTTINGHAM CARRIERS. 

Cropwell Butler, Thos. Beecroft, Black Boy, S. 4. 
Cropwell Butler, Richard Marriott, Horse and Groom, S. 4. 
Derby, Birmingham, and the Potteries, Wm. Barnes^ Black Boy, 

Tu. Th. and S. o 
Derby, Nottingham, and Loughborough, A. Smith, Ball,- S. 4 
Draycot, Edward Smith, News House, James's-street, S. 4 
Draycot, Edward Astle, Blue Bell, S. 3 
Eastwood, William Bentley, Blue Bell, W. and S. 3 
Eastwood, George Meakin, Ball, Long Row, S. 3 
Epperstone, James Taylor, Crown, W. ; J. Smith, Black Boy, and 

George Harrison, New George, S. 4 
Farnsfield, Edward Hodgson, Milton's Head, W. and S. 3 
Fiskerton, J. Walker, Queen's Head, S. 3 
Flintham, Thomas Cupit, Abbott's, Belfounder's-yard, S. 2 
Gainsborough, Grantham, and parts of Lincolnshire, Messrs. Wheat- 
croft and Sons, Bridge foot 
Gotham, Thos. Maltby, Red Lion; Mr. Hemsley, Rein Deer ; Rd. 

Hallam, Bell Inn; and Wm. Dutton, New George street, S. 
Goverton, Robert Pacy, Spread Eagle, S. 3. 
Granby, Mr. Pritchard, Milton's Head, S, 
Grantham, Mr. Gibson, Milton's Head, S. 
Gunthorpe, Jarvis Mayfield, Durham Ox, S. 4. ; Wm. Allwood, 

Lord Nelson ; John Brittle, Old Angel, S. 3. 
Hallam Little, Wm, Srrelley, Horse and Groom, Peter's sq., S. 
Hallam West, John Lee, King William 3V., W. S. 5. 
Harby (Notts.) Thomas Kemp, White Swan, S. 3. 
Harby (Leicestershire) Richard Knapp, White Swan, S. 3. 
Hathern, Thomas Storer, Talbot, W. and S. 
Hathern, Samuel Braley, Horse and Groom, Peter square, F. 4. 
Heanor, James Nelson and George Wysall, George and Dragon, W. 

and S. ; and Samuel Searson, Black Bull, S. 
Hickling, Richard Coplev, Rein Deer, S. 3. 
Hickiing, Samuel Mann,' Wheat Sheaf, S. 3, 
Hockbrook, Mr. Bradley, Black Bull, S. 2. 

Holme Pierrepont, Samuel Wheatley, Eight Bells, Peck lane, S. 3. 
Horseley Woodhouse, Samuel Saxton, Spread Eagle, S. 3. 
Hose, Thomas Corner, Milton's Head ; and H. Morrison, Black 

Boy, S. 4. 
Hoveringham, Cphr. Armstrong, Lord Nelson ; John Pride, Nag's 

Head, Stoney street ; and Wm. Morris, Black Boy. S. 4. 
Hucknall Torkard, Wm. Thums, White Hart, W. and S. 3. 
Hucknall, Thomas Hanson, Robin Hood, S. 3. 
Hucknall Torkard, Thos. Wilmott, News house, S. 3. 
Ukestone, Robert Burrows; Hives Jackson & Co. ; and Thomas 

Curtis, Derby Arms; Charles Chadwick, George and Dragon : 

and Joseph Holmes, Blue Bell, W. & S. 4 
Kegworth, Robert Mee, Horse and Groom, W. and S. 3 
Kegworth, Robert Smith, White Swat), S. 3 
Keyworth, T. ICggleston & Walker, Horse and Groom, S. 4 
Kimbcrlew C. Leavers, George and Dragon, M. W. and S 
Kimberley, Michael Leavers, William 4th. W. and S. 3 
Kinoulton, Samuel Pollard, Elephant and Castle, S. 3 
Kinoulton, John Pcet, Horse and Groom, Peter's -square, S. 3 



NOTTINGHAM CARRIERS. 29J 

Kirkby. Samuel Wilmott, News House, James 's-street, S. 3 

Kirk by Woodhouse, John Morris, Elephant & Castle, W. & S. 3 

Lambley, Wm. Watson. New George, W. and S, 4 

Lambley, John Selby, Nag's Head, and W. Watson, New George, S 

Langley, Samuel Searson, Black Bull, S. 2 

Leake Thomas Gum, Rein Deer, Wheeler-gate, S. 3 

Long Eaton, James Huss, Derby Arms, W. and S, 3 

Loughborough, William Potter," Black Boy, Tue. W. and S. 4 

Loughborough Mail Gig. Durham Ox, daily, half-past 3 

Loughborough, John Fisher, White Swan, W. and S. 5 

Loscoe and Codnor, T. Fetcher, Black Bull, S. 2 

Lowdham. John Archer, & J. Garrat, New George, Warsergate ; 

and J. Reddish, Nag's Head, S. 3 
Mansfield, William Jackson, Black Boy ; John Oldfield, Unicorn ; 

and Henry Blackwell, Horse and Groom, W. & S. 3 
Melbourne, Thos. Pass, and Fras. Dallman, Derby Arms, W. & S. 4 
Melton, John Hemsley, Black Boy, M. W. & S. 3 
Morton, Thomas Hainsworth, News house, S. 3 
Newark, G. Skidmore, Newcastle street, W. & S. 
Newark, J. Wilcock, Houndsgate. S. 4 morning 
Newark, Palmer, Maypole yard, M. W. and F. 6 morning 
New Brinsley, Thos. Truman, White Swan, W. & S. 
Newthorp and Moorgreen, George Meakin, Ball, Long row, S. 3 
Normanton, Derbyshire, George Slater. Derby Arms, S. 2 

Normanton, Nottinghamshire, Wass, Old* Bear, S. 3 

Nuttall. Moses Plant. William the Fourth, S. 4 

Ollerton. Thos. Rush'by, Milton's Head, W. and S. 2 

Orston, John Fryer, Horse and Groom, and J. Henson, Swan, S. 3 

Overingham Cphr. Armstrong, Lord Nelson, S 

Oxton, Elizabeth Thorpe, Maypole; John Palethorpe, Milton'* 

Head ; and Thomas Dalton, Maypole, S. 3 
Pentridge D. Moore, Old Kind's Head, S. 
Plumptre. Wm. Astill, Wheat Sheaf, S. 3 
Plungar, Thos. Worthington, Bird-in-Hand, S. 4 
Ratcliffe, Wm. Morlev. Eight Bells; Thos. Walker, Swan Inn, W. 

and S. 3 ; George Duke, Black Boy, S. 3 

Ratcliffe-Upon-Soar, Morris, Horse and Groom, S. 2 

Redmile, Robert Patchet, Crown, S. 3 

Redmile, John Rick, Wheat Sheaf, S. 3 

Retford, John Rushby, Milton's Head, W. and S. 1 

Ripley, George Savidge, Swan, W. and S. 2 

Ripley, Edward White, Derby Arms, S. 3 

Ripley and Codnor, Thomas Duncan, Swan, S. 3. 

Risley, Edward Mears, Bell Inn, S. 3 

Ruddington, John Dennis, Star, S. 4 

Ruddington, Edward Smith, Peacock, S. 5 

Sawley.William Wright, Bell, W. and S. 4 

Sawley, Joseph Meads, Swan, and C. Wiight, Bell, W. & S. 3 

Scarrington, William Hitchcock, Queen's Head, S. 3 

Screveton, John Padgett, Horse and Groom, S. 4 

Screveton, Joseph Hallam, Crown, S. 3 

Selston, John Lee, Wheat Sheaf, W. and S. 2 

Sheepshead, Robert Martin. Talbot, W. and S. 3 



298 



NOTTINGHAM CARRIERS. 



Sheepshead, Joseph Allsopp, Star, Peter's square, S. 3 

She! ford,. John Holland, New George, Warsergate, W. and S. 3 

Shelford, William Watson, Lord Nelson, Carlton street, S. 3 

Sibthorpe, Thomas Richman, Black Boy, S. 3 

Skegby and Sutton-in-Ashfield Accommodation, Thomas Ward 

Milton's Head, S. 4 
Southwell, Wm.Revill, Crown, Long row, Tu. and S. 
Southwell and Newark, Joseph Pilgrim, Maypole, S. 3 
Southwell, John Fryer, Black Bo) r , Tu. and S. 4 
Sproxton, Richard Brown, Maypole, S. 3 
Stanton-by-Dale, Matthew Hancock, George and Dragon, S. 3 
Stanton-by-Dale, Matthew Stevens, Derby Arms, S. 3 
Stapleford, Matthew Bramley, Malt Cross, W. and S. 4 ; Thomas 

Greasley, Derby Arms, S. ; John Doar, Bell, Angel row, W. and 

S. 3 ; Jacob Barroclough, Three Horse Shoes, S. 4; George 

Brown, Bell, S. 4 ; Geo. Attenborough, Swan, W. and S. 3 
Stathern, William Gratton, Rein Deer, S. 3 
Stathern, John Hebb, Maypole, S. 2 
Slrelley, John Martin, King's Head, W. and S. 3 
Summercotes, Samuel Thornley, George and Dragon, W. and S. 3 
Summercotes, Benjamin Bailey,. Black Bull, S. 3 
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Thos. Wilson, Milton's Head, W. and S. 4 
Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield Accommodation, Thomas Wilson, 

Black Boy, W. and S. 4 
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Wm. Wilson, Milton's Head, S. 3 
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Thomas Bullock, Black Boy, W. and S. 4 
Sutton Bonington, Wm. Marshall, Star, S. 3; G. & T. Dutton, 

Swan, W. and S. 3 ; Edward Whitby, Rein Deer, S. 4 
Waltham, John Osborn, George and Dragon, S. 3 
Whatton, Henry Parnham, Black Boy, W. and S. 3 
Whatton, W. Tutbery, White Swan, S. 3 
Whatton-in-the-Vale, George Moss, Golden Ball, W. and S. 4 
Whitwich, Jph. Ball, Milton's Head, W. 
Willoughby, Jthn. Goodacre, Peacock, S. 5 ; Thos. Charles, Red 

Lion ; and Wm. Wheatley, Rein Deer, S. 4 
W T imeswould, Robert Mee, Horse and Groom, S. 4 
Woodborough, John Lee, Bell, S. 4 ; William Pool, Swan, S. 3 ; 

John Bish, Swan, W. and S. 3 ; Wm. Pool, Bell, Parliament street, 

S. 3 
Wysall, John Blcod, Peacock, Petergate, S. 3 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 29 ( J 



BASSETLAW HUNDRED. 

This great northern division of Nottinghamshire is, like the 
countv, of an irregular oval shape, and is bounded on the north- 
east bv Lincolnshire, on the north-west by Yorkshire, on the 
south -east by the Hundred of Thurgarton, and on the south-west 
by Broxtow Hundred and a small part of Derbyshire. It comprises 
more than two-fifths of the county, being about 25 miles in length, 
17 in breadth, and 80 in circumference. It contains about 
180,000 acres of land, 56 parishes, four extra parochial places, 
and nine chapelries ; divided into 88 Townships, in which are 
nearly 200 villages and hamlets, and four Market towns, viz. 
Retford, Worksop, Tuxford, and GUerton, with part of Bawtry. 
From Fledborough to the Heck dyke, below Stockwith, a dis- 
tance of about 14 miles, it is bounded on the east by the noble 
stream of the Trent, except in two instances, at Laneham and 
Littleborough, where it takes a few short strides across the 
river.* The greater portion of it is watered by the river Idle, 
and its numerous tributary streams; and the Chesterfield canal 
winds through it by a circuitous route from Stockvvith-on-the- 
Trent, to Retford, Worksop, and Shireoaks, which latter place 
is at the junction of the three counties of York, Derby, and 
Nottingham. 

This large hundred is subdivided into three divisions, viz. 
North Clay, South Clay, and Hatfield, the last of which is the 
largest, and includes all that portion of Sherwood forest (see 
p. 35) lying on the west side of the Idle, where are situated 
the beautiful parks of Clumber, Thoresby, Worksop, Wel- 
beck, and Rufford. The North and South Clay, include 
the district between the Idle and the Trent, which, from the 
nature of the soil, is highly fertile, both as arable and pasture 
land. (Vide p. 42 to 45.) 

Bassetlaw, from its containing the seats of the Dukes of 
Norfolk, Newcastle, and Portland, has been called the Dukery, 
an appellation with which it was frequently honoured during 
the contentious discussions in Parliament, (A.D. 1827 to 1830,) 
which terminated in declaring the corruption of East Retford, 
and in extending the elective franchise of that borough to all 
the freeholders of this hundred, who now vote both for the 
county and the borough representatives ; but, should the Reform 
Bill which now (Feb. 1832) lies before Parliament, pass into a 
law, the elective franchise of the whole kingdom will be 
changed, and those alterations which refer to Nottinghamshire, 
will be noticed in the appendix to this volume. 

* Owing to the Trent having changed its ancient course from two circuitous 
reaches at West Burton and Bole, there are now two slips of land, containing 
about 210 acres, on the west side of the river, belonging to Lincolnshire. , 



300 BASSETLAW HUNDRED. 

Tn Domesday Book, this hundred or " wapentak" is vari- 
ously called Bassetlaw, Bernedeslawe, Bernedsetlawe, and 
Bersetlaw ; and in the Nomina Villarum, which was compiled 
in 1315, when the King was lord of it, we find it written Ber- 
setelowe ; indeed none of our ancient writers seem to have 
paid much attention to orthography.* Soon after the Norman 
conquest, there was in the county a distinguished family of the 
name of Basset, for in the year 1121, we find " Ralph Basset, 
Justice of England," and in 1390, died " Ralph, the last Lord 
Basset of Draiton" whose large estates in this and the adjacent 
counties passed to his heirs, Thomas Earl of Stafford, and 
Alice wife of. Sir Wm. Chaworth. Whether this family gave 
its name to some Zoive or barrow\ from which this hundred has 
its present appellation, has not been clearly ascertained, but it 
certainly had much property here and in other parts of the 
county, and from it Colston-Basset, in Bingham Hundred, and 
Drayton-Basset in Staffordshire, derived the distinctive portion 
of their names. Oswardebec or Osivaldbec Soc, was anciently a 
separate wapentake or hundred, but it now forms the North 
Clay Division of Bassetlaw. Part of the three divisions of this 
hundred are comprised in the Archiepiscopal Liberty of South- 
ivell and Scrooby, the greater part of which is in the hundred 
of Thurgarton as will be seen in a subsequent page. 

Though Bassetlaw comprises more than two-fifths of the 
surface of the county, it has only about one-fifth of its popula- 
tion, being entirely an agricultural district, free from the noise 
and bustle created by the lace and hosiery manufactures in and 
about Nottingham and Mansfield, except at Cuckney and Lang- 
with, where there are two cotton mills. There is, however, a 
paper mill at Retford, and another at Ordsall, also several 
large Hop-yards in the North and South Clay Divisions, and 
many malt kilns at Worksop and other places. 



POPULATION OF BASSETLAW HUNDRED. 

The following table shows the number of Inhabitants in 
each Parish and Township in the years 1821 and 1831, and 
also the number of Bouses at the latter period, as they appear 
in the Parliamentary Census : — 

* As if intent on still further confusing the orthography of Bassetlaw, Thoroton 
calls it in one place Bet t ex clow r, aud Throsby Bcusingioto. 

f J.ntrr. t from the Snxon hlcaw, signifies a hill or barrow. 



POPULATION OF BASSETLAW. 



301 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 

1821. 1831. 
Names of Places. Ints. Hses. Ints. 

Aukley 297 74 

Babworth 416 76 

Barnby Moor with Bilby 182 



Blythe 801 

Bothamsall 310 

Boughton 289 

Budby 140 

Carburton 154 

Carlton-in-Linderick «* 888 

Clipstone 142 

Cuckney 427 

Edwinstow 648 

Elksley 347 

Finningley 368 

Harworth 395 

Hodsack 224 

Holbeck 230 

Houghton •• ■• •• 40 

Langwith 378 

Mattersey 426 

Misson 720 

Norton •• - 391 

Ollerton • • - 576 

Ordsall •• - 632 

Palethorpe »• •• •• 93 
Retford (West) - • • • 571 
Rufford (ex. par.) • • -323 

Sookholme 69 

Styrrup 447 

Thorworth 219 

Walesby - • • • • 308 

Warsop 1072 

Wallingwells (ex. par.) 7 
Welbeck (ex. par.) •••• 64 
Woodhouse Hall (ex. 
par.) •• •• 5 



362 
449 
205 
811 
326 
295 
139 
143 
974 
223 
633 
740 
377 
80 424 
90 526 



39 
168 
59 
75 
19 
28 
189 
49 
93 
166 
73 



46 
8 

66 

97 

184 

62 

130 

205 

14 

152 

64 

11 

105 

42 

68 

254 



1 



Worksop • 



•4567 1170 



244 
55 
437 
455 
841 
334 
658 



593 

322 

68 

510 

205 

340 

1213 

21 

63 

11 

5566 



Total • • • • 17, 175 4003 19,626 
LIBERTY OF SOUTHWELL AND 
SCROOBY, 



WITHIN THE 

Askham • 

Eeckingham 

Everton 

Hayton-cum-Tilne 

Laneham 

Lound 

Ranskill 

Scaftworth 

Scrooby 

Sutton 



HUNDRED. 

... 270 79 329 

•• 515 102 481 

• •611 157 708 
....244 52 256 

■ • 347 77 347 

• .-370 91 382 
- 317 66 347 
.. 100 19 84 

• 269 65 281 

• •• 347 91 



419 



NORTH CLAY 

Names of Places. 
Bole 

Burton (West) - . 
Clareborough 
Clayworth • • 
Cottam.. 

Gringley-on-the-Hill. 
Habblesthorpe • • 
Leverton (North) • • 

1 South) 

Littleborough 
Misterton 
Retford (East) . . 
Saundby 

Stockwith (West) 
Sturton 

Walkeringham • • 
Wheatley (North) 
(South) 



Wiseton 



DIVISION. 

1821. 1831. 
Ints. Hses. Ints. 

..193 35 144 

• •37 6 40 

••1929 507 2106 

•• 431 105 459 

••74 17 77 

. • 647 168 737 

.. 103 22 95 

.. 300 74 303 

-300 71 323 

.-64 15 

•• 811 205 

••2465 546 2491 

.. 101 15 1C4 

. • 618 165 635 

. • 605 118 638 

•• 513 116 

• . 441 87 

.-47 6 

.. 126 23 



82 

944 



529 

435 

35 

118 



Total- • • • 9810 2301 10,295 



SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



Total" 3420 709 3624 



Bevercotes 
Bilsthorpe 
Darlton • • 
Drayton (East) 
(West) 



Dunham 

Eakring 

Eaton 

Egmanton 

Gamston 

Grove *- 

Headon-cum- Upton 

Kirton 

Laxton 

Markham (East) 

(West) 



48 8 

252 43 

153 28 

■ 266 55 

■ 117 23 
269 77 

- 564 128 

• 225 48 



320 

385 

106 

■ 241 

• 200 



67 
64 
20 
56 
45 



• 615 120 

• 756 188 

• 209 44 



Ompton 

Ragnall • ■ 

Rampton 

Stokeham 

Treswell 

Tuxford 

Wellow • • 



20 
36 
67 



106 
146 
391 
45 8 
■ 216 49 

• 979 232 

• 444 110 



51 
217 

162 
256 
107 
389 
595 
238 
341 
306 
121 
248 
247 
659 
805 
197 
120 
168 
411 
48 
224 
1113 
473 



Total 7043 1542 7499 

Houses- Inhabits. 
Grand Total in 1831- 8,645 41,054 
in J 821 • 7,615 37,443 



2 D 



Increase- 



,030 






302 KAST RETFORD. 

Of the Liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, Askham and 
Laneham are in the South Clay, Beekingham, Everton, Hay- 
ton-cum-Tilne, and Scaftworth in the North Clay, and Lound, 
Ranskill, Scrooby, and Sutton in the Hatfield Division. 

THE NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 

In which we shall commence our topographical description of 
Bassetlaw, extends southward from West Stockwith and Mis- 
son Car, to East Retford, South Leverton, and Cottam, and is 
bounded on the east by the Trent, and on the west by the 
river Idle. 



HISTORY OF RETFORD. 

East Retford, the capital of the hundred of Bassetlaw, is 
an ancient borough by prescription, and a well-built, populous, 
and busy market town, pleasantly situated on the Great North 
Road, upon the river Idle and the Chesterfield canal, which 
skirt it on three sides. It is in 53 deg. 19 min. 46 sec. north 
latitude, and 51 min. 49 sec. west longitude; being distant 144 
miles N.N.W. of London, 32 miles N.N.E. of Nottingham, 
23 miles W. by N. of Lincoln, 18 miles S.E. by S. of Doncaster, 
9 miles E. of Worksop, and 27 miles E. of Sheffield. The bo- 
rough is co-extensive with the parish to which it gives name, 
and is all comprised in the town and the "cars and commons," 
which .altogether only occupy a surface of about 120 acres; but 
the suburbs of the town include West Retford, on the opposite 
side of the Idle, the hamlets of Moorgate and Spittal hill, in 
Clareborough parish, and the lordship of Thrumpton, in Ordsall 
parish, so that what may properly be called the Town of Ret- 
ford, extends into two of the three great divisions of Bassetlaw ; 
the spacious Market-place, and the rest of the borough of East 
Retford, with its extensive suburbs in the parish of Clareborough, 
being in the North Clay, and the parishes of West Retford and 
Ordsall in the Hatfield division. At the last Parliamentary cen- 
sus, in 1831, the borough contained 2491 inhabitants,* West Ret- 
ford 593, Clareborough 2106, and Ordsall parish 809, making 
the total populatio?i of the town and suburbs nearly G000 souls. 
The approach to the town from every side is by a beautiful and 
gradual descent, and its open airy Market-place, surrounded 
by good regular buildings, and having several commodious 

*..0f the 2491 inhabitants of East Retford, 1137 are males and 1354 females, con- 
sisting of 525 families, of whom 250 are employed in trade, manufactures, or han- 
dicraft, and the remainder are either unemployed or engaged in professional 
pursuit* 



EAST RETFORD. 303 

streets of neat houses branching from it, gives the whole such 
an air of importance, comfort, and wealth, as is possessed but 
by few country towns of the same size ; whilst the surrounding 
district, being in a high state of cultivation, fills its weekly 
market and annual fairs with an abundance of agricultural pro- 
duce ; and the Chesterfield canal* which crosses the river Idle, 
and winds round the south and east sides of the borough, give3 
it a tolerable share of inland traffic, supplies it with coal and 
lime from the mines and quarries of Derbyshire, and opens a 
water communication with the Trent, the Humber, and other 
navigable rivers and canals. The Great North Road, (see p. 
54,) and the roads which diverge from the town to Gainsbro' 
and Lincoln, and to Worksop and Sheffield, also impart to it 
a considerable degree of gaiety and bustle, by bringing to it 
daily great numbers of coaehes and travellers of every grade. 

Ancient History. — Though the borough certainly existed 
and was of some importance before the Norman conquest, the 
name of Redeford does not occur in any known document of 
an earlier date than Domesday Book, (see p. 21.) and even 
that record does not make the distinction of East and West 
Retford, but merely implies that in Redforde there was one 
mill belonging to Sudton (Sutton) of the fee of the Archbishop 
of York r and that in Odesthorpe (now unknown) and Redforde, 
there was one bovate and three quarters of land to be taxed, be- 
sides waste landy four acres of meadow, and one villain ; but it 
has not been definitely ascertained whether the latter of these, 
and some other entries in Domesday Book, refer to East or 
West Retford, or to either of the two Radfords near Worksop 
and Nottingham. In the writings of the early part of the 13th 
century, the borough is distinguished by the name of Este 
Reddfurthe, which in the subsequent century was written Est 
Redeforde, afterwards East Redforde, and up to the middle of 
the last century, East Redford, which latter is more correct in 
orthography than the present appellation, as it is evident that 
the two Retfords were named after the ancient ford that crossed 
the Idle a little below the bridge which now unites them, and 
was called the red ford, from its stratum of red clay being so 
frequently disturbed by the passage of cattle, &c. as to tinge the 
water with its colour. 

East Retford being allowed to be a borough by prescription, 
it is scarcely necessary to observe, that the name of its founder 
is unknown, though Piercyf conjectures that its incorporation 
must have taken place between the years 1185 and 1200, and 

* The Chesterfield canal, which was commenced under an act of Parliament in 
1771* and opened throughout the whole line on September 12th, 1777* is already 
described, together with the river Idle,, at pages 53 and 54. From Retford to the 
Trent the canal locks are double the width of those betwixt Retford and Ches- 
terfield. 

t History of Retford, by John S. Piercy, published in 1828. 



3lM EAST RETFORD. 

from the frequent mention of Richard I. in many ancient do- 
cuments which he perused, he is of opinion that the warlike 
monarch, Richard Coeur de Lion, was the original benefactor 
of this ancient borough, which afterwards received many royal 
charters, confirming former privileges and granting new ones, 
but several of them are now lost, and some of the others have 
become illegible. 

Charters. — In 1246, Henry III. granted the burgesses an 
annual fair, to continue eight days from the eve of Holy Tri- 
nity, and released them from the payment of toll, pannage, and 
•murrage, in all parts of the kingdom. He likewise granted to 
them and their successors in fee farm for the yearly rent of 20 
marks of silver, " the tolls of the bridge of Kelim (Kelham) and 
all along to Dourbeck, (Doverbeck,) where it falls into the 
Trent, and of Eperstone, and the bridge of Mirald and of 
Retford, and of all other places where the burgesses of Not- 
tingham were wont to take toll." On November 27th, 1279, 
Edward I. granted the town in fee farm to the burgesses, for 
the annual rent of .£10, and gave them a market to be held 
every Saturday, with tollage and other immunities. He also 
gave them a court " to plead the writ of a certain patent of the 
common law/' and to have the amendment of the assize of 
bread and beer, the use of the pillory and ducking-stool, and 
power to claim wrecks and waifes,. and to elect a bailiff for the 
government of the town. Edward III. confirmed all their 
former privileges, and exempted them from all tolls and foreign 
services, from serving as jurymen at the assizes, and from the 
cognizance of any matters with foreigners, on occasion of lands 
and tenements, either without or within the borough. Soon 
after this, the burgesses of Nottingham brought an action 
against those of Retford, for having taken toll at Mattersey, 
which the bailiffs did not deny, but pleaded their right, to the 
same by the power of a former charter. The King, however, 
in order to satisfy both parties, and to enable the burgesses of 
Retford to pay to those of Nottingham the yearly fee farm of 
.£10, and the 20 marks of silver before-mentioned, granted 
them " the return of all manner of writs, precepts, attachments, 
bills, mandates, &c. ; also all manner of goods and chattels be- 
longing to felons, fugitives, and suicides, and all fines, ran- 
soms, and amerciaments whatsover;'' together with a fair, to 
be held on the eve, dav, and morrow of St. Gregory the Bishop, 
and the five following days, in lieu of the fair granted by Henry 
III. Another annual fair was also granted to the borough by 
the same monarch, (Edward III.) in 1373, to commence four 
days before, and continue till the day after the feast of St. 
Margaret. 

Corpokation. — Henry VI, in 1424, confirmed most of the 
before-named grants, and gave to the hail iff 8 and burgesses a 
Court of Record, to hold pleas of actions for dehts and damages 



EAST RETFORD. 305 

to any amount. He also gave them power to appoint an 
escheator, a clerk of the market, and a clerk of assay, and 
granted them -a fair to be held yearly on the eve and feast of SU 
Matthew the Apostle, and the two following days. All thes€ 
charters and grants were allowed by succeeding Kings, till the 
reign of James I., who in 1607, not only confirmed their former 
immunities, but incorporated the burgesses anew by the name 
of the bailiffs and burgesses of East Retford, with a common 
council consisting of two bailiffs and tivelve aldermen, who have 
a common seal, and power to alter the same at pleasure ; also 
a " learned steward" or recorder, a town clerk, and two ser- 
geants- at-mace. The two bailiffs and the recorder are "justices 
of the peace and quorom within the borough." The senior bai- 
liff is chosen yearly, on the first Monday in August, from amongst 
the aldermen ; and the junior bailiff is elected on the same day, 
out of the body of freemen — the aldermen having previously 
named two individuals for the choice of the burgesses at large. 
The aldermen hold their office during life, unless removed for 
some serious offence. When a vacancy occurs, the bailiffs and 
surviving aldermen submit the names of two of the burgesses 
to the freemen at large, whose choice is determined by a majo- 
rity of votes. The steward or recorder is appointed by the 
bailiffs and aldermen, and he has, with their consent or the 
major part of them, the appointment of the town clerk or de- 
puty steward. 

Robes and Regalia. — The bailiffs and aldermen have each 
a gown of purple cloth, edged with fur, in which they usually 
appear at church v four times a year. Two very elegant maces 
of silver, gilt, are borne before the bailiffs,, on these and other 
public occasions ; one of them was presented to the corporation 
in 1679, by Sir Edward Nevile, Bart, of Grove, and the other, 
which is the oldest and smallest, was given by Sir Gervase 
Clifton, Bart, together with four silver bowls, two silver salts, 
and twelve silver spoons, all of which are still possessed by the 
corporate body, who have also a stately silver cup, presented 
by the Earl of Lincoln. 

The Duke of Newcastle is the Lord High Steward of the 
borough ; and the present body corporate, and their officers, 
are as follows : — 

Mr. George Thornton, Senior Bailiff. 
Mr. John Hoult, Junior Bailiff, 
aldermen. 



John Parker, 
John Thornton, 
Darker Parker, 
William Clarke, 
Joshua Cottam, 
George Hudson. 
Recorder, James Clinton 



George Thornton 
William Meekley 
Thomas Appleby, 
Francis Dewick, 
John Dawber, 
William Kirke. 
Fvnnes Clinton, Esq. M. 
2d2 



300 



EAST RETFORD. 



Town Clerk, Mr. John Me&. 
$ergeants-at-Mace, Win. Pearson and Win. TootelL 
Town Crier, Samuel Tomlinson. 
Parliamentary Privileges, &c. — East Retford first sent 
representatives to the national senate in 1315, but in 1330 the 
burgesses petitioned the King" to release them from- this pri- 
vilege, as, " on account of their poverty, they were unable to 
pay the wages and other expenses of their representatives." 
Their prayer was granted, and what was afterwards considered 
as one of the borough's most valuable rights, lay dormant 
nearly two centuries and a half; for it Was not resumed till 
1571, since which the town has regularly sent two members to 
Parliament, except during the Commonwealth. This small 
borough has like many others of a similar description been the 
frequent scene of boistrous dissensions, arising from Parlia- 
mentary and municipal differences. The interference of the 
House of Commons, to determine the extent of the rights of 
the burg-esses, and the manner in which their representatives 
should be chosen, has been often called for; and the Court of 
King's Bench has been many times occupied, on mandamus 
motions, and quo warranto informations, by which the corpo* 
ration have been compelled to admit several to their freedom, 
whom they had arbitrarily kept out of their right, and to oust 
others whom they had illegally admitted for the purpose of 
serving their own political party. From 1571 to 1700 three 
petitions complaining of undue returns from East Retford were 
laid before the House of Commons, but on two of them no re- 
port was made, and the other was reported to be in favour of 
the sitting Members. Other petitions having the same com- 
plaint were presented in 1702, 1705, 1710, 1796, 1802, and 
1826. As at all other places wealth and interest will have their 
influence, and the Newcastle family have long been the princi- 
pal favourites of the corporation, but in 17^7, this influence 
was successfully opposed by Sir Wharton Amcotts and Wm. 
Petrie, Esq., and in order to arm themselves against a similar 
defeat, the corporation, swore in thirty-eight honorary free- 
men ; consisting of the most respectable inhabitants of the 
town. This measure led to a long expensive law suit in which 
the burgesses were supported by Mr. Bowles, who brought the 
question respecting the power of the bailiffs and aldermen to 
make the honorary freemen, by quo warranto, into the Court 
of King's Bench,* where they were all declared to be illegal, 
and judgment of ouster was issued not only against the new 
created denizens, but also against five of the aldermen. At 
the next election in 1802, Mr. Bowles who had achieved such 
a decisive victory for the burgesses, in favour of " birth -right 
and servitude," came forward, " quite confident of success," 
and offered himself as a candidate ; but both he and his friend 
Mr. Bonham, where shamefully left at the foot of the poll, for 



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no fewer than 45 of the " lovers of independence'* who had 
promised them their suffrages, actually voted for the other 
candidates, who were both of them proposed by the individual 
who had been the chief cause of the initiation of the aforesaid 
honorary freemen. Soon after the unexpected issue of thi3 
contest, the defeated candidates laid a petitition before Parlia- 
ment, complaining- that J. Thornton and G. Baker, had usurped 
the office of bailiffs, and had illegally admitted several to their 
freedom who had no right, and had rejected several others who 
had a right, and who had claimed to be admitted; but the 
chairman of the committee reported in favour of the sitting 
members. 

After 1802, the bribery and corruption which bad so long 
ruled the major part of the burgesses of East Retford, re- 
mained free from Parliamentary enquiry till 1827, when Sir 
Henry \V . Wilson, Kt., (the unsuccessful candidate in the 
election of the preceding year) presented a petition to the 
House of Commons, against the return of W. B. Wrightson, 
Esq., and Sir Robert L. Dundas, Kt. The committee ap- 
pointed to enquire into the merits of this petition ; after ex- 
amining witnesses during eight days, from the 4th to the 12th 
of April, 1827, declared that the preceding election was 
illegal, and that they itr considered it their duty to direct the 
serious attention of the House to the corritpt state of East Ret- 
ford, and that it appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, 
that, at elections of burgesses- to serve in Parliament for 
that borough, it had been a notorious, long-continued, and 
general practice for the electors who voted for the successful 
candidates, to receive the sum of twenty guineas from each of 
them, so that those burgesses who have voted for both mem- 
bers have customarily received forty guineas for such exercise 
of their elective franchise ! !"* In consequence of this report, 
the Commons, on June 11th, 1827, resolved, that the corrupt 
state of this borough required their serious consideration, and 
Mr. Tennyson, brought in a bill to- transfer its- elective fran- 
chise to Birmingham, which bill was read a second time on the 
25th of February, 1828, but in the following month, Mr.. 
Nicholson Calvert, obtained a majority in favour of his motion, . 
that the committee sitting on the bill should have power to 
make provision against the bribery and corruption complained 
of by extending the right of voting for the borough members, 

* Rotten BorougJis.— Retford has not stood alone in bribery and corruption, for 
several other boroughs have been convicted and punished for these sordid crimes. 
In 1771, the elective franchise of Shoreham was extended to the Hundred of 
Fishergate; that of Chrichlade in 1784, to the Hundreds of Chiichlade, High- 
worth, Staple, Kingsbridge, and Malmesbury ; and that of Aylesbury in 1804 to 
the three Hundreds of Aylesbury. Grampound was disfranchised in 1821, and its 
two members given to Yorkshire ; and Penryn narrowly escaped a similar fate, at 
the time when Retford was undergoing the Parliamentary ordeal. 



308 EAST RETFORD. 

to all the freeholders of Bassetlaw, and after much desultory 
discussion, and many protracting- adjournments, the bill was 
finally altered to that effect; but, owing* to the intervention of 
the great question of Catholic Emancipation, and the removal 
of the Civil and Religious disabilities of all classes of his Ma- 
jesty's subjects, by the repeal of the Test and Corporation 
Acts, the Bill for extending the franchise of Retford to the 
freeholders of the Hundred of Bassetlaw, did not pass the 
House of Commons till the 15th of March 1830. It was read 
a third time in the House of Lords, on the 21st of July, and 
received the Royal assent on the 23rd of July in the same year. 
On the second reading of the bill, (July 19th,) the Lord Chan- 
cellor entered into a review of the whole of the evidence which 
had proved the existence of bribery at the elections of 1818 
and 1820 ; and he contended that at both these periods a great 
majority of the voters had received twenty guineas from Mr. 
Evans, and a similar sum from Mr. Crompton, and that 
out of 120 voters, which with the 24 out voters, made the 
ivhole number of the burgesses of East Retford, 96 were fully 
proved at the bar of the House of Lords to have sold their 
votes! ! ! It was also clear that money had been promised at 
the election of 1826, and there was little doubt that it would 
have been paid to the burgesses, had not the two members been 
petitioned against, and ejected. The first Parliamentary re- 
presentatives of " East Retford cum Bassetlaw" were Lord 
Newark, eldest son of Earl Manvers, and the Hon. Arthur 
Duncombe, second son of Lord Feversham ; who were elected 
on the 4th of August, 1830, after a feeble opposition from Gk 
V. Vernon, Esq., the seventh son of the Archbishop of York. 
The present members, are the Hon. Charles Evelyn Pierre- 
pont Lord Viscount Newark, of Thoresby Hall, and Granville 
Harcourt Vernon, Esq., of Grove Hall, who were elected in 
1831. The whole number of burgesses is only about 150, so 
that their influence at elections is now completely overbalanced 
by the freeholders of the Hundred of Bassetlaw, who are very 
numerous, for though there are in that large district many 
very extensive landowners, yet there are several hundred small 
freehold tenements, which are not much above the yearly value 
(40s.) required to bring their respective owners within the 
pale of the elective franchise, which was formerly confined 
to " such freemen only, as have a right to their freedom of 
East Retford by birth, as the eldest sons of freemen, or by 
serving seven years apprenticeship to a freeman, or have it by 
redemption, whether inhabiting or not inhabiting, in the said 
borough, at the time of their bring made free."* 

The Corporation holds in trust for various charitable use9 
much landed and other property, a large portion of the yearly 

* Committee of the House of Common?, A. D. 17*5. 



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proceeds of which they have long* been in the habit of misap- 
plying', as appears by several parliamentary enquiries, but we 
hope the commissioners of the last of these national inquisi- 
tions have so clearly defined the channels in which the various 
streams of posthumous charities should run, that the abuses so 
long- practiced by trustees are now annihilated. Throsby says, 
that the municipal body in Retford had formerly power either 
to hang or transport criminals but we do not find any docu- 
ment to prove that they ever possessed more power than that 
which is vested with magistrates. 

The Historical Events of Retford are neither numerous nor 
momentous. In 1377, John Attie Vykers granted to the 
bailiffs and burgesses towards the support of the chaplains of 
the chantries of the Holy Trinity and the blessed Virgin Mary 
in St. Swithin's church, eight tenements in the borough, toge- 
ther with a garden and a croft called Bolton Yherd, on condi- 
dition that they should pay him <£10 a-year for the term of his 
life. In 1385, Richard II. empowered the priests of East and 
West Retford, Clarborough, and Tresswell, and some others, 
to grant to the corporation, nine messuages, five tofts and 8s. 
rentintheborough, which they had held of the King in free bur- 
gage by the service of Id. per annum, to find two chaplains for 
the altars of St. Trinity and St. Mary in St. Swithin's church. 
The Town Hall was built in 1388. William de Burgh and 
John de Tyreswell, granted a house in Kyrkgate to Cicilia 
Mayson, for the term of her life, and at her decease to become 
the property of the corporation. In 1426, and 1474, the vicar 
and chaplains obtained the gift of two tenements in M Briggate 
and the Market-stede." The town seems to have been greatly 
encreased in wealth, population, and buildings, during the 16th 
century. In 1518, Thomas Gunthorpe, parson of Babworth, 
agreed with the corporation and burgesses, that he should at 
his own cost erect a school-house in the town. In 1537, Henry 
VIII. granted the Manor and Lordship of East Retford to 
George Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, but the Duke of 
Newcastle is now the Lord* of the Manor or rather the " Lord 
High Stetvard," though the land and buildings belong to nu- 
merous proprietors. After the suppression of the monasteries 
by Henry VIII. the people began to thirst after knowledge, and 
amongst the numerous schools which were then established, 
was the Free Grammar School of East Retford, founded by the 
letters patent of Edward VI., in 1551. That dreadful malady 
the plague visited the town in 1558, and from July to October, 
swept away no fewer than 82 persons in West Retford, where 
66 others fell victims to the same disease in 1664, from May 
20th to October 10th. During the civil wars of the 17th cen- 
tury, Retford was often occupied by the Royal troops, and on 
the 20th of August, 1645> King Charles passed through the 



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town on his route from Doncaster to Newmarket.— (See p. 86.) 
From this time the town seems to have reposed in quiet till the 
rebellion of ]JA5, when an army of 6000 English and Hessian- 
troops encamped on Wheatley Hills, and when halting in their 
march through Retford, they converted the church into a 
stable. On August 23rd, 1750, the inhabitants were alarmed 
by the shock of an earthquake. In 1752, the church was new 
roofed, and the bridge over the Idle was laid with new planks. 
A Sheep Market was established in 1753. The Town Hall 
was rebuilt in 1755, at the cost of .£1773. 19s. Id. The 
whole of the streets were repaired in 1777? and in 1782, 
they were first publicly lighted with lamps. In 1798, the 
the corporation voted an address of thanks to the Right Hon. 
"William Pitt for his Parliamentary services. In February, 
I795, a sudden thaw after a long frost, caused great floods in 
all the lower parts of Nottinghamshire, and so swollen was the 
Idle at Retford, that the water was three feet deep in the 
Market-place, and the torrent was so strong, that it tore up the 
pavement in several parts of the town, and washed down a 
house and grocer's shop in West Retford. In 1796, the Stock- 
house or Gaol which stood in the Market-place, was pulled 
down by order of the corporation, who, in 1798, voted .£100 
per annum, to be paid to Government towards supporting the 
war. In 1788, the late patriotic Major Cartivright established 
a ivorsted-mill here, which for some time employed several 
hundred people, but the speculation failed and ruined the for- 
tune of its founder, who, however, continued many years after- 
wards one of the ablest and most active defenders of popular 
rights, and Parliamentary Reform. A mill for the manufac- 
ture of candlewick flourished here for a short period, but after 
the death of its original proprietor (Mr. Brumby,) it fell into 
complete decay, as also did the cotton mill established by Mr. 
Plant ; indeed Retford does not seem to be a soil favourable for 
the growth of manufactures, though there are in the town and 
neighbourhood two paper mills, and a number of persons em- 
ployed in making sail-cloth, hats, shoes, &c, as will be seen 
in the subjoined directory. In August 1831, Retford like 
many other places in the county, was visited by dreadful storms 
of thunder and lightning, followed by torrents of rain, accom- 
panied with hailstones which measured half an inch in diameter. 
Amongst several persons killed in the county was a poor old 
man, Eli Markham, who on his return from shearing at Gan> 
ston, had imprudently taken shelter under an oak, where both 
himself and his ass fell victims to the electric fluid. On the 
same day, (August 17th,) much damage was done to cattle and 
property at various places, and the streets in the town were 
completely inundated, so that the water flowed into the houses. 
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The Cars and Commons which comprise only about 50 
acres, form the common pasture of those freeholders in the 
borough, who hold either by heirship or purchase, those tene- 
to which the 276 " cattle gates" are attached. Formerly they 
were of little value, but now instead of a swampy bog, they 
present the cheerful aspect of a luxuriant pasture, in the 
southern environs of the town. Anciently they were the pro- 
perty of William de Anne, Lord of Noraisfee, who in 1319, 
granted them "to all the men of Rettforde," together with the 
" Dallcroft" where their fair was held. For these grants, 
however, the men of Retford, gave him a certain sum of 
money. The Chesterfield Canal now occupies six acres of 
the Cars and Commons, for which the Canal Company paid 
.£47 7s. 6d. which was expended in draining the rest of the 
land. 

The Bridoe which crosses the Idle and connects the 
parishes of East and West Retford, was partly rebuilt and con- 
siderably widened in 1794, so that is now a substantial fabric, 
of five good arches. 

The Market Place and Square form a spacious area, 
which on the market and fair days, is crowded with buyers and 
sellers of corn, sheep, cattle, provisions, merchandise, &c. 
The whole is lined with good shops and houses, and on the 
north side, under the Town Hall, are clean and commodious 
Shambles. In the centre of the Square, stands the remains of 
an ancient cross called the Broad Stone, round which the 
corn market is held. Tradition says, that this stone formerly 
stood on an eminence to the south-east of the town, now called 
Domine Cross, but anciently " Est-croc-sic" Another stone 
of the same form and dimensions may now be seen in the 
church-yard wall of West Retford, but its original situation 
was in West Retford field. The Bank is on the south side of 
the Square, and the Post-Office, in Grove-street. The Market 
is held every Saturday, and two Fairs annually, viz, on March 
:23rd, for cattle, &c. and on October 2nd for hops, cheese, &c. 
In the surrounding country are many hop-yards, and the 
-growers, in the town and neighbourhood have lately established 
a great hop market, which is held on the first Saturday in 
November, and continued for some weeks afterwards. The 
Corporation bave much improved the market, by giving up the 
tolls, which they formerly levied on all corn, fruit, &c, exposed 
in the market place, and upon all the carriages, horses, &c. 
which passed over the bridge. A large portion of the fruit, 
butter, eggs, fowls, &c. which are brought to this market are 
bought up by the hucksters who attend from Sheffield and 
and other parts of Yorkshire, which a late historian says, the 
inhabitants consider as a regrating evil that ought to be de- 
stroyed by municipal authority, but we consider it rather as a 
benefit than an injury ; for immense quantities of butter, eggs. 



312 EAST RETFORD* 

&c. are brought here which the town could not consume, and 
which consequently would not be brought to the market at all 
if the farmers were not met there by wholesale purchasers 
who supply those districts where there is a greater population 
and a less fruitful soil ; indeed, many of the villages of Notting- 
hamshire have their own resident hucksters, who weekly carry 
the surplus produce of their respective neighbourhoods to the 
markets of the adjacent counties. 

The Town Hall is a plain, yet handsome and commodious 
structure, built in 1755, on the site of the Old Moot Hall. The 
Quarter Sessions* for the Borough, and also for the northern 
division of the county are held here in the large court room, 
which is 70 feet long and 26 broad, and is occasionally used for 
the public Assemblies of the gentry of the neighbourhood, 
which Piercy says, are like angels' visits- — "few and far be- 
tween." Adjoining to the Sessions' Room is the Council 
room (26 feet by 20) which is used by the Grand Jury, and also 
by the corporate body who hold in it a Petty Session every 
alternate Saturday. 

The only building in the town which has amusement for its 
especial object is the Theatre, in Carolgate, which was built 
in 1789, by the late Mr. Pero, then manager of this circuit, 
which has long been visited yearly by Mr. Manley and his 
company of comedians. The exterior has not a very imposing 
effect, but the interior is handsomely decorated, and the boxes, 
pit, and gallery are neatly fitted up, and will hold at the usual 
prices from £40 to <£50. The News Room in the Market- 
place was built several years ago by the corporation, and is 
supported by about forty gentlemen, who each pay an annual 
subscription of £1 lis. 6d. It is well supplied with London 
and country papers, and contains full length portraits of George 
II. and his consort Queen Caroline, which were presented to 
the institution by Lord Viscount Galway. A Book Club 
*vas established about 12 years ago, and now consists of 21 
members, who subscribe £1 lis. 6d. yearly. The Gas-Works 
were erected in 1831, by Mr. James Malam, and the town was 
first illuminated with their lucid vapour on December 22nd in 
the same year. A handsome cast iron pillar^ 22 feet high, 
bearing five lamps has been erected in the square, and the 
whole town now presents a cheerful appearance even in the 
.gloomy nights of winter. 

The CHURCH of East Retford, dedicated to St. Swithin, 
and commonly called the Corporation Church, to distinguish it 
from that in West Retford, is a neat gothic edifice, which has 
just been thoroughly cleansed and beautified. It has a very 



* Petti/ Sessions foi the Hundred • >> the Town Hall 

every Saturday. 



EAST RETFORD. 313 

"handsome square tower, containing six bells, and its nave, two 
side aisles, and transept, are on a commodious plan, and well 
lighted. Its length is nearly 117 feet, and its breadth in the 
nave and side aisles is 51 feet, and in the transept 85 feet. 
The height of the tower to the top of the pinnacles is 97 feet. 
None of the windows at present exhibit any specimens of 
stained glass, except a few small fragments ; though in Thoro- 
ton's time (1677) the western window (which is now nearly- 
new) displayed many heraldic and other ornaments. There 
are now four galleries, three of which were built in the years 
1740, 1778, and 1820, but the other in the north aisle, is* sup- 
posed to be as old as the fifteenth century. The first organ 
which the church possessed came from the Theatre at Newark, 
and was presented by Robert Sutton, Esq. in 177$, °ut the one 
now in use was built by Donaldson, in 1797. The font is very 
ancient, as also are several of the sepulchral monuments, but 
some of the more modern ones are highly ornamental. In 1392, 
the church contained two altars dedicated to St. Trinity and St. 
Mary, and endowed with £Vo. 8s., issuing out of nine mes- 
suages and five tofts (see page 111) for the support of two 
cantarists, who were appointed by the bailiffs. These altars 
stood behind the chancel in a large chapel, which being in a 
decayed state, was pulled down in 1528, and the materials used 
in repairing the church, which in 1651, was nearly destroyed 
by the falling of the tower, which having been some time ruin- 
ous, was blown down in that year. The parish appears to have 
been too poor to repair this demolition by a rate on the inha- 
bitants, for it is said, in an old corporation document, dated 
1652, that the parishioners having previously been at much cost 
in repairing that part which was standing, were unable to re- 
build what had fallen down, and that they were consequently 
obliged to defray the expense, which amounted to .£1500, by 
selling part of the corporation land, and the chantry lands at 
Kirton, Willoughby, and Walesby, which belonged to the 
Grammar School, reserving only the ancient yearly fee farm 
rents for the use of the said school. The living is a Vicarage, 
the Rectory being in the Cathedral at York, whose Archbishop, 
in 1258, allotted for the Vicar's maintenance 100s. of alterage, 
and the small tithes, with the Easter offerings, the surplice 
fees, and two gates on the common, also, "all the bread, wine, 
ale, and beer, which should happen to be brought to the altar," 
but the tithe of the mills was to be given to the poor. Ac- 
cording to a terrier dated in 1687, the glebe and vicarage house 
consisted of "one dwelling-house, containing three bays of 
building, one layfh containing two bays of building, ancl one 
garden, with a yard butting upon y e * church-yard. The vi- 
carage is valued in the King's books at £5. 5s*, and is in the 
patronage of Sir Robert Sutton, Bart, and incumbency of the 
Rev. Thomas F. Beck with, M. A. Property which produces 



314 EAST RKTFORO. 

about £1$ a-year, has been bequeathed for afternoon prayers, 
and a Sunday evening lecture in this church. See George 
Wharton and Jonathan Minnitfs benefactions, at page 318. 

The Deanery of Retford, as has been seen at pages 62 
and 145, now exists merely in name, the power of the rural 
Deans having-, since the days of Otho, the Pope's legate, been 
concentrated in the Archdeacon, who holds a visitation yearly 
in East Retford church, where the clergy, churchwardens, &c. 
of the following places are required to attend, viz. Austerfield, 
Bawtry, Babworth, Blyth, Boughton, Bothamsall, Bilsthorpe, 
Carburton, Carlton-in-Linderic, Clareborougb, Clayworth, 
Cottam, Edwinstow, Egmanton, East and West Markham, 
East and West Retford, Elkesley, Everton, Finningley, Gam- 
ston, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Grove, Hayton, Harworth, Headon, 
Kirton, Littleborough, Mattersea, Misson, Norton Cuckney, 
North Wheatley, Ollerton, Ordsall, Palethorpe, Rossington, 
Saundby, Scrooby, South Leverton, Sturton, Sutton-cum- 
Lound, Tresswell, Tuxford, Wellow, Walesby, Warsop, 
West Burton, West Drayton, Walkeringham, and Worksop. 

St. Saviour's Chapel of Ease, on Moorgate Hill, though 
in Clareborough parish, was erected for the use of a populous 
suburb of East Retford. It is a handsome edifice of white brick, 
in the gothic style, with a nave, chancel, and two side aisles ; 
a beautiful window of stained glass at the east end, and two oc- 
tagonal towers at the west end. The first stone was laid on 
June 2d, 1828, by H. C. Hutchinson, Esq. of Welham, who 
gave the site and burial ground. It contains 1040 sittings, of 
which 600 are free, and was opened September 27th, 1830. — 
The whole cost of the building, &c. was .£4145. 3s. 8d., of 
which <£800 was given by the incorporated society for promoting 
the building of new churches, and the remainder was raised by 
voluntary subscription. 

The Dissenting Places of Worship in East Retford are, an 
Independent Chapel in Chapelgate, erected upwards of 30 
years ago, by a Mrs. Bond, of Morton, near Gainsbro', for the 
use of the followers of Lady Huntingdon's tenets, but afterwards 
purchased by Wm. Brownlow, Esq. of London, and presented 
to its present congregation, which is now under the pastoral 
care of the Rev. Benjamin Ash ; — and a large Methodist 
-jChapel in Grove-street, erected in 1823, at the cost of .£2000, 
in lieu of the old Wesleyan chapel in Meetinghouse-lane, which 
had become too small for its increasing congregation, and i9 
now disused. 

The Workhouse, in Grove-street, was erected by the cor- 
poration in 1818, at the cost of £1000, for which they receive 
5 per cent, interest from the parish, which was previously 
without a house for the residence of its destitute poor. Twenty- 
six other parishes and townships pay j83 each per annum, 
towards supporting the institution, and three shillings per week 



EAST RETFORD. 311 

for the maintenance of every pauper they send into the house. 
The poor rates of East Retford, for the year ending March, 
1831, amounted to «£J133. Os. lid. collected by an assessment 
of 2s. 3d. in the pound on the rack rental ; but out of this 
sum, £6*]. 7s. 6d. was paid to the county rate. Mr. Joseph 
Cheater is the governor. 

As Retford possesses CHARITABLE FUNDS amounting 
to upwards of .£1800* per annum, and has several Friendly 
Societies, a Savings' Bank, and some other provident institu- 
tions, we expected to have found its poor rates much lower than 
they are, but they are no doubt considerably augmented by the 
great number of vagrants who pass through the town from tha 
four points of the compass. 

The Savings' Bank, at the house of the secretary, Alderman 
George Thornton, bookseller, in the Square, was established 
in 1818. On the 20th of November, 1829, its deposits amounted 
to £27,167. 7s. 9d. ; and at the same date in 1830, to £26,129. 
19s. lid. ; besides a balance of profit in favour of the institution 
amounting to .£350. The number of individual depositors at 
the latter date was 7^8, whose collective deposits amounted 
to £25,381. 7s. 7d,; and of the remainder, .£332. 14s. 3d. be- 
longed to six charitable societies, and £415. 8s. Id. to seven 
friendly societies. 

The* GRAMMAR SCHOOL, with a house adjoining it for 
the master, and another on the opposite side of the street for 
the usher, is in Chapelgate, near the church, and is as it ought 
to be, plain and spacious. It was founded by the letters patent 
of Edward VI. in the fifth year of his reign, by the name of 
" The Free Grammar School of King Edward VI" for the 
instruction of boys and youths in grammar. For its support, 
his Majesty granted in trust to the bailiffs and burgesses, all 
the lands, tenements, &c. of the dissolved chantries of Sutton- 
in-Lound, Tuxford, and Annesley, with power for the trustees 
to receive and purchase other property for the use of the said 
school. As has already been seen, that portion of the school 
property which had belonged to the chantry at Tuxford, was 
sold in: 1652, to defray the expense of rebuilding the parish 
church. Sir John Hercy, in 1554, granted to the corporation, 
for the use of the grammar school, a messuage in Briggate, and 
two tofts in Chapelgate, together with certain lands at Little 
Gringley. In 1763, the Rev. Wm. Haughton bequeathed to it 
an estate at Ordsall, now let for about £28 per annum, of 
which, according to the testators will, £4 should be paid yearly 
to the master, and the remainder to the usher. For more than 
two centuries the school funds have been shamefully misapplied 
by the trustees, who have at various times, in consideration of 
large fines, let several of the school estates on long leases, at 

* This mm includes the Hospital and other charitie§ at West Retford.- 



316 KAST RETFORD. 

trifling yearly rents; and have so exchanged and mixed up 
some of the others with land, which they claim as their own 
property, that much litigation has existed betwixt them and 
the master, and the Parliamentary Commissioners and the 
Court of Equity have several times been obliged to interfere 
between them. Since the last parliamentary enquiry, in 1819, 
the corporation have given up to the Court of Equity property 
granted by Edward VI., which produces upwards of <£300 per 
annum, arising from 120 acres of land at Bleasby, 15 acres at 
Moreton, and 84 acres at Sutton and Lound. By an issue 
directed by the Court of Chancery, and tried at the Nottingham 
assizes on July 23, 1831, they were obliged to restore other 
property left to the school by the before named Sir John Hercy, 
and which they had, ever since it came into their possession, 
applied to other uses ; so that it is expected that when the 
Court of Equity has decided between them and the master, the 
yearly revenue of the school will be upwards of <£600 ; though 
never more than <£80 a-year has been paid to the master, and 
<£40 to the usher; and from 1763 to 1801, the salary of the 
former was only £53, and that of the latter «£21. But nothing 
has been paid to the present master (the Rev. William Mold) 
since 1821, for from that year till 1831 he left the school 
almost entirely to the care of the ushers, and employed himself 
in fighting the battles of the charity against the trustees,-— con- 
sidering that his salary was too small, and that the rents of the 
estates had been unjustly applied. We hope, however, their 
differences are now at an end, and that the school, instead of 
being confined to 17 or 20 free scholars, will be thrown open 
for the gratuitous instruction of all the poor boys of the parish, 
as was undoubtedly the intention of if* donors* Amongst the 
items of expenditure in the school account, we find in 1779, 
£290 for rebuilding the school-bouse ; in 1797 £360 for erect- 
ing a new house for the master, and in 1810, £556, 16s. 8d. 
for erecting a new house for the usher, upon the site of the old 
houses formerly occupied by him and the master. A large 
National School for the reception of 160 scholars was 
erected in 1813, and was for some years well supported under 
the patronage of the Duke of Newcastle and many other yearly 
contributors ; bur from deaths and other causes, it has been suf- 
fered to decay, and it is now without a master, and almost 
without vi. whole pane of glass in its windows. 

The Do bo as Society, established in 1823 for the purpose 
of furnishing the poor with cheap clothing, and the Lying- 
in-Charity, for the relief of poor married lying-in women, 
are supported by the yearly contributions of the benevolent, as 
also are the Bible, Missionary, and several other religious 
societies. Besides the St. George's Independent Lodge of 
Odd Fellows, there are in the town iive Friendly Societies or 
Sick Clubs held at different public houses. 



EAST RETFORD. 3l"J 

Sloswick's Hospital in Churchgate, or as an inscription 
in front of the building calls it, the " Mease de Dieu" was 
founded hy Richard Sloswicke, in 1657, and endowed with land 
and buildings in East and West Retford, (now worth upwards 
of c£80 per annum) "for the maintenance of six poor old men 
of good carriage and behaviour," It was vested with five 
trustees, but in J 681 they were all dead but Francis Stringer, 
and the neglected state of the charity became the subject of a 
chancery suit, which ended in the trust being transfered to the 
corporation, who in 1806, pulled down the old hospital and 
built a new one, consisting of four small houses, to which they 
added two more dwellings in 1819. The cost of these erections 
was «£7lW. The six imates each receive £2. 12s. 6d. quarterly, 
and two tons of coal yearly ; besides which one guinea is paid 
annually to the person who takes care of the grass plot and 
garden attached to the hospital. 

The Corporation Almshouses formerly stood in Carolgate, 
but in 1823, being very old and dilapidated, they were taken 
down, and the site of them and of the ancient premises an- 
nexed to them was sold for .£1,370. 18s. 0d., being at the rate 
of one guinea per square yard. Out of this money the cor- 
poration erected the present almhouses, which contain apart- 
ments for eighteen poor women, and form part of the west side 
of an intended new street. The buildings cost .£750, and the 
land (l,158i square yards) £289. 12s. 6d. In 1824, after 
the completion of the new hospital, there was a balance of 
£266, 10s. lid. in favour of the charity, for which the corpora- 
tion pay £12. 10s. Od. yearly interest,* which with £6, the rent 
of a close in Clareborough, is distributed in coals amongst the 
18 almswomen, who have no other allowance. The documents 
relating to this ancient charity are all lost ; its date, and the 
name of its founder are both unknown ; and if it ever was en- 
dowed with any estates, they have either been sold, or are so 
mixed up with the other possessions of the corporation, as to 
be undistinguishable. 

The Benefactions which belong to the poor of East Ret- 
ford are as follows: In 1621 ,. William Clark left £3 a-year 
to be paid out of an estate at Walkrith, in Lincolnshire, . 
(now belonging to Richard Atkinson, Esq.) to three aged poor.. 
fVilliam fVharton, air some date unknown, gave to the corpora- 
tion £40 in trust, to distribute 4t)s. yearly. Barbara Moody, in 
1726, gave £24, and Mr. Sharpe, £20, for which the corpora- 
tion distribute interest at the rate of 5 per cent. George JVhar- 
ton, in 1727, charged his estate at Little Gringley, (now be- 
longing to Wilson, Esq.) with the following yearly pay- 
ments, viz. £5 for teaching poor boys not sons of freemen ; 15s. 
for bread for the poor, and 5s. to the vicar, for giving notice 
every Easter Sunday of William Wharton's legacy. He also 
gave a close at Domine Cross, now worth £10 per anniuri, to 

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the head master of the grammar school, on condition that he 
reads the Common Prayer every Sunday afternoon in the pa- 
rish church. Hannah Saltmarsh left <£100 to repair the 
church; j6'50 for teaching' poor children, and £20 to the poor. 
The corporation pay 20s. yearly for the latter sum, but of the 
others we find no account. In 177°\ Robert Sutton, Esq., of 
Kelham, gave to the vicar and churchwardens, a share in the 
Chesterfield Canal, worth about £8 per annum, in trust, that 
they distribute the yearly proceeds amongst the needy parish- 
ioners. During his life, he was a great benefactor to the town 
and neighbourhood, for it is recorded on his monument in the 
church, that he gave .^100 towards rebuilding the Town-Hall, 
<£100 towards Barn by Common Road, — built Pelham Bridge, 
paid the assessement of the poor on new roofing the church, — 
gave aii organ and a bell to the church, and ^200 towards pro- 
curing Queen Anne's Bounty. In -1784, Aid, George Popple- 
well gave the corporation £50 to distribute interest amongst 
the poor. In 1795, Mrs, Sarah Brown, of Sheffield, left £21, 
for which the corporation, pursuant to her will, pay 21s. yearly 
to a schoolmistress for teaching two poor girls reading and knit- 
ting. Ann JVoolby, in 1812, left to the corporation a yearly 
rent charge of .£10, out of Longholme Closes, in Clareborough 
parish, in trust, that they distribute two-thirds of it amongst 20 
of the oldest and poorest women in East Retford, at Christ- 
inas, and pay the remainder to the Rector of West Retford for 
distribution amongst 10 of the poorest and oldest women of 
that parish. In 1815, Jonathan Minnitt, by his will, directed 
his sole executor, Mr. Francis White, to pay to the vicar and 
churchwardens. ^£150, to be invested for the use of a lecturer to 
preach a sermon every Sunday evening in the parish church. 
This legacy was not paid till 1827, when it was received with 
£60, the amount of eight years' interest. Of the arrears 
£22. 10. was paid to the vicar for having preached the lecture 
during the preceding three years, and the residue was given to 
the poor. The capital (£150) is vested in Government secu- 
rity. In 1818, Thomas IFelsh left .£100, for which the cor- 
poration distribute £5 yearly amongst 10 poor widows. JJ'il- 
liam Coleby gave 5s. yearly for the poor, and 5s, yearly for the 
use of the church, outof a house on the south side of the church, 
now belonging to William Clark. John Smith gave to the 
corporation £\, in consideration that they should pay 8s. yearly 
to the impotent poor. In 1820, Beaumont Marshall left £l(H) 
to the corporation in trust, that, they distribute the interest 
yearly amongst ten poor families in equal shares. An annuity 
ofct'10 is yearly distributed amongst ten of the most poor and 
aged parishioners of East Retford, from Lady Frances Pierre- 
pontes Charity, of which the chapter of Southwell are trustee^, 
as will be seen in the history of that town. 



WKSf RETFORD, 319 



WEST RETFORD PARISH. 

West Retford, in the Hatfield Divison of Bassetlaw, is a 
pleasant village and parish on the western bank of the Idle, op- 
posite to East Retford, with which it is connectedby a good stone 
bridge. It has no dependent townships, and contains only 593 
inhabitants, 152 houses, and 950 acres of land, of which 450 
acres belong to the hospital in the village, and 173 acres and 
1 rood to the rector, who received the greatest part of it in an 
allotment made as a commutation of all the tithes of the parish, in 
1774, when the common was enclosed. A large portion of the 
remaining 327 acres, belongs to Peter Dickonson, Esq., of West 
Retford Hall) a picturesque mansion standing on the brow of 
an eminence, the declivity of which is covered with shrubs and 
evergreens,. u whilst the dark Idle sullenly flows at its base. " 
But Henry Hardolph Eyre, Esq., is Lord of the Manor, which 
comprises the whole parish, and is intersected by the great North 
Road, and skirted by the river Idle, the Chesterfield Canal, 
and a brook which flows by Babworth under the canal and the 
turnpike to the Idle, within \\ mile S. E. of Barnby Moor. 
Near the bridge is an extensive paper mill, and on the opposite 
side of the river is a large corn mill. " A dash of rural beauty" 
pexwades a large portion of the village, and many of the houses 
bear the stamp of antiquity. Near its north-west end is West 
Retford House, the delightful seat of James Lee, Esq., once the 
property of the Emerson family. Laird says, it is a matter of 
great boast here, that his late Majesty George IV-, when Prince 
of Wales, spoke highly of its situation in one of his journies 
irom the north. 

In Doomsday Book, this manor as well as East Retford, is 
joined to Odesthorpe, (now unknown,) and appears to have 
been (like a number of the surrounding parishes) of the fee of 
Roger de Busli, and part of it was soc to Clumber and Weston. 
It afterwards belonged to the Hercy family, proprietors of Grove 
and Weston, with whom it remained till 1570, when John 
Hercy, Kt., died without issue, and settled this manor on one of 
his eight sisters, who was married to Nicholas Den man, Esq.,* 
and with whose descendants it continued, until Barbara, daugh- 
ter and co-heiress of Francis Denman, Esq., carried it in mar- 
riage to Edward Darrel, Esq., the last of whose descendants, 
John Darrel, M. D., died in 1665, and bequeathed the manor 
house to be converted into a hospital, and the family estate for 
the endowment thereof ; but as before stated, Anthony Har- 

* The mother of Queen Anne was a collaterial descendant of the Denmans, of 
"West Retford. One branch of this family is now settled at Bevercotes, and ano- 
ther resides in Derbyshire, of which latter is Thomas Denman, Esq., the eminent 
barrister. 



32@ WEST RETFORD* 

dolphEyre, Esq.,. of Grove, is now Lord of the Manor, though 
most of the soil belongs- to the hospital, the church,and the poor. 

The parish Church (dedicated to St. Michael,) is a small 
ancient fabric, standing- upon an eminence, and having a hand- 
some octagonal spire, resting upon a lofty square tower, in 
which are three bells. The body of the church is low, and 
though the exterior is in excellent repair, the pewing and most 
of the interior work is in a very decayed and neglected state. 
The living is a Rectory^ valued in the King's Books at 
JZ9. 13s. 4d.,but now worth nearly ,£300, having, as has just been 
seen, received a large allotment of land in lieu of tithes. The 
ad vowson was from the 13th to the 16th century, possessed by 
the Herey family, from whom it passed to the Denmans, and 
from them to the Darrels, whose trustees sold it in 1668, to the 
corporation of East Retford, in whose possession it still re- 
mains. The Rev. Abraham Youle,. M. A., the present rec- 
tor, has held the living since 1787, and one of his predecessors, 
the Rev. Thomas Gylby, held it upwards of 82 vears, viz. from 
1678 to 1760: . 

The General Baptist Chapel was built in 1815, near the 
old meeting house, which is now used as a Sunday school, and 
was bequeathed for the use of a Baptist Congregation in 1691, 
by Richard Brownlow, of London, who endowed it with " one 
acre of land, two beast-gates, and five lands ends," situated in 
West Retford parish. 

Trinity Hospital was founded in 1665, by John Darrel, 
Esq., whose " capital messuage" it was, and who endowed it 
with all his heriditary estate in West Retford and Ordsall, for 
the maintenance of 16 poor impotent men, with the sub-dean of 
Lincoln as their master and governor. He also directed by his 
will, that the said sub-dean and his successors, upon the death 
of any of the brethren, should admit others in their place, 
preferring, if any should apply, those of the blood and kindred 
of the testator, and after them, those of the neighbourhood ; 
and that he should have for his pains as governor of the hospi- 
tal, j£2Q per annum, and each of the brethren £\0 per annum. 
After the testator's death, it was discovered that his brother 
Thomas had some years before made some secret or other con- 
veyance of that portion of the hospital lands, situated at the 
Biggins, in Ordsall parish, to Lady Diana Cranborne, whose 
heir, Richard Cooke, Esq., recovered for himself and his 
heirs, an annuity of ^£40 to be paid for ever out of the rents of 
the said lands. For many years after the endowment, only 10 
brethren were admitted, but in 1796, when land had encreased 
in value, and when that eminent divine Dr. William Paley be- 
came master of the hospital, he appointed six additional bre- 
thren, and erected for them six new dwellings at the cost of 
w£609. 18s. 7d., of which expense £230 was paid by the exe- 
cutors of the preceding master, Dr. Dowbiggin, who, in 1777: 



WEST RETFORD. 321 

had received .£300 for part of the hospital land which had been 
sold to the Chesterfield Canal Company. The hospital pro- 
perty was augmented with several allotments in 1774, at the 
enclosure of West JRetford Common, and it now produces up- 
wards of .£1040 per annum, so that, the master receives yearly 
.£100, and each of the brethren, £50, and the surplus revenue 
is appropriated for necessary repairs, for paying the annuity of 
«£40 before named, and also £2 yearly to Gainsbro' School. 
The hospital contains a small chapel, and besides 16 dwellings 
for the brethren, it has apartments for a resident nurse, whose 
duty it is to take care of the sick brethren. A great part of the 
houses are old and decayed, and those which were erected in 
Dr. Paley's mastership are not very substantial; it has therefore 
been determined to take them all down, and erect a neiv hospital 
near the same site, upon a more elegant and commodious 
plan, for which purpose a " fabric fund" has been some years 
accumulating out of the surplus revenue, and it now amounts to 
upwards of £> 1000, so that we expect the design will be carried 
into execution during the present year, 1832. 

Darrel's Scholarship.— John Darrel, Esq. the founder 
of Trinity Hospital, bequeathed "those lands and tenements 
which he* himself had purchased in West Redford," for the 
maintenance of some ingenious scholar, whose father has not 
above .£30 per annum in lands or estate, to be chosen out of 
Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire alternately, by the arch- 
deacon of Nottingham and the sub-dean of Lincoln, and to be 
educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where the testator directs 
that the scholar so elected shall receive the rents and profits of 
the said lands and buildings until five years after he has taken 
the degree of master of arts, or until he has obtained a benefice ; 
after which another is to be chosen and maintained in the 
same manner. The property now produces £52 per annum. 

Free School. — Stephen Johnson, by will, dated 17-3, and 
codicil dated 1725, bequeathed a cottage with its appurtenances, 
(22 perches of land) near Northfieldgate, for the use of a school, 
and .£10 a year out of his estate at Tilne, in the parish of Hay- 
ton, to be paid to the schoolmaster for teaching all the poor 
children of West Retford, betwixt the ages of five and thirteen, 
to read and write. His will states that this bequest was made 
in consideration of the non-fulfilment of the benevolent inten- 
tion of his kinsman, Richard Brownlow, of London, who in 
1691 bequeathed .£500 for the foundation of a school on certain 
conditions, which the churchwardens and overseers of West 
Retford did not comply with. The incumbents of West Ret- 
ford, Grove, Ordsall, and Babwortb, are the trustees. 

The Church and Poor Land, &c. consists of 27a. 1r. 39p. 
of land in West Retford field, and four tenements, a barn, and 
a stable in the village, which are vested in twelve trustees, and 
are now let for .£80 per annum, half of which is appropriated 



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for repairing the church, and the remainder for the 'relief of 
the poor, according to an agreement made at the enclosure of 
common land. The church also possesses other land in the 
parish, viz. a garden containing one rood, and let in 1803, on a 
99 years' lease, to Martin Bower, at the yearly rent of 2s. 6d., in 
consideration of a fine of .£105; and a garden and orchard, 
containing 1a. 3r. 22p., let at the same time and for the same 
term, to Thomas Beardsall, for the yearly rent of 2s. 6d., and a 
fine of £155, Part of the sums received as fines was expended 
in ceiling the church, and the rest was lost lyy the failure of the 
bank of Messrs* Pocklington & Co. 

The Bull Meadow, left by some person unknown, consists 
of 3a. Or. 30p., and is occupied by a person, in consideration 
of his keeping a bull for the use of the parish, which possesses 
several other small parcels of land, the rents of which are car- 
ried to the overseers' accounts. 

The other Benefactions belonging to West Retford are — 
3s. 4d. yearly out of a house now occupied by Miss Bonsor, left 
in 1558, by John Backhouse,, to be divided equally between the 
surveyors of the highways, and the overseers of the poor; 
3s. 4d. yearly out of a house in Chapelgate, East Retford, (now 
belonging to the corporation) left in 1613, by John Coleby, to be 
divided in the same manner ; 40s. yearly out of a house in 
West Retford, now belonging to P. Dickonson, Esq. left in 1725, 
by Stephen Johnson, to be distributed yearly, on the 8th of 
November, amongst the most needy poor ; and <£3. 6s-. 8d. from 
the bequest of Mrs. Ann Woolby, already noticed at page 318. 



LIST OF STREETS, &c. IN RETFORD AND ITS 
SUBURBS. 

&*?* Those marked' * are in Clareborough parish, and f in Thrump- 
ton lordship-, in the parish of OrdsalL 



t Appleby's Bldgs. South road 
Beardsall's court, Grove street 
Beard6all'6 row, Grove street 
*Beck close or Factory row, Spit- 

tal hill 
Bettison's yard. Bridgegate 
Bridgegate, Market 6treet 
Canal row, near south end of 

Carolgate 
Carolgate, south 6ide Mkt. place 
Carr lane, the Square 
Chapelgate, Market place 
Churchgate, Market place 
Clark '6 yard, Chapelgate 
Cooke's yard, Bridgegate 



Colton's yard, West Retford 
CotterilPs yard^ Churchgate 
Grove street, Market place 
*Little lane, Moorgate 
Littlewood's yard, Churchgate 
Market place, from Churchgate 

to Carolgate 
Market street, the Square 
Mermaid yard, West Retford 
•Moorgate, Churchgate 
Newgate, now Grove street 
New row, Carolgate 
New street, Carolgate 
Old Sun yard, Chapelgate 
•Old Tan yard, Moorgate 



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333 



Ridgway's buildings, Carolgate 
t Russell place, South road 
South road, Carolgate 
Spa lane, Carolgate 
•Spittal hill, Chapelgate 
fStorcroft terrace, South road 
The Square, Market street 
Theatre or Fox's yard. Carolgate 
+Thrumpton, Russell place 



Travis's buildings, Carolgate 
Turk's Head yard, Grove street 
Turn lane. Chapelgate 
West Retford, Bridgegt. 
t White houses, one mile south 
•Wellington place, Spittalhili 
t Wright Wilson place, South rd 
f Wright Wilson street, South rd 



DIRECTORY OF RETFORD AND ITS SUBURBS, 



COMPRISING 



East and IVest Retford* the lordship of Thrumpton in Ordsall 
parish, and the hamleis of Moor gate and Spittal hill* in Clare- 
borough parish. The streets, &c. in these parochial divisions 
are distinguished in the foregoing list. 



POST OFFICE, Grove-street, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, Post Mis- 
tress. Letters from London and the South arrive daily at 12 
morning, and are despatched at one afternoon ; to York, Glas- 
gow, &c. they are despatched at twelve, and arrive at one aft. 
A Mail Gig arrives from Worksop every morning at a quarter 
past eleven, and departs at two afternoon, 



Allcock Mr. Wm. West Retford 
Allen Mary, clothes dlr. Moorgt 
Allison Wm. M. R. C. S. Bridge 

gate 
Ash Rev. Benj. (Indt.)Moorgate 
Bannister Jas. net mfr. Wright 

Wilson street 
Barker Wm. gent. Moorgate bill 
Baxter W. excise officer, Moorgt 
Beardsall Mrs. Charlotte, Carol- 
gate 
Beckwith Rev. T. F. (M. A.) vicar 

of East Retfo-d, Chapelgate 
Benson Miss Letitia & Sisters, 

Carolgate 
Bigsby Thos. solr. Churchgate 
Billyard Wm. cabt. mkr. Beard- 
sail's row 
Bonsor Miss Jane & Sisters, W r est 

Retford 
Bower Mrs. Eliz. West Retford 
Bower William, gent. Moorgate 
house 



Brooks Rev. Joshua, Wm. Vicar 

of Ciareborough, Moorgate 
Brown Edw. Cromwell, soi. Stor 

croft terrace 
Brown Miss Mary & Eliza, Wright 

Wilson street 
Brown Wm. sweep, Grove st 
Bullivant Mrs. Martha, Moorgate 
Burden Mr. Jas. Churchgate 
Burton Eliz. mattress maker. 

Moorgate 
Burrows Thos. parish clerk, West 

Retford 
Carter Mrs. Eliz. Spittal hill 
Chapman Mrs. Mary, Tilne road 
Chappell Mrs. Esther, West Ret- 
ford 
Cheatter Jph. gov. Workhouse 
Cheavin Jas. boat owner, New 

row 
Clark Chas. dyer, Little lane 
Clark John, boat owner, Canal 
row 



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RETFORD DIRECTORY. 



Clark Mary, grocer, Moorgate 
Clarke Miss Mary, Market place 
Clarke Wm- gent. Chapelgate 
Clayton Mrs. Mary, Beardsall's 

row 
Clayton Wm. cowkeeper, Moor- 
gate 
Colton Wm. gent. Moorgate 
Cook John, tea dealer, Wright 

Wilson street 
Cook Richard, hawker, Moorgate 
Cooke Dawber, gent. Russell pi 
Cowlishaw Mrs. Eliz. Churchgt 
Cresey Wm. gent. Spittle hill 
Creswell Geo. Esq. Square 
Cusa Chas. hawker, Wellington 

place 
Dickonson Peter, Esq. Retford 

hall 
Donson John, carter, New st 
Eyre Wm. gent. Appletori's bdgs 
Fisher Wm. grocer, Grove street 
Flower Jph. draper, Grove street 
Foljambe Fras. Thornhough, Esq, 

banker, The square 
Fox Jtn. bank cashier, Carrolgt 
Fullard John, farmer, Moorgate 
Ginever Mrs. Eliz. Terrace house 
Gould George, gent. Appleton's 

Bdgs 
Goodger Jph. hawker, New row 
Gray Mr. Chas. Wright Wilson 

place 
Gylby John, gent. Moorgate 
Hackett Wm. boat owner. Canal 

row 
Hall Quibel, gent. Spittal hill 
Hartshorne Mrs. Caih. Grove st 
Hill John, laceman Sec. Factory 

row 
Heane Mrs. Ann, Grove street 
Hickson Mrs. Mary, Grove street 
Hindley Pearce, boatowner, Canal 
, row 

Hinds Wm. carter. West Retford 
Hodgkinson Edw. grocer Grove 

street 
Holmes Jervas King, solr. Square 
Hodgkinson Mrs. Ruth. Moorgt 
Holmes John, Esq. F. A. S Carol 

gate 
Hutchinson Rd. gent. New street 

house 



Jackson Miss Mary & Sisters, 

Star croft, terrace 
Jackson Wm. gent. Appleton's 

Bdgs 
Johnson Hy. gent. Wellington pi 
Johnson Mr. Saml. Spa lane 
Johnson Thomas, carter, Wright 

Wilson place 
Kippax John, Esq. The Elms 
Kippax Mrs. Sarah, Churchgate 
Kirke Mrs. Maria, Carolgate 
Kirke Wm. Esq. Carolgate 
Lambert Cornls. cab. mkr, Carol 

gate 
Lee James, Esq. West Retford 

House 
Makepeace Rt. gent. Moorgate 
Markham Jude, beesom maker, 

Canal row 
Mason Mrs. Eliza, Carolgate 
Mee Wm. surgeon, h. Bridgegt 
Meekley Wm. net maker, Tra- 
vis's Bdgs 
Merriil Mrs. Eliz. Grove street 
Mold Rev. Wm. Chapelgate 
Moor Munton, bleacher, Thrump- 

ton 
Moss James, farmer. West Ret. 
Moss Thomas, gent. Appleton's 

Bdgs 
Mudford John, fishing net mfr. 

Spa lane 
Nettleship Mrs. Susanna, Church- 
gate 
Oldham Mrs. Frances, Grove st 
Oldham John, governor of Clare- 
borough Workhouse, Moors: t 
Olpherts Robert, gent. Wright 

Wilson place 
Parker Darker, gent. Churchgt 
Parker John, Esq. The Square 
Pearson W. sheriff's officer and 

apparitor, Market place 
Peck Richard, clerk, Spital hill 
Piercy John Shad rack, parish 

clerk, Beardsall's row 
Richardson Mrs. Ann, Moorgate 
Richardson Mrs. Mary, White- 
houses 
Ridley Miss Mary, Grove st 
Riley Mrs. Eliz. Grove st 
Rimington Mr. Mark, Turk's 
head yard 



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321 



Roberts John, gent. The Grove 
Rogers Jerh. farmer, Whitens 
Rushton Mr. Jph. Spittal hill 
Scales Mrs. Mary, West Retford 
Scott John, sweep, Moorgate hill 
Slaney Broxholm, Sexton, Cha~ 

pelgate 
Smith John, gent. The Square 
Snow Mrs. Ann, Theatre yard 
Stenson Mrs. Sarah, W. Retford 
Stocks Mary, boat owner, Canal 

TOW 

Stocks Thomas, carter, Moorgate 
Sugden Mr. Wm. New st 
Taylor Mrs. Jane, stay maker, h. 

Carolgate 
Taylor Mrs. Sarah, Market pi 
Thorold Mrs. C. Moorgate 
Tomlinson Samuel, town crier, 

Turn lane 
Tootell Wm. sergeant at mace, 

Beardsall court 
Undy Rd. farmer, West Retford 
Walker Faith, farmer, West Ret- 
ford 
Walker Fras. cowkpr. Whitehs 
Wharburton Jph. Lock house 
Ward Edw. 6 weep, Moorgate hill 
Wigfall Mr. Jph. Grove street 
Whitaker Miss Ann, Carolgate 
White Chas. gent. The Square 
Williams Jph. gent. Thrumpton 
Wilkinson John, grocer, Carolgt 
Wilkinson John, excise officer, 

Moorgate 
Wilson Rev. Geo. (Meth) Grove 

street 
Wilson Rev. John, (Meth) Grove 

street 
Wilson Wm. supervisor, Moorgt 
Woolfitt Mrs. Mary, JBeardsalPs 

row 
Worsley Geo. chairman, Theatre 

yard 
Wright Thos. farmer, West Ret- 
ford 
Youle Rev. Abraham, M. A. rec- 
tor of West Retford 

ACADEMIES. 
Those marked * are Boarding 
Schools. 
Allen Jane, Beardsall's row 



* Allen Wm. Carolgate 
*Ash, Rev. Benj. Moorgate 
Bower George, Wellington pi 
Beardman John, Moorgate 
*Cass Susanna, Grove street 
Free Grammar School, Chapel- 
gate ; Rev. W. Mold, master ; 
James Holderness, usher 
Free School, West Retford; 

George Harpham, master 
Harpham Hannah, Wright Wil- 
son place 
Piercy John Shadrach, Grove st. 

h. BeardsalFs row 
*Rawlinson Ann, (Ladies,) The 

Square 
Waddington Eliz. Carr lane 
•Whallev Henry, Churchgate 
ARCHITECT & SURVEYOR, 
Weightman John Gray, Market 
place 

ATTORNIES. 
Hannam Richard and Son, clerks 

to magistrates, Carolgate 
Holmes and Brown, The Square 
Marshall George, Chapel gate 
Mee and Bigsby, Churchgate 
Mee John, (town clerk, clerk to 
the Deputy Lieutenancy, and 
County treasurer,) Castlegate 
AUCTIONEERS. 
Becket Samuel, Carolgate 
Hodson Francis, Carolgate 
Hopkinson Fran, (and Bdg. sur- 
veyor) Grove street 
White Francis, (and land valuer) 
New street 

BAKERS & FLOUR DLRS. 
Barton John, Churchgate 
Bingham Thomas, Bridgegate 
Burton Thomas, Carolgate 
Denham John, Wellington place 
Hindley John West Retford 
Holberry Jph. West Retford 
Levick John, Wellington place 
Nicholson Chpr. Carolgate 
Small George, Carolgate 
Taylor Thephilus, Moorgate 

BANKERS. 
Cook (Sir Wm. Bryan) Foljambe 
Parker, and Walker, The 
Square ; drawn on Coutts& Co. 



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Savings Bank, The Square ; open 
Monday morning, from 10 to 
12 o'clock ; George Thornton, 
secretary. 

BASKET MAKERS. 
Bettison William, Bridgegate 
Hollidav John, Spa lane 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Banks John, Carolgate 
Banks Jonathan Bridgegate 
Burrows Thomas, West Retford 
Clayton William, Moorgate 
Hudson T. Twelve, Travis's Bdgs 
Hudson W. Jas. Beardsall'srow 
Littlewood Jas. Churchgate, h. 

West Retford 
Scott Benjamin, Carolgate 
Siddans William, Carolgate 
BOAT BUILDER. 
Woodruff William, New street 
BOOKSLRS. STATIONERS, & 

PRINTERS, & BINDERS. 
Clayton John (and paper hanging 

whs.) Carolgate 
Pewhirst Benj. (and carpet whs.) 

Market place 
Hodson Fras. (and carpet, and 

paper hang, whs.) Carolgate 
Holderness Margt. Bridgegate 
Thornton Geo. (stationer) The 

Square 
Turvey Thos. (and paper hang. 

whs.) The Square 
Whiteside Jph. (hinder,) Grove st 
BOOT & SHOE MAKERS. 
Atkinson James, Spittal hill 
Baker John, Spa lane 
Baker Valentine, Turn lane 
Baker William, Carolgate 
Bowmer George, Moorgate 
Brown John, Spittal hill 
Burton Richard, Little lane 
Dernie James, Churchgate 
Dernie Thomas, Moorgate 
Elvidge William. Market street 
Footitt James, Theatre yard 
Frost William, Spittal hill 
Gace John, Moorgate 
Harrison John, Canal row 
Hindley Samuel, Grove street 
Hodson Thomas, Beardsall'srow 
Hodson William. Carr lane 
Hoult John, Grove street 



Hoyland Thomas, Turn lane 
Hunt John, Moorgate 
Jubb Uriah, Chapelgate 
Lawrence Ellen, Bridgegate 
Lawrence Stephen, Turn lane 
Nance Thomas, Moorgate 
Payne John, Travis's Bdgs 
Richardson John, sen. New st 
Richardson John, jun. New st. 
Slaney Thomas, Carolgate 
Slaney William, Carolgate 
Snowden James, Moorgate 
Tomlinson Wm. Cotterill's yard 
Walker Thomas, Moorgate 
Wash Robert, Carr lane 
Whittam George. Moorgate 
Wood William, New street 

BRAZIERS & TINNERS. 
Atkinson Robert, Factory row 
Clark William, Bridgegate 
Ledger George, Churchgate 
Reddish John, Carolgate 
Watson Gervas, Market place 

BREWERS. 
Burton John, Spittal hill 
Littlewood George, Moorgate 
BRICK & TILE MAKERS. 
Hudson Robert, The Square 
Justice John, Spittal hill 
Littlewood Jph. Clarborough 
Martin William, Raskill 
Ogle George, Moorgate 
Waite Robert, Havton 
BRICKLAYERS AND PLAS- 
TERERS. 
Beardsall Wm. Beardsall's ct 
Freeman Jas. Wellington place 
Hind Wm. Moorgate 
Ledger John, Spittal hill 
Lowe Wm. Grove street 
Small George, Carolgate 
Watson Joseph. Factory row 
Wilson John, Turk's Head yard 
Woolstenholmc Jph. Car lane 
BRUSH HEAD MAKERS. 
Burton John, New row 
Hawksley Richard. Turn lane 
Hawksley Wm. Turn lane 
Shaw John, Canal row 

BUTCHERS. 
%• Those who live in the country 

have stalls in the Shambles. 
Ashmore John, Thrumpton 



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Bailey George, Carolgate 
Bailey Joseph, Moorgate 
Clark Sainl. East Mark ham 
C lough Henry, Moorgate 
Cottam Joshua, Carolgate 
Dean George, Mattersey 
Dean Isaac, Turk's Head yard 
Flower John, Spittal hill 
Fowe Thomas, Bolham 
Golland Wm. West Retford 
Gyles Nathan, Spittal hill 
Gyles William, Chapelgate 
Hawksley Henry, Chapelgate 
Hudson Charles, Blyth 
Jackson Swinscho, Whitehouses 
Littlewood George, Moorgate 
Littlewood Jph. Churchgate 
Loughton William, Everton 
Marsh Denis, South Leverton 
Needham James, Spittal hill 
Needham James, New row 
Nicholson Robert, Sturton 
Pearce George, Carolgate 
Rushby Richard, Grove street 
Saldin Thomas, New street 
Spray John, Grove street 
Taylor William, Carolgate 
Theaker Thomas, Scrooby 
Turner Samuel, North Leverton 
Wallhead Richard, Carolgate 
Wright John, Moorgate 
Wright Thomas, West Retford 
Wright William, Moorgate 
CABINET MAKERS, &c. 
Marked * are Joiners also. 
Lambert Henry, Moorgate 
Leadbeater Wm. Chapelgate 
•Liller John, Churchgate 
Richardson John, Spa lane 
Saunders John, (case mkr.) Spa 

lane 
•Scorah Wm. West Retford 
Shaw Thomas, Carolgate 
Stocks Thomas, Moorgate 
Tomlinson Thomas, Market pi 
Wbitlam Benjamin, Churchgate 

CARVER & GILDER. 
Kippax George, Carolgate 
CHAIR MKRS. & TURNERS. 
Saunderson James, Turn lane 
Stocks Wm. Old Tan yard 
Standage Peter, Old Sun yard 
Stubbings Thomas, Moorgate 



CHINA, GLASS, &c. DLRS. 

Burley Mary, Old Sun yard 
Buxton Thomas, New row 
Moor George, Turk's Head yd 
CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS. 
Clater John, Market street 
Fleck Wm. Henry, Bridgegate 
Hudson George, Market place 
Rawson Wm. Carolgate 
Towler James, Bridgegate 
COAL DEALERS. 
Burton Wm. Spittal hill 
Dixon Bilby, West Retford 
Jackson Robert, Carolgate 
Jackson William, New street 
Hoyland Thomas, Turn lane 
Ogle George, Moorgate 
Parker Edw. (& lime and stone) 

Carolgate 
Pashley Geo. Wright Wilson pi 
Rushby Joseph, Carolgate 

COACH BUILDER. 
Hodgson Edward, Russell place 

CONFECTIONERS, &c. 
Clarke Fdk. (& British wine dlr.) 

Market street 
Levick John, Wellington place 
Littlewood Ed. (fruiterer) Moor- 
gate 
Ridgway Thos. (fruiterer) Bridge- 
gate 
Tattersall Thos. Chapelgate 
Watson Gervas, Market place 

COOPERS. 
Bettison Wm. Bridgegate 
Brown Geo, Beardsall's row 
Sprentall Wm. West Retford 
Warburton Wm. Spittal hill 
CORN MERCHANTS. 
Foster Thomas, Bridgegate 
Hodgkinson Thos. Chapelgate 
Holmes John, Moorgate 
Ridgway Thomas, Bridgegate 
Smith John,. Moorgate 

CORN MILLERS, &c. 
Marked * are Flour Dlrs. only. 
Appleby Thomas, Grove st 
*Bailey Charles, Moorgate 
Clixby Benjamin, Churchgate 
Foster Thos. Bridgegate 
•Oldham John, Carolgate 
Subscription Mill, Geo. Brown, 
Thrumpton 



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Swinburne Thomas, Thrumpton 
Tudshury Fras. Tipping's mil], 

CURRIERS & LEATHER 
CUTTERS. 
Kippax William, Spittal hill 
Spencer Wm. Moorgate 
Travis Thos. Travis's bdgs 
Whitiam Rt. & Son, Churchgate 

CUTLER. 
Barraclough J ph. Carolgate 

DYERS. 
Clark Hezekiah, Moorgate 
Cooper Charles, Moorgate 
FELLMONGER. 
Wright Charles, Old Tan yard 

FIRE & LIFE OFFICES. 
County, Geo. Thornton, Square 
Hope, Rt. Hudson, Square 
Norwich Union, J. Fox, Carolgt 
Sun, Wm. Fisher, Grove street 

FISHMONGERS. 
Graves Robert, Market place 
Graves Thomas, Carolgate 
Swales Wm. Spittal hill 

GLOVER. 
Leadbeater Westby, Spa lane 

GROCERS & TEA DLRS. 
Beeley Edw. (& cheese) Grove st 
Bingham Thomas, Bridgegate 
Clarke & Wilkinson, Carolgate 
Clarke Wm. Bridgegate 
Cook Wm. Market place 
Cottam John, Market place 
Dean Catherine, Carolgate 
Denman Philip, Square 
Dewick Francis, Square 
Fisher & Hodgkinson, Grove st 
Padley Geo. Market place 
Padley Joseph, Moorgate 
Parnham Thos. Carolgate 
Woolstenholme Thos. Carolgate 

GUN MAKERS. 
Butler James, Carr lane 
Slingsby Thos. Carolgate 

HAIR DRESSERS, &c. 
Bomforth Rd. Carolgate 
Hall Edward, Moorgate 
Hall Wm. Market place 
Hodson Wm. Spital hill 
Hudson Rt. & Son, (toy dealers) 
*■ Square and Carolgate 
Penington Wm. West Retford 
Wilson Thomas, Bridgegate 



HAT MFRS. & DLRS. 

Marked * are Dealers only. 
•Golland Charles, Bridgegate 
*Holderness Mgt. Bridgegate 
Mawer Wm. Beardsall's row 
*Merryweather John, Bridgegate 
Plant Thos. Chapelgate & fVork- 

sop 
Thornton Geo. (stamp dis.) Sq 
Turner Saml. Carolgate 

HOP GROWERS 
In the surrounding Villages. — 
See also Oiler ton and Tuxford 
Directories. 
Camra John, Bothamsall 
Cocking James, Lower Headon 
Dewick Ann, Bothamsall 
Fisher William, Grove street 
Fox Richard, Elksley 
Hill Matthew, Elksley 
Hill George, Upton 
Hill William, Upton 
Hudson Rt. & Son, Square 
Hutchinson Rd. New St. House 
Ibberson John, Upton 
Ibberson Wm. Upton 
Jackson Swinscho, Whitehousee 
Johnson Thomas, Elksley. 
Ridgway Thos. Bridgegate 
Moss John. Bothamsall 
Taylor Eliz. Elksley 
Taylor Thomas, Elksley 
Ward William, Lower Headon 
Weightman John, Elksley 
Wheelwright Thomas, Welham 

HOSIERS. 
Cutts Wm. (mfr.) Wellington pi 
Fearnside David, Churchgate 
Golland Chas. Cottam h. Bridge- 
gate 
Nelson Danl. Moorgate 
HOTELS, INNS, & TAVERNS. 
Anchor, Jasper Manwell, Carolgt 
Angel, Wm. Walker, Bridgegate 
Black Bull, Geo. Ibberson, Moor- 

gate 
Black Head, Ann Green, Cha- 
pelgate 
Black's Head, Wm. Hawkins, 

Moorixate 
Boat,Bilby Dixon, West Retford 
Brick & Tile, Rd. Cobb, Moorgt 



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Butchers' Arms, Win. Bonsor, 

Carolgate 
Crown, John Howe, Chapelgate 
George Inn, Ann Sheppard, 

Moorgate 
Gran by, Mary Barlow, Carolgate 
Half Moon, Saml. Cuckson. Sq. 
Horse & Jockey, Jas. Webster, 

Carolgate 
Mermaid, Francis Coup Lamb, 

West Retford 
Newcastle Arms, Robert Hardy, 

West Retford 
Odd Fellows Arms, Wm. Taylor, 

Russell place 
Old Sun, Wm. Eyre, Chapelgate 
Pheasant, Geo. Heane, Carolgt 
Red Lion, Edward Hopkinson, 

Carolgate 
Sun, Sarah Walker, Spittal hill 
Turk's Head, Ann Clarke, Grove 

street 
Vine, Geo. Clark, Churchgate 
Waggon & Horses, ->as, Rayner, 

West Retford 
White Hart Inn, (4' Excise Office) 

Wm. Dennett, Bridgegate 
White House Inn, Geo. Laugh- 
ton, Whitehouses 
White Lion, Ralph Moody, 

Churchgate 
White Swan, Timothy Ogle, Ca- 
rolgate 

BEER HOUSES. 
Board, Geo. Hurst, Chapelgate 
Board, John Shaw, Canal row 
Board, Geo. Milnes, Moorgate 
Board, Jnath. Holmes, Moorgt 
Board, Wm. ShatlirT, Whitehs. 
Butchers' Arms, John Ashmore, 

Thrumpton lane 
Boat House, Edward. White, 

Thrumpton lane 
King's Arms, John Richardson, 

New street 
King William IV., John Burton, 

Spittal hill 
Packet Inn, Wm. Pinder, Grove 

street 
Robin Hood & Little John. Geo. 

Pearce, Carolgate 
IRON & BRASS FOUNDERS. 
Ledger and Holliday. Churchgt 



IRONMONGERS. 

Clark Wm. Bridgegate 

Hewitt Robert Lightfoot, (& iron 

mert.) Market place 
Oats Richard, Square 
JOINERS & BUILDERS. 
See also Cabinet Makers. 
Antcliff Robert, Russell place 
Beardsall Henry, Grove street 
Beardsall Seth, Carolgate, h. 

BeardsalPs row 
Hill Benjamin, West Retford 
Hooson Thos. Churchgate 
Kirkby Eliz. Carolgate 
Morton James, Churchgate 
Shaw Thomas, Carolgate 
Tomlinson Wm. (and dealer in 
paviers for tessellated pave- 
ments) Grove street 
LINEN MANUFACTURER. 
Allesbrook John. Grove street 
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRPRS. 
Beardsall John, Churchgate 
Bullivant Job, Carolgate 
Cockill Jph. (woollen) Carolgate 
Cottam Thos. Market place 
Flower & Newboult, Carolgate 
Golland Wm. Bridgegate 
Roberts John, jun. Market street 
Whiitington Jane, (and carpet 
warehouse) Bridgegate 
MALTSTERS, 
Foster Thos. Bridgegate 
Holmes John, Moorgate 
Littlewood George, Moorgate 
Ogle Jacob, Moorgate 
Oldham Fras. W T est Retford 
Ridgway Thos, Bridgegate 
Smith John, Moorgate 
MILLINERS & DRESS MKRS. 
Ashton Ellenor, Bridgegate 
Denman Jane, Wellington place 
Flower Rebecca, Churchgate 
Hawksley Caroline, Chapelgate 
Kirkby Mary, West Retford 
Lee Ann, Travis's buildings 
Ogle Abigail, Beardsalls' court 
Roper Mary, Wright Wilson st 
Sherratt Harriet, West Retford 
Theaker Elizabeth, Moorgate 
Wager & Sprentall, Carolgate 
W T atson Maria. Beardsall's row 
Wilkinson Cath. Market place 
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MILLWRIGHTS & MACHINE 
MAKERS. 

Hooson Thos. Churchgate 
Martin James* Moorgate 
Pinder John, Moorgate 

NAIL MAKERS, 
Smedley Joseph, Canal row 
Sutton Edward, Moorgate 
Sutton Eras, (and pipe) Carolgt 
Sutton Charles, Factory row 
NURSERY, SEEDSMEN, &c. 
Anderson John, Carolgate 
Bowman Richard, Market place 
Bowmer Isaac, Moorgate 
Clark Thos. Bridgegate 
Edeson Jph. Wright Wilson st 
Garratt Jph. Factory row 
Ghest Jph. Moorgate 
Hampston Wm. Moorgate hill 
Hudson Charles, Carr lane 
Penington Frdk. Carolgate 
Penington Thos. Cooke's yard 
Penington Wm. West Retford 
Read Jas. Wellington place 

PAINTERS. 
Best William, Grove street 
Bingham Chas. Beardsall's row 
Crawshaw Jas. Chapelgate 
Foster Jonas, Moorgate 
Uttley John, Churchgate 
Winks John, Carr lane 

PAPER MAKERS. 
Nelson Horatio, West Retford 
Nelson Thos. Ordsall & Notm 

PHYSICIAN. 
Bigsbv John, Grove street 
PLUMBERS & GLAZIERS. 
Batty Thos. New street 
Dawber John, Carolgate 
Hawksley John, Spa lane 
Hudson Robert, Grove street 
Pashley Richard, Churchgate 
Twelves Wm. Factory row 

PROFESSORS OF MUSIC. 
Bugg Henry Thos. (org.) Beard- 
sail's row 
Saxby Edw. Spa lane 
Turvey Thos. (and dlr.) Square 
Wakeley Chas. (and dlr.) New st 
ROPE & TWINE MAKERS. 
Burton Geo. West Retford 
Colton Reb. (& flax dsr.) West 
Retford 



Davison Rt. West Retford 
Dent Wm. Spittal hill 

SADDLERS, &c. 

Hadwiek Wm. Market place 
Bailey Thos. Bridgegate 
Cutts* Joseph, West Retford 
Swinburn Wm. Carolgate 
SAILCLOTH AND SACKING 

MANUFACTURERS. 
Bailey Joseph, Moorgate 
Beardsall Adam, West Retford 
Haxby. Edw. Cookes' yd. Bridge 

gate 
Parker Jas. Bridgegate 
Skidmore Samuel, West Retford 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Banks John, Bridgegate 
Bannister Geo. Russell place 
Burton Ann, Factory row 
Chester Mary, West Retford 
Dernie John, Moorgate 
Gace John, Moorgate 
Greenan John, Spittal hill 
Hurst George, Carolgate 
Merry weather Rd. Carolgate 
Peck Richard, Spittal hill 
Read Geo. Carolgate 
Small Geo. Carolgate 
Smith Wm. Spittal hill 
Walker Jane, West Retford 
Walker Wm. Moorgate 

SILVERSMITHS, &c. 
Hewitt Robert L. Market place 
Parker Jas. Bridgegate 

STAY MAKERS. 
Holliday Frances, Churchgate 
Kopkinson&Bonington, CarolgJL 
Slaney Susanna, Carolgate 
Taylor & Son, Grove street 
Wilkinson Eliz. Chapelgate 

STONE MASONS. 
Bailey John, Moorgate 
Campsell Wm. New street 
Sharpe Gervas, Wright Wilson st 

STRAW HAT MAKERS. 
Appleby Ann, Market place 
Ashmore M. & S. Carolgate 
Colbeck Ann, Moorgate 
Craves Sarah. Carolgate 
Penington Mary. Carolgate 
Penington Sus. West Retford 

SURGEONS. 
Flower Saml. Fras. Carolgate 



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Gylby Worthington Thos., M.R. 

C.S. Churchgate 
Mee & AJlison, Bridgegate 
Smallev Jdo. Frdk. Wellingtonpl 

TAILORS. 
Beardsall Nathan, West Retford 
Dunk Benj. Moorgate 
Ellis Edw. Chapelgate 
Gantly John, Moorgate 
Handley John, Little lane 
Hopkinson Edw. sen. Carolgate 
Hopkinson Edw. jun. Carolgate 
Hopkinson Thos. Moorgate 
Keetley Jas. Grove street 
Kirk John, Turn lane 
Lawrence Thos. Spittal hill 
Mallender Geo. Churchgate 
Merryweather Saml. Carolgate 
Smedlev Thos. West Retford 
Smith Wm. Spittal hill 
Tissington Henry, Thrumpton 
Ward — — , Carolgate 
Woolfitt Wm. Grove street 

TALLOW CHANDLERS 
Cook Wm. Market place 
Cottam John Market place 
Dewick Fras. Square 
Fisher Wm. Grove street 
Littlewood Geo. Moorgate 
Padley Geo. Market place 

TANNERS. 
Rose & Wardell, Moorgate 
Spencer Wm. Moorgate 
Suter Geo. Peter, Bridgegate 

TIMBER MERCHANTS. 
Scorah Wm. West Retford 
Sharp Wm. & Geo. Corporation 

Wharf & Gainsbro' 
TOBACCO PIPE MAKER. 
Sutton Fras, Carolgate 

UPHOLSTERER. 
See Cabinet Makers. 
Hodgkinson Rd. Grove street 



VETERINARY SURGEONS. 

Hudson John,. Moorgate 

Hudson Thos. Twelves, Travis's 
buildings 

Hudson Wrn. James., Beardsall's 
row 

Tavlor John & Geo. Carolgate 

WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS. 

Chumbley Wm. Bridgegate 

Fletcher Charles, Bridgegate 

Levick Wm. Carolgate 

Parker James, Bridgegate 

Sharp Wm. Carolgate 

WHARFINGERS. 

Elliott Thos. (and agent to the 
Canal Co.) Corporation wharf 

White Fras. New wharf, New st 
WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Cobb Wm. West Retford 
Holliday George, Churchgate 

Holliday John, West Retford 
Holliday Thos. West Retford' 
Swinden Jph, West Retford 
Ward Thomas, New row 

WHITESMITHS, &c. 
Bailey James, Churchgate 
Palfreman Robert, Grove street. 
Palfreman Wm. jun. Cooke's yd 
Taylor George, Bridgegate 
VVolton John, Carolgate 
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHTS. 
Marked % are Spirit Merchants 

only. 
J Allen Peter, Churchgate 
JBecket Samuel, Carolgate 
J Cook William, Market place 
JDenman Philip, Square 
Dewick Fras. Square 
Hudson Rt.&Son, Square 
Hutchinson Jph. Marketplace 
Williams Wm. Rowland, New st 

WOOL MERCHANTS. 
Cockill Jph. Carolgate 
Fearnside David, Churchgate 



COACHES. 

FROM THE WHITE HART INN. 

The Royal Mail, to London, fyc. every afternoon at 1 ; and to 
Edinburgh, fyc. at 12 noon. 

The u Rockingham," to London daily, at half-past 2 afternoon ;. 
and to Leeds at half-past 8 morning. 



328 RETFORD COACHES, &C. 

The *' Express," to London , at 4 afternoon ; and to York at 1 
morning. 

The 4% Union" to London^ at half-past 7 evening ; and to Leeds at 
half-past 2 morning. 

The " Highflyer," to London, at half-past 11 night ; and to Edin- 
burgh at half-past 2 morning. 

The '« Wellington,'' to London, at half-past 2 morning ; and to 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne at 11 morning. 

The " Amity," to Doncaster, every afternoon at half-past 4 ; and 
to Stamford at 10 morning. 

FROM THE VINE INN. 

The " Industry," to Nottingham, every morning at 6, except 
Sunday ; and to Sheffield every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and 
Saturday morning at 6. 

A Car to Gainsborough every morning at 6, to meet the Hull 
Steam Packets and the Lincolnshire Coaches. 

CARRIERS. 

To London, Deacon, Harrison, and Co. from the Newcastle Arms 
every night, at 10; and James Jackson, from the Half Moon, daily, 
at 5 afternoon. 

To Bawtry, Thomas Stansfield & Thomas Tattersall, from Chapel- 
gate, every Thursday, at 9 morning. 

To Gainsborouh, Thomas Stansfield & Thomas Tattersall, from 
Chapelgate, every Tuesday at a quarter before 6 morning. 

To Leeds, Deacon, Harrison and Co. from the Newcastle Arms, 
every morning at 4 \ and James Jackson, from the Half Moon, daily, 
at 9 morning. 

To Lincoln, William Morton, from the Half Moon, every Wed. 

To Nottingham, Edward Hudson, from the White Swan ; and 
John Rishby, from Moorgate, ever Tuesday and Friday ; depart 6 
morniner. 

To Ollerton, Thomas Stansfield, fiom Chapelgate, every Friday ; 
departs 7 morning. 

To Sheffield, George & Wm. Smith, through Blyth & Maltby, from 
Wright Wilson place, every Monday; depart 3 afternoon ; and 
from the Half Moon, George Malkin, Thursday & Saturday, and 
Wm. Morton, Fridav. 

To Tuxford, Thos. Stansfield & Thos. Tattersall, from Chapelgate, 
every Monday ; depart 9 morning. 

To Worksop, Thos. Stansfield & Thos. Tattersall, from Chapel- 
gate every Wednesday ; depart 9 morning. 

MARKET CARRIERS. 



If not otherwise expressed they 
arrive on Sat. mg, about 10, 
and depart 4 afternoon. 
Marked \ put up at the Half Moon 
Blyth, White Lion, M. Kirky 
X Chesterfield, Wm. Warner 
X Dunham, Richard Tomlinson 
%Gainsbro\ Thomas Cuckson ; 
John Taylor, (Crown) Tucs. & 
Saturday 



Gringley, $x\ Vine, M. Kirkby 
Laneham, Pheasant, G. Bolton 
Levcrton, Black's Head, Robert 

Wilkinson 
Normanton-on- Trent, Butcher's 

Arms, Thomas Waller 
Tuxford fy Newark* Vine, Benj. 

Godfrey; Granby, JohnBriggs 
X Worksop, Wm. Godfrey and 

Mr. Wilmot 



NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 329 

CONVEYANCE BY WATER. 

FROM THE CORPORATION WHARF. 

Two Packets for goods and passengers arrive from Stock with and 
Gainsbro' every Wednesday and Saturday, at 11 morning, and dep. 
at 3 afternoon. 

Boats to Chesterfield, Worksop, and adjacent places, and to 
Lincoln, Sleaford, Horncastle and Boston, daily.— Thomas Elliott, 
Wharfinger. 

FROM THE NEW WHARF NEW STREET. 

Boats regularly to Stockwith and Gainsbro', from whence goods 
are forwarded to all parts. — Fras. White, Wharfinger* 



BECKINGHAM PARISH. 

Beckingham, in the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, is a 
well built village, occupying a circular area, and pleasantly si- 
tuated on the turnpike road, 9 miles E. by S. of Bawtry, and 
3 miles W. of Gainsborough. The parish, which extends 
eastward to the Trent, contains 2400 acres of land, the annual 
rental of which was valued at £264:6* 8s. 5|d. at the enclosure 
of the commons in 1779. It contains 102 houses and 481 in- 
habitants, and its poor rates in 1831 amounted to ^396. 19s. 3fch. 
of which ^71 was paid to the county rate. At the time of the 
Domesday survey, " Bechingham was a Beru of Laneham, the 
Archbishop of York's Soc ;" and in the 9th of Edward II. the 
King and the chapter of Southwell were its joint lords ; but the 
Duke of Newcastle is now lord of the manor ; and the chapter 
of Southwell received for their manorial rights an allotment of 
198a. 1r. 21-p. at the enclosure in 1779, when 194a. 3r. 7p. of 
land was allotted to the prebendary of Beckingham, in Souths 
well collegiate church, and 58a. 3r. 38p. to the vicar, in lieu 
of the tithes of the parish. The other principal land owners 
are Robert Cross, Thomas Massingberd, and Robert Duckle, 
Esqrs. A large inn at Trent Port wharf, (see Saundby,) and 
two large farms, called the Pear Tree Hill and the Woods, 
distant about one mile from the village, are within the parish. 

The Church is a large ancient fabric, dedicated to All Saints, 
and has a nave, side aisles, and tower. The prebendary of 
Beckingham is patron of the vicarage, which is valued in the 
King's books at £6 15s. 3d., and is discharged from the pay- 
ment of first fruits. The Rev. Henry Watkins, M.A. is the 
incumbent, but the Rev. J. K. Miller officiates. In the village 
is a Methodist Chapel, which was built in 1807, and enlarged 
in 1821. 

The parish School is endowed with one eighth part of the 



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rents of 33 acres of land in Beckingham, and 28£ acres in 
Saundby, which were bequeathed in 1731, by James Wharton, 
Esq. who directed that the remaining seven-eighths of the rents 
should be paid to Gainsbro' grammar school. This land is 
now let for ^120 per annum, so that the yearly sum received 
by this school is £lh> for which the master teaches ten free 
scholars; and four others are educated for the interest of ^£100 
left in 1825 by Miss Sarah Richardson, whose father was nearly 
50 years vicar of this parish. Two others are also taught for 
«£1. 12s. paid out of two acres of meadow land, which was given 
at the enclosure in exchange for the Poor's Land> and is now 
let for £4. 15s. per annum, of which, the remaining^. 3s. is 
given at Easter to the poor of the parish, to whom the following 
charities belong, viz. 40s» yearly, left in 1621, by William 
Clark, out of Land at Walkrith, to two indigent parishioners ; 
the interest of £20 left in 1753, by John Burton, to be distri- 
buted on the day of of St. John the Evangelist; £\ yearly out 
of lands in Beckingham, now belonging to T. Massingberd, 
Esq., left in 1729, to be given in bread; and the interest 
of £34, left by William Jackson in 1 772, and now in the 
hands of Mr. Robert Cross. 

For Trent Port f¥harf y see Saundby. 

Andrew Hy. shoemaker 
Beaumont Jph.shoemkr.Toll bar 
Burkinsheare Jph. shoemaker 
Buttery John, tailor 
Byron Thos. weaver 
Casson Geo. butcher 
Cobb John, joiner 
Cobb Wra. joiner 
Cottingham John, bricklayer 
Cross Robert, esq. 
Curtis Sus. vict. Hare & Hounds 
Eyre Thos. cheese dealer 
Farr Thos. corn & seed mercht 
Gray John, shoe maker 
Hankin Fras. corn miller 
Hemingway Geo. blacksmith 
Jenour Capt. Matthew 
Jubb Mary, blacksmith 
Maltby John, butcher 
Martin Mrs. Elizabeth 
Martin Miss Mary 
Massingberd Thos. Esq. 
Moody Mrs. Elizabeth 
Parkin Geo. weaver 
Parkin Barzilla, parish clerk 
Robinson Wm. wheelwright 
Robinson Samuel, wheelwright 
Smith James, bricklayer 



Smith Thos. nail maker 

Stovin Edw. schoolr., shopkpr., 

and post-office 
WagstaffGeo. tailor 
VVagstaff Matthewy swine jobber 
FARMERS. 
Thus * are Yeomen. 
•Best John, The Harwood Geo. 

f Foods Hurt Seth 

BroomheadSeth Nicholson John 
Cliff Charles Otter Wm. 
Cooke John Trimingham W. 
•Cottam Rt. Walker John 
•Cross William, * Watson Henry 

Peartree hill Webster John 
•Gamson Jervs. Wiswould SmI. 

COACHES. 

The Mail to Sheffield, at 1 1 mg. 

and to Louth, at3 aft. —Mr. E. 

Stovin keeps the Post-office 

for Beckingham, Walkering- 

ham and Saundby 
The Hope to Gainsbro' at S mg. 

and to Sheffield in the aft. 
A Coach to Doncaster at 9 mg. 

and to Lincoln at 6 evening. 



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331 



BOLE PARISH. 

Bole is a small village and parish on the west bank of the 
Trent, 2 miles S. S. W. of Gainsborough, containing- 35 houses 
and 144 inhabitants. The soil is a strong clay, except on the 
Trent bank, where there is a rich loamy marsh. Owing to the 
river having here changed its ancient course, by avoiding a 
winding reach, about 1 10 acres of land which adjoin this pa- 
rish, are in Lincolnshire. The poor rates in 1831 amounted 
to .£121. 10s , of which £22. 19s. 3d., was paid to the county 
rate. The Manor and Rectory of Bole, form a Prebend for 
the maintenance of a Prebendary in York Cathedral, but Lord 
Wenlock is the lessee of the prebendal lands and rectoral 
tithes. The Church is a small ancient structure, dedicated to 
St. Martin, and has a handsome pinnacled tower, with three 
bells. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King's Books 
at £4. 13s. 4d. It is a peculiar of the dean and chapter of 
York ; the prebendary of Bole is the patron, and the Rev. John 
Singleton is the incumbent, but the officiating curate is the 
Rev. James Hawton. In 1394, Richard IT. granted leave to 
William Roth well, to assign for the support of the vicar and his 
successors, " eight acres of land, and six of pasture," which 
lands " were held of John Danby, clerk, as of the prebend of 
Bole, by two appearances at the Court of Bole, and paying 2d. " 

Charities. — In 1671, a person unknown, left 5s. yearly to 
the poor, out of a farm at Welham, which now belongs to S. 
Thorold, Esq. In 1745, George Mower, Esq., paid 68 years' 
arrears of this annuity, amounting to <£17, which with other 
gifts, was expended in the purchase of a house and rood of 
land, now let for £4. 4s. per annum, which is distributed yearly 
by the churchwardens. The following legacies have been be- 
queathed for the education of the poor, and their yearly 
amount of £4. 6s., is paid to a schoolmaster for teaching nine 
poor children ; viz. 40s. yearly, left in 1781, by William Net- 
tleship, out of an estate now belonging to Elizabeth Nettle- 
ship; £30 left in 1807, by John Nettleship ; and .£30 be- 
queathed in 1820 by Robert Wilkinson. 

Bingley George, vict. Dog 
Boswell John, Beerhouse 
Crosshy William, shoemaker and 

parish clerk 
Fenton John, shoemaker 
Taylor VVm. shopkeeper 



Winks John, schoolmaster 

FARMERS. 
Atkinson Jas. Marriott John 
Casson Jane Scott Wm 
Fenningley Geo. Wilkinson John 
Jackson Geo. Winks Wm. 



BURTON (WEST) PARISH. 

West Burton is a small parish containing only six houses, 



332 BURTON (west) parish. 

40 inhabitants, and 900 acres of rich land, on the west bank of 
the Trent, lying south of Bole, seven miles N E by E of Ret- 
ford, and four miles S by W of Gainsbro'. The church, or as it 
is generally called, the chapel is a small edifice with a turret 
in which hangs a bell. The living, which is now enjoyed by 
the Rev. Wm. Moulds, is a perpetual curacy of the certified 
value of £12. 13s. 4d. and is in the gift of David Walters, 
Esq. of Gloucester House, who is also the lay impropriator and 
owner of all the land in the parish, except the Mill Estate 
which belongs to Lord Wenlock. Until 1797 the Trent here 
took such a circular sweep that a boatman might have thrown 
Tiis hat on shore, and after sailing two miles have taken it up 
again, but in that year the stream forced itself through the nar- 
row neck of land in a straight line, in consequence of which 
the old winding channel was filled up, and divided betwixt the 
counties of Nottingham and Lincoln, besides which, the latter 
has now about 100 acres on the west side of the present course 
of the river. Before the conquest there was a manor here 
possessed by " Speranoc," and after tbat epoch, part of the 
parish was " aBerue of the Archbishop of York's Soc of Lane- 
ham." After the dissolution, the rectory which had belonged 
to Worksop priory was given by Henry 8th. to one Wm.Nevill, 
gent, and his heirs. The present occupiers are W. Ashton, of 
East House, Francis Bingham, of Middle House, and John 
Cook, of West House, farmers ; and Benjamin Crosby, corn- 
miller. 

Charities. — Twenty shillings are given yearly to one poor 
person of West Burton, from the bequest of Wm. Clark, (in 
1621) out of an estate at Walkrith, in Lincolnshire, now be- 
longing to Richard Atkinson, Esq. In 1710, George Green 
left 3 acres of land on the Upper Ing of Sturton, and directed 
the rent of it to be paid to a schoolmaster for teaching 3 poor 
children of W^est Burton. At the Sturton Enclosure, in 1824, 
the school land was augmented with an allotment of 1a. Or. 27p. 
and is now worth £4 per annum. 



clareborough parish. 

This large parish, which extends from Retford to Hayton, 
and Leverton, is intersected by the Chesterfield Canal, and is 
skirted on the west by the river Idle. It contains 3,410a. 1r. 
18p. of good clay land, which in l 807, was valued for the poor 
rates, at the annual rent of £4,165 9s.. It is divided into five 
Hamlets, viz. : — Clareborough, containing 1223a. 2r. 17p. 
valued at .£994 19s.; Welham 804a. 2r. valued at «£G88 4s.; 
Little Gringley 811a. 1 r. 10p. valued at .£871. 14s. ; Moor- 
gate 337a. 1r;20p. valued at .£1287. 2s. f>d. ; and Bolham 



CLABEBOROUGH PARISH. <f33 

223a. 2r. Up. valued at .£326. 9s. per annum, including 
the rents of the buildings. These hamlets repair their own 
roads separately, but maintain their poor conjointly. The 
workhouse is in the hamlet of Moorgate, which forms a popu- 
lous suburb of East Retford. The sum collected for poor-rates 
in 1831, was ,£356. 4s. 10d.,of which £102. 16s. 3d. was paid to 
the county rate. The parish contains 507 houses, 501 families, 
and 2106 inhabitants, of whom upwards of 1800 reside in the 
hamlet of Moorgate, and Spittal Hill. At the enclosure of 
Clareborough and Welham Commons, in 1777? two allotments, 
consisting of 197a. 2r. 37p. in the former, and 133a. 2r. 13p. 
in the latter, were awarded to the lay impropriator (now the 
Duke of Devonshire) in lieu of X\\q great tithes, and they have 
since been sold to various freeholders. At the same time 
43a. 2r. 12p. in Clareborough, and 43a. Or. 25p. in Welham, 
were allotted to the vicar as a commutation of the small tithes 
of those hamlets. The impropriation of Little Gringley was 
sold about 10 years ago, to A. H. Eyre, Esq. of Grove, and 
thatofBolham and Moorgate, to the Hon. John Bridgeman 
Simpson, of Babworth. 

The CHARITIES belonging to the parish are, — a yearly 
rent charge of £3. 6s. 8d. out of the rectory farm to the poor ; 
«£4 per annum, left by William Broomhead, to the poor of 
Moorgate and Spittal Hill, out of a house and land at Moorgate, 
now belonging to Mr. Joseph Guest ; 9s. yearly to the poor of 
Clareborough, left by Mr. Fisher out of land at Welham; an 
annuity of 14s., left by George Mower, to the poor of Clare- 
borough out of a house in Welham, which now belongs to Mr. 
Thorold ; and an annuity of 10s. paid out of the poor-rates as 
the interest of £12 left by a Mr. Andrew. 

Clareborough is a long straggling village, on the Retford 
and Gainsbro' road, two and a half miles N.E. by E. of the former 
town. The parish church is an ancient fabric, consisting of 
a nave chancel and side aisles, with a square embattled tower, 
containing three bells. The interior was, a few years ago, 
cleansed, beautified, and repewed, and a gallery erected at the 
west end, where a small organ bas been placed by the munifi- 
cence of H.C Hutchinson, Esq. It was founded, endowed, 
and consecrated in 1258, by Sewal, Archbishop of York, who 
gave it to his newly founded chapel of St. Sepulchre, in York, but 
reserved for the use of the vicar, a toft and croft lying near the 
churchyard, the tithes of the enclosed crofts of the town and of 
the mills at Bollam, and also the altarage, on condition that he 
should support two chaplains to serve at Gringley, Welham, 
and Bollam. The vicarage, which is discharged from the pay- 
ment of first fruits, is valued in the King's books at £9. 15s. 4d. 
and is now in the incumbency of the Rev. Joshua Brooks, and 
patronage of the Rev. C. Simeon and others. After the disso- 
lution the impropriation was vested in the Crown, until James L 

2 Q 



334 NORTH CLAY DIViSlON. 

granted it to Lord Cavendish, whose descendant the Duke of 
Devonshire sold it as before stated, except the advowson, 
which was purchased by Richard Woodhouse, Esq. of London, 
by whose heirs it is now possessed. In 1393, Clareborough had 
b, prepe?idary in York Cathedral, but by whom the office was 
created, or when it was discontinued, is unknown. The vicar 
now resides in a new house near St. Saviour's Church, which, 
though in the suburbs of Retford, is a chapel of ease to this 
parish. (See page 314.) 

At the Domesday survey, part of Claverburg or Clareborough, 
belonged to the King's great soke of Mansfield, and had then 
" two socmen, one villain, and one bordar," having six oxen in 
plough and two mills, the whole valued at 32s. Roger de Busli 
had lands here, which, previous to the conquest, belonged to 
" Reginald." In 1537, the Bannister family had ten messuages, 
four tofts, and 580 acres of land, in Clareborough and else- 
where. The land now belongs to a number freeholders, and a 
large portion of it was, till a few years ago, the property of the 
Duke of Devonshire. 

Bolham or Bollam is a romatic hamlet, one mile N. of 
Retford, on the east side of the river Idle, where^ there is a 
corn mill, a mill for glazing paper, and three rock houses 
formed by excavations in the shelving rocks of red sand stone, 
in which are the ruins of eight or nine other troglodyte dwel- 
lings. There was anciently a chapel here, and its site is still 
called the chapel yard. Half a mile east of the hamlet are a 
few cottages called Bolham Lane Houses, and a little to the 
north east is Bolham Hall, a neat farm house, with J 50 acres 
of land, now belonging to Mrs, Pearson, of Tickhill, and for- 
merly to the Harrisons ; but the principal land owner in this 
division of the parish is Michael Wynne Thorold, Esq. of 
Barnby Moor, who is lord of the manor, which, together with 
the mills, was granted by Henry VIII. to Sir Robert Swift, with 
whose heirs it remained till 1651, when it was conveyed to 
Francis Wortley, Esq. 

Little Gringlev or Greenley, is a hamlet of scattered 
houses, generally of an humble description, and occupying a 
picturesque situation on the declivity of a hill, \\ mile E. 
of Retford. A large quantity of underwood is grown in the 
neighbourhood, and is here cut up and used for making gates 
and fences. A good deal of plaster is also got and prepared 
here for making floors, &c. A. H. Eyre, Esq. is the principal 
land- owner, and lord of the manor, which was anciently pos- 
sessed by the Norry's family, from whom it passed to the 
Annes, the Hercys, the Clarkes, and the Sherbrooks. At the 
Domesday survey it belonged to the soke of Dunham, and some 
time afterwards it had a chapel, of which no traces now remain, 
though some years ago a stone coffin and several human bones 
were dug up near its supposed site. 



CLAREBOROUGH PARISH. 



335 



Moorgate hamlet, which includes Spittal Hill, forms 
a populous and handsome suburb of East Retford, and has 
latety been ornamented with a beautiful new church, or chapel 
of ease. (See p. 314.) Within the last 50 years, the number 
of building's has been greatly encreased, and the land is chiefly 
in grass or divided into gardens, except the common, which was 
enclosed in 1799. Neither Moorgate nor Spittal Hill are . 
mentioned before the year 1525, and they owe their present 
consequence to their participation in the prosperity of Retford. 

Welham, or as it was anciently called Wellome, is a pleasant 
village of good houses, one and a half mile E. by N. of Retford, on 
the Gainsbro' road. It derives its name from St, JohrCs Well, 
which has long been famed for the cure of scorbutic and rheu- 
matic complaints, and is now converted into a commodious 
bath, though it has lost much of its former celebrity. Near the 
well house is a large bone mill and a hop yard, on the banks of 
the Chesterfield Canal. Tn the village are several gentlemen's 
villas, one of which is an elegant stone fabric, built in 1831, by 
H. C. Hutchinson, Esq. A great part of the land here was 
given by Matilda, the last of the Lovetots, to Radford Abbey, 
and was afterwards the property of the Duke of Devonshire, 
who sold it in 1813 to various proprietors. 

CLAREBOROUGH PARISH DIRECTORY, 



BOLLAM. 

Fowe Thomas, butcher 
Herring Geo, corn miller 
Salmon Wm. farmer, Hall 
Wilby Rev. Thomas, Hall 

CLAREBOROUGH. 

Beard Geo. fruit dealer 
Bigsby John, M.D. & Retford 
Bingham Mrs. EHz. 
Clark Thomas, shoe maker 
Dixon Hanh. School mistress 
Golland Rd. butcher & beer hs. 
Hempstock Wm. blacksmith 
Homer John, nail maker 
Justice Eliz. beerhouse 
Littlewood Jph. butcher & brick 

maker 
Milles J as. joiner & wheelwright 
Pettinger J as. vict. Stag 
Sherratt John, vict. & coal dlr 

Gate, Canal bank 
Smedley Jas. nail maker 
Smedley Jph. nail maker 
Smith Thos. schoolmaster 
Strawson Wm. grocer 
Swinburn Geo. tailor 
Walker Richard, corn miller 



Wheat Saml. shoe maker 

FARMERS AND YEOMEN. 



Bartle Wm 
Barton John 
Bell John 
Freeman John 
Johnson John 
Melles Thos 



Parr John 
Rogers Thob.fceri 
Rogers Thos. jun 
Storrs Thos. and 

maltster 
White Edward 



LITTLE GRINGLEY. 

Allen John, plaster prepairer 
Allen Thos. plaster prepairer 
Allen Sarah, beer house 
Auckland Booker, farmer 
Bower John, farmer 
Crofts Jas. & G. hedge carpenters 
Fletcher Mary, cowkeeper 
Freeman Jph. farmer 
Jackson Wm. farmer 
Skelton John, shoe maker 

MOORGATE AND SPITEAL HILL, 

,0^= The names are included in 
the Retford Directory. 

WELHAM. 

Fen ton Wm. farmer. Wellbouse 
Hunt Thos. bone dust maker. 

Wei lhouse 
Hutchinson Mrs. Ann 



336 NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



Hutchinson Hy. Clark, Esq. Hall 

Mower George, Esq. 

Rushby Thos. vict. Hop Pole, & 

coal mert. Canal bdg 
Sargeson John, shopkeeper 
Sykes Saml. Jas. gent. Cottage 



Thorold Samuel, Esq. 
Thorold Mrs. Susanna 
Walker Rt. bath kpr. Wellhouse 
Wells John, farmer, Whinleys 
Wheelwright Thomas, gent. 



CLAYWORTH PARISH 

Comprises the two manors and townships of Clayworth and 
Wiseton^ which together contain 3116 acres of land, and a popu- 
lation of 577 souls. It is intersected by the Chesterfield canal, 
and is bounded on the west hy the river Idle, and on its other 
limits by Gringley-on-the-Hill, Beckingham, and North and 
South Wheatley. The two townships maintain their poor 
separately, and have both a fertile soil, that of Clayworth being 
a rich clay, and that of Wiseton a fine red sandy mould. 

Clayworth, or Claworth, is a good village on the east side 
of the canal, six miles N. by E.of Retford. The church dedi- 
cated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure with a tower, and 
contains many old monumental inscriptions. The living is a 
rectory valued in the King's books at £26. 10s. l()d. ; in the 
patronage of the Dean of Lincoln, and now enjoyed by the 
Rev. Thomas Henry Shepherd, M.A. The manor of Claworth 
or " Clavard" was at the Domesday survey, of " the King's 
Soc of Mansfield, in his Wapentac of Oswardebec," and had 
one carucate and six bovates for the geld. It contains 2076 
acres, and was enclosed in 1791> when 281a. 1r. 19p. was 
alloted to the rector in lieu of tithe, and is now called Clay- 
worth-High-Field, or the Tithe Farm, Peter Dickonson, Esq. 
is lord of the manor, and the principal proprietors of land are 
the Rev. John Otter, and Thomas Colton, F. Davenport and 
G. S* Foljambe, Esqrs. In the village is a Methodist chapel, 
which was built about 30 years ago, and a Free School, which 
was founded in 1702, by the Rev. Wm. Sampson, rector of the 
parish, who endowed it with 26a. 1r. 6p. of land, now let for 
.£58 per annum. In 1707, Gphr. Johnson left an orchard worth 
£2 a-year, to be occupied by the schoolmaster, who has also a 
house and grass plot left in 1813, by Francis Otter, subject to 
a rent charge of <£4, to be paid yearly to two of the best plough- 
ers, and two of the best female shearers of the parish ; but the 
contest for these prizes gave rise to such great dissensions, that 
the £4. has for some yesrs been carried to the school account. 
The master now receives .£48 yearly, for teaching eleven poor 
boys of Clayworth, and two of Wiseton ; and the remainder of 
the school income is given by the rector in prizes, to those 
free-scholars who arc most proficient in learning, pursuant to the 
will of the founder. 



CLAYWORTH PARISH./ ,337 

The other Charities of Cla^ oljwuf i h are six small rent 
charg-es, amounting to £5 13sr 4d. yearly, left to the poor by 
donors unknown, and distributed at Easter and Christmas, 
The benefactions belong to Wiseton township, are two yearly 
sums of 18s. and 6s. 8d. paid by Lord Althorp, as the rent of 
the Poor's close, and an annuity left out of his land by an un- 
known donor ; .£1 yearly, left to poor out of William Gray's 
land; and £o yearly, left in 1751, by Richard Acklom, out of 
land which now belongs to Lord Althorp. 

Drakeholes, or JDrakeloiv, is a hamlet four miles E.S.E. 
of Bawtry, on the Gainsbro' road, partly in Wiseton township 
and partly in the parish of Everton. This is one of the depots 
for the Chesterfield and Trent canal, which passes by here. 
through a tunnel 250 yards in length, and 15 feet in height and 
width, in cutting which many coins of Constantine, and human 
bones, were found. There is no doubt that this has been a 
Roman station, for a Roman road, of which some faint traces 
may still be seen, has passed through it, and connected it with 
the station of Agelocum, or Littleborough. Here is also a good 
inn, and a handsome entrance lodge to Wiseton Hall, built by 
the late Mr. Acklom, whose long life seems to have been prin- 
cipally occupied in improving the country around him, and his 
place is well supplied by his successor, Lord Althorp, who in 
1829 erected a steam-engine of eight horses' power, for the 
purpose of pumping off the drainage water from the low lands 
on both sides of the Idle, in Wiseton and Mattersea. 

New Wisetox is a small hamlet of cottages in Wiseton 
township, half a mile N.W. of Clayworth, built by the late Mr. 
Acklom, and now belonging to Lord Althorp, through whose 
estate the canal pursues a winding course of two miles. 

Wiseton is a small village in the township to which it gives 
name, five miles S.E. by E. of Bawtry. The Lordship con- 
tains 930 acres, all of which, except 48 acres, belongs to the 
Hon. John Charles Spencer Viscount Althorp, eldest son of 
Earl Spencer, to whom it passed in marriage with the grand' 
daughter and heiress of the late Jonathan Aclom, Esq. of 
Wiseton Hall, a handsome mansion which was rebuilt by 
him and his predecessor, but is seldom visited by its present 
owner. Its situation is highly pleasing, standing on a gentle 
swell, with a lawn of upwards of thirty acres in front, finely 
belted by trees and ornamental shrubs, and judiciously broken 
at intervals by picturesque clumps. The grounds command 
extensive prospects over the four adjacent shires of York, Lin- 
coln, Nottingham, and Derby. The hail consists of a centre 
three stories high, with two wings of one lofty story each ; the 
whole light and airy, and accompanied with a commodious 
range of offices. The interior is elegantly finished, and con- 
tains some good paintings by Holbein, Barlow, Caravaggis, and 
other artists. The manor is so well wooded as to appear one 

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338 



NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



great ornamental plantation, and a well conducted walk round 
the home grounds is led. for upwards of a mile in a circuitous 
route, so as to connect the exterior woods with the domestic 
scenery, whilst on the surrounding. eminences may be seen the 
new farm houses erected by the late Mr. Aclom. The old hall 
was originally the residence of the Nelthorpe family, but was 
purchased about two centuries ago by one of. the Ackloms or 
Adorns, an ancient Yorkshire family, often honoured with 
knighthood in earlier times, when that title was conferred for 
important services to the state, and on those whose birth en- 
titled them to it. The branch of this family which was settled 
at Wiseton is now extinct, as its last heiress, the late Lady 
Althorp, died a few years ago without issue. 

CLAY/FORTH PARISH DIRECTORY. 



CLAY WORTH TOWNSRTJ'. 

Barlow Mrs. Mary 
Bennett Saml. vict. White Swan 
Bingham Mrs. Ann 
Cheetham William, tailor 
Clayton Geo. viet. Swan inn. 
Colton Thomas, Esq. 
Davenport Frederick, Esq. 
Dixon Wm. butcher & beer house 
Gamble Wm. beer house 
Gray Mr. Samuel 
Gray Miss Sarah 
Groves -Mrs. Elizabeth 
Hindley Thomas, coal dealer 
Hunt William, shopkeeper 
Jackson Wm. bricklayer 
Lamb George, corn miller 
Latham George, boat owner 
Ledger Mrs. Sarah 
Levick James, wheelwright 
Maples Mrs. Mary 
Nicholson Wm. shopkeeper 
Otter Henry, gent. 
Palmer John, boat owner 
Parkinson Thos. parish clerk 
Pashley Wm. tailor 
Pearson John, blacksmith 
Scott Saml. shopkeeper 
Shepherd Rev. Thomas Henry, 

M-A. rector 
Standfield Mr. John 
Stevenson John, boat owner 
Stovin George, gent. 
Swinden James, wheelwright 
Taylor Kt. coal merct. Common 
Taylor Wm. bo\t owner 



Teal John, bdg. & day school 
Theaker Wm. shoe maker 
Tissington John, tailor 
FARMERS. 
Marked * are Yeomen. 
Borley John Standfield Seth 
Fox John Waterhousc Dd, 

Gamson W. H. Highfield 

Woodhouse *Waterhouse So~ 
Ledger Thos. lomon 

Field White George, 

*Moss John Grange 

•Nicholson Ed. Wilkinson Wm. 
Pearson Thos. 

WISETON TOWNSHIP. 

Bletcher John, farmer 
Chowler Wm. gamekeeper 
Colton Jas. shpkr. New Wiseton 
Duncan George, gardener 
Greasby Wm. shoe maker* New 

Wiseton 
Hall John, land agent to Lord 

Althorp 
Kirkby Edward, joiner 
Parkinson Thos. vict. wharfinger, 
and coal dlr. Swan inn, Drake- 
holes 
Rollinson John, farmer 
White Mary, cowk.eeper 

Coaches, which call at the Swan 
inn, Drakeholes : — 

The Royal Mail from Louth to 



Sheffield, at 20 nun. p. 
ret. 2 aft. 



II ni£ 



n' 



EVERTON TARiSri. 339 



The Express from Lincoln to 
Doncaster, at i p. 9 mg. ret. 5 
evening. 



The Hope from Sheffield to 
Gainsbro', at ^ bef. 7 nig. ret. ac- 
cording to tide. 



EVERTON PARISH 

Comprises the two townships of Everton and Scaftworth, the 
former of which contains about 3500 acres, and the latter 
1049a. 3r. 34p. It is skirted on three sides by the river Idle, 
and extends Avestward from Misson Car to Bawtry, and south- 
ward to the parishes of Clayworth and Mattersea. The eastern 
part of it has a bed of clay, noted for making excellent bricks 
and tiles, and the western side, near the river, has a fine tract 
of rich sandy land. The population of the whole parish, whicli 
is included in the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, amounted 
in 1831, to 792 souls, living in 176 houses. The common land 
in Everton was enclosed in 1760, and in Scaftworth in 1773. 
The rectorial tithes of the new enclosures in Everton township 
were commuted for an allotment of 225a. 2r. 8p. given to Lord 
Charles Cavendish, who was then the impropriator. At the 
same time the vicarial tithes, of the whole parish were redeemed 
by two allotments of 90 acres in Everton and 15 acres in Scaft- 
worth^ besides ten acres of old glebe. The great tithes are 
stillpaid on all the old enclosures in the parish, and also on 
the new enclosures in Scaftworth. Wm. Walton, Esq. of 
Stockwith, is now the impropriator. 

The Charities belonging to this parish, are .£1. 6s, .8d. to 
the poor of Everton, and 13s. 4d. to those of Scaftworth, to be 
paid yearly out. of Stonehills farm, donor unknown ; an annuity 
of 10s. out of an estate belonging to J.. Walker, Esq.; and 5s. 
yearly left by Robert Ducklin,. in 1721, out of a house belong- 
ing to the vi0ar, for the poor of Everton; and .£100 left in 
1800, by Elizabeth Ella, who directed half of the interest to be 
given to poor married lying-in women, and the remainder to be 
paid for the education of poor girls of Everton, where a school, 
has been built by subscription. 

Everton is a good village three miles E.S.E. of Bawtry, on 
the Gainsbro' road. The church is dedicated to the Holy Tri- 
nity, in consequence of which the village feast is held on Tri- 
nity Sunday. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in 
the King's books at £J. 2s. 2d. The Rev. Robert Evans, M.A> 
is the incumbent, and John Hall, Esq. of Hull, is the patron, 
having purchased the advowson of the Duke of Devonshire, who 
has sold all his property in this parish to various proprietors. — 
The Archbishop of York is lord of the manor, but of the soil 
no less than 1095a. 3r. 38p. belongs to Magnus's charity, be- 
^r.e^thed'tbr the weal of Newark, sr.c 23Sa-. 3r. Ok. to Clerk- 



340 



NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



son's charity, for schools, &c. at Mansfield and Mansfield Wood- 
house. The other principal land-owners are Viscount Al thorp, 
Robert Dawson Otter, Esq., and Thomas Jackson, Esq. Car- 
hill, a small hamlet, and two farms called Pusty-hill, are in 
this township, as is also part of Drakeholes. (See Clay worth.) 

Harwell, or Harewell, though in Everton township, and 
within half a mile of the village, is a separate hamlet and manor, 
of which the corporation of Newark, as trustees of Magnus's 
charity, are lords, and also principal owners of the land, part 
of which belongs to Viscount Althorp, and to Clerkson's free- 
schools in Mansfield and Woodhouse. According to Throsby, 
this manor is within the jurisdiction of the royal Duchy of 
Lancaster. 

Sc a ft worth is but a small village, one mile E. of Bawtry, 
near the river Idle. The manor, which comprises the whole 
township, has for its lord, Viscount Althorp, who is also owner 
of all the land except about 40 acres. His Lordship, however, 
pays for the manor a quit rent to the See of York, and holds 
with it free warren in the paramount manor of the archbishop's 
soke of Southwell and Scrooby. During the enclosure of the 
common, several specimens of Roman antiquities were found 
here, particularly part of a spear, and some fragments of urns. 
This discovery seems to have confirmed the opinion that the 
vestiges of some fortifications near the village are the remains 
of a Roman fort or station, through which passed the Roman 
road from the stations at Doncaster and Littleborough. 



EFERTON PARISH DIRECTORY. 



Barker Mrs. Frances 

Blythman Miss Mary 

Boswell William, tailor 

Brown Edward, cart owner 

Buchanan Mrs, 

Burkinsheare Wm. tailor 

Dickinson John, gardener 

Ellis Mrs. 

Emson John, blksmth. & beer hs 

Evans Miss Mary 

Evans Rev. Rt. M. A. vicar 

Faveil Michael, gardener 

Cordon Captain Augustus 

Gordon Captain Cyrus 

Graham Jph. shopkpr. & vict 

Guest Richard, tailor 

Kent Jas. tailor & parish clerk 

Kitching Valentine, tailor 

Houghton Wm. butcher 

Lowther Mrs. 

Naylor George, nail maker 



& 



Nettleship Wm. brick maker 

coal merct. Drakeholes 
Nicholson Geo. joiner & whgt. 
Oldlield John, wheelwright 
Otter Miss Catherine 
Otter Rt. Dawson, Esq. brick & 

tile maker 
Parkin Wm. bricklayer, maltster, 

and overseer 
Pasmore Thomas, gent 
Raynes Fras. land surveyor and 

valuer 
Raynes Henry, surgeon 
Raynes George, gent 
Rhodes Edw. My. grocer & dpr 
Rhodes Wm. butcher 
Ridley Jph. land bailiff 
Ridley Wm. vict. & maltster, Sun 
Stephenson Geo. bricklayer 
Stephenson Geo. shopkeeper 
Taylor James, corn miller 



,'i'f' Mr. Benj. Drakeholes [ Valentine James, tailor 



GRINGLEY PARISH. 



341 



Walker John, blacksmith 
Walton Geo. schoolmaster 
Webster Godfrey, shopkeeper 
Whitesmith Miss 
Wilburn Hannah, shopkeeper 
Williamson Fras. nail maker 
Williamson Mrs. Mary 

BOOT & SHOE MKRS. 
Burton John Nicholson Thos 
Graham Wm Spencer Geo 
Hague Thos Spencer Rt 
Hirst Wm 

FARMERS. 
Marked * are Yeomen, and f re- 

side at Harwell. 
Bingley Peter, *MaIlender Rd. 

Stone hill Carr hill 

•fBrewertonG. Parkin Francis, 
Ellis Philip Carr 



fEllis Thos f Roberts Thos 
Fletcher Thos Stephenson Jph 
'Griffin John Stephenson Thos 
Harrison Saml *fTaylor Wm 
t Hirst Rt Whaley Wm 

Hobson Ezra Whitaker David 
*t Justice Thos Williamson Thos 
*Knowles John 

SCAFT WORTH. 

Graves Thomas, farmer 
Hutchinson James, farmer 
Sampson Thomas, farmer 
Smith Joshua, vict. King William 
Thorn Lieut. -Col. assistant quar- 
ter-master general for the 
northern district 

Coaches and Carriers. — SeeBaw- 
try and Gainsbro'. 



GRINGLEY-ON-THE-HILL 



Is a delightful village, forming four streets of detached houses 
on the highest part of the road from Bawtry to Gainsborough, 
six miles E.S.E. of the former, and the same distance W. by 
N. of the latter town. From its situation, on the loftiest of the 
loftiest of the bold promontaries which overlook the wide extent 
of Misson and Misterton Cars (see page 43,) it commands 
such extensive prospects, that it is said, the Minsters of York, 
Lincoln, and Beverley, may be seen from it on a clear day, 
across the vales of the Trent and the Idle ; whilst the Chester- 
field Canal appears in the nearer distance, emerging from the 
tunnel at Darkholes, and winding under the long ridge of hills 
which extends eastward to the Trent* Near the village are 
several swelling mounds, which, were it not for their size, 
might be supposed artifich'cial from their very bases : on them, 
however, have been thrown up three others in ancient times; a 
a small one to the west of the church, and two large ones on 
its eastern side, one of which is called Beacon Hill. These 
are evidently the remains of Saxon or Danish works, and the 
land. which is still called *' The Parks," is traditionally said to 
have belonged to a Saxon Lord. As the sites of several Roman 
stations in, the adjacent counties maybe distinctly seen from 
this place, it has no doubt been used as an exploratory camp. 
A great annual Fair is held here on December 13th, for 
sheep, cattle, boots, shoes, cloth, blankets, &c. ; a hiring for 
servants on November 1st, and a feast on the nearest Sunday 
to St. Peter's daw 



312 



NORTH CLAY DIVISION, 



The Church is a neat Gothic structure, with a nave, side 
aisles and tower, and is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, 
Near it stands an ancient cross, which was repaired about ten 
years ago, when it narrowly escaped the desecrating* intentions 
of some of the parishioners, who wanted to use its materials for 
the reparation of the roads. Tradition says, it was built in 
commemoration of one of the Edwards having passed this way 
into Lincolnshire. The benefice is a discharged vicarage 
valued in the King's books at £%. 18s. 4d. The Duke of Rut- 
land is the patron, and the Rev. John Holt is the incumbent, 
but the officiating minister is the Rev. T. Owston. 

The Rectory formed part of the possessions of the priory of 
Worksop, but after the dissolution, Edward VI. granted it to 
Sir James Foljambe, Knight, and his heirs for the yearly rent 
of £22. 13s. 4d. 

The Parish contains 168 houses, 7^7 inhabitants, and 
4139a. 1r. 10p. of land, nearly 2,000 acres of which are com- 
prised in the Car, the drainage of which has cost much labour 
and expense. (See Misterton.) At the inclosure in 1800, 
when the annual rental of the parish was estimated at .£3,192 
15s. 10d., about 500 acres were alloted to the Duke of Rutland 
in lieu of the impropriated tithes, and 179a. 1r. 19p. to the 
vicar, as a commutation of the vicarial tithes. The Duke of 
Rutland has since sold his allotment to several purchasers. 
Two poor parishioners receive yearly 40s. from the bequest of 
William Clark , who, in 1621, charged his estates at Gainsbro', 
Walkrith, and Morton, with this and some other annuities. 
An unknown benefactor left to eight poor widows of this 
parish £l yearly out of an orchard which now belongs to 
George Cross. 

The Manor of Gringley, or as it was anciently called Greene- 
lege, was in the soke of Mansfield, and of the fee of Roger de 
Busli. It was long held by the Lovetots and the Furnivals, but 
in the 3rd of Edward III. Simon de Beresford claimed in it 
" emendation of bread, ale, free warren, park, wreck, and 
weyf." William de la Pole granted it to Edward III. It 
was afterwards granted to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 
as part of the honour of Tickhill, in which it continued till it 
was sold out by King James. It has long been held by the 
family of the Duke of Portland, who, as well as being lord of 
the manor, is owner of a great part of the soil, a large portion 
of which is copyhold. For the Manor of Gringley-on-the~Hill y 
ivith its members, viz., Misterton, Walkeringham, and West 
Stockwith, his Grace holds, at the White Hart Inn, a Court 
Baron every third Monday for the recovery of debts under 40s., 
and for proving the wills of the copyholders. He also holds a 
Manorial Court twice a-year, on the day following the Retford 
May-day and Michaelmas Sessions, for the swearing-in of 
juries, &c, and for the transfer of copyhold land, which is 



GRINGLEY PARISH. 



343 



here subject to a yearly chief rent of about 6d. per acre, and 
to a fine amounting* generally to about four per cent, on the 
estimated value, on every change of tenant, whether by death 
or purchase. Mr. F. H. Cartwright, of Bawtry, is the manor 
Steward, and Mr. Reuben Worley is the Bailiff, The distri<<t 
around Gringley is a fine sporting country, and a little to the 
east of the village is an extensive fox cover belonging" to the 
Duke of Portland. 



Ancliff Win. Gringley lock 
AncliffWm.jun. brick layer, Lock 
Banks Geo. bricklayer 
Barrovvcliff Chas. jun. brickmkr. 

and timber merchant 
BarrowcliffMiss Hannah 
Barrowcliff Rd. coal merchant & 

victualler, Canal bridge 
Bedford Win. saddler 
Bee Robert, butcher 
Bentley Cath. boardg. academy 
Burkinsheare Rt. tailor & draper 
Crump Wm. shopr. & nail mkr 
Cross Jas. corn merchant 
Cross Wm. maltster & corn mert 
Eggleston John, sen. parish clerk 
Eggleston John, joiner 
Fretwell Robert, gentleman 
Gamson Mrs. Sarah, East house 
Gregg Thos. tailor & shopkeeper 
Hunt Wm. schoolmaster 
Hutchinson John, plumber, &c 
Kirkby John, joiner 
Marshall Stph. tailor & draper 
Meanwell Hewson, shopkeeper 
Moss Robert, gentleman 
Newton Elizabeth, shopkeeper 
Oliver John, boat owner 
Owston Rev. T. curate, Grange 
Parkinson John, tallow chandler, 

grocer and draper 
Parsons Elizabeth, schoolrs. 
Pilfoot Charles, butcher 
Raven Mrs. Dorothy 
Smith John, boat owner 
Stringer. Peter, vict. Cross Keys 



Tindall Mrs. Dorothy 
Walker James, surgeon 
Walker John, wheelwright 
Walker John, Gringley lock 
Weightman Thos. vict. & baker, 

Blue Bell 
Wilkinson Jabez, corn miller 
Worley Rueben, vict. and black 

smith, White Hart 
Yates Charles, excise officer 

BOOT & SHOE MAKERS. 

Brewitt James Medcalf George 

Eversden Wm. Tindall Joseph 

Johnson Wm. Walker Wm. 

FARMERS. 

Marked thus * are Yeomen. 



Barrowcliff C. 
BarrowcliffT. 
*Carnell John 
Davison Thos. 

Park Border 
*Down Chad. 

Simpson 
Gamson Edw. 



Lilliman John 
*Marp3es Jonas 
Marples Wm. 
•Newton Geo. 
* New ton Wm. 
Nettleship Chas 
*Scott William 
Smith Thomas 



Gamson Robert, Spencer John 
Grange Sykes William 

Johnson James White John 
Lilliman Chas. *Williamson W 

Coaches from Doncaster and 
Sheffield to Gainsborough, call at 
the White Hart daily. 

Carrier, Michael Kirkby, to 
Bawtry on Thur. to Gain-sbro'on 
Tues.and to Retford, on Sat. dep. 
7 mg. ret. evg. 



HABLESTHORPE PARISH 

Includes the two hamlets of Hablesthorpe and Coats, and con- 
tains only 22 houses, 95 inhabitants, and 783a. 2r. 10p. of 
land, extending from North Leverton to the Trent. 



344 



NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



Hablesthorpe, Apesthorpe or Abusthorpe (see page 50), 
h\ miles E. of Retford, is so closely connected with North 
Leverton, that a stranger would suppose it to be part of that 
village and parish, especially as it has no church of its own, 
though it has a desecrated burial ground (which has not been 
used during the last 70 years) a non-resident vicar and a pre- 
bendary in York Cathedral. The vicarage was certified at 
£9. Us. 8d. per annum. The Rev. Edward Youle is the in- 
cumbent, the Prebendary of Hablesthorpe is the patron and 
appropriator. At the enclosure in 1795, an allotment of 293a. 
Or. 23p. was awarded to the appropriator in lieu of the great 
tithes, and 31a. 3r. 31p. (including the old glebe) to the vicar, 
in lieu of the small tithes. A Methodist Chapel was erected 
in the village in 1806. Though Hablesthorpe is not men- 
tioned in Domesday Book, it is supposed to be of much greater 
antiquity than the Norman Conquest, In the 9th of Edward 
II. " Hablesthorp and Cotes" answered for one whole villa, and 
Lodovic de Bellomote and Adam de Everingham were lords of 
the manor, which now belongs to several proprietors, and B. 
Walker and R. Woollen, Esqrs. of Wakefield, are lesses of 
the prebendal land. Elizabeth Palmer, in 1726, charged her 
estate at Coates with the payment of two annuities, viz., <£20 
to the poor widows and orphans of Coates, and .£30 to the 
minister of North Leverton and Hablesthorpe, which the testa- 
trix seems to have considered as one parish, there being no 
church in the latter, even in her time. The .£30 is paid yearly 
to the viccar of North Leverton, where the parishioners of 
Hablesthorpe are provided with church room. In 1740, Pene- 
lope Bryan left .£200, and directed 40s. of the yearly interest 
to be given to the poor of Hablesthorpe, and the residue to be 
divided amongst the poor relations of her brother Michael 
Bland, on the feast of St. Michael. The money is now vested 
on mortgage of a house in East Retford, belonging to Jarvis 
Watson. She also left a yearly rent, charge of 40s. out of a 
cottage and 8a. 2r. of land in Coates, (now belonging to 
Joseph Woodhouse) to be distributed in weekly doles of bread 
every Sunday at North Leverton Church, amongst the poor of 
Hablesthorpe. The vicars of North and South Leverton and 
Sturton are the trustees. 

•Coates, a small hamlet two miles east of Hablesthope, is all 
in this parish, except one cottage, which is claimed by North 
Leverton, and in which that parish places a poor widow, who 
partakes of Palmer's charity. 



Drake Thomas, shoemaker 
Olivant Thos. jun. vict. Sheep 
Shears Inn 



Stevenson Geo. schoolmaster and 
shopkeeper 



HAYTON PARISH. 



345 



FARMERS. I Needham Jtn. Smith John 

Marked thus * live at Coats. | Olivant Isaac •Smith Eliz. 

Baun John Gray Robert I Olivant Thos. VV r hite Samue). 

•Diggles Geo. *Jackson Thos. | Olivant Wm, 



HAYTON PARISH, 

On the east side of the Idle, in the Liberty of Southivell and 
Scrooby, is intersected by the Chesterfield Canal, and comprises 
the hamlets of Hayton and Tilne, which contain 52 houses, 
256 inhabitants, and 2,600 acres of land, of which 600 acres 
are in Tilne, which is the only part of the parish mention- 
ed in Domesday Book, but the whole belongs to the Arch- 
bishop of York's fee of Sutton, commonly called the North 
Soke of Southwell and Scrooby. The archbishop is lord of 
the manor, but T. Walker, Esq. is his lessee, and also one of 
the principal land-owners, amongst whom are the Hon. Bridge- 
man Simpson, Robert Aston Barber, Esq. and Mr. Benjamin 
F earn ley. 

Hayton is a straggling village betwixt the Canal and the 
Gainsbro' road, 3 miles N.N.'E. of Retford. The Church dedi- 
cated to St. Peter is an ancient fabric with a lofty tower, and 
near it was formerly the mansion of the Be Haytorus. The 
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at 
£\. 15s. 5d. The Archbishop of York is the patron, and the 
Rev. Wm. Tiffin the vicar. At the enclosure of the commons 
in 1760, land was allotted in lieu of the great tithes to the im- 
propriator Lord George Cavendish, who sold his estate here to 
R. A. Barber, Esq. and others. In the village is a small JVes- 
leyan Chapel ', built about 1825. 

Charities : — The Poor's land called Little Close, was pur- 

I chased by the overseers in 1682, for «£19. 4s. 4d. and is now let 

for £2. 12s. 6d. per annum, which, with an annuity of £2. left 

by an unknown donor out of a farm belonging to R. A. Barber, 

Esq. is distributed at Easter. 

Tilne or Tyhie on the east bank of the Idle, \\ miles N. 
of Retford, is but a small hamlet, consisting of four farms and a 
few cottages. . Here, says Mr. Go ugh, " was found a Druid 
amulet of an opacous transparent colour with yellow streaks, 
and many Roman seals on Cornelians. 

Atkinson Miss Sirah | Peck Mrs. Ann 

Bradley George, shoemaker j Pettinger Geo. shpr. &boat own. 

Bucklow Mrs. Eiiz. I Pettinger John, joiner 



Chambers George 
Eversden Wm. shoemaker 
Hellifield Mr. John 
Holbery Mrs. Mary 
Moore Thos. wheelwright, black- 
smith, & machine maker 



Smith Geo. vict. and bricklayer 
Smith Luke, vict. Anchor 
Spittlehouse Thos. shoemaker 
Swinburn John, ass= overseer 
Waite Robert, brickmaker 



34^ 



NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



FARMERS. 

Marked * are Yeomen. 
•Cliff Samuel 
Creighton Dvd. 
Hayton Castle 
Holbery Edvv. 
•Bingham John Ledger Sarah 
*Bingley Jph. *Palfreman Ben- 
•Cartwright G. jamin 



*Ash Daniel 
Barlow Thos, 
Barrett Wm. 
•Beelev Ann 



•Smith George 
Smith John 
•Smith Thos. 



Steed man Thos. 
•Taylor Edw. 



TILNE. 

Peck John, farmer 
Ramsker James, farmer 
Spencer W. farmer, Broomhous? 
Walker Mary, farmer 



NORTH LEVERTON PARISH 

Has 74 houses, 303 inhabitants, and 1513a. 1r. 12p. of land, 
extending from Welham to Hablesthorpe, with which latter 
parish it is so connected that one church serves for both, and 
the common land of each was enclosed under one act of Parlia- 
ment passed in 1795, when an allotment of 149a. 3r. 18p. was 
awarded to, the prebendary of North Leverton, in Southwell 
Collegiate Church, as a commutation of the appropriated tithes, 
and 79a. 2r. 13p. to the vicar in lieu of the small tithes. Wm. 
Mason, Esq. the lord of the manor, is lessee of the Prebenda! 
land, and owner of a great part of the parish, which in Domesday 
Book is called Legreton, and certified as a " Berue" of the 
Archbishop of York's " great Soc. of Laneham." 

North Leverton is a good village 5 miles E. by N. of Ret- 
ford, but the houses at the east end of it are in Hablesthorpe 
parish, (see p. 344). The church has a nave, side aisles, tower, 
and three bells. It is a discharged vicarage valued in the 
King's books at £5. and is in the patronage and appropriation 
of its own prebendary as stated above. The Rev. John Wil- 
liams now enjoys the living, which has been augmented with 
Queen Anne's bounty, with which 14 acres of land was pur- 
chased at Skegby. The parish participates in two of the cha- 
rities noticed with Hablesthorpe at page 344, and the poor 
receive £2. 10s. yearly from Wm. Mason, Esq. as the interest 
of £50. left in 1745 by Abraham Colton, and they have also 
divided amongst them yearly £2. arising from the rent of the 
Poor's Close, consisting of Ia. 3p. allotted to them at the en- 
closure in 1795. 



Ashton Wm. shoemaker 
Astick James, bricklayer 
Blagg Fras. surgeon, M.R.C.S. 
Bows Thomas, wheelwright 
Brown Wm. wheelwright 
Burton Thos. blacksmith 
Coup Fras. cooper & grocer 
Godfrey Joseph, joiner 
Goodyer Joseph, joiner 
Harrison Ann, vict. Oak Tree 



Hind William, blacksmith 
Hird William, gent. 
Lumby Thomas, shopkeepei 
Major Benjamin, saddler 
Roberts Mrs. Hannah 
Rogers William, gent. 
Staniland George, tailor 
Thorsby Chas. corn miller 
Turner Samuel, butcher 



LEVERTON (NORTH AND SOUTH.) 347 

FARMERS. I Moore Thomas Smith Edward 

Baker Edw. Ellis Wm.jun. j Motley George Smith John 
Cooper John Godfrey Geo. 
Cuthbert H. Jackson Wm. 
Ellis Wm. sen. Keeton John 



Rogers Thos. Woodhouse Jph. 
Skelton Reg. 



SOUTH LEVERTON PARISH 

Contains 88 houses, 400 inhabitants, and about 2000 acres or 
land, of which, by an agreement of the parishioners some years 
ago, one quarter was formed into the distinct township of Cot- 
tarn, which maintains its poor separately from the rest of the 
parish, which lies south of North Leverton, and extends east- 
ward to the Trent. 

South Leverton village is pleasantly situated 5 miles E. 
of Retford, commanding a most extensive prospect, in which 
Lincoln Minster may be seen at a distance of 20 miles. The 
church dedicated to all saints, is, by the gift of William Rufus, 
in the appropriation and patronage of the Dean of Lincoln, 
The living is a vicarage valued in the King's books at £6. 13s. 
4d. and the Rev. John Cleaver, L. L. D. of Edwinstow, is the 
incumbent, for whom the Rev. John Mickle officiates. At the 
enclosure in 1795, 381 acres were allotted to the appropriator, 
and 56a. 3r. 15p. to the vicar, in lieu of the great and small 
tithes, in addition to 10a. 1r. 17p. of ancient glebe. Lord 
Middleton, and George Foljambe, Esq. the lord of the manor, 
are the principal owners of the soil, and G. H. Vernon, Esq. 
is lessee of the great tithe land. J. Parker and Richard Hodg- 
kinson, of Retford, Richard Keyworth, of Laxton, and H. 
Parnell, of Gainsbro', have also estates in the manor, which was 
of the King's great soke of Mansfield, and was granted in the 
22nd of Henry III. to Henry de Hastings. The parish feast 
is held on the last Sunday in September. 

Free School: — In 1691, John Sampson granted to eight 
trustees, the school buildings, and a yearly rent charge of £20. 
out of an estate now r possessed by Joseph Slotley, for the main- 
tenance of a master to teach poor children of South Leverton 
The vicars of this parish and those of North Wheatley and 
Sturton, are appointed visitors to inspect the school and the 
trustees' accounts. 

Cottam is a hamlet, township, and chapelry, at the east end 
of the parish, on an eminence overlooking the vale of the Trent, 
7 mile3 E. by S. of Retford, and 2\ from South Leverton. It 
contains 17 houses and 77 inhabitants, and has a small chapel 
dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in which service is performed 
onlv once a month. 



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NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



SOUTH LEVERTON, 

Rarton Theopls. blacksmith and 

shopkeeper 
Fisher John, shoemaker 
Hastings John, tailor 
Hindley Thomas, shoemaker 
Markham Wm, tailor & shopkr. 
Mickle Rev. John, curate 
Milns Geo. vict. Plough 
Risdall Wm. wheelwright 
Roberts John,, schoolmaster 
Smith Thomas, shoemaker 
Tagg Wm. corn miller 
Undy Rd. parish clerk. 



FARMERS. 
Bacon Thos. Oxley John 



Bacon VVm. 
Bailey Wm. 
Fletcher John 
Flint Samuel 
Moody John 
Motley Jph. 

COTTAM. 

Marked thus 



Richards Wm. 
Spittlehouse A. 
Taylor George 
Walker Jtn. 
Walker Thos. 
White Samuel 
(FARMERS.) 
are Yeomen. 



*Brandon John Hall John 
Fairbanks Sam. 'Thomas Geo. 
Futtil C. shoeni. Webster Thos. 
•Futtil John 



LITTLEBOROUGH PARISH. 

Littleborough is but a small village and parish on the 
west bank of the Trent, 5 miles S. of Gainsborough, and 8| 
miles E. by N. of Retford, containing only 15 houses, 85 inha- 
bitants, and about 900 acres of land, belonging chiefly to G. S. 
Foljambe, Esq. the lord of the manor and patron of the bene- 
fice, which is a perpetual curacy, certified at £4. 3s. 4d. and 
now in the incumbency of the Rev. Francis Hewgill. The 
church, which is a Norman structure, underwent such a 
thorough repair in 1831-2, that it has now a modern appearance. 
Mr. Foljambe was at the expense of renovating the chancel, and 
the other repairs were at the cost of the parishioners, except 
the new vestry and Sunday school room, which were built by 
the incumbent. In the old walls are many Roman bricks, and 
the stones are laid in that angular manner which is distinguished 
by antiquaries as the herring bone style of masonry. The 
manor was of the King's soke of Mansfield, and the church was 
given by King John to the monks of Welbeck abbey. The pa- 
rish has generally a rich soil, and was enclosed in 1825, when 
the Act was obtained for making a new turnpike from Retford 
'to Littleborough Ferry, which crosses the river Trent close to 
the village, near the site of a Roman Ford, which consisted of 
a stone pavement protected by piles of oak, but the latter were 
removod some years ago by the Trent Navigation Company, so 
that the stones are nearly all displaced. 

Littleborough, thcugh now only a small place, has employed 
the pens of most of our antiquaries, and is generally believed to 
have been that important Roman station which in the Itinerary 
of Antoninus is called Agelocum or SEGET,ocuM,and is placed 
on the military way betwixt Lincoln and Doncaster. Great 
numbers of Roman coins were found here in Camden's time, 
and were then called swine pennies, from their being so near 



f.ITTLEBOROUGH PARISH. 349 

the surface as to be rooted up by those animals. Stukely, in his 
description of Littleborough, at the early part of the last cen- 
tury, says, it is a small village just upon the edge of the river, 
and in an angle (" Agel-Auk" — hence its Roman name), and 
that it appeared to have been encompassed by a single ditch of a 
square form, with water running quite round it, so that it was 
a station of considerable strength. He also observes that the 
Trent had washed away part of the eastern side of the town, and 
that foundations and pavements were then visible in the bank 
of the river. In 1684, when some of the old enclosures on the 
west side of the village were ploughed up, many coins of Nerva, 
Trajan, Hadrian, Constantine, &c. were found, together with 
Intaglios of Agate and Cornelian, the finest coloured urns and 
paterae, some wrought in basso relievo with the workman's 
name impressed on the inside of the bottom ; also a Discus or 
Quoit, with an emperor's head embossed on it. Again in 171b, 
two very handsomely moulded altars were dug up, and fixed as 
piers in a wall on the side of the steps that lead from the ferry 
to the Inn. Stukely adds, that near Whites-bridge he had seen 
extensive foundations of ancient buildings, and that in dry sea- 
sons and when the tide was low, coins were then often found at 
low water mark. Dr. Gale saw an urn here, which, besides 
ashes and bones, contained a coin of Domitian. It would be an 
useless task to examine all the various antiquarian conjectures 
with which this place has been honoured, we shall therefore 
conclude by observing, that, though the tourist will not find 
here anything to gratify his curiosity, he may still tread with 
reverential awe, that ground which is hallowed by the remern 
brance of past ages, and contemplate the striking changes of 
political power, and of the exertions of man, and the instability 
of a fancied immortality — the names and actions of its once 
proud possessors having mouldered into oblivion like their de- 
cayed sepulchral dust, . 

Barlow Wm. farmer 
Harrison John, yeoman 
Lister Samuel, farmer 
Parker David, coal merchant 



Smith John, farmer 
Warburton Geo. yeoman 
Wilkinson Wm. Ferry Boat Inn 



MISTERTON PARISH 

Is situated in the north-east angle of the county, where the river 
Idle and the Chesterfield canal terminate in the Trent. It con- 
tains 1579 inhabitants, and upwards of 4709 acres of land, of 
which about 600 acres form the township and chapelry of West 
Stock-withy which maintains its poor separately from that of 
Mteterton. A great part of it was formerly a swampy bog, but 



350 



NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



it is now drained and improved. In the higher parts of the 
parish are found both foliated and fibrous gypsum or plaster, 
used both for floors and ornamental work. 

Misterton is a large village on the north side of the Ches- 
terfield canal, where there are several wharfs, within one mile 
of the Trent, 5 miles N. N. W. of Gainsborough, and 9 miles 
E. of Bawtry. Its township, in which are the farms of Cornley, 
Fountain- Hill, Grove, and Haxey Gate, (a public-house), con- 
tains 205 houses, 944 inhabitants, and 4109a. 3r. of land, esti- 
mated in 1826, at the annual rent of .£4630. 7s. 6d. on which 
the assessment for the poor rates in 1831 amounted to ,£483. 6s. 
9d. including <£3. 6s. 10^d. paid to the county rate. The church 
is a large ancient structure dedicated to All Saints, and has 
evidently been re-constructed from the ruins of a former edifice. 
In March, 1824, a tremendous hurricane blew from the roof 
about two tons of lead, which in its fall broke down the south- 
east corner of the building. This damage was repaired at the 
cost of about .£300. raised by a parochial rate, except £50. 
given by the Dean and Chapter of York, who are the appro- 
priators and patrons of the benefice, which is a discharged 
vicarage valued in the King's books at <£10. 5s. and is now en- 
joyed by the Rev. Wm. Mould, of Retford, for whom the Rev, 
Philip Grisdale, of Haxey, officiates. At the enclosure, the 
appropriators had allottedto them in lieu of the rectorial tithes. 
797a. 2r. 23p. in Misterton, and 102a. 1r. 8p. in West Stock - 
with. At the same time 34a. 23p. were allotted to the vicar 
as a commutation of the small tithes, so that the living is now 
worth upwards of ^100. a year, as the incumbent has exclusive 
of this allotment, a house and 17a. 2r. 23p. of old glebe, «£J2. 
a year from the appropriators, and the rents of the following 
lands purchased with Queen Anne's bounty and several bene- 
factions, viz. 12a. 36p. in Haxey, 4a. 2k. in Clareborough, 
and 14a. 15p. in Misson. The earliest baptismal register in 
the church is dated 1540. Wm. de Lovetot gave the church 
to Worksop monastery. 

The parish forms one of the members of the manor of 
Gringley-on-the Hill, of which the Duke of Portland is lord 
paramount. In Domesday Book, it is called " Munstreton, of 
the King's Soc of Maunsjield," and in the 9th of Edward II. it 
" answered for an entire villa, and the King, the prior of New- 
stead, and Thomas de Hayton were returned lords of it," but 
its present lords are the Dukes of Portland and Newcastle, 
except the right of fishing and fowling in the Idle, which is 
enjoyed by Lady Galwaj. The soil belongs to various pro- 
prietors, the principal of whom are the Dean and Chapter of 
York, R. and J. Corringham, J. Wilson, W. Carter, \\\ and 
C. A. Walton, and the executors of the late Adam Bird. 
Near the village is an extensive bone mill and a ropery. 

Misterton, though its church is large and commodious, has 



MISTERTON FARICH, 



351 



both a Methodist and a Baptist CJiapel, the latter of which was 
built in 1761, for the use of the General or Calvinistic Baptists, 
by Samuel Richardson, who endowed it with a house and 8a. 
Or. 36p. of land. The congregation have a burial ground in 
another part of the village, and the Rev. S. Skidmore is their 
present minister. The Wesleyan Chapel was built at the cost 
of £~i00. on the site of an old meeting-house in 1826, and has 
a handsome light Gothic front. The village School was built 
in 1805, and the master receives for teaching' 12 poor children 
an annuity of £\2. arising from property belonging to the 
township, which has also the benefit of the following charities. 
viz. 3a. 1r. 32p. let for ^10 a year, and bequeathed in 1706, 
by Gregory Standering, to provide clothing for the poor, — 20s. 
yearly from JVm. Clark's benefactions (see West Burton), for 
one poor aged person; and 12s. yearly out of an estate at Lace- 
bv, in Lincolnshire, now belonging to Thomas Johnson, left in 
1729 by Thomas Edlington to be distributed in 12 penny loaves 
on the first Sunday in every month, amongst 12 poor people. 
The two last mentioned donors also made similar bequests to 
the poor of West Stockwith. 

West Stockwith village, the south end of which is in 
Misterton township, forms a long line of buildings on the west 
bank of the Trent, at the point where the Idle and the Chester- 
field canal (vide p. 53.) fall into that river, 4 miles N. X. W . of 
Gainsborough. It has risen from the rank of a small hamlet to 
that of a flourishing river port or creek (under Hull), since the 
Idle was made navigable to Bawtry, and since the formation of 
the Chesterfield canal, which has at the South end of the village 
a commodious Basin that covers 1a. 2r. 7 p. of land, and is 
entered from the Trent by a lock 18£ feet wide. It has a 
" Principal Coast Officer," and during 1831 its number of ves- 
sels with cargoes was 112 inward and 70 outward. 

The township contains 165 houses, 635 inhabitants, and about 
600 acres of land, bounded on the south by the Idle, and on the 
north by the Heck Bike, a small beck which divides it from 
Lincolnshire, and gives name to three of its farms. The Duke 
of Portland is lord of the manor, but the land belongs to various 
owners, and is tithe free. The Chapel of Ease was built in 
1722, pursuant to the will of Wm. Huntington, who in 1715 
bequeathed £~4S). for the erection of a Chapel and ten alms- 
houses in his ship yard. The chapel he endowed with a house 
and 6 acres of land now occupied by the incumbent, and a farm 
at Gunhouse consisting of 76a. 2r.*2/p. and now let for ^180. 
per annum. The benefice is a donative in the gift of the trus- 
tees, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. William Adamthwaite. 
The almshouses, for the reception of the poor widows of mari- 
ners and ship carpenters, were endowed by the benevolent 
founder with the rents of land and buildings in West Stockwith 
and Misterton (now let for <£110. per annum), subject to the 



352 NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 

following charitable payments, viz. an annuity of .£10. for a 
schoolmaster to teach the poor children of seamen and ship- 
wrights to read ; and 3s. 6d. weekly to be distributed every 
Sunday at the chapel, in penny and twopenny loaves, amongst 
the poor of the township, who also partake of Clarke's and 
Edlington s Charities, as is already noticed with Misterton. In 
1788, .£34. was received as the arrears of Edlington's charity, 
and it is now vested with Mrs. Pearson, who pays for it 34s. 
yearly, which, with the rent of part of Crabtree Close held by 
Huntington's trustees, and purchased with .£100, left in 1777 
by Wm. Hall, is included in the weekly distribution of bread 
at the chapel. The almshouses, which consist of five rooms on 
the first, and five on the second floor, are now only occupied by 
six pensioners, who have each £12. per annum. A small Me- 
thodist Chapel was built here in 1803. A Fair for horses and 
cattle is held in the village annually on September 4th. ; but in 
the 9th of Henry 111. it is noticed as having both a market and 
a fair. 

DRAINAGE OF THE CARS. 

The CARS belonging to the townships of Misterton, Ever- 
ton, Scaftworth, Gringley-on-the- Hill, and JValkeringham, 
form an extensive tract of low marshy land, which some years 
ago was a swampy unproductive bog, but is now drained and cul- 
tivated under acts of parliament passed in 17^6, 1801, and 1813, 
at an immense expense to the proprietors, who have, however, 
been amply remunerated by the improved value of the soil. 
After having undergone a 30 years' drainage, the surface became 
so consolidated and so wasted by repeated burnings and parings, 
that it sunk 18 inches lower than its original level, and in 1828 
it was found necessary to erect a forty horse power steam engine 
at Misterton soss or lock, for the purpose of pumping the water 
out of the main drain into the river Idle, when the tide is too 
high in the Trent to admit of a fall from the drain, which ter- 
minates in that river betwixt and near the confluence of the 
Idle and the Canal, which latter is, like the drain, protected 
by flood gates from the influx of the tide, which flows up the 
idle about three quarters of a mile, as far as the lock called the 
.So.s.s. The cost of the steam engine and the new works con- 
structed in 1829, was upwards of .£5,000. The annual expen- 
diture incurred by keeping these drainage works in constant 
operation is vcrv considerable, as will be seen in the following 
table, which shows the quantity of land in each township, the 
unproved annual value, and the amount of the assessment paid 
to the Drainage Commissioners, both for the 0/eiand the New 
Work** 



MISTERTON PARISH. 



353 



DRAINAGE LAND 
IN 


UNDER THE OLD WORKS. || UNDER THE NEW WORKS. 


ACRES. IMP. VAL. 


CESS. 


j ACRES. IMP. VAL. 


CESS. 


Everton - • 

Scaftworth* •••• 

Gringley • 

Misterton 

Walkeringham • • 


1637 

294 

1760 

1848 

132 


£503 

£640 
£610 
£37 


£168 

£32 

£213 

£203 

£12 


1037 

1616 

1377 
40 


£279 

£862 
£764 
£22 


£70 

£215 

£191 

£5 


Total--.. 


5662 


£1,886 


£628 


4080 


£1,927 


£481 



This tract of low land, which has heen changed from a mo- 
rass to a fruitful plain, extends from Misson to Misterton, and 
is nearly 5 miles in length and 2 in breadth, bounded on the 
north by the Idle, and having on its south side a long range of 
bold promontaries, which appear to have been at some distant 
period the bounds of an ocean (see p. 43). It formed the 
southern part of the " Level of Hatfield Chase, 11 which extended 
from the vicinity of Hatfield and Thorne, in Yorkshire, and 
comprised upwards of 65,000 acres of low and monotonous land, 
most of which is now enclosed and preserved from inundations 
by the high banks and flood gates that enclose the rivers. Sir 
Cornelius Vermuiden and his Dutch and Flemish settlers 
drained the northern portion of this extensive chase, about the 
year 1650, by raising strong embankments on the Ouse, Trent r 
and other rivers, and by cutting the canal called the Dutch 
River, into which they diverted the river Don, that used to flow 
more to the eastward by Crowle to Trent falls, instead of falling 
into the Ouse at Goole, as it does at present. They also diverted 
the course of the Idle, by cutting Bycar Dyke, through which 
the water of that river now runs along the margin of the Cars, 
eastward from Misson to the Trent at West Stoekwith, as has 
been seen at page 53. 



MISTERTON;. 

Berry Geo. shopkeeper 
Berry John, gardener 
Bingham Coulson, schoolmaster 
Borley Wm. shoemaker 
Clifton John, grocer & draper 
Colton Wm. blacksmith 
Cooper Thos. shoemaker 
Corringham John, sen. gent. 
Corringham Robert, Esq. 
Crackles Mr. John 
Draper Wm. wheelwright 
Gladson Thos. grocer & draper 



Hakes Jas. O. plumber & glazier 
Hallifield Wm. cattle dealer 
Hill Mr. Thomas 
Hindley Thomas, tailor 
Horey Wm. saddler 
Holmes Jas. vict. Haxeygate 
Hurst Wm. tailor 
Jackson John, maltster and coal 

merchant 
Lyon Ann, vict. Wind Mill 
Moate Mr. John 
Moate Samuel, joiner 



* Scaftworth and some other portions of the Cars being higher than the rest, 
are sufficiently drained by the Old Works, and are consequently not assessed for 
the New Woiks» 



354 



NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



Moate Richard, vict. Packet Inn, 
Canal side 

Moate Win, maltster & coal mer. 

Otter Win. vict. Blue Bell 

Roberts Mrs. Elizabeth 

Rookes Charles, baker 

Rookes Wm. corn miller 

Rose Mr. Samuel 

Rusling John, bricklayer, brick- 
maker, and parish clerk 

Saul Mrs. Ann 

Smith Wm. wheelwright & black- 
smith 

Sutton John, shoemaker & shopr. 

Taylor Thos. butcher 

BOAT OWNERS. 

Bingham John Richardson W. 

Clifton John Teal Emanuel 

Dewick John Teal John, sen. 

Hunt John Teal John, jun. 

Lee George Thompson Jph. 

Redfern Wm. 

FARMERS. 
Thus * are Yeomen. 

Bingham Benj. *Morley Wm. 

Bingley T. Soss Parkinson Wm. 

* Cooper John Grove 

*Carringham R. Pickering Edw. 

Draper John *Richardson C. 

Faram James Corn ley 

Fritchley John, Roberts Wm. 
North Carr Seels Geo. Foun- 

*Gagg John tain Hill 

Gagg Thos. *Stothard Jas. 

*Gamson Jas. Satton Wm. 

•Grundy Eliz. *Tompkinson J. 

Hill William Wheelwright W. 

Makins Roger * Wilson John, 

Milner George Cornley 

Moat Robert 

STOCKW1TH (WEST). 

Marked f are in Mister ton 
Township. 
Adamthwaite Rev. Wm. curate 
Aldam Wm. millwright & joiner 
Bradbury John, blacksmith 
Belshaw Wm. joiner 
Bird John, surgeon 
Bird iMrs. Pccebe 
Briggs John, bricklayer 
Broomhcad Samuel, farmer 
fBrown Geo. foreman, Ropery 
Brown Mr. John 



f Cart wright Wm. clerk to the 
Canal Company 

Casey John, bricklayer 

Clarke Geo. farmer 

Clarke Geo. schoolmaster and 
accountant 

Coates Edward, principal coast 
officer 

fCooke James, shoemaker 

Cooke James, tailor 

fCooke John, tailor 

f Cooper Fras. vict. Vine 

Cooper Robert, tailor 

Crosby John, butcher 

Cross W. maltster, h Gringley 

Curtis Wm. vict. beerhouse 

Dunston Wm. victualler, New- 
castle Arms, & Shipping Agent 

Easton Jackson, cooper 

Elvidge Thos. shipwright 

Farr John, chapel clerk 

Farr Wm. blacksmith 

Fish John, corn miller 

Flower Robert, butcher 

f Foster Rd. ship 8c whitesmith 

Graham George, grocer 

Gray John, fishmonger 

Gray Taylor Sthn. fishmonger 

Green Jas. yeoman 

Hewitt Jph. gent. 

Hoodless John, corn miller 

Hughes John & Co. bone crushers 

Isle Wm. blacksmith 

Johnson Mr. John 

Johnson Jph. vict. Brancaster 
Arms 

Lord Jph. mattress maker 

Newton Jas. bricklayer 

Pagdin Wm. maltster, h Worksop 

Palmer Geo. farmer 

Petrie Hy. mast& block maker 

Pinchon Mary, schoolmistress 

Pycock Rt. gardner & shop kpr. 

Pycroft Wm. yeoman, Heckdyke 

Rawling Geo. vict. Ship 

f Raynes Jerh. agent to Canal Co. 

t Robinson Sampson, hair dsr. 

Robinson John, weaver 

Rusling Edward, farrier 

Russell Wm. excise officer 

Sefton Thos. joiner &cabt. mkr. 

Skid more John, shoemaker 

f Sleight Wm, hairdresser 



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355 



Smith Rt. grocer, draper, & drug. 

Smith Mrs. Susanna 

fSmith Henry, rope maker, and 
Gainsbro' 

f Stowe John, cowkeeper 

Strawson Edw. beerhouse 

Thornhill Fras. shoemaker 

Tonge Rd. baker 

Wallhead Thos. baker 

Walton Chas. Allenby, gent 

Walton William, Esq. 

Watkin Rd. shoemaker 

Wells Michael, gent 

Whyers VV T m. surgeon 

fWiison & Marriott, bone crush- 
ers, and Hull 

Windle Fras. vict. Black Swan 

Wright Samuel, hair dresser and 
button mould maker 

BOAT OWNERS. 
Allison Wm. Farr William 



Brown Robert Fish Thos. 
Collingham M. Grime George 
Curtis Wm. Newton Wm. 
Ellis John Nicholson Wm, 

Farr George Redfern John 

WATER CONVEYANCE. 
Wm. Curtis's packet to Retford, 

every Wed. & Sat. at 5 mg. 

ret. half-past 8 evng. and to 
« Gainsbro' Tue. & Tbur. at 8 

mg. ret. 6 evg. 
Goods are conveyed by the Canal 

Company to Retford, Worksop, 

Chesterfield, and Hull daily. 

Mr. J. Raynes, Wharfinger 
Steam Packets to Hull & Gains- 

brough daily 

CARRIER & POSTMAN. 
James Tonge, to Gainsborough, 

Mon. Tue. Thu. & Sat. at 12 

noon, returns seven evening 



SAUNDBY PARISH. 

Saundby is but a small village, pleasantly situated on an emi- 
nence overlooking the Trent, 3 miles S. W. by W. of Gainsbo- 
rough, and 7| miles N.E. of Retford. The parish, which extends 
to the Trent, contains 15 houses, 104 inhabitants, and about 
1300 acres of rich enclosed land, all of which belongs to Lord 
Middleton, the lord of the manor, except a small quantity of 
glebe, and 28 acres belonging to the poor of Gainsborough, 
At the Domesday survey, the whole was of the Archbishop of 
York's soke of Laneham, except one garden, which a villain 
held of the soke of Mansfield by the service of finding " salt 
for the King's fish in Bigredic." The Church, which has 
evidently been a much larger edifice, is dedicated to St. Martin, 
and contains some ancient monumental inscriptions, one of 
which is to the memory of William de Saundby, who died in 
1418. The living is a rectory, valued in the King's books at 
£14. 8s. 6d., and is in the gift of Lord Middleton, and incum- 
bency of the Rev. Francis Hewgill, M. A. The Rectory house 
is a handsome mansion built in 1831. 

Trent Port, on the west bank of the Trent, opposite to 
Gainsborough, is partly in this parish, and partly in that of 
Beckingham, and contains a good inn, two large ship yards, 
•an oil mill, and several wharfs, warehouses, &c. 



356 SAUNDBY PARISH. 

* m * Those marked • are at Trent Port in Saundby, and f at Trent 
Port in Beckingham Parish, 



Billiald Henry, yeoman 

•Capes John, sen. wharfinger and 

ship builder 
*Capes John jun. rope maker, 
•Capes Wm. vict. Trent Port 

Inn 
•Cross Henry, ship bldr. Trent 

Port House 
Draper Robert, farmer 



fFurley, Brothers, and Cross, 

ship builders 
Hewgill Rev. Fras, M. A. rector 
fMetcalf Mary & George, seed 

crushers 
Rayner John, farmer 
White Joseph, farmer 
Wiles Robert, shoemaker 
f Wilkin Abraham, shipwright 



STURTON PARISH 

Comprises the village, of Sturton-in-the-Clay and the hamlet of 
Fenton, and contains 118 houses, 638 inhabitants, and about 4000 
acres of land, of which, at the enclosure hv 1823, an allotment of 
727a. 1r. 4p. was awarded to the Dean and Chapter of York, 
in lieu of the rectorial tithes, and 127a. 3r. 8p. to the vicar in 
lieu of the small tithes. 

Sturton-in-the-Clay is a good village, consisting of four 
streets, in which are nearly 100 houses, on the Littleborough 
road, 6 miles E. by N. of Retford. It was anciently called 
Streton, from the Roman road which passed through it to Don- 
caster. The church dedicated to St. Peter, is a large ancient 
structure with a lofty tower, handsomely pinnacled. It is in- 
ferior to none in this part of the country, and contains some 
neat monuments of the Thornhaughs of Fenton Hall, one of 
which has a handsome white marble effigy of a female as large 
as life, but the inscription has long been illegible. The bene- 
fice is a vicarage valued in the King's books at £5. 7s. 3£d 
The Dean and Chapter of York are the patrons ; the Rev. 
Francis Hewgill, M. A., the incumbent, and the Rev. H. V. 
Hodge, the curate. G. S. Foljambe, Esq., is lord of the 
manor, and owner of a great part of the soil, as well as lessee 
of the Chapter land. His ancestor obtained the manor in mar- 
riage with one of the Hewitts of Shireoaks, who descended 
from the Thornhaughs, of Fenton. It was of the King's 
soke of Mansfield, and was held by the Darcys from the reign 
of Edward III., till the attainder of Lord Darcy, whose estates, 
&c. were granted by Henry VIII. to George Lascells, Esq. 
whose heiress married Sir Eras. Rodes. John Serjeant, Esq. 
owns several farms in the parish, which lately belonged to the 
Ramsdens. The annual feast is on the last Sunday in Sep- 
tember. 

Fenton hamlet 19 distant three-quarters of a mile S.E. of 



STURTON PARISH. 



357 



Sturton. It was formerly the seat of the Fenton family, the 
first of whom was Sir Richard Fenton, and the last, Katherine, 
wife of Sir Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, in Ireland. In 1614, 
it belonged to the Thornhaughs, who resided here till one of 
them took the name of Hewitt, and removed to Shireoaks. 

Charities. — In 1725, Francis Hopkinson left £24:, and all 
his lands in Sturton, to the overseers in trust, that they distribute 
the interest and rents yearly, in clothing to the poor of the 
parish. At the enclosure, an allotment of 5a. 2r. 16p. now 
let for .£7 a- year, was given in exchange for part of this charity 
estate ; the rest of which consists of the Pooi^s close, 3a. Or. 
18p. (also let for £1 a-year,) and four gardens and cottages, 
occupied rent-free by four poor people. In 1710, George 
Green left Goodsmore close, (3a. 3r. 34p.) now let for £6. 14s. 
per annum, for a schoolmaster to teach eight poor children to 
read. This close is exonerated from tithe, and John Walkin- 
son is the trustee. In 1800, William Connell left the interest 
of .£100 (now vested with Mrs. Stancer) to be divided amongst 
the poor parishioners on St. Thomas' day. 

Those marked * reside at Fenton, and the rest at Sturton. 



•Ashton Mrs Ann 
Bell Joseph, shopkeeper 
Bingham Mr. John 
•Bingham Wm. shoemaker 
Briggs Wm. shoemaker 
Dawson Edward, schoolmaster 
Downs Joseph, shopkeeper 
Drayton Ann, shopkeeper 
Drayton Geo. blksmith & shpkpr 
Haiti fax James, wheelwright 
Hill William, shoemaker 
Hind George, joiner 
Hodge Rev. Hy. Vere, curate 
Illingworth Wm. shoemaker 
Johnson David, blacksmith 
Justice Mrs. Elizabeth 
Levick Wm. corn miller 
Lister Thos. vicL Stag 
Otter Jas. tailor & parish -clerk 
Pearce John, joiner 
Pearce William, joiner 
Staniland John, sen. tailor 
Staniland John, jun. shoemaker 
Warburton Mary, vict. Crown 
Welton Chas. shoemaker 
FARMERS. 
Marked f are Yeomen. 
f Ash ton Benj. tAshton John 



Barlow Wm. 
Bingham Eras. 
Bingham Jas. 
Bingham John, 

Field house 
Bingham John 
Bingham Mary 
Booth Jas. 
Brown John 
Burwell Wm. 
Carver Wm. 
Chambers Wm. 
Clayton Geo. 
Clayton John 
Cobb James 
Downs Mary 
Drayton Ann 
Fenton Jph 
t Fletcher Wm. 
fGauntley T. 
Grav Jph 
Hilev Jph 
HilfGeo. 
Hind Geo. 
Jackson John 
Johnson Fras. 
fJohnson Geo. 

& Newark 



t Johnson Wm. 
Justice John 
Keywoith John 
Key worth T. 
Merrills Wm. 

& overseer 
fMotley Geo. 
Ollivant John 
fParkinson J. 
Quible Thos. 
Rouse John 
Seels Thos. 
fSmith John 
Spencer Wm. 
Stancer Hanh. 
fStancer John 
Stancer Wm. 
fTemporal Jno. 
Wat-kin Thos. 
Welton Geo. 
tWatkinson E. 
fWilkinson J. 

High house 
Wilkinson My. 
Wright Wm. 



358 NORTH CLAY DIVISION. 



WALKERINGHAM PARISH 

Extknds from Gringley-on-the-Hill to Walkrith Ferry \ on 
the Trent, and contains 116 houses, 529 inhabitants, and 
2861a. 3r. 3p. of land, of which, at the enclosure in 1802, an 
allotment of 349a. 1r. 25p. was awarded to Trinity college, as 
a commutation of the rectorial tithes, and 157a. 2r. Up. to the 
vicar in lieu of the small tithes. The Duke of Newcastle is 
lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the soil ; but 
Earl Manvers and Gervas Woodhouse, Esq. have estates here, 
and Christopher Neville, Esq. is lessee of the College land. 
Part of the Cars already described with Misterton, are in this 
parish. 

, Walkerinoham is a straggling village, nearly a mile in 
length, four miles N.W. of Gainsborough, and nine miles E. by 
S. of B aw try, on the road and about one mile from the Ferry 
which crosses the Trent to Walkrith, in Lincolnshire. The 
church is a large ancient pile, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, 
and was given to Worksop priory by Wm. de Lovetot, in the 
reign of Henry I.; but.it is now in the appropriation and 
patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The vicarage, which 
is now enjoyed by the Rev. J. K. Miller, is valued in the King's 
books at £7. lis. 5d A Methodist Chapel was built here in 
1796, and has since been enlarged. Near the church is the 
base of an ancient cross, and an old hall, which, with the 
ancient demesne belonging to the King's soke of Mansfield, 
was given by Henry IL to Newstead Abbey, and afterwards 
belonged to the Byron family. The Grange which had been 
given to Roche Abbey, in Yorkshire, was granted by Henry 
V III. to Sir Richard Lee, but now belongs to Earl Manvers. 
The capital messuage and all the lands in Walkeringham, 
which had belonged to Worksop priory, were granted by the 
same Monarch to Lawrence Harwood and Stephen Termpte. 

Charitiks: — In 1621, William Clarke left to five aged 
poor of this parish <£10 a-year out of his estate at Walkrith. 
In 1719, Robert Woodhouse charged his lands in Misterton and 
Walkeringham with the following annuities, viz. : — £15 for a 
schoolmaster to teach the poor children of Walkeringham, 
reading, writing, and arithmetic; 20s. to buy books for the 
said free scholars, and £A. to be divided yearly in clothing and 
victuals amongst eight poor people not receiving parochial 
relief. The donor was buried in his own yard, and the lands 
on which he settled these rent charges, now belong to G. Wood- 
house, Esq. The Poors Meadow let for £3. 13s. was allotted 
at the enclosure, in exchange for land purchased many years 
before, with .£45 left by two persons named Porge and Barrell. 
An annuity of 10s. is given to the poor in bread, out of an 
estate in Walkeringham, now belonging to Mary Lister, of 



WAI.KERINGHAM PARISH. 



359 



Pontefract. It is called the Manny Dole, and is supposed to 
have been left bv one Marmaduke Aukland. 



Armitage Wm. boat owner, Ca- 
nal bridge 
Bain^s Mrs. Susanna 
Barthrup John, joiner 
Belton John, maltster 
Butler Wm. grocer & draper 
Cartwright Thomas, batcher 
Cave Henry, shoemaker 
Clark John, shoemaker 
Cousins Robert, shoemaker 
Fen ton John, vict. & blksmith 
Harris Seth, jun. blacksmith 
Hibbart VVm. wheelwright 
Jackson Gervas, tailor 
Mark ham VVm. tailor & draper 
Miller Rev. Jph, Kirkman, vicar 
Morris Wm. schoolmaster 
Newton William, joiner 
Parkin Benj. bricklayer 
Renshaw Thos. vict. & whlwrgt 
Slater Miss Catherine 
Taylor Jph. corn miller 



Taylor Thomas, -shoemaker 
White John, swine jobber 
Woodhouse Gvs. Esq. & Owstoti 
FARMERS. 
Thus * are Yeomen. 
*Belton Fras. Pyecroi't John 
Berry John 'Pyecroft Ths. 
Berrv Rd. Raddish John 



Bettison Wm. 
Brett Wm. 
Catley Sarah 
Draper John 
Elwick Wm. 
Graves John 
Grime Geo. 
Harris Seth 
Henderson J. 



•Saundby John 
Smith Wm. 
Spencer Geo. 

Grange Lodge 
Spencer Jas. 
Spencer John 
Sutton John 
Tagg John 
Taylor David 



*Horberry Jas. Tomlinson J. 

Keelev John 'Webster Geo. 

Kirtland Sarah West Martha 

*Parker John 'Williamson T. 



WHEATLEY (NORTH) PARISH. 

North Wheatley is a considerable village, built upon 
a steep declivity on the south side of the Gainsborough road, 
five miles N.E. of Retford. The parish, which is partly open 
field land, contains 87 houses, 435 inhabitants, and about 2,000 
acres, most of which belongs to Lord Middleton ; but Lord 
Wenlock is lord of the manor, which is mostly held on copy- 
hold tenure, paying a fine on the death or change of tenant, 
equal to one and a half year's rent. Mr. Heaton, of Gainsbro", 
is steward of the Copyhold Court. At the Domesday survey, 
part of u Wateleg" was a Berue of the Archbishop of York's 
soke of Laneham, and the rest belonged to the King's soke of 
Mansfield, and was of the fee of Roger de Busli. The church 
dedicated to St. Peter, appears to have been erected in the 16th 
century, but the chancel was rebuilt in 1824. Lord Middleton 
is the patron, and has also the impropriation of two-thirds or 
the great tithes ; but the other third belongs to the recarage, 
which was valued in the King's books at £3. 18s. lOfd., and 
is now enjoyed by the Rev. Fras. Hewgill, who in 182b, 
erected a National School for the use of the parish. The 
Methodists have a small Chapel here, which was built about 40 
years ago, by Mr. John Pagden. A feast, and a hiring for 



360 



NORTH WHEATLEY PARISH. 



servants, are held on the first Thirrsday in November, when the 
green round the lofty Maypole is crowded with merry throngs, 
dressed in their holyday garbs. 

Charities. — In 171 9, William Spencer left a house, barn, 
garden, and an orchard, in the village, and 1a. 2r. 39p. of arable 
land in the open fields, to the poor of North and South Wheat- 
ley. They are now let for <£3. 10s. per annum, subject to a 
chief rent of 2s. 3d. Two-thirds are distributed here, and 
the rest in South Wheatley ; but the following belong solely to 
this parish, viz.: — £2. yearly out of Lord Middleton's estate, 
for the poor, pursuant to the will of the Earl of Kingston ; 
20s. yearly to four poor widows out of Thomas Wells' estate, 
as left in 1721, by Katherine Porter ; 10s. yearly to the school, 
left by Thomas James, and now paid by Mr. F. Richardson, of 
Horncastle; and £50 bequeathed in 1813, by Job Serratt, but 
not yet paid by his executor, Mr. Flower, surgeon, of East Ret- 
ford, who enjoys the testator's real estate, worth £50, a-year, 
and in 1816, paid the duty on this legacy, but has since declared 
that the personal property out of which it was to be paid, was 
not sufficient to pay the testator's debts. — Comss. Hep. 

Taylor John, vict. Sherwood 



Blythman John, shoemaker 
Borley Wm. vict. Sun 
Branford Edward, schoolmaster 
Crosland John, maltster 
Elston William, saddler 
Freeman Geo. corn miller, East 

Field 
Green Rev. Wm. curate 
Hallifax Wm. wheelwright 
Kidney John, maltster 
Kidney Sarah, vict. Red Lion 
Kidney Wm. butcher 
Kirk Jerh. & Thos. tailors 
Lane Wm. shoemaker 
Newton Absalom, joiner 
Newton Joseph, joiner 
Ostick James, bricklayer 
Padley Rt. corn miller & baker 
Pagden Mr. John 
Sherratt Ann, shopkeeper 
Sherratt Mr. Thomas 
Sherratt Mr. William 
Sihsaph John, road surveyor 
Smith John, blksmith & par. elk. 
Smith Saml. gardenei & seedsman 
Stevenson John, shoemaker 



Ranger 
Wilson Thomas, stay maker 
FARMERS. 
Marked J are Yeomen. 



Barker Wm. 
Bingham Geo. 
Bingham Geo. 
JBingham Ob. 
Bingley John 
Black John 
Black Wm. 
JBoswell Geo. 
JBoswell Wm. 
Brown John 
JCamb John 
Cartledge Wm. 
Chambers — 
Clayton Rd. 



X Hancock T. 
Hanson Sarah 
Harrison Wm. 
Hempseed J. 
Hill Henry 
J Holmes Tho6. 
X Lead worth J. 
JLilliman John 
JLilliman Wm. 
Moore J ph. 
Naylor Geo. 
Newbould Geo. 
X Newton Ann 
Porter Fras. 



fClavton Thos. Sherratt Sarah 



Cocking Rt. 
Cole Isaac 
{Cook Wm. 
JCrmvder Jas. 
Gilstrap Geo. 



Sherratt Wm. 
JSmith Eliz. 
JSmith John 
Taylor John 
Ward Wm. 



JGoodger John Whitlam Wm. 
Goodger Jph. J Wilson Wm. 



NORTH AND SOUTH CLAY DIVISIONS. 361 



WHEATLEY (SOUTH) PARISH. 

South Wheatley is a parish of small extent, containing 
only three farm houses, three cottages, 35 inhabitants, and 
about 700 acres of land, nearly all belonging to William Mason, 
Esq. the lord of the manor. It is five miles and a half N.E. of 
Retford, and is separated from North Wheatley by a rivulet or 
beck, which runs through a deep and narrow valley. The 
church is a small structure on an eminence near the houses. 
The living is a rectory, valued in the King's books at £6. 14s. 
2d., and is discharged from the payment of first fruits. It was 
anciently of the fee of Roger de Busli, and "formed part of 
the ehapelry of Tykhill" but it is now in the patronage of the 
Chapter of Southwell, and the Rev. Richard Barrow is the 
rector, for whom the Rev. John Mickle officiates. The farms 
in this and the adjacent parishes are chiefly occupied by dairies, 
from which great quantities of butter are sent to Retford and 
other markets. 



Bullivant Job, farmer 
Bullivant Mr. Samuel 
Hardy Henry,. farmer 



Radford William, farmer 
Smith Joseph, cattle dealer 



SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 

This division of the Hundred of Bassetlaw is bounded on 
the north by Retford, South Leverton, and Cottam ; on the east 
by the Trent, which divides it from Lincolnshire ; on the south 
by the Hundred of Thurgarton, and on the west by the 
Idle, and Lound, Walesby, Boughton, Ollerton, Rufford, and 
the Rainworth Water. It is of about the same extent as 
the North Clay, and a large portion of the arable land is in 
fine open-field lordships. Its soil, as has been seen at page 43, 
is generally fertile, and its surface is in many places beautifully 
diversified with hill and dale, and wood and water. It contains 
25 parishes and townships, 1,698 houses, and 8,175 inhabitants, 
as enumerated at page 30k. Its only market town is Tuxford ; 
but Retford and Ollerton are on its borders, and much of its 
produce is earned to the markets of Mansfield and Newark. 



ASKHAM PARISH. 

Askham village, in the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, 
stands on a pleasant declivity, three miles N. of Tuxford. Its 
parish, which extends westward to the Idle, includes the new 
hamlet of Rockley, and contains 7$ houses, 329 inhabitants, 

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362 



SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



and 1400 acres of good clay land, 48 acres of which are in hop- 
yards, and nearly all the rest in large open fields. It is noted 
in Domesday Book, as a Berue of Laneham, consequently the 
Archbishop of York is lord of the manor, which is partly 
copyhold, and partly held on lease for the term of three lives. 
The archbishop holds a court once a year. The church, which 
has lately been repaired, is a gothic fabric, and the living, which 
is a perpetual curacy, not in charge, is a member of the vicarage 
of East Drayton, being in the patronage and enjoyment of the 
incumbent of that benefice; but the great tithes are in the ap- 
propriation of the Dean and Chapter of York, who have let 
them on a long lease to Samuel Crawley, Esq. An hospital 
in the village, founded about 1658, is the asylum of six poor 
widows, who each receive an allowance of coals, and 10s. 
yearly out of an annual rent charge of =£21 from lands at South 
Wheatley. The surplus of this charity is carried to the 
overseer's accounts. The indigent parishioners have also 10s. 
yearly, out of a meadow in Beastwood, left by Elizabeth 
Dickenson. 

Rockley, a small newly built village, one mile west of 
Askham, contains several neat cottages, and Rockley -house, 
the mansion of Mr. William Calvert. Near it, upon the Idle, 
is Jacket Mill, and the farms of Brotherwoods and Gamesion- 
wood, all within the parish. 

Pearce Mr. Richard 
Pearson George, tailor 
Pearson Thomas, blacksmith 
Walker Fdk. joiner & chair mkr 
Warrener Richard, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
BullivantWm. Padley John 
Pearce John 
Scrimshaw Eliz. 

Jacket Mill 
Scrimshaw Ts. 



Appleby Rt. corn miller, Jacket 

Mill 
Atkinson William, gent. 
Bailey Mr. James 
Bettison Mrs. Elizabeth 
Booth Jonas, millwright 
Calvert Wm. land surveyor and 

valuer, Rockley House 
Charlesworth Isaac, shoemaker 
Clark Jonth. vict. & wheelwright, 

Nag's Head 
Cooling Abm. shoemaker 
Crookes Charles, shoemaker 
Crookes Geo. schoolmaster 
Crookes Wm. shoemaker &shpkr 
Gascoyne George, shoemaker 
Knight Geo. pig jobber, Rockley 
Nicholson Geo. chair maker 



Clark Allison 
Diggles W'm. 
Harvey Wm. 
Hodscroit Jno. 

Brothenvood Smith Benj h. 
Ketton W. jun. Cromwell 
Ketton Wm.(& Smith John 

parish clerk) Tomlinson Jph. 
Laughton John, Wyre John, 

GamstonWd. Old Town 



BEVERCOTES PARISH, 

Tins ehurchless parish contains only eight dwellings, 51 
inhabitants, and about 800 acres of fertile land, divided into 
four farms, except 50 acres, on which grow the finest hops in 
he county. Ithas had neither church nor pastor during the 






BEVERCOTES, BILSTHORPE, &C. 363 

last 150 years, so that its inhabitants are obliged to use the 
church at West Mark ham, were they pay a modus of Is. lid. 
to the archbishop at his visitations, and are provided with seat 
room, &c. in consideration of an annuity paid by the Duke of 
Newcastle, to whom the whole parish belongs. The manor 
was held of the Honour of Tickhill, during many generations, 
by a family of its own name, whose heiress, jg» the reign of 
Henry VI., carried it in marriage to Rutland Mollyneux, Esq. 
who sold it to the Earl of Clare, from whom it has descended 
to the Duke of Newcastle. The four farms are occupied by 
four Johns, bearing the surnames of Bellamy, Denman, Field, 
and White. 



BILSTHORPE PARISH. 

Bilsthorpe is a tolerable village, about one mile east of 
Rainworth- water, and five miles S. of Ollerton. The parish 
comprises 43 houses, 217 inhabitants, 1420 acres of arable and 
pasture land, and 60 acres of plantations, all belonging to the 
Hon. and Rev. J. L. Saville, who is lord of the manor, and 
patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's books at 
<£5. Is. 8d., and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Henry Gordon, 
M.A. The church stands on an eminence above the village, 
and is dedicated to St. Margaret. The tower, which has two 
bells, appears to have been built in 1663. In the chancel, 
amongst several ancient monuments, is one to bishop Chappell, 
who is noticed with Laxton and Mansfield. Before the Con- 
quest, Bildesthorpe or Byllesthorp was the property of Ulph, 
the Saxon, but was given by William the Conqueror, to Gilbert 
de Gand, being at that time soc to Rufford. From him it 
passed to the Tregoz, Lowdham, Broughton, and other families, 
till it came to that of its present possessor. An ancient house 
near the church is said to have been one of the many hiding 
places of King Charles I. ; but there is perhaps as littte truth in 
this tradition as in that mentioned by Throsby, of a large hollow 
rock near the village, having served the humble purpose of a 
nocturnal utensil to the redoubtable Robin Hood ! The church 
land left in 1662, consists of 1| acres at Eakring, but the yearly 
rent 21s. is now paid to the schoolmaster. The overseers 
distribute 5s. yearly as the interest of £5 left to the poor in 
1732, by James Lynam. 

Bucklow John, shopkeeper I Holmes John, shoe maker 

Butler Edw. blacksmith [ Hopkinson Wm. shopkeeper 

Dixon Rev. Matthew I Outrain Isaac, land bailiff 

Gordon Rev. Henry, M. A. rec- ( Smith John, shoe maker 
tor, Rectory House Tesh Mary, wheelwright 



Berod'Fras. parish clerk | Ward Luke, tailor 



J 64 



SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



FARMERS. 

Bucklow Edward 

Bucklow John 

Flint Elizabeth 

Flint Joseph 

Flower David, Clifton Lodge 

Hage John 



Harvey Edward, Bellow Park 
Jackson Samuel, Wicketleys 
Wright William 

Carrier to Mansfield, John Buck- 
low, Thu. dep. 6 mg. ar. 8 ev. 



DARLTON PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY. 

Darlton is a small village, township, and parochial ehapelry, 
annexed to the vicarage of Dunham, and situated on the road 
to Dunham Bridge, three miles N. E. by E. of Tuxford. It 
contains 28 houses, 162 inhabitants, and about 1360 acres of 
land, which was enclosed about 1765, and formerly belonged to 
the Cartwrights, of Marnham, who sold it to J. Walker, Esq. 
of Rotherham,by whom it was resold, in 1793, to Wm. Calvert, 
Esq. who, soon afterwards, sold it out in small lots, reserving 
only 200 acres for himself, together with the manorial rights. 
The church is a small ancient fabric, dedicated to St. Giles. 
The living is a perpetual curacy, of which the vicar of Dunham 
is patron and incumbent. The great tithes are appropriated 
to Southwell Collegiate Church, and are let to W. Crawley, Esq. 
A Methodist Chapel was built here about 20 years ago. In the 
parish are the scattered farm-houses of Honey-well, Outgang, 
and Kingshaugh House, the latter of which is an ancient 
moated building, erected by King John, who converted the 
King's hay or ivood into a park, "and made war in this place" 
against his brother Richard I. 



Barrowcliff Wm. shoe maker 
Fisher William, joiner 
Markham Wm. beer house 
Penny Edw. stay maker & beer 

house 
Stockdale John, blacksmith 
Walker William, joiner 
FARMERS. 
Marked % are Yeomen. 
Barr John, Gap JBlack Thos. 



JByron Tho&. Pearce Joseph,. 
JCullen Wm. Honeywell 

£Grav Rt. Out- Short Stpn.C. 



gang 
Kidney Geo. 
Markham Jno. 
J Moor Wm. 
JPalfreymanW, 

Qutgang 



Kingshaugh- 
house 
Waltis John 



DRAYTON (EAST) PARISH. 



large but indifferently built village, 
Tuxford. The parish contains 55 



East Drayton is a 
four mile N. E. by E. of Tuxford. The parish contains "55 
houses, 256 inhabitants, and 1520 acres of land, which was 
enclosed in 1819. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a 
large gothic edifice, with a lofty tower. The living is a vicarage, 
valued in the King's books at £9. 3s. 4d. and has annexed to it 



DRAYTON (EAST ANDWEST). 



365 



those of Askham and Stokeham. The Rev. Chas. J. Sympson, 
of Teversall, is the vicar, and the Rev. Archibald Galland, the 
curate. The Dean and Chapter of York are the patrons, ap- 
propriators, and lords of the manor, which was a u Berue" of 
the King's manor of Dunham, and is now held on lease by the 
devisees of the late Lord Howard, to whom nearly half the 
land in the parish belongs. The village has a small Methodist 
Chapel, and an annual feast on the Sunday after the nearest 
Sunday to Old Michaelmas Day. 

Those marked J are Hop Growers, and § Yeomen, 



Chatterton John, shoe maker 
Elliott Wm. vict. Harrow 
Galland Rev. Archibald, curate 
Harpham Rd. vict. & blacksmith 

Blue Bell 
Harpham Wm. grocer 
Hempstock Thos. vict. & shoe 

maker 
JRawson Robert, wheelwright 
Salmon Mr. — 
Skelton Francis, corn miller 
Slingsby Thomas, shoe maker 



FARMERS. 

§Anderson Wm Parnham Edw. 



Bell Jph 

§ Byron Faith 

J§Byron Wm. 

& Geo. 
East Robt. 
Kelton Geo. 
§Milns Wm. 
§Xewbould J. 
♦Norfolk T. 
Norfolk Wm. 



J Parnham Geo. 
| Parnham Wm. 
Salmon Geo. 
Salmon John 
§Scott John 
§Swinburn Rd. 
§Whitlam Ann 
Whitlam Wm. 
& shopr. 



DRAYTON (WEST) PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY. 

West Drayton is a small village, township, and parochial 
chapelry, containing only 23 houses, 107 inhabitants, and about 
600 acres of land near the confluence of the rivers Maun, 
Wollen, and Idle, on the Worksop and Tuxford road, 2\ miles 
N. N. W. of the latter town. The Duke of Newcastle is the 
proprietor, and lord of the manor, which was of the fee of 
Roger de Busli. The church or chapel is a small edifice, with a 
turret and one bell. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed 
to the vicarage of East Markham. 

Walter's Charity : — In 1688, Henry Walter bequeathed out 
of his lands in Yorkshire, £25 per annum towards the main- 
tenance of a school at West Drayton ; £20 a- year for four poor 
widows of ministers, to be elected by the ministers of East and 
West Markham and Kirton ; and £3 a-year to the trustees for 
their trouble in executing his will. The master is appointed 
by the Duke of Newcastle, and the before-named ministers are 
visitors of the school, which is open to the poor of West Dray- 
ton, Bothamsall, Houghton, Elksley, Gamston, Milton, and 
Bevercotes. 



Black Thomas, farmer 
Blenkhorn John, schoolmaster, 

Haughton Park 
Hubbard John, farmer & p. clerk 
Marshall John, joiner 



Rawson John, farmer 
Stockdale John, maltster, h. 

Elksley 
White James, weaver 
Withley Richard, farmer 



366 SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



DUNHAM PARISH. 

Dunham, 6 miles E.N.E. of Tuxford, is a large and pleasant 
village, seated on a gentle eminence on the west bank of the 
river Trent, where a broad and shallow ferry has just been 
superseded by a handsome cast Iron Bridge of four arches, 
resting upon stone piers, and each 118 feet in span. The cost 
of this noble structure was about ^£17,000, which was sub- 
scribed by the proprietors in £50 shares. The first stone was 
laid March 3, 1831, and the whole was completed in May, 
1832. The iron work, which weighs 900 tons, was cast by 
Messrs. Booth and Co., of Sheffield Park; Messrs. Harmer 
and Pratt were the contractors, and Mr. George Leather, of 
Leeds, the engineer. According to the Act of Parliament 
under which the bridge has been erected, the proprietors are to 
purchase the ferry at a fair valuation. The spring tides 
rise here about four feet, but the common tides seldom flow 
much higher than Gainsbro,' which is 12 miles below Dunham. 
The weekly Market, and the annual Fair which was held here 
on August 12th, have been some time obsolete ; but it is ex- 
pected that the bridge will in a little time so increase the pros- 
perity of the place, that the fair will be re-established, together 
with a Thursday market; indeed large quantities of butter, &c. 
are now taken up here every Friday by the hucksters, who 
pass through the village from Lincoln to Sheffield, &c. The 
annual feast is on the Sunday after August 12th. A fine old 
cross which stood in the village, was taken down by order of 
William Crawley, Esq., who lately sold the manor and fishery 
to John Angersteen, Esq., who is also owner of a great part of 
the soil. The other principal landowners are William Mason, 
Esq., Thomas Newstead, and Christopher Alderson, besides 
whom,there are several smaller freeholders. The Parish con- 
tains 77 houses, 389 inhabitants, and about 900 acres of land, most 
of which, as well as much of the land of the adjacent parishes, is 
subject to inundations from the Trent, to prevent which, an 
act is about to be obtained for raising an embankment nine feet 
high upon the river. Thoroton says, " the men of Dunham 
Soc and Manor, being tenants of ancient demesne, ought to 
be quit of murder, pontage, and all other fines with the com- 
monalty of the county.' 7 

The Church is a small fabric dedicated to St. Oswald, and 
was rebuilt in 1805, except the tower, which is ancient and 
lofty. Previous to this reparation, the nave and chancel had 
been many years in ruins. Henry I. gave it to Thurston, Arch- 
bishop of York, " that he might make a prebend of it in the 
church of Southwell." The living is a discharged vicarage, 
valued in the King's book6 at £A. 13s. 4d., and has attached to 



DUXHAM PARISH. 



367 



it the parochial chapels of Ragnall and Darlton. The Rev. 
John Sedley Venables Vernon is the incumbent, and the Rev. 
Edward Younghusband the curate. The Prebendary of Dun- 
ham, in Southwell Collegiate Church, is the patron and appro- 
priator. At the enclosure of Dunham and Ragnall, in 1803, 
the tithes of those parishes were commuted for the following 
allotments, viz. in Dunham 211a. 1r. 36p. to the prebendary, 
and 23a. Or. 3p. to the vicar; and in Ragnall, 29a. 1r. 13p. 
to the prebendary, and 91a. 3r. 31p. to the vicar. There is 
in the village a Methodist Chapel. 

Charities. — In 1658, John Addy left land which, at the en- 
closure, was augmented with 3n. 27p. and is now let for <£3. 12s. 
a-year, which is carried to the poor rates. Jn 1763, Mrs. 
Hains worth left <£50, which, with an arrear of <£10, is now in 
the hands of Thomas Newstead at 5 per cent. Leonard and 
John Hainsivorth, in 1728, left £50 to the poor of Dunham, 
but it is lost together with £50 left to those of Ragnall, by one 
of the Mellish family. The church land consists of 2a . 2r. 7p. 
allotted at the enclosure. 



Baxter Thos. clog & patten mkr 

Bayes Thos. vict. Bridge Inn 

Bellamy Fras. shoe maker 

Bennett Geo. butcher 

Bingham Jane, grocer & draper 

Bingham Wm. wheel wiight, &c. 

Birkitt Mrs. Sarah 

Bycroft James, fisherman 

Clark John, boat owner 

Clark Jph. boat owner 

Clifton John, fisherman 

Cobb John, watch maker 

Cook Geo. boat owner 

Dixon Mr. Septimus 

Fox Mr. Thomas 

Hempstock John, blacksmith 

Hempstock Jph. tailor 

Johnson Edw. grocer & draper 

Marshall Geo. shopr. schools & 
parish clerk 

Mason Eleanor, vict. Rein Deer 

Miles Thos. tailor 

Newstead Thos. maltster, & Ret- 
ford and Laneham 



Nicholson Mary, vict. Swan 
Oliver Geo. surgeon, and Newton 
Roberts Thos. schoolmaster 
Rose Mrs. Hannah 
Stokes Win. shoemaker 
Taylor Chas. gardener 
Taylor Mr. John 
Teft Thomas, tailor 
Tomlinson Richard, shoemaker 
Whate John, jun. shoe maker 
Whate John, sen. bricklayer 
Wilson Geo. wheelgt. & joiner 
Wool house VVm. keel owner 
Younghusband Rev. Edw. curate 
FARMERS. 
Thus f are Yeomen. 
f Bacon Thos. f Newstead Thos 
fEyre Geo. . Nicholson Chas. 
fHempstock J. Nicholson Thos 
f Houghton Jno. Wigfall Joseph 
fMillns Rt. 

Carrier, Rd. Tomlinson, to 
Retford, Sat. dep. 7 mg. arr. evg. 



EARRING PARISH. 

Earring, or^ Echering, is a considerable village and parish 
4 miles S. by E. of Ollerton, containing 128 houses, 591 inha- 



368 



SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



bitants, and 2045 acres of land, of which 500 acres are in large 
open fields, and 70 acres in common. Earl Man vers owns 
1040 acres ; the Hon. and Rev. J. L. Sav ;i le, 700 acres, and 
Henry Machon, Esq,, 200 acres ; and the rest belongs to 
smaller freeholders, except 40 acres of glebe. The church, 
which stands pleasantly on an eminence, has a tower and three 
bells. The living is a rectory valued in the King's books 
at £9, 16s. Of d , and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Theophilus 
Sampson, who in 1830, succeeded the Rev. J. H. Browne, 
who had held the benefice 38 years. It is in the alternate pa- 
tronage of Earl Manvers and the Hon. and Rev. J. L. Saville, 
who are Lords of the Manor ; — the former being possesed of 
that part of the ancient demesne which was retained by the 
heirs of Gilbert de Gaunt, and the latter having that portion 
which the said Gilbert gave to the monks of Rufford. A great 
part of the parish was of the King's soke of Mansfield, and 
a small portion of it was " Soc to Laxton of Goisford de Alse- 
lua's fee." An annual festival called "Earring Ball Play," 
is held on Easter Tuesday, and has no doubt derived its name 
from its being anciently a great meeting for atrial of skill in the 
game of foot ball, which was formerly such a favourite amuse- 
ment in this county, that the lusty peasantry often kicked the 
ball to and from the church on a Sunday; indeed we ourselves 
have witnessed this polution of the Sabbath, and have some 
times seen the kicking of balls changed on the same day to the 
kicking of shins, — another sport in which this county has long 
excelled, and has perhaps never been surpassed, not even by 
the famous ivrestlers of the southern counties. A Mr, Forster y 
in 1770, left <£17 to the poor, for which the overseers distri- 
bute 1 7s. yearly out of the poor rates. 



Booth Richard, tailor 
Browne Miss Mary Ann 
Buckels Hy. painter and shopr. 
Bull George, corn miller 
Carlisle Robert, wheelwright 
Cooper Richard, parish clerk 
Doncaster Wm. solicitor 
Haywood John, shoemaker 
Johnson John, wheelwright 
Lacy John, butcher 
Machon Hy. Esq. & Gateford hill 
Manners John, bricklayer 
Osbourn Wm. shopkeeper 
Randall John, shoemaker 
Roberts J. vict. Hor6e& Trumpet 
Rose John, schoolmaster 
Rose Wm. shoemaker 
Roworth Geo. blacksmith 
Salmon Wm. shopkeeper 



Sampson Rev. Theophilus, rector 
Shircliff Thos. butcher 
Stanley Wm. shoemaker 
Story Robert, butcher 
Tarr Thos. joiner 
Tilley Mr. Joseph 
Til ley Wm. shoemaker 
Ward Samuel, tailor 
Waters Thos. shoemaker 
Weightman Ellen, blacksmith 
Williamson Hy. vict. Ostrich 
Wood Wm. joiner 

FARMERS. 
Tims are f Yeomcji, and J Hop 

Growers. 
t {Barker John Cooper Geo. 
Bowman Jph. fCooper Thos. 
{Bunby Thos. Dobb Wm. 
(& vict.) 



EARRING AND EATON PARISH. 



369 



Hallam David, Kay Richard 
Lady Park Peck Richard 



Hunt John 
Hurt George 
Hurt George 
HurtJohn 
♦HuftWm. 
Johnson John 



Pinder Jane 
Rose Geo.T. 
Rose George 
JRval John 
Tilley Abel 



Tomlinson Geo. Waters John 

& shopkeeper Wilson Richard, 
Ward Richard Coulters 

Carrier, Samuel Wibberley, to 
Newark, Wed.; to Mansfield, 
Thu. ; and to Ollerton, Friday. 



EATON PARISH. 

Eaton or Idleton is a small village on both sides of the 
Idle, connected by a brick bridge, 2 miles S. of Retford. 
Though now only remarkable for being a. prebend of Southwell, 
it was a place of some consequence before the Norman Con- 
quest ; " for here were ten manors, and ten thanes, each thane 
having a Hall :*' — at the survey, however, they were reduced 
to one manor, of which the Hon. John Bridgeman Simpson is 
now lord, and owner of a great part of the soil which he pur- 
chased about 1785, of Earl Fitzwilliam ; but the Duke of New- 
castle and the Hon. J. L. Savillehave each estates in the parish, 
which contains 48 houses, 238 inhabitants, and about 1400 
acres of land, part of which was not enclosed till 1810. The 
church is a small edifice with a turret and a bell. The living 
is a vicarage valued in the King's books at «£4. 13s. 4d. The 
Rev. Charles Fowler is the incumbent, and the Prebendary of 
Eaton in Southwell Collegiate Church is the patron and appro- 
priator. Eaton Hall, now occupied by H. B. Simpson, Esq., 
is a neat and pleasant villa, which was thoroughly repaired 
and greatly enlarged in 1831. 

Simpson Henry Bridgeman, Esq. 

Eaton Hall 
Booth George, shoemaker 
Swallow* Martha, shopkeeper 
Wilson Aire Abraham 



FARMERS. 
Denham Reb. Starkey Thos. 
Knight John Walker Wm. 
Marriott Fras. Warrick Jonas 



egmanton parish, 

Egmanton or Agemanton, lj mile S. of Tuxford, is a 
village and parish, containing 67 houses, 341 inhabitants, and 
2159a. 1r. 31 p of rich land, most of which was in a large open 
arable field till 1821, when an act was obtained to enclose it, 
and when the tithes were commuted for an allotment of 200 
acres to the impropriator, and 36a. Or. 36p. to the vicar, 
exclusive of 63a. 2r. 17f. of ancient glebe. Before the 
Conquest, it formed two manors belonging to " Turchetell 
and Uimer.'' Henry I. bestowed Egmanton with its parks 

2 K 



\ 



3?0 SOUTH fiLA Y DIVISION. 

and appertenances upon his bow-bearer, Nigellus de Al- 
banei, brother to the Earls of Clare and Arundel, who soon 
afterwards gave it to his bosom friend Robert de Aiville, and 
told his sovereign that " he had now got two honest knights in- 
stead of one." Nigellus was the founder of the Mowbray 
family, of whom the descendants of D'Aiville held this manor 
till the reign of Edward I., when Joan de Aiville carried it in 
marriage to the Everinghams of Laxton, one of whom sold 
the East Park to Henry Deyvill. In the reign of Henry VI. 
one moiety of the manor belonged to Sir Richard Stanhope, of 
Kampton. The Park was afterwards purchased by Nicholas 
Poutrell, who built upon it Egmanton Hall, which stood on or 
near Gaddick Hill, a large conical mound with a trench or 
moat cut round it. The manor is still in two moieties, and 
the Duke of Newcastle and the Hon. J. L. Savilie are the 
lords. 

The Church is a small structure with a short thick tower, 
and is dedicated to St. Mary. In the 37th of Henry VIII. 
John Bellowe had license to alienate the rectory and churchy 
(which had belonged to Newstead priory) to Robert Thornehill, 
Esq. The impropriation and advowson now belong to Pendock 
Barry, Esq. but he has sold their reversion to the Duke of 
Newcastle. The vicarage is valued in the King's Books at 
<£4. 6s. 0£d. ; and the Rev. Edward Smith is now the incum- 
bent. The annual Feast commences on the nearest Sundav to 
Old Michaelmas-day. The Methodist Chapel here, was erected 
in 1804, on land given by Robert Price. 

Charities. — In 1616, John Sudbury left to the poor of 
Egmanton and Mapplebeck, an acre of land in Tuxford 
Southfield. At the enclosure, the Duke of Newcastle gave 
in exchange for this land, Outgangbridge and Beetoning 
Closes, containing 2a. 3r. 15p. in Egmanton, and now let for 
.£6. per annum, which is divided equally amongst the poor of 
Egmanton and Mapplebeck. In 1666, Francis Oldham left a 
rent charge of 6s. and Christopher Sudbury in 1678, two lands 
in Egmanton Field, to the poor of this parish, but these bene- 
factions were exchanged at the enclosure for an acre of the 
common field, now divided into six gardens let for 6s. each. 
The Church land consists of 6a. Jr. 29p., let for £5. lis. 
per annum, and was also allotted in exchange at the enclosure. 



Ash more Geo. tailor 
Cook Mary, vict. New Plough 
East James, corn miller 
Hallam James, shoemaker 
Jackson Sandys, vict. Old Plougli 

and blacksmith 
Rose Mr. George 



Stoakes John, bricklayer, vic- 
tualler and shopkeeper 
Tinker Richard, wheelwright 
Tissington Robert, shoemaker 
Truswell Richard, tanner 
FARMERS. 
Thus f are Yeomen. 



,Sj)rowell Jas. baker & shopkpr +Bills Rt. Villa Bingham Join? 



KGMAKTON AND GA.USTOK PARISH. 



371 



Booth George Hill John 
Burton Richard Johnson Rd. 
Gale John Lee Edward 

Gray John tMaples John 

fHempsallThos fOldham Fras. 
(hop grower) Pi ice Robert 



Priest Thomas 
Ramsden Fras. 
Ramsden Vv T m. 
Rose William 



f Sudbury Saml. 
Thompson Wm 
fWardell George 
(hop grower) 



Sprowell James Wilson William 



GAMSTON PARISH. 

Gamston or Gamelston, three miles and an half S. of 
Retford, is a good village on the east bank of the Idle, where 
there is a corn mill and a candlewick manufactory. The 
parish, which has only about 1,100 acres of rich land, contains 
64 houses, and a population of 306 souls. The Duke of New- 
castle is sole proprietor and lord of the manor, which was 
enclosed in 1809, when the tithes were commuted for an allot- 
ment of land. Before the conquest there were two mills here, 
and two manors held by " Gamel and Swain," but the whole 
was afterwards possessed by the Materseys, from whom it passed 
to the Thurlands, who sold it to the Markhams, of whom it 
was purchased, together with Thurland Hall, in Nottingham, 
by the Earl of Clare, an ancestor of the Duke of Newcastle. 
The Church dedicated to St. Peter, kt has once been antique," 
but its brasses have been all destroyed or stolen, and its sculp- 
tured ornaments are hid behind many coats of whitewash. 
The benefice is a rectory in the patronage of the King, and 
valued in the King's Books at £11. 16s. 5fd. The Rev. 
Joshua Brooke, B.D. is the rector. Here is an ancient Baptist 
Chape! with & burial ground. Lound Hall Farm, though 
two miles and a half south of Gamston, and surrounded by 
Bothamsall, Bevercotes, and Haughton, is attached to this 
parish, and this unnatural connection is accounted for by a 
traditional tale, which says, it was occasioned by Bothamsall 
chapelry refusing to bury a corpse found at Lound Hall, and 
which was consequently brought to Gamston, where it was 
interred. In 1740, John Holt and William, Ibberson left £2. 
each to the poor of Gamston, for which the overseers distribute 
4s. yearly in bread. Jockey House, now a farm-house, one 
mile west of Gamston, on the opposite side of the Idle is in 
this parish, and was formerly a noted Inn, being near the 
junction of several old roads. 



BrookeRev. Joshua, B.D. rector 
Buckle Marraaduke, manufactr. 
Dixon John, corn miller 
Flintham Isaac, wheelwright 
Freeborough Wm. vict. Newcas- 
tle Anns 



Haworth & Buckle, linen & cot- 
ton candlewick manufacturers 
Haworth Stph. Rose, manufactr 
Laughton Sarah & Eiiz. shopkrs 
Parkinson Miss Sarah & Sisters 
Salmon Ann, grocer and draper 



372 SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



Shipston Samuel, shopkeeper 
Shipston Mr. William 
Tattersall George, tailor 
Theaker Geo. shoemaker 
Wait Wm. blacksmith 
Whitworth John, wheelwright 

FARMERS. 
Bailey Eleanor Baker William 



Batty William Salmon Joseph 
Hopkinson Jon. Shaw Thomas 
Lound Joseph, Shipston Thos. 

Jockey-houseSimpsonWm. 
Redgaie John, Swallow Wm. 

Lound Hall Walker George 



GROVE PARISH. 

Grove is a small but pleasant village and parish, 3 miles- 
E.S.E. of Retford, containing 20 houses, 121 inhabitants, and 
about 900 acres of land, the higher parts of which are planted 
with oak, ash, and other trees r now in a thriving" state, and 
the rest is either in pasturage or tillage. Being- so near the 
line of the Roman road which passed by Littleborough to 
Lincoln, the bold and commanding situation of Grove could 
not escape the notice of the Roman legions, as fit for an ex- 
ploratory station, and we may therefore conclude, that the 
double-trenched mount in Castle Hill Wood, a little to the 
north of the village, was occupied by them for military pur- 
poses, though it may originally have been a British work. 
The lordship of Grove was partly ancient demesne of the soke 
of Dunham, but after the Conquest, it was of the fee of Roger 
de Busli, and in the reign of Henry II. was held by Gilbert de 
Arches Baron de Grove, whose heiress carried it in marriage 
to the Hercy family, with whom it continued till Sir John de 
Hercy bequeathed it to his sister, who was married to George 
Neville, Esq., of Ragnall, with whose descendants it remained 
till the latter part of the 17th century, when Sir Edward Neville 
sold it to Sir Creswell Levinz. In 1762, William Levinz 
sold it to Anthony Eyre, Esq., of Rampton and Adwick, — the 
father of its present possessor, Anthony Hardolph Eyre, Esq., 
of Grove Hall, who was a Lieut-Colonel in the 1st Regiment of 
Foot Guards, in which, his only son was unfortunately killed 
at the victory of Barrosa, in Spain, March 7th, 1811. He has 
three daughters, all married ; the eldest to Earl Manvers, the 
second to Granville Venables Vernon, nephew to the Arch- 
bishop of York, and the third to Henry Gaily Knight, Esq. 
His brother John, is now Archdeacon of Nottingham, and his 
brother George, was knighted for his gallantry in taking the 
Island of Santa Maria, and afterwards became an Admiral, and 
was distinguished with the honour of K. C. B. The family of 
Eyre came over with William the Conqueror, and settled at 
Hope, in Derbyshire, and Kiveton, in Yorkshire. They have 
now large estates in Nottinghamshire. 

Grovk Hall, the beautiful seat of A. H. Eyre, Esq., who 



uKOVIi AND HEADON PARISH. 



has represented the county in Parliament, in conjunction with 
his son-in-law Lord Newark, has a commanding appearance 
when seen from the north road, being situated on a consider- 
able elevation in the midst of a well wooded park. Of the 
ancient mansion built here by the Hercy family, nothing has 
been removed except the front, which is modern, and in a 
pleasing style of architecture ; the other part of the house is 
certainly as old as Henrv VTII/s reign, and has been an edi- 
fice of great elegance according to the style of that period. 

The Church, a small gothic edifice dedicated to St. Helen, 
is seated on an eminence and surrounded by aged trees. It has 
a tower and two bells, and contains some curious antique mo- 
numental stones of the Hercy family. The living is a rectory 
valued in the King's books at c£ll.*14s. 2d. The lord of the 
manor, A. H. Eyre, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. Abra- 
ham Youle, of West Retford is the incumbent. The Rectory 
house is a pleasing habitation with about 30 acres of glebe, 
and was liberally improved by the late rector, the Rev. Charles 
Eyre, who died in 1799, and was brother to the patron. Ad- 
joining the churchyard are two Almshouses with each a 
garden, which were endowed in 1696 by Sir Christopher Le- 
vinz, with <£10. 8s. per annum, for two poor people, who now 
receive 2s. each weekly, from the trustee, A. H. Eyre, Esq. 



Evre, Anthony Hardolph, Esq., 

"Grove Hall 
Vernon Granville Harcourt, Esq , 

M. P., Grove Hall 
Barlow George, parish clerk 
Brown Edward, joiner 
Cocking Thomas, farmer 



Freeman Joseph, farmer 
Hill John, farmer 
Park William, gardener 
Thompson John, farmer, Moor- 
house 
Unsworth Thomas, farmer 



HEADON-CUM-UPTON PARISH 

Comprises the hamlets of Upper and Nether Headon, Thorpe, 
and Upton, lying south of Grove, and mostly belonging to the 
same proprietor, A. H. Eyre, Esq., who is lord of the manor, 
part of which is the property of William Mason, Esq., and Mr. 
William Hill. The parish contains 56 houses, 248 inhabitants, 
and about 2000 acres of land. The commons were enclosed in 
1817, when 184 acres were allotted to the impropriator, and 
164 acres to the vicar, in lieu of tithes. The parish/6Y7^ is on 
the Sunday before St. Peter's day, or on that day when it falls 
on a Sundav. 

Headon (Nether and Upper,) are two hamlets distant a 
quarter of a mile from each other, and 4 miles SAY. by S. of 
Retford. Headon Hall was built in 1710, by Sir HardoIpJi 
TVasineys, the last Baronet of bis family, whose heiress carried 
if in marriage to Anthony Eyre, Esq., of Grove, fether c 



374 



SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



present lord of the manor, who pulled down the hall in 1796, so 
that nothing now remains of the ancient seat of the Wastneys 
but the park. The church which stands at Upper Headon, is 
a large gothic structure dedicated to St. Peter, and contains 
some monuments of the Wastneys family. It is a curious fact, 
that the impropriate rector must be a clergyman, although he 
has no cure of souls in the parish, that duty being performed 
by the vicar, or his curate. The sinecure rectory is valued in 
the King's books at £\5. 12s. 6d., and is now enjoyed by the 
Rev. Charles Harcourt Vernon. The vicarage is valued at 
£4, 3s. 4d., and the Rev. George Wastneys Eyre is the incum- 
bent, for whom the Rev. George Gould officiates. A. H. Eyre, 
Esq., has the advowson of both livings, and has lately erected a 
school in the park, where about 20 poor children are educated 
at the expense of G. H. Vernon, Esq., and other members of 
his family. 

Thorpe is a hamlet and three farms, a little to the south of 
Upper Headon. 

Upton is a small village occupying the highest part of the 
parish, where there are 18 acres of hop plantations, 4f miles 
S.S.E. of Retford. 

In the folloiving Directory of Headon parish, those marked 1, live 
i n Lower Headon ; 2, in Upper Headon ; 3, in Thorpe ; 4, in Upton ; 
% are hop growers, 

4Bamforth John, shoemaker 
4Bellamy William, vict. White 

Horse 
2Brovvn Edward, blacksmith 
4Brovvn Robert, joiner 
2Gould Rev. George, curate 
IPettinger George, joiner 
lRushby George, schoolmaster 

and parish clerk 
4Smissons John, shoemaker 
2Wilkinson Eliz. free school 
4Wilkinson James, shoemaker 



4Wilkinson Robert, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
3Brown Wm. 4 Lees John 



X 1 Cocking J. 
3Harpham Rd. 
J4HU1 Geo. 
+4HU1 Wm. 
2Hilton John 
4Houlton Wm. 
J4lbberson J. 
J4Ibberson W. 



4LeesT. & W. 

4Nettleship S. 
2 Parkinson J. 
J I Ward William 
3Whelpdale W. 
4WilkinsonWm. 
and maltster 



KIRTON PARISH. 

Kirton or Kirkton, is but a small parish, having only 
about 900 acres of land, 247 inhabitants, and 45 houses, forming 
a pleasant village at the foot of a steep and well wooded decli- 
vity, 3 miles E.N.E. of Ollerton. In 1612, the principal 
owners were the Earl of Shrewsbury, William Clarkson, the 
Corporation of East Retford, William and Robert Ingham, 
Henry Wright, and John Eastwood ; but most of it now be- 
longs to Henry Gaily Knight, Esq., and the Hon. and Rev. 
J. L. Saville, the latter of whom is lord of the manor, which 



KIRTON AND LANEHAM PARISH. 37-5 

in Domesday book is called Schidrington, and was u of diverse 
fees.*' The church which has a lofty tower, is dedicated to the 
Holy Trinity. The living is a rectory, valued in the King's 
books at £7. 14s. 9£d. but is now endowed with 50 acres of old 
glebe, and 130 acres allotted at the enclosure in 1822, in lieu 
of all tithes. The Duke of Newcastle is the patron, and the 
Rev. Joseph Blandford, the incumbent. There are several hop 
yards in the parish, and many of the growers here have yards 
at Bevercotes. The/east is on the Sunday after Whitsuntide. 
Charities.— The Rev. J. Sykes, in 1622, left £10. ; Lady 
Anne South, in 1659, £2. ; and John Ambler, in 1692, £20. 
These sums were laid out in land, which, at the enclosure re- 
ceived an allotment, so that it now consists of more than three 
acres, let for £$. per annum, of which, 2os. is paid to a school- 
mistress, lis. distributed at Christmas, and the rest is carried 
to the poor rates. 

Those marked J are Hop Growers. 
Blandford Rev. Jph. rector FARMERS. 



Gilbert Wm. shoemaker JCamm Jthn. Lee Win 

Hurt John, vict. & shoemaker 

Roberts Thos. vict. Fox&Hounds 

J Rollitt John, wheelwright 

Stanrield R.t. corn miller 

VTass Geo. vict. & blacksmith 

Young John, shopr. & parish ck. 



Chambers Isaac + Manuel Jasper 

Dean Win. Priest James 

JTrogson Wm. MVass Fras. 

t Gilbert John J^Vass Mattw. 

J Harvey John Watkinson John 

J Jackson Geo. * v7ei<rhtmanRd. 

tJepson Hy. JWoolhouseChr 



laneham parish 

Is on the west side of the Trent, north of Dunham, 8 miles 
E. S. E. of Retford, and "J miles N. E. by E. of Tuxford ; con- 
taining- about 1700 acres of land, and the hamlets of High Town 
and Low Town, in which are 77 houses, occupied by 347 
persons. The whole is in the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, 
and with its Berues of Askham, Beckingham, Saundby, Bol- 
ham, West Burton, "Wheatley, and Leverton, forms the Arch- 
bishop of York's Manor and Soke of Laneham, but the land is 
held by a number of freeholders and copyholders, the latter of 
whom, on the death or change of tenant pay a fine certain. The 
parish was enclosed about 50 years ago, and exonerated from 
tithe, except an estate belonging to Mrs. Minnitt, of Ollerton, 
who has the Ferry across the Trent — from which the largest 
assemblage of houses, called the High Town, is distant about 
half a mile. The Low Town is on the bank of the river, near 
the church, a small ancient fabric dedicated to St. Peter. The 
living, valued in the King's books at £5. 13s. 4d. has 28 acres 
of glebe, besides 4 acres purchased about thirty years ago, with 
a portion of Queen Anne's bountv. The Dean and Chapter of 



376 



SOUTH GLAY DIVISION. 



York are the patrons, and the Rev. Edmund \\ r alias is the in- 
cumbent. The principal landholders are J. Beely, T. New- 
stead, J. Draper, Mrs. Minnitt, G. Cole, G. Goodger, and R. 
and T. Newboult. The feast is on the Sunday before Old 
Lammas. 

Charities, — The poor of this parish have given to them 2s. 
worth of bread every Sunday, and a supply of coals in winter, 
from the rent of the Poofs land, (2 acres let for <£ll. 6s. !) and 
the following- benefactions, viz. the interest of .£10. left by W. 
Shelton ; 20s. yearly, left in 1821, by Sarah Fillingham out of 
Clay-half close; and 13s. 4d. yearly out of three closes belong- 
ing to the vicar of Hablesthorp, left by an unknown donor. 
Those marked f reside at Low Town. 



Anderson Wm. blacksmith 
f Atkinson Jonth. ferryman 
Bagshaw Tbos. corn miller 
Blyth Mrs. Winnifred 
Bonington Wm. tailor 
Cobb George, joiner 
Cooling W. vict. Butcher's Arms 
f Cooper John, jun. wheelwright 
Darley John, bricklayer 
Darwin Wm. joiner 
Draper Robert, gent. 
Fletcher Thos. boat owner 
Ginever Wm. boat owner 
Hill James, shoemaker 
Hill Wm. parish clerk 
Keyworth John, vict. & maltster 
Mason Geo. boat owner 
Metham Rd. shopkeeper 
Milner Geo. butcher 
fNewstead Thomas, maltster, h. 

Dunham 
Ostick John, maltster 
Pettener Samuel, baker 
Ruston Thos. boat owner 



Scott Michael, shoemaker 
Shuttleworth Hy. vict. Ring of 

Bells 
Sims Mr. Wm, 
Wallas Joseph, cooper 
Warriner John, grocer & draper 
Wheat Geo. shoemaker 
Wheat John, tailor 
Wildman Thos. schoolmaster 

FARMERS. 
Atkinson Jonth. Marshall Geo. 
fBeeleyJohn,(& Marshall John 
maltster) Newbouit Rt. 

Binge Wm. Newboult Thos. 

Bolton Geo. Nicholson Caleb 
Cartwright Tho. fRawson Wm. 
fCooper John Smith Ed. John 
Darwin John fTompkin Frs. 
Goodger John Walker Benj. 
Ledger Thos. Walker John 

Carrier, Geo. Bolton, to Ret- 
ford, Sat, dep. 8 mg. ret. 8 evg. 



LAXTON OR LEXINGTON PARISH. 

This large parish which extends eastward from the lofty 
summit of Cockin Hill, to Ossington in Thurgarton Hundred, 
contains 3,955 acres of Land, of which 1245 acres are in open 
fields and commons, and 118 in woods and plantations. It 
comprises the long village of Laxton, the humble hamlet and 
chapel ry of Moorliouse at its eastern extremity, and 10 scattered 
farmsteads called Brceks, Brockilow, Ccckin-Moor, Copthorne, 
Hartshorn, Knapency, Laorton Lodge, Primrose-hill, Sac- 
woody and Straw-Hall, all within one mile and a half of tb« 



LAXTON PARISH. 377 

Tillage. Its population amounts to 659 souls living in 120 
houses, and its soil is generally a strong fertile clay, except 
about Moorhouse where there is a low swampy common, and 
some enclosed patches of black vegetable mould, abounding in 
shell-snails and ant-hills. More than two-thirds of the land 
belongs to Earl Man vers, who is lord of the manor ; and the 
remainder, except a few smail freeholds, is the property of the 
Hon. and Rev. J. L. Saville. 

Laxton or Lexington, 3 miles S. by W. of Tuxford, and 
5 miles E. of Ollerton, is a considerable village on a pleasant 
declivity, celebrated for having given the title of Baron to a 
family of its own name, and afterwards to the Suttons of Aver- 
ham. Before the Norman invasion it belonged to Tochi, and 
was afterwards part of the fee of Goisfred de Alselin, which 
was in the reign of Henry 1. divided into two great baronies 
possessed by Ralph de Alselin, of Shelford, and Robert de Caux, 
of Lexington or Lessinton. In the reign of John, Richard de 
Lexington, who had his name from the residence of his ances- 
tors, held lands here of the de Caux family, and having pur- 
chased large estates at other places, was summoned to parlia- 
ment under the title of Baron Lexington. Henry de Lexington, 
the fourth Baron Lexington died in 1257, when the title became 
extinct, and his property was divided betwixt his nephews and 
heirs, Richard de Marcham, and Wm. de Sutton, from the 
latter of whom descended Robert Sutton, who in 1645 was 
created Baron Lexington of Averham, but at the death of his 
successor of the same name, in 1723, the title again became ex- 
tinct, and has not since been revived, though sometime ago, it 
was expected to have been conferred on that branch of the 
Sutton family now resident at Kelhara, one of whom, Charles 
Manners Sutton, was Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1792 till 
his death in 1805 ; and his son of the same name, has long held 
the office of Speaker in the House of Commons, but none of 
them have now any property in this parish. Laxton is also re- 
markable as the birth place of Wm. ChappeU, Bishop of Cork 
and Rosse, in Ireland, who died in 1649, and was eminent in 
learning, piety, and charity, and as Fuller says, " he parted 
his estates equally betwixt his own kindred and distressed mi- 
nisters." The parish has also produced an instance of great 
herculean strength, in the person of the late John White, of 
Copthorne, who died January 6th, 1782, in his 70th year, and 
had long been famed as the heaviest and strongest man in the 
county, being in weight 33 stone, and having on many occasions 
displayed an equal preponderance of power, in the exercise of 
which he once took up a sack of wheat in his hands and 
threw it from him over a waggon which his servants were 
loading. 

Laxton Church, which stands on an eminence on the south 
west side of the village, is a large ancient structure, consisting 



378 SOUTH CLAY DIVISION, 

of a spacious nave and chancel, with two side aisles, and a lofty 
tower in which are five musical bells. It is dedicated to St. 
Michael, and had once many beautiful monuments and armorial 
carvings and paintings of the ancient families of Roos, Evering- 
ham, Hastings, Gray, Longviilers, &c. but these are now either 
mutilated or totally gone, partly through the irresistible decay 
of time, but principally owing, according to Mr. Throsby's 
observations in 1795, to the unpardonable neglect of those who 
ought to have preserved them from wanton destruction. Throsby 
gives in particular a most horrid description of the accumula- 
tion of filth and broken tombs which he found in the north 
cemetry or chapel, but it is pleasing to observe that a change 
for the better has lately taken place. The chapel which has 
long been used as the parish school has been cleansed, and three 
effigies of Crusaders in full armour, have been removed from the 
mischievous company of the scholars into the chancel, where 
there are three other recumbent figures on a tomb nearly six feet 
high, representing another crusading knight and his two wives. 
At the south east corner of the nave is a curious square pew, on 
which is carved a shield with five weeping eyes upon it, and this 
inscription — " Robert Tr afford, Vic, de Laxton, hoc fieri fecit. 
Anno Domini, 1532." There was anciently a chantry in the 
church, endowed with land in the parish. The rectory was 
appropriated to Jesus' college, in Rotherham, which was found- 
ed by Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York, in 1500, but 
the patronage and impropriation now belong to Earl Manvers. 
The benefice is a vicarage now enjoyed by the Rev. Richard 
Procter, and is valued in the King's hooks at <£lh and by 
Bacon at ^638. 10s. 6d. A little north of the church is a coni- 
cal hill which has had a deep moat round it, and is supposed to 
be the site of an exploratory tower erected by one of the early 
lords of the manor, to communicate with another raised by his 
kinsman at Egmanton. The annual feast is on the nearest 
Sunday to Old Michaelmas Day. 

Moorhouse, \\ mile E. of Laxton, and 3 miles S. by E- of 
Tuxford, is a small hamlet and chapelry, consisting of eleven 
small farms, and about 20 humble dwellings, dispersed round 
an extensive quagmire green or common, from which it has ob- 
tained the distinctive name of Moorhouse~in-the-Bogs. It has a 
constable, and repairs its own roads, but maintains its poor 
conjointly with Laxton. The chapel is a very small ancient 
building, which has lately been cleansed and repaired, previous 
to which its clumsy and decayed oaken benches were so worn 
by the tooth of time as to tremble under the monthly pressure 
of its slender congregation. It had formerly a guild or chantry, 
endowed with land in the hamlet. The curacy is annexed to 
the vicarage of Laxton, and is endowed with the rectorial tithes 
of the chapelry, all the land in which belongs to Earl Manvers, 
except two small farms belonging to J. E. Dennison, Esq. and 



I. AX TON PARISH. 3J9 

Mr. Francis White ; the latter of whom, found in 1831, three 
human skeletons buried in a close, where tradition says there 
were formerly several houses, the inhabitants of which are said 
all to have died of the plague. Some years before, the head 
and part of a human body was found in the field called Esther 
King's. The sand which is washed from the higher grounds 
into the drains that intersect the quagmire, is, by the petrifying 
quality of the peat water, transformed into a hard porous sub- 
stance resembling pumice stone. 

The Charities belonging to Laxton parish are as follows. 
The schoolmaster teaches ten poor children, for the use of the 
school in the church, and 40s. yearly paid by Samuel Wheat- 
croft, of Xonvell, as the interest of ^6*40. left many years ago 
bv an unknown donor. John White, merchant, of Sheffield, 
but a native of this parish, by will dated Septr. 26th, 180fi, left 
.£40. to the poor, to be distributed in bread. He was son of the 
before named John White, of herculean memory, and great 
uncle to the author of this work. His legacy is now in the 
hands of bis nephew, Win. White, of Copthorne, who pays 
40s. yearly interest. John Hunt, in 1818, left .£100. and 
George Lee, in 1822, a yearly rent charge of 20s. for the same 
charitable purpose. The £100. is now lent on mortgage of a 
close belonging to William Stanfield. These doles of bread, 
amounting to .£9. per annum, are distributed by the overseers 
and churchwardens on Christmas and New Year's Day. The 
Church-land, appropriated for the repairs of the church, 
consists of 13a. 3r. (5p. situated in the West-field, the Sov.th- 
field, the Millfiela\ and the Inclosurc, as described minutely 
upon a tablet in the church. No deeds can be found relating 
to it, but the yearly rents amounting to £2$. 3s. fid. are always 
carried to the churchwardens' general account. The homestead 
with all the land is occupied by John Cook, except a rood, 
rented by Win. Pinder, jun. and 3.5 perches in Saville's Ten- 
ter-close, held by Mr. Thomas Xewstead. 

LAXTOX DIRECTORY. 



Bowman John, wheelwright 
Clarborcugh Jph. shoemaker 
Clover Jph. shoemaker 
Dewiek Thos. tailor 
Dewick Wm. parish clerk 
Gabbitas John, shoemaker 
Giles John, blacksmith 
Hurt Thos. vict. Volunteer and 

blacksmith 
Johnson Rd. blacksmith 
Lacey Wm. shopkeeper 
Newboult John, shopkeeper 
Pearse John, woodman, Saywood 
Pinder Geo. vict. Sun 



Pinder Saml. butcher 

Procter Rev. Rd. vicar, Jlcarag 

house 
Rose John, bricklayer 
Rushby Win. shopkeeper 
Twibell Jas. gent. 
Twibell John, gamekeeper 
Truswell John, schoolmaster 
White John, corn miller 
Woodward Ann. shoemaker 
Wright John, tailor 
Wright Sarah, vict. Dove Cote 
Wright Wm. tailor & draper 



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SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



FARMERS. 

Marked * are Yeomen. 
Bartram Wm. * Key worth Rd. 
Burkitt John Lambert Thos. 
Brownlow Robt. Straw [Jail 

Knapeney *Lee Mary 
Cook John Lee Rt. 
Doncaster Mr. Lee Wm. 

Middlethorp Merry weather G. 



Eyre Robert, 

B reck- won 2: 
*Glazebrook \\ 
Hopkin Wm. 
Johnson Wm 



Newstead Thos. 
Nicholson Wm. 

Cock in Moor 
Pearse Edmund, 

Say wood 



Keyworth John Peatheld Wm. 



Peck George, 
Brockilow 

Pickin John 

Pinder Wm. 

*Pinder Wm. 

Pinder Wm. 

Quibell Wm. 

Swinman Ann 
(moorhouse.) 

Bartle Geo. 

Bartle Jthn. 

Clarke John 

Greasby Wm. 

Harpham Robt. 

Harpham Wm. 



*Tavlor George 
Wea'therall Rt. 
White William, 

Copthome 
Whittington W. 
Woombill John, 

Laxton Lodge 
Wright Mary 
FARMERS. 
Jepson John 
Palian Martin 

vict. Ship 
White Edw. 
White Fras. 
White Wm. 



MARKHAM (EAST) PARISH. 

Includes Marhham Moor, on the great north road, and extends 
about two miles eastward from the river Idle. It has 2,700 
acres of land, 188 houses, and 805 inhabitants. The moor was 
enclosed in 1810 and 1811, when land was allotted as a com- 
mutation of all the tithes of the parish, which since then, has 
been greatly improved by many new buildings, and carriage and 
foot roads, all upon a liberal scale. The soil is generally a fer- 
tile clay, and some of it is planted with hops. The greater 
part of it belongs to the Duke of Newcastle, who is also impro- 
priator and lord of the manor, but Mrs. Frances Cartwright, 
Wm. Kirk, John and Thomas Rose, and some others, have 
small estates here. 

East Markham, on the road to Dunham Bridge, l£ miles 
N. of Tuxford, is a large and handsome village, seated on a 
pleasant declivity. It has a fine large gothic rfiurch, with a 
lofty embattled tower and four bells, dedicated to St. John the 
Baptist, and still retaining several ancient monuments and ar- 
morial paintings of the Markhams, Cressys, Merrings, and 
others. The living, which is in the patronage of the Duke of 
Newcastle, is a vicarage valued in the King's books at .£11. 8s. 
ll£d. and has annexed to it that of West Drayton. The Rev. 
Sherarad Becher, is the incumbent. Before the conquest there 
was here a church and a priest, and the parish was divided into 
several manors and was partly" Son to Dunham, " but all of it 
was afterwards of the fee of Roger de Busli, and Avas held suc- 
cessively by the Thurold, Creasy, Chevercourr, Lynham, 
Marcham, Bosevill, Topcliffe, Williamson, Hewett, and other 
families. sJvicia, wife of Jordan de Chevercourt, gave to the 
monks of Blyth one bovate of land here, " for a refection of 
the monks on the day of her anniversary, that by their inter- 



EAST MARKHAM PARISH. 38] 

cession, her soul in heaven might have a refection with celestial 
meat and drink." Richard de Marcham granted to the said 
monks 20s. yearly, for the moiety of the mill at Murihield 
Bridge, which is now unknown, except it refers to the Mirfield 
Hall Estate, now the property and residence of Mrs. Cart- 
wright. The church, like that at West Markham, was anci- 
entlv annexed to the King's chapel, at Tickhill, and was granted 
by Philip and Mary, to the Abbey of St. Peter's, in West- 
minster. 

Sir John Markham, who was knighted by Edward IV., 
and made Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, " in room of 
Sir John Fortescue," was a native of this parish, and lies 
interred in the chancel under a tomb which bears the date 
1409. He was as learned and as upright a judge as ever sat on 
the bench, and Fuller calls him and his predecessor " the two 
Chief Justices of the Chief Justices, for their singular inte- 
grity ; for though one of them favoured the House of Lancas- 
ter, the other of York, in the titles to the crown, both of them 
favoured the house of justice, in matters betwixt party and 
party." When Sir Thomas Cook, Lord Mayor of London, 
was arraigned for high treason on a charge of having supplied 
Margaret of Anjou with money during the wars of the roses, his 
life and lands were saved, by Judge Markham directing the jury 
to find it only misprision of treason. This so offended Edward 
IV., that the honest Chief Justice was ousted from oflice, and 
lived privately during the rest of his life. 

Markham-moor, at the west end of the parish, on the great 
north road, 2 miles .N.N. W. -of Tuxford, is celebrated for a 
comfortable inn, used as a posting stage by. the various pub- 
lic conveyances. Since the inclosure in 1810, several good 
houses have been built here on Cleveland-hill and Sibcock- 
hill, near which is Priestgate^ the road that leads to East or 
Great Markham, which is distant If mile to the eust. 

The School at East Markham is endowed with two yearly 
rent charges of £o each, one left in 1706 by James Gunihorpe, 
and now paid out of 36 acres of land at Markham-moor, be- 
longing to the Jackson family; and the other bequeathed in 
1713 by William Dunstan, out of Southunderwood close, which 
is now the property of William Kirk, Esq. For these sums the 
master teaches 20 poor children, who are provided with shoes 
or other articles of clothing, purchased with four guineas paid 
as the interest of £105, which- is lent to William Kirk, Esq., 
and arose from .£50 left to the poor in 1725, by Jeremiah El- 
liot, and from several balances saved by the former trustees of 
the school, for which the vicar is receiver. 

Bread Money, &c; — John Atkinson, id 17^3, left a house 
and 16a. Or. 36p. of land at East Markham, in trust, to dis- 
tribute the yearly rent (now <£21) to the poor in weekly doles 
of bread everv Sundav, at the church. William Mason, Esq, 

2 L 



382 



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is the only surviving trustee. In 1772, Ellen Cosen left ^50, 
and directed the interest to be given to the poor at Christmas, 
by the vicar. An unknown donor left £22, for which Joseph 
Tomlinson gives a ton of coal yearly to the poor of the 
parish. 

Those marked % are Hop Growers, and * Yeomen, thus f live at 
Markham-moor, and § Cleveland-kill. 



Appleby Thomas, weaver 

Atkinson Richard, baker & shop- 
keeper 

Becher Rev. Sherarad, vicar 

Bingham Wm. joiner 

fBlenkhorn Mrs. Ann 

Booth John, vict. schoolmaster, 
& parish clerk 

| Bowman John, butcher 

f Bradley Jonth. victualler, Black 
Horse 

f Brown Saml. road surveyor & 
shopkeeper 

Burrows. Win. shoemaker 

Cartwright Mrs. Fras. gentlewo- 
man, Mirfield Hall 

Cooper Edward, farrier 

Dixon Thomas, horse dealer 

Fox Thos. grocer & draper 

Freeman Wm. corn miller 

Gabbitas Wm . gardener, Kings- 
haugh Common 

Gregg Wm. shoemaker 

Hall Jas. vict. Crown Inn, Sib- 
cock Hill 

Harrison John, shoemaker 

Hempsall Mark, weaver 

Hempsall Rt. joiner & shopkpr 

Hodgkinson George, saddler 

fHunt Geo. blacksmith 

Hurst Saml. beer house 

Hutchinson Wm. brick & tile 
maker, h. Sutton 

+ Jackson Mrs Mary Ann 

Leach John, tailor 

Leach Wm. tailor 

Lightfoot Thomas, corn miller, 
Priestgate 

Littlewood John, tailor 

Littlewood Samuel, tailor 

Moss Wm. tailor 

Moss Wm. wheelwright 

Otter Mr. Hollis 

Parker Frank, vict. & shoemkr. 
Old England 



Parker Geo. shoemaker & shop- 
keeper 
Richards Geo. vict. Greyhound 
% Richards Wm. vict. Bottle and 

Glass 
Rose Mrs. Ann 
J Rose John, Esq 
§Scott Wm. vict. White Hart 
§Sculthorp Mrs. Eliz 
Staniland Chpr. shoemaker 
Stockdale John, blacksmith 
Stock dale Jph. nerseryman, Sib- 
cock hill 
f Sunderland Squire, bar-keeper 
Swinglehurst John, beerhouse 
Thompson Saml. bricklayer 
Thompson Wm. vict. bricklayer 
W T hite John, blacksmith 
Willies Matthew, bricklayer 
Willies Thos. bricklayer 
Wilson John, joiner 

FARMERS. 
Betts George Marriott Wm, 
Billiald Sus. Brecks 

*Billiald Thos. Moss Benj. 
*Billiald Wm. Quibell Benj. 
Booth Geo. Quibell William, 

•Butler Geo. Brecks 

Clark John Bavner Jas. 

{Clark Samuel J*Rose Thos. 
*Cobb Richard J*Simpson Wm. 
Cook Geo. Smith Chas. 

Dixon Ann, Smith Geo. 

Priestgate §Spencer Thos. 
•Harrison, Wm. brick maker, 
Hempsall Geo. Hill 
Hempsall Jas. Spencer Wm. & 
f Jackson Eliz. maltster 
Jackson Jerh. Stockdale Wm. 
*Jackson Gerv. JSvvinglehurst J, 
J* Lees Rd. and & maltster 
maltster f Taylor Wm. 

fLong Win. * Walters Jas. 
•Maples Job. Walters John 
J Walters Wm 



MARY HAM (WEST) PARISH. 3B3 



MARKHAM (WEST) PARISH 

Occupies a picturesque situation betwixt the north road and 
the river Idle, south of Markham-moor. It contains about 1000 
acres of land, and the two small villages of West Markham and 
Milton, in which are only 44 houses and 197 inhabitants 

West Markham, or, as it is sometimes called, Little Mark- 
ham, stands on a pleasant declivity above the vale of the Idle, 
and a little to the west of the north road, If mile N:W. of 
Tuxford. The ancient church, dedicated to All Saints, is a 
small edifice at the foot of the village, but it is now superseded 
bv a beautiful New Church, erected in 1831-2, upon a com- 
manding eminence, by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, who 
has formed two splendid chapels in the transept, with spacious 
vaults under them, intended as the future place of sepulchre for 
his family. It is in the Grecian Doric order, with a portico at 
the east end, and a handsome octagonal tower rising from the 
centre, and crowned by a handsome dome. The length of the 
fabric from east to west is 105 feet, its width in the cJiancel 32 
feet, and in the transept 57 feet. The whole was constructed 
from a plan by Robert Smirke, Esq., the celebrated architect of 
London. Adjoining the churchyard, is the vicarage-house, an ele- 
gant Swiss building, also erected at the expense of the Duke of 
Newcastle, who is lord of the manor, owner of the greater 
portion of the land, and lessee of the remainder under the 
Masters and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge. His 
Grace is also lay-rector, and patron of the vicarage, which is 
valued in the King's books at £J. 12s. Id., and has attached to 
the cure of Bevercotes, which adjoins this parish on the west, 
and has been many years without a church. The Rev. E. H. 
Dawkins now enjoys the living, which was anciently appro- 
priated to Westminster Abbey. The manor was of the fee of 
Roger de Busli, and had soe in Grove, Drayton, and Tuxford; 
and the church had tithes and offerings in the latter parish, as 
appears by a composition dated 117$. 

Milton, or Milneton, half a mile N.-W. of West Markham, 
stands on an eminence on the east bank of the Idle, and derives 
its name from an ancient mill, of which every vestage has long 
since disappeared. 

Charities. — The yearly rents of the following lands, 
amounting to £$. lis., are distributed amongst the poor of the 
parish, on the Friday before Whitsuntide, and on St. Thomas' 
day, viz. 3a. 2r. in Nether Westwood; 1a. 15p. in Milifield ; and 
1a. 39p. at Mill-hill, in Tuxford ; all allotted at the enclosure ; 
when £20 left by John Minnett, in 1758, and some other bene- 
factions were called in and expended in fencing and cultivating 
the said poors' land. In 17-1, Richard Miller left £200, now 



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SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



secured on an estate at East Markham, belonging to William 
Kirke, Esq., who pays the interest, £8, to a schoolmaster for 
the education of 15 poor children. 



WEST MARKHAM. 

Bell Leonard, farmer 

Booth Benj. farmer 

Booth Benj. jun. farmer 

Booth Wm. tailor & shopkpr. 

Dawkins Rev. E. H. vicar 

Denman Jph. farmer 

Hempsall Thos. farmer & parish 

clerk 
Johnson Thos. farmer 
Tindall Thos. farmer 



MILTON. 

Bailey Eliz. farmer 

Billyard Rd. farmer 

Clayton John, joiner 

Gabbitas Geo. shomaker 

Gilbert John, farmer 

Manuel Edward, farmer & hop 

grower 
Pierrepoint Jph. Downing, farmer 
Pierrepoint Wm. farmer 
Wood Wm. farmer 



OMPTON TOWNSHIP. 

Omptony or Almpton, is a small village and township in 
Kneesall parish, the rest of which is in the Hundred of Thur- 
garton, and will be there described. It is Smiles S.E. by E. 
of Ollerton, on the Newark road, and contains 20 houses, 120 
inhabitants, and about 600 acres of land, all belonging to the 
Hon. and Rev. J. L. Saville ? In Domesday Book it is called 
Alrnentune, and represented as soc to several manors, but most 
of it was subsequently given to. the monasteries of RufYord and 
Lenton. The great. tithes belong J;o the Chapter of Southwell, 
but Earl Manvers is the lessee. 

Marked thus \ are Hop Growers, and the rest Farmers. 
Bennet Wm. shop- | Saxelby Michael j JWombwell John 

keeper Scratchard Jtn. Womb well Wm. 

| Harvey John | Ward William 



RAGNALL PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY, 

Is, like its neighbour Darlton, a member of the vicarage of 
Dunham, and contains about 1000 acres, 36 houses, and 168 
inhabitants. Its small village is near the Dunham road, 5 miles 
EvN.E. of Tuxford. The church or chapel is a small ancient 
fabric, which has been repaired with £150, obtained by selling 
the poor's land allotted at the enclosure of Dunham and Rag- 
nail. John Angersteen, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owner 
of nearly all the land, 100 acres of which is extra-parochial, 
perhaps from its being the ancient demesne attached to Kings- 
haugh House. — (See Darlton, p. 364, and Dunham, p. 366.) — 
The Hall, now a farm house, was occupied by Charles Mellish, 
Esq., who died in 1781, when £50, vested with him, and left 
to the poor of Ragnallby one of his family, was lost 



R AON ALL, HAMPTON, &C. 385 



Barthorp Edwin, farmer, Hall 
Hempstock, Samuel, shoemaker 
Hempstock, Wm. blacksmith 
Horner, James, brickmaker 
Mark ham Mary, schoolrs. 
Quibell John, shoemaker 



Redgate Geo. farmer. Wimpens 
Roberts Wm. farmer and chapel 

clerk 
Walker Benjamin, victualler and 

joiner 
Wilson George, farmer 



RAMPTON PARISH. 

Rampton is a good village, six miles E.S.E. of Retford, and 
about one mile from the Trent, to which its parish extends 
opposite to Torksey Ferry, where there are in Lincolnshire, 
the ruins of an ancient castle. It contains 67 houses, 411 in- 
habitants, and about 2000 acres of land, mostly belonging to 
Anthony Hardolph Eyre, Esq., the lord of the manor, to whom 
it has descended in regular succession from a period soon after 
the conquest, when it was of the fee of Roger de Busli. 
Rampton Hall which was built in the reign of Henry VIII. 
was pulled down about 120 years ago, except a very curious 
gateway which still remains, and is highly ornamented with the 
armorial bearings of the Stanhope, Babyngton, and Eyre fami- 
lies, of whom there are many sepulchral memorials in the 
church. This manor descended by marriage from the knightly 
family of Stanhope to that of Babyngton, and from the latter to 
the Eyres of Grove, one of whose maternal ancestors was Lady 
Pakynton, of Westvvood House, Worcestershire, the pious 
authoress of the original " Whole Duty of Man" which was 
written partly for the purpose of correcting the vices which 
prevailed during the civil wars of Charles I., in whose defence 
Colonel Sir Gervase Eyre, who espoused the heiress of the 
Babyngtons, lost his life at the seige of Newark. 

The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is large and handsome, 
with a lofty tower. It is in the patronage and appropriation 
of its own prebendary in Southwell Collegiate Church. The 
vicarage is valued in the King's books at ^10, and is now 
enjoyed by the Rev. Richard Barrow. It has been augmented 
with Queen Anne's Bounty, with which land was purchased in 
the Isle of Axholme, and it has about 30 acres of old glebe. 
A. H. Eyre, Esq. is lessee of the prebendal tithes. About one 
half the parish is enclosed, and has a rich clay soil, but the rest 
consists of a common and a large open fertile marsh, divided 
by land marks, and protected from inundation by a strong 
embankment on the Trent. 

Charities. — In 1703, Gervas Cole left two closes (now let 
for <£3. 18s.) and directed the rents to be distributed in weekly 
portions of bread every Sunday. In 1734, four acres of land 
i»T res well was purchased with £l\ti. 5s, bequeathed bv several 

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386 



SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 



of the Eyre family, and is now let for £8> which is paid yearly 
to the trustee, A. H. Eyre, Esq* who transmits it to the vicar, 
together with £2, as the interest of £50, left by Diana Egre m 
1763. This £\0 is distributed amongst the poor on St. 
Thomas's day. The School is endowed with 3J acres of 
Rampton . Marsh, and three cow gates on the common, worth 
together about £4 per annum, for which the master teaches 
13 poor children. The founder is- unknown. The profit of 
the first grass of an acre of the Marsh belongs to the poor. 
The Marsh, after being mown, is thrown open as a common.. 

Bingham Rt. grocer & draper 
Brown Rt. parish clerk 
Brown Thos. joiner 
Butler Geo. vict. Swan 
Chambers Thos. corn miller 
Flower Isaac, vict. Nag's Head 
Gunthorpe Geo. shoemaker 
Hill Thos. tailor 
Hurst John,, vict. Wheat-Sheaf 
MilnerGeo. butcher 
Otter Chas. tailor 
Otter Thos. tailor 
Richmond Chpr. whgt. & smith 
Scott John & Wm. shoemakers 
Spencer Geo. shoemaker 
Twedell Jph. schoolmaster 
Wallas Rev. Edmund, curate 



Wheat Wm. tailor 
Wright Geo. blacksmith 
FARMERS. 



Bacon John 
Binge John 
Bingham Rd. 
Bingham Wm. 
Binney John 
Butler Geo. 
Butler Wm. 



Freeman Nichls* 
Key Henry 
Ledger Thos. 
Levick Saml. 
Marshall Geo. 
Pigott Geo. 
Priest Jonth. 



Chambers Thos. Scott Jph. 
Cocking Rt. Simpson Thos. 



Coulson Wm. 
Douglas Wm. 
Draper Jonth, 
Elsom John 
Fisher Saml. 



Turner Wm. and 

maltster 
Ward John 
Wells Thos. 



STOKEHAM PARISH. 

Stokeham is but a small hamlet and parish, five miles N.E. 
of Tuxford, containing only 8 houses, 48 inhabitants, and 
about 600 acres of land, nearly all of which is the freehold pro- 
perty of five of the inhabitants ; but Earl Manvers is lord of 
the manor, which in Domesday Book is called Estoches, and 
was soc to Fledborough, of the fee of the Bishop of Lincoln. 
Tt was successively held by the families of Lysure, Bassett, 
Swift, and Amstrudders. 

The Church is a small fabric, annexed to the vicarage of 
East Drayton, which has all the tithes of the parish. (See 
page 364.) The Rev. Charles J. Sympson is the incumbent, 
and the Rev. A. Galland, the curate. Of the following inha- 
bitants all are yeomen except the two last : — 



Xeeton Thomas 
&jjnn William 



OtterJohn&Wili 
Quibell Joseph 



Ward George 
Williamson Mrs. I). 



TRESW.BI,f. AND TUXF0RD -PARISHES. 



38? 



TRESWELL PARISH. 

Treswell, or Tireswelle, four and a half miles E. bv 
S. of Retford, is a tolerable village and parish, having 4*9 
houses, 224 inhabitants, and about 1,700 acres of land, all of 
which is a fertile clay, except the east end, which is sandy, and 
adjoins the Trent marsh. A. H. Eyre, Esq. is lord of the 
manor, but the land belongs to several proprietors, amongst 
whom are, William Wells, Henry Parnell, John Holmes, and 
William Hutchinson, Esqrs. Jt was anciently in two manors, 
called the East and West Hold, the latter of which was long 
the property and residence of the Musters family, who held it 
of the Richmond fee ; and the other, which was held of the Tick- 
hill fee, passed from. Roger, the tenant of Roger de Busli, to 
William de Lovetot, who gave his portion of the church here 
to Worksop priory. These manors were afterwards united in 
the Hercy family, and from them passed to the Roos's and the 
Broughton's. Tffe Church is an ancient structure, with a lofty 
embattled tower, and is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The 
Rectory was, like the manor, in two medieties valued in the 
King's books, one at £9. 15s. 8d. and the other at <£8. Is. 4d., 
but it was consolidated in 1764, and is now in the alternate 
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of York, and the heirs of 
the Stephenson family. The Rev. Robert Affleck, of Silkstone, 
Yorkshire, is the rector, and the Rev. John Mickle, the curate, 
A small Methodist Chapel was built here in 1S25. The Feast. 
is held on Old Midsummer Day, 



Briggs John, bricklayer 
Gyles Mrs. Catherine 
Norman John, vict. Red Lion . 
Radford Wm. grocer 
Temporal John, shoemaker 
Whitehead John, shoemaker 
Young Jas. shoemaker 
FARMERS. 
Marked § are Yeomen. 
^Cocking: John ^Hewitt John 



Levick Samuel,Taylor J ph. 

Foreward §Temporal Ann ' 
Levick John §Turner Jonth. 
Linley Richard,^ Wells John, 

Woodhouse Quibeli 

§Lumby Wm. § White Thos. 
Popple John § Whitehead Jno. 
Skelton Jph. § Whitehead W. 
§Smith William, 

Floss house 



TUXFORD PARISH 

Is about two miles and three furlongs in length, and is inter- 
sected by the Great North road, and nearly eight miles of bye 
roads. It contains 232 houses, 1,113 inhabitants, and 2913a, 
Ir. 21p. of good clay land, which was enclosed in 1799, when 
the tithes were commuted for two allotments, viz. 326a. 2r. 
39f. to the appropriators, and 103a. 3r. 2Jp. to the vicar, in 



388 SOUTH CLAY DIVISION. 

addition to 8a. 2r. Up. of old glebe. In Saxon times, Tux- 
ford or Tuocfarn formed two manors, but after the Conquest it 
was part of the fee of Roger de Busli, and had soc in Schi- 
drinton and Walesby. It was afterwards held by the Lexing- 
tons, the Longvillers, the Suttons, and the Markhams, from the 
latter of whom it passed to three co-heiresses, and has since 
undergone a further sub-division, so that it now belongs to several 
proprietors ; — the farms at Merrifields, Scarthing Moor Bridge, 
and Tuaford Lodge, are the property of the Duke of Newcas- 
tle, and those at Westwood and Cock Park belong to the Hon. 
and Rev. J. L. Saville, and to Trinity and St. John's Colleges, 
in Cambridge, Mill Hill, where there are two wind-mills, 
and Holyivell a spring of cold water, noted for curing rheu- 
matism and scurvy, are both in this parish. 

TUXFORD, which stands on the North road, in the centre 
of the parish, and contains most of its population, is a small. 
market town, seven miles S. by E. of Retford, 28 miles N.N.E. 
of Nottingham, and 137 miles N. by W. of London. It has a 
good weekly market on Monday, and two annual fairs, viz. on 
May 12th for cattle, sheep, millinery, &c, and September 25th 
for hops, of which considerable quantities are raised in the 
vicinity. A great part of the town was burnt down on Sep- 
tember 8th, 1702, and afterwards rebuilt, so that it has now a 
modern appearance. It has no manufactures, but being a great 
thoroughfare, and the centre of a very productive agricultural 
district, its market and fairs are well supported, and its inns 
and taverns derive much of their prosperity from the numerous 
travellers constantly passing to the north and south. It is a 
well-known posting stage, and is often called Tnxford-inthe- 
Clay. The Church, which stands opposite to the principal 
inn, is dedicated to St. Nicholas, consists of a nave and side 
aisle, and has a spire with five good bells. All the ancient 
monuments mentioned by Thoroton, as well as the armorial 
glass, are in a state of decay; there is, however, still in exist- 
ence a representation of St. Lawrence roasting on a grid- 
iron ; one man is employed in blowing the fire, another turn- 
ing him with a pair of tongs, and a third looking on ; also some 
specimens in the north porch of a priest in the attitude of 
prayer. This latter is on a stone of a coffin shape ; the figure 
is only a bust, with his head shaven, and a cushion under it, 
accompanied by a quatrefoil, rondeau, chalice, and paten, the 
emblems of the sacerdotal office. In the north wall also is a 
verv ancient figure of a lady in a square head dress, strait sur- 
coat, and long sleeves, and a hound at her feet ; opposite to her 
is an altar tomb with the mutilated trunk of an armed knight ; 
but the armorial bearings are too obscure to be ascertained. Of 
its former history, we find recorded in Tanner, that here was 
a college founded by John de Longvillers, who obtained leave 
to pfeee In the parsonage house here a college of five chaplains , 



TUXFORO PARISH. 389 

one of whom to be warden ; but that not taking* effect, he got 
leave from Edward III. to give this advowson to Newstead pri- 
ory, that they might find five ehaunting priests, viz. three at 
Tuxford, and two at their own conventual church, whose duty 
should be to pray for his soul, &c. 

In 1545, Henry VIII. gave the patronage and appropriation 
to Trinity college, Cambridge, to which institution they still 
belong. The vicarage is valued in the King's books at 
£4. 14s. 74. and the Rev. Edward Bishop Elliott is the incum- 
bent. The church was repaired and its pews renewed in 1811, 
at the cost of £1400, and in 1812, a small organ was purchased 
by subscription, for .£100. The vicarage house is a handsome 
mansion surrounded by tasteful shrubberies, &c. About 35 
years ago, Mr. Samuel Waddington, brother of the late vicar 
of Tuxford^ was prosecuted and heavily fined, for monopolising 
hops. On his trial, he said " the hop grounds were the gold 
mines of England." Since then the hop yards in this neigh* 
bourhood have been greatly reduced. The Methodist chapel, 
in Eldon-street, was built in 1809. The workhouse was erected 
in 1828, in lieu of the old one, which stood in Newcastle-street. 
The prison or lock-up^ with the pinfold behind it, was con- 
structed in 1823. The parish enjoys three public schools, and 
several benefactions. 

The Grammar School, which is held in a well-built house, 
and has long .been in considerable repute, was founded in 1669, 
by Mr. Charles Read, who gave .£200 towards building the 
school-house, and endowed it with lands at Ffdkingham, ia 
Lincolshire, which. appear to have been exchanged for a yearly 
rent charge of .£48. 15s-. 5d.. paid by Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 
Bart. Of the rents he directed .£20 to be paid to the master., 
and £5 each yearly to four of the scholars, who must be sons 
of poor widows of ministers, or of decayed gentry, and be ad- 
mitted at the age of seven or upwards, and remain till they ar*- 
rive at sixteen, when their places are to be supplied by others. 
The master has the free use of a house and garden, and is al- 
lowed to take boarders. The founder made a similar bequest 
to Corby, in Lincolnshire, and appointed six trustees at each 
place, and the mayor and aldermen of Grantham to be visitors. 

The Girls 1 National and the Infant Schools form one build-* 
ing, with two dwellings in the centre for the teachers, and were 
built in 1830, on the vicarage land, at the cost of about £400) 
by the present vicar, aided by individual subscriptions, a grant 
of £40 from the National Society, and .£30 from Trinity Col- 
lege. There are now upwards of 50 girls and 50 infants in these 
seminaries, which are supported by the vicar and voluntary 
contributions. 

Benefactions. — Lady White left to the poor a close of 12 
acres adjoining Westwood common. At the enclosure it re- 
ceived an allotment, and is now let for £21 per annum. In 



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TUXFORD DIRECTORY. 



1750, the sum of £50, left by Wm. Railton, and fifteen smaller 
donations, amounting- collectively to ^171. 10s. ? were laid out 
in the purchase of the poors' land, consisting- of 9f acres, in 
three closes, at Tuxford and Normanton, now let for £Yl. 6s. 7d. 
yearly, which is distributed at Whitsuntide and on St. Thomas' 
day, except 10s. to the vicar for a sermon on Good Friday. — 
These closes are exonerated from tithe. The church land, 
consisting of Scarthingmoor close, 5a. 2r., and an allotment 
made at the enclosure, called Long-lands, and containing* 
2a. 3r., was let on a lease for 21 years in 1813, at the tri- 
fling- yearly rent of one shilling, in consideration of a fine of 
.£416, which was expended in repairing- the church, for which 
purpose the land was bequeathed, but by whom is now un- 
known. 

The POST OFFICE is in the Market-place, at Mrs. Mary 
Scott's. Letters are despatched to London and the South at 
half-past two afternoon, and to Edinbro' and the North at half- 
past eleven morning-. 



TUXFORD DIRECTORY. 

Marked 1 are Farmers. 



Appleby Mrs. Mary, Manvers st 
Barker Mr. Thos. Newcastle st 
I Beedham Saml. Lincoln st 
Bennett Mrs. Sarah, Manvers st 
1 Blagg Ann, Lodge 
1 Bowman Thos. Merrifields 
1 Bowman John, Eldon st 
1 Briggs George, Lincoln st 
Briggs Mr. Joseph, Chandos st 
Briggs Robt. sen. gent. Eldon st 
1 Briggs Robt. jun. Newcastle st 
Brooke Mrs. Mgt. Newcastle st 
Brown Wm. letter carrier, El- 
don street 
1 Brumby Geo. Newcastle st 
Cocking Mrs. Ann, Lincoln st 
Clark Mr. Jas. Church yard 
Creed Dorothy, baker, Eldon st 
Curtis Sarah, matron, poorhouse 
Cotton Geo. turner & spinning- 
wheel mfr. Eldon st 
Cotton Saml. cooper, Mill hill 
1 Daft Saml. Newcastle st 
Day Mrs. Maria, Eldon st 
1 Denby Rd. Scanning moor bdg 
Elliott Rev. Ed. Bishop, vicar 
Ellis Geo. toy dlr. Newcastle 6t 
Ellis Mark, toy dlr. Newcastle st 
I Glossop Saml. Westwood 



Hall Thos. coachman, Newcas- 
tle street 
1 Jackson Jph. Eldon st 
Jameson Jno. veterinary surgeon, 

Newcastle street 
Key worth Mrs. Jane, Manvers st 
Ludlam Isaac, solicitor, & agent 
to the Yorkshire Fire and Life 
office, Newcastle street 
Ludlam Wm. gent. Newcastle st 
Marshall Wm. hair dresser & pat- 
ten mkr. Market place 
Mason Rev. John, curate of Bo- 

thamsall, Market place 
1 Metheringham John, Westwood 
1 Newcombe John, Eldon st 
Pratt Geo. hosier, Newcastle st 
I Read John, Newcastle st 
Shacklock John, hat mfr. New- 
castle street 
Shelton Mrs. Sarah, Manvers st 
Storey Benj. watch mkr. Eldon st 
Taylor Thos. town crier, Lin- 
coln street 
Turner Win. gent. Eldon st 
I Tustin Ann, Lincoln st 
1 Unwin Mark, Lincoln st 
Warriner Jph. fellmonger, New- 
castle street 



TL'XFORD DIRECTORY. 



391 



1 YVatmough Edw. Newcastle st 
1 Weightman John, Newcastle st 
Vv T hite Ladv Eliz. Lincoln st 

ACADEMIES. 
■ Grammar School, Lincoln street, 

Martin Bower 
Girls' National fy Infant, South 
road, Susanna Hopper & Fanny 
Easterfield 
Holmes Margt. (ladies' bdg. & 

day) Eldon street 
Thornton Ann, Eldon st 

BAKERS & FLOUR DLRS. 
Scott Mary, Market place 
Wilson Matthias & Co. Eldon st 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Taylor Wm. Newcastle st 
White Wm. Eldon street 

BOOT & SHOE MKRS. 
Browne William, Eldon st 
Daft John. Chapel yard 
Gascoyne Edw. Newcastle st 
Johnson William, Eldon st 
Savage Jonathan, Manvers st 
Scarliff John, Eldon st 
Scarliff Wm. Newcastle st 
Smith Robert, Eldon st 
Tunnard John, Eldon st 
Whitworth Thos. Newcastle st 
BRAZIERS & TINMEN. 
Clark Mary, Eldon st 
Rates Thos. Newcastle st 
BRICKLAYERS. 
Richardson John, Eldon st 
Stoakes John, Newcastle st 
Thompson John, Newcastle st 

BRICK MAKERS. 
Moss John, Mill hill 
Salmon Wm. Clark's lane 

BUTCHERS. 
Crome Wm. Chandos court 
Flower Wm. Chapel yd 
Spurr Fras. Market place 
Watmough John, Mill hill 
CORN MILLERS. 
Birkett Thos. Newcastle st 
Leonard Wm. Mill hill 

CURRIERS, &c. 
Buxton Robt. Eldon st 
Story John, Market place 

DRUGGISTS. 
Appleby Wm. Eldon st 
Cowlishaw Rd. Hy. Eldon st 



Hemsworth Wm. Newcastle st 
Navlor Thos. Market place 

EARTHENWARE DLRS. 
Bacon Saml. (dlr.) Newcastle st 
Moss John, (mfr.) Mill hill 

GROCERS & TEA DLRS. 
Clark Mary, Eldon st 
Keyworth John, (& tallow chand- 
ler & wine & spirit inert.) El- 
don street 
Na3 T lor Wm. Market place 
Wilson Matthias & Co. Eidon st 
HOP GROWERS 

IN THE PARISH AND NEIGHBOUR- 
HOOD. 

See also Oiler ton fy Retford, 
Bellamy Geo. Bevercotes 
Blag* Thos. Market place 
Briggs John, Eldon st ' 
Briggs Rt. jun. Newcastle st 
Bullivant Wm. Askham 
Buxton Robeit. Eldon st 
Byron Wm.& Geo. East Drayton 
Camm Jonth. Kirton 
Camm Jph* Willoughby 
Clark Brvan. Eldon st 
Clark Eras. Walesby 
Clark John, East Markham 
Clark Saml. East Markham 
Daft Win. Eldon street 
Dean Hannah, Walesby 
Denman John, Bevercotes 
Field John, Bevercotes 
Frogson Wm. Kirton 
Gilbert John, Kirton 
Gilbert Wm. Walesby 
Haywood Alex. Walesby 
Hempsall Thos. Egmanton 
Jackson Jeremiah, East Markham 
Justice Wm. Walesby 
Ketton Wm. Askham 
Lees Rd. East Markham 
Manuell Edw. Milton 
Manuell Jasper, Kirton 
Norfolk Thos. East Dravton 
Parnham Edw. Geo. & Wm. East 

Drayton 
Quibell Benj. East Markham 
RatcliffRd. Walesby 
Rawson Rd. Walesby 
Rawson Rt. East Drayton 
Read Saml. Newcastle st 
Richards Wm. East Markham 



392 



TTJXFORD Dl RECTORY. 



Robinson Wm. Market place 
Rollitt John, Kirton 
Rose John, East Markham 
Scrimshaw Thos. Askham 
Short Stephen C. Kingshaugh 
Sudbury Saml. Egmanton 
SwinglehurstJno. East Markham 
Walters Wm. East Markham 
Wardell Geo. Egmanton 
Wass Fras. Kirton 
Wass Matthew, Kirton 
Weightman John, Newcastle st 
Weightman Rd. Kirton 
White John, Bevercotes 
Willmer Jas. Market place 
Woolhouse Chpr. Kirton 
Wombill John, Walesby 
Wyre John, Askham 
HOTELS, INNS, & TAVERNS. 
Black • Horse, Wm. : Robinson, 

Market place 
Blue Bell, John Wool fit, Eldon st 
Coach & Horses, Wm. Wand, 

Eldon street 
Fox, Ann Girton, Eldon st 
King William IV. John Moss, 

Mill hill 
Newcastle Arms, {inn & -posting 

house) Jas. Willmer, Market 

place 
^Rein Deer, Chas. Laughton, El- 
don street 
Sun, Thos. Blagg, (& wooKdlr.) 

Market place 
Beerhouse, James, Blenkhorne, 

Eldon street 

IRONMONGERS. 
Clark Mary. Eldon st 
Key worth John, Eldon st 

JOINERS & CAB. MKRS. 
Blenkhorne Jas. Eldon st 
Hannah John, Eldon st 
Marples Wm. Chapel yard 
Shaw Wm. (& looking glass dlr.) 

Man vers street 

LINEN DRAPERS. 
Dexter Geo. Eldon st 
Ellis James, Newcastle st 
Hewitt Thos. Newcastle st 

MALTSTERS. 
Beedham John, Newcastle st 
Bennett & Bowman. Chapel yd 
Daft Wm. Eldon street 



MILLINERS AND DRESS 
MAKERS. 
Atherton Mary, Chapel yard 
Boyd Mary, Scotland bank 
Briggs Ann, Eldon street 
Crome Eliz. Chandos court 
Maples Eliz. Eldon st 
Storey Mary, Chandos court 
Tustin Sarah, Lincoln st 
NAIL MAKERS. 
Butler Jph. Chandos st 
Naylor Ann, Eldon st 

NURSERY & SEEDSMEN. 
Clark Geo. Eldon street 
Taylor Jph. Lincoln st 

PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, & 
GLAZIERS. 
Langstaff Robert, Manvers st 
Pearson Henry, Eldon st 
Sharman Abel, (& gilder) Ntle. st 
ROPE & TWINE MAKERS. 
Beedham Thos. Scotland bank 
Briggs John, Eldon st 
Johnson John, Eldon st 
SADDLERS. 
Beedham Gabriel, Eldon 6t 
Hodgson Thos. Chapel yd. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Atkinson John, Newcastle st 
Brisrgs Mary, Chandos court 
Buttery Sarah, Eldon st 
God fry Benj. Newcastle st 
Leak Richard, Eldon st 
ScarlifT Wm. Newcastle st 
White Thomas, Lincoln st 
STAY MAKERS. 
Atkinson Mary, Newcastle st 
Taylor Francis, Manvers st 

SURGEONS. 
Cooper Wm. J. Eldon st 
Hornby Thos. Chantry house 
Sorby Wm. Newcastle st 

TAILORS. 
SlingsbyGeo- Eldon st 
Whitworth Geo. Newcastle st 
Wright Jph. Manvers st 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Bowman John, Newcastle st 
Cocking Robert, Eldon st 

COACHES. 

The Royal Afr/?7, to London at 
half- past 2 aft. and toEdinbto' 



WELLOW PARISH. 



393 



at half-past 11 mg. Also mails 

to London & Glasgow at halt- 
past 2 afternoon 
The Express to London, at 6 

evg. and to York at 12 night 
The. Rockingham to London at 

4 evg. and to Leeds at 8 mg 
The Highflyer to London at 1 

mg. & to York half-past 1 mg 
The Union to London at half-past 

8 evg. and to Leeds at 2 mg 
The Wellington to London 3 mg. 

and to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

at 10 morning 
The Amity to Stamford at 1 1 mg. 

and to Lancaster at 4 evg. 



CARRIERS. 

i To London & Leeds, Deacon, 
Harrison & Co.'s vans from 
the Blue Bell, and Jackson & 
Co. from the Fox daily 

! To Newark, Benj. Godfrey, from 
Newcastle st. every Wednes- 
day, dep. 6 mg. ar. 9 evg. 

| To Nottingham, John Bish and 
J. Taylor, from the Sun, every 
Mon. arrives 8 mg. dep. 2 aft. 

i To Retford, Thos. Stanfield and 
Wm. Cook, from the Blue Bell 
every Monday, arrives at 9 
mg. departs 4 afternoon. And 
Benj. Godfrey, from Newcastle 
6t. every Sat. dep. 8 mg. ar. 
8 evening 



WELLOW PARISH. 



Wellow, on the Worksop and Newark road, one mile 
E.S.E. of Ollerton, is a large village and a small parish, con- 
taining 110 houses, 473 inhabitants, and 956a. Or. op. of land, 
of which more than 254 acres are in Wellow park, a thickly 
wooded eminence, which rises to a considerable altitude on the 
north side of the village, to Cochin lull, near Bough ton. — 
Within a mile west of the village is the park and lake of Ruf- 
ford. Some of the villagers are employed in turning wood and 
making chairs, and others are engaged in cultivating hops in 
the adjacent parish of Boughton. The church, dedicated to 
St. Swithen, was partly rebuilt and thoroughly repaired about 
20 years ago, principally of brick, roofed with blue slate. It 
was anciently appropriated to Rufford abbey, and is now in the 
patronage of the Hon. and Rev. J. L. Saville, and appropria- 
tion of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, who have let the 
tithes on lease to the Duke of Newcastle, who owns part of the 
land, most of which belongs to the patron, who is also lord of 
the manor. The living is a perpetual curacy, worth only about 
£70 a-year, and now enjoyed by the Rev. Joseph Blandford, 
of Kir ton. Wellow is not mentioned in Domesday Book, but 
is supposed to be included under the names of Cratela and 
Grymsion, places which were partly in the soke of Mansfield, 
but are now unknown, though the superstitious wives here often 
frighten their children with a traditional tale of " G'rymston 
Ghost^'' said to haunt the site of a village of that name, which 
was swallowed up by an earthquake. Jordan Folioi, in the 
36th of Henry III. had free warren here, and obtained leave to 



394 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



embattle his manor house of Grimston, which occupied the 
elevated site of a farm house now called Jordan castle. The 
estates here held by the Foliots, passed in marriage to the Hast- 
ings, and from them through various families to their present 
possessors. JVellow hall, now a farm house, was occupied 
about 35 years ago by the late Sir Fras. Molyneux, Bart. 

Those marked % are Hop Growers, and * Yeomen, 



Allvvood Paul,shopkeeper 
Caram Jph. shopkeeper 
Clark Jonth. shoemaker 
Cutts Jph. shopkeeper 
Duckmanton Thos. shoemaker 
Goodwin John, chair manfr. 
Hart John, saddler 
JHill Eliz. shopkeeper 
Hind Rd. shoemaker and parish 

clerk 
Housley John, butcher 
% Kitchen Wm. vict. Black Horse 
Newton Abm. joiner 
Outram Jph. shoemaker 
Pottinger Jph. blacksmith 
Ralphs John, vict. &chairmaker, 

Red Lion 



Walker Wm. wheelwright 
Woolridge Edw. bricklayer 
Woombell Geo. tailor 
Woombell Henry, tailor 
Woombell Rt. vict. Durham Ox 

FARMERS. 
Ashmore Wm. *Moor Jph. 
Brett Chas. Moor Rd. 
Caitledge John Parkinson Rt. 
*CougillJohn Peatfield John 
J Walker John 



Cougill Wm. 
Day Wm. 
Gadsby John 
Hind Edw. & 

John 
Marshall Rt 



Walker John, 

Jordan castle 
Weston Geo. 
*Woolhouse Ts. 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



This large division comprises all the Western side of Bas- 
setlaw, (see p. 299,) and is more extensive than both the other 
two divisions of that hundred, — having 4316 houses, 21055 in- 
habitants, 4 extra-parochial places, 21 parishes, and 11 cha- 
pelries, divided into 36 townships, in which are a considerable 
number of villages and hamlets. It contains the four noble 
parks and mansions of Clumber, Thoresby, Welbeck, Worksop 
manor, and Rufford, and the market towns of Ollerton and 
Worksop, with part of Bawtry ; and also the towns of Blyth 
and Warsop, which had formerly markets. It is bounded *on 
the west by Yorkshire, and is watered by many small rivers, 
the principal of which are the Ryton, the Wollen, the Me din, 
the Maun, the Raiworth- water, and the Idle, the two latter of 
which bound it on the east, and separate it from the North and 
South Clay divisions. It has generally a deep sandy soil, and 
was formerly all included in the great forest of Sherwood, (see 
p. 35;) most of it is now enclosed and cultivated, but it has 
several extensive tracts of open forest land, and many large 
plantations. It had formerly nearly as many monasteries as all 
the rest of the county, i^v the abbeys of Rufford and Welbeck, 



BAB WOK Til PARISH. 3fO 

and the priories of Worksop, Blyth, Mattersey, and Walling- 
welh, were all within its limits. Its name is no doubt derived 
from its being anciently considered as part of Hatfield Chace. — 
See p. 353, 



BAB WORTH PARISH 

Contains the hamlets of Babworth, Morton, and Ranby, and 
several scattered dwellings. It lies betwixt the Ryton rivulet 
and the great north road, and is crossed by the Chesterfield 
Canal. It extends northward from Ordsall to Barnby-moor, 
and contains 76 houses, 449 inhabitants, and 6020a. 3r. 20p. 
of excellent forest land, all enclosed and tithable, and belonging 
to several freeholders, who have each the manorial rights of 
their own property. Babworth lordship contains 1184a. Ik. 
and is all in the occupancy of the owner, the Hon. J. B. Simp- 
son; Morton has 3614a. 9r. 22p., mostly belonging to the 
Duke of Newcastle, the Hon. and Rev. J. L. Saville, <md Win. 
Mason and George and John Kippax, Esqrs. ; and Ranby has 
1222a. 2r., of which the Duchess Dowager of Newcastle, and 
John Rogers, Esq. are the resident proprietors. 

Babworth is a small but pleasant village, on the Worksop 
road, 1| mile W. of Retford. Its vicinity contains some of the 
finest scenery in this part of the county, and its beauty has 
been greatly' enhanced by its present possessor, the Hon. John 
Bridgman Simpson, Esq. (brother to the Earl of Bradford,) of 
Babworth Hall, a handsome mansion, situate on a gentle 
declivity, in the midst of tasteful pleasure grounds and thriving 
plantations, near which are a fine sheet of water, a Swiss cot- 
tage, and other picturesque objects. The Church, dedicated 
to All Saints, stands on an eminence near the hall, and is a 
small neat gothic edifice, with a tower, three bells, and several 
marble monuments of a modern date. Near it is the charming 
little sequestered rectory house, in which comfort and elegance 
are happily blended. It is now occupied by the curate, but was i 
lately the residence of the rector, the Ven. John Eyre, M.A. 
Archdeacon of Nottingham, to whom, and the Simpson family, 
the parish is much indebted for its internal prosperity. The 
rectory is valued in the King's books at .£14. 19s. 2d., and is 
in the patronage of the Hon. J. B. Simpson, the lord of the 
manor, which has passed by purchase to various families, and 
was before the Conquest the property of Earl Tosti, but soon 
afterwards it was given to Roger de Busli. 

Morton or Moreton hamlet and lordship occupies the 
southern portion of the parish, about two miles S.W. of Ret- 
ford, and includes the estates and scattered houses of Great, 



396 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

Little, and Upper Morton, Morton- on-the-HiH, and Morton 
Granges. In Domesday Book it is called Northern Morton, 
and before the Conquest was held by two Saxons, named Al- 
frid and Lufchell. 

Ranby hamlet is the north-west division of the parish, ex- 
tending from 2 miles W« to 3J miles W.N. W. of Retford. In 
the Conqueror's time it was mostly waste, and of the King's 
manor of Botbamsall, except a s-mall part, which was soc to 
Grove. Ranby Hall is now the seat of the Duchess Dowager 
of Newcastle, who purchased it some years ago of H. Blaydes, 
Esq., by whom the mansion was new fronted. Her Grace has 
since made considerable improvement in the walks and pleasure 
grounds, which are agreeably romantic, and command a fine 
view of the woody scenery round Osberton. Great and Little 
Ranby, iu this division, are two small villages, one on the 
Worksop road and the other on the canal, and near them is 
the mansion and extensive farm of John Rogers, Esq. ; and 
Rushy inn, now divided into cottages, but formerly a noted 
posting house on the great north road, which in 1766 was di- 
verted so as to pass through Retford. — Vide p. 54. 

Ranby lordship is included in the constableivicJc of Barnby 
Moor, with which it contributes for the reparation of roads, 
and to the county rate, but maintains its poor conjointly with 
Babworth and Morton. 

In 1802, there were found on Mr. Mason's estate, in Morton, 
62 copper and 29 silver Roman coins, and a square stone has 
been set up on the spot, to commemorate the circumstance. 

Charities. — Lindley Simpson, in 1781, left a share in the 
canal, now worth ,£8 per annum, for the instruction of poor 
children and a yearly distribution of Old and New Testaments. 
The school at Lane houses was rebuilt in 1771? with £15 left 
in 1702 and 1746, by Wm. and Mrs. Simpson ; and the mistress 
is remunerated partly by subscription. Clerk's field, at Lane 
houses, belongs to the parish clerk, but the donor is- unknown. 
Marked 1 live at Greats and 2 at Little Ranby. 

Jackson Wm. blacksmith, Ru6hy 

inn 
Johnson Geo. overseer, Great 

Morton 
2 Marriott Thomas & Co. bone 
crushers, and Eaton 

1 P'rgott Geo. malting accent 
Rogers John, Esq. Ranby 

2 Shipston Wm. malting agtnt 
TweJls Rev. John, B^A. curate 
Whitaker J'ph. chief constable of 

South Clay div. Morton 
FARMERS. 
Brownlow KHz. Upper Morton 
Brownlow Geo. Little Morton 



Duchess Dowager of Newcastle, 
the Right Hon. Anna Maria, 
Ranby Hall 

Simpson Hon. John Dridgeman, 
Babworth Hall 

2 Barker Geo. vict. & blacksmith 

] Bentley Rt. maltster, & Rother- 
ham 

Caley Martha, schoolmrs. Bab- 
worth 

1 Foster John, corn miller 

2 Gilling John, beer house 
2 Glossop John, maltster, and 

Harthill 
Jackson Mr. Thos. Ranby cottage 



BLYTH PAK1SH. 



897 



Fluting William, Ranby 
Hawson John, Ranby 
Hawson Thomas, Ranby 
Hodgkinson Rd. Morton Grange 
Holmes Jno. Morton-on -the-Hill 



Jackson John, Ranby cottage 
Johnson Wm. Great Morton 
Lister John, Morton Grange west 
Turner Thos. (& coal merchant.) 
Ranbv wharf 



BLYTH PARISH. 

This extensive parish, which is partly in Yorkshire, is nearly 
eight miles in length, stretching from Barnby-moor, north- 
ward to Finningley park. It is intersected by the river Idle, 
the great north road, and the turnpikes leading from Tickhill 
to Worksop and Gainsbro'. It contains the two chaperies of 
B aw try and Austerfield and six other townships, in which are 
693 houses, 3735 inhabitants, and 15,477^. Or. Up. of fertile 
land, as will be seen in the following enumeration, which shows 
the contents and population of each parochial division. 



TOWNSHIPS. 

Austerfield <•• 
Barnby Moor with 

Bilby 

Bawtry* • 
Blyth 



TOWNSHIPS. 



2612 24! 54 280 Hodsock with 

Goldthorpe..'.4092 2 32 

1/21 3l| 39| 20oij Ranskill 1265 2 13 

205 14 ! 200H49 Styrrup with \ 2019 1 34 

1257 2 22 168 1 81 lj 1 Oldcoatesf- j 940 1 19 

, Torworth 1362 3 32' 42 205 



22 228 

66 347 

i 

105 510 



* Bawtry and Austerfield are wholly in Yorkshire, except a small part of the 
former town. 

f Stt/rrup township includes Oldcoates, and more than two-thirds of it is in 
JJjarworth parish-, which see. 

Blyth, 4 miles S. by W. of Bawtry, and 7 miles from Work- 
sop and Retford, is a large and well built village on the east 
bank of the Ryton, seated on a gentle ascent, which gives it a 
prepossessing appearance at a distance. It had formerly a 
weekly market on Wednesday, but it has long been obsolete, so 
that the inhabitants now use those of Bawtry and Tickhill, 
which are distant only about four miles. Here are, however, 
two annual fairs > one on Holy Thursday, for horses and cattle, 
and the other on the 20th of October, for sheep and swine. 
After the Norman Conquest, Roger de Busli had a Castle 
here, and procured for it the title of an Honour ; but his chief 
residence being at Tickhill, in Yorkshire, the honour of Blyth 
was dependent on that manor. We are told that afterwards, 
this Roger " being of a pious and grateful disposition, with 
the consent of his wife Muriel, did for the stability of William 
then King of England, (who had given him a full fourth part 
of this countv. if riot more, besides what he h$d given him in 

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others) and of his successors, as also for the health of the soul 
of Queen Maud, and their own, by the advice of their friends, 
erect a Priory in this town, and by way of endowment, gave 
and granted to God, St. Mary, and the monks there serving 
God, the church of Blyth, and the whole town entirely, with 
all the privileges and customs thereunto belonging." This 
grant is said to have been confirmed by the first two Henries ; 
and yet Maddox asserts, that an ancient feoffment had. been 
made of the honour of Blyth ; and also that in the reign of 
Henry the First, that honour was in the King's hand either by 
escheat or wardship, for the profits of it were accounted for 
to him; which position he proves by reference to the rolls of 
the honour. Tanner, however, makes no mention of this in the 
Monasticon, but merely says that here was a priory of Bene- 
dictine monks, built by Roger de Busli and Muriel his wife, 
about 1068, to the honour of the blessed Virgin. It was in 
some respects subordinate to the abbey of the Holy Trinity of 
Mount St. Catherine at Rouen, in Normandy, and was at the 
dissolution worth .£126 per annum. In the 35th of Henry 
VIII, " the site of the priory, and the demesnes" were granted 
to William Ramsden and Richard Andrews, who had license 
to alineate them to Richard Stansfield and his heirs, from whom 
they passed to the Saunderson, Cook, Clifton, and other fami- 
lies. As to the origin of the name of Blyth' or Blythe, Fuller 
says, " John Norden will have it from jocundidate, from the 
mirth and good fellowship of the inhabitants therein. If so, 
(says our quaint author,) I desire that both the name and the 
thing may be extended all over the shire ; being confident that 
an ounce of mirth with the same degree of grace, will serve Gcd 
more, and more acceptably than a pound of sorrow " 

The Church, dedicated to St. Martin, is a spacious and 
elegant Gothic structure, with a very ancient tower; and at its 
east end, an elegant arch is inserted in the Avail, which must 
have led to a former chancel, or else to some other religious 
building which has been attached to the church. The interior 
presents a noble nave with arches supported by lofty pillars, 
and interspersed with some splendid monuments of the Hellish 
family. It has evidently been the priory church, as the few 
remains of that ancient edifice are adjoining to it. The rectory 
was granted by Henry VIII., to Trinity College, Cambridge, to 
which it still belongs, together with the advowson of the vicarage, 
which is valued in the King's books, at .£4. 9s. 4|d. The So- 
ciety of Friends have had a Meeting House in the village more 
than a century and a half. 

Blyth Hall, a handsome mansion of considerable magni- 
tude, stands near the church, upon an eminence surrounded 
by beautiful pleasure grounds, and commanding an extensive 
prospect of the surrounding country, which seems one con- 



BLYTH PARISH. 399 

tin ued garden, interspersed with lawns and shady grores, and 
traversed by winding* walks; indeed,, the whole district as far 
as eve can reach, presents such a scene of ornamented cultiva- 
tion, as is rarely beheld The hall is an elegant brick build- 
ing, decorated with stone, and having turrets at the corners. 
It was long the seat of the Mellish family, to whom it is in- 
debted for all its modern improvements. The additions and 
alterations have been so considerable, that we may say it has 
been re-built on the site of the old one. It is now the property 
of Henry Walker, Esq,, but is occupied by Major General Sir 
Henry Bouverie. About 35 years ago, the town of Blyth and 
the country around it for several mile3, belonged to JFilliam 
Mellish, Esq., who cut " a river four miles long and ten yards 
wide, as a drainage to a large extent of low land in the centre 
of his estate, capable of being made as fine meadow as any in 
England.'' He also made at his own expense, ten miles of road, 
and built several farm houses and above 30 cottages, all in the 
most substantial manner, of brick and tile. Besides beautify- 
ing and enlarging the hall, he erected an extensive pile of 
stabling, and ornamented his estate with upwards of 200 acres 
of plantations, which are now in a thriving state. He also built 
on the high road, in front of the hall, a superb bridge of Roch 
Abbey sto-ne, for the convenience of crossing the extensive 
piece of water which is formed on a most magnificent scale, by 
damming up the river Ryton and a small brook which falls into 
it a little below the town. Little did this spirited gentleman 
imagine, whilst making these costly improvements, that his ex~- 
tensive estate was so soon to pass from his family bv the 
improvidence of his son, the late Charles Mellish, 'Esq., 
F.R.S., who 5 though " of a literary turn," became at length 
so enamoured of the company of royalty, and so addicted to the 
vices of the turf and the fashionable gamingtable, that in 1805, 
he was obliged to sell the Blyth Hall estate, which was pur- 
chased by the late Joshua Walker, Esq., the founder of the 
Masbro' Iron Works, where by great skill and industry, he 
amassed an immense fortune. In the church is an elegant re- 
cumbent figure of Edward Mellish, Esq., who, after being 
twenty years a merchant in Portugal, retired to this place, 
where he died in 1703. His son, Joseph, married the sister of 
Mr. Gore, governor of the Hamburgh Company, and died in 
1733, when his estate' passed to his son, the before-named 
William Mellish, Esq., who was a commissioner of excise in 
1751, and married the widow of Villa Real, Esq. From him 
the estate passed to its last possessor of the Mellish family; 
who, in the early part of his life, was long occupied in col- 
lecting genealogical additions to Thoroton's History of Not- 
tinghamshire, but his manuscripts were never published ; for 
before their completion, be devoted hte time to fi 



400 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

follies, and became the intimate friend of his Royal Highness 
George Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV. 

Bkktlks. — Those most destructive insects, May-bugs, or 
Dorr-beetles, here called Cockchafers, and in some places Brown- 
clocks, were formerly so numerous in Blyth and Hodsock, that 
the inhabitants employed people to kill them at the rate of 3d. 
per peck. In 1788, no fewer than 3743 pecks were destroyed 
at the cost of £47. Is. 2d., of which one-third was paid by 
William Hellish, Esq. Nearly the same quantity were killed 
in 1792; yet still the vegetation here is often greatly injured 
by these insects, which live four years as worms in the bowels 
of the earth, before they join the winged tribes. 

Charities. — The ancient School in Blyth, is supposed to 
have been formerly a chapel, and is endowed with 6a. 2r. 26p. 
of land, called Drawbridge-moor Fields, worth ^18 per ann., 
and received in exchange at the enclosure in 1814, in lieu of 
land in Blyth Harsh, left by an unknown donor. The master 
also receives a yearly gift of £5 from the churchwardens' 
fund. The lt Spital Houses," are six dwellings for as many 
poor people of Blyth township, with an endowment of £3 per 
annum, paid by the owner of Blyth Hall estate. The present 
dwellings were built a few years ago by Mr. Charles Cham- 
pion, within 109 yards of the site of the old ones, which were 
supposed to have been the remains of an ancient hospital 
founded by William de Cressy, lord of Hodsock, in the reign 
John, for a warden, three chaplains, and several leprous per- 
sons; — dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, and valued in the 
26th of Henry' 5 VIII., at <£8. 14s. per annum. Two Alms- 
houses adjoining the Quakers' Chapel, were built in 1700, by 
John Seaton, and endowed with ^£10 a-vear, for two inmates, 
one of whom is to be of the poor of Blyth, and the other of the 
Society of Friends, of which, the trustees, Joshua Armitage, 
John Bakewell, and Francis Hart, of Nottingham, are all 
members. The annuity is charged on the estate of Henry 
Walker, Esq. Two houses in the village, occupied bv pau- 
pers, were built with £65, left in 1703, 1720, and 1759, by the 
Rev. William Smith, James Ryals, and Thomas Greaves, but 
the overseers distributed £2. 18s. yearly, as the interest 
thereof. Edward Farfoot, left to the poor of Blyth, a house 
and land at Scaftworth, which the trustees sold in 1807, for 
.£320, now vested in «£347« 5s. 5d., new 4 per cent. Stock, 
standing in the names of Henry Walker and Charles Cham- 
pion, Esqrs. Dorothy Barlow, sister of Edward Farfoot, left 
.£20 to the poor, with which the overseers built a cottage, but 
distribute the interest on St. Thomas' Day. The interest of 
£40 left by John Crofts, is distributed on St. John's Day, 
There are also some other small houses, a croft of J | acre's, 
and part of a field of 1;} acre, which belong to the poor, but the 



BLYTH PARISH. 401 

rents are now carried to the overseers' accounts- The Church 
land consists of Drawbridge-moor Closes, 5a. or. 47p. let for 
.£11 ; and an allotment made at the Styrrup enclosure in 1802, 
and now let for £9. The first was received at the Blyth en- 
closure in 1814, in exchange for land on Cunscar and Rails 
Commons, and on the Long Brecks. 

Blyth Norxay is a small hamlet, only a quarter of a mile 
N. of Blyth, though in Styrrup township. 

Blyth Spittal is a hamlet at the southern extremity of 
Blyth, and is partly in Hodsock township. 

Austerfielo, though in this parish, is a village, township, 
and chapelry, in the Wapentake of Strafford and Tickhill, and 
West- Riding of Yorkshire, 1 mile N- of Bawtry. It is said 
to have its name from the Roman general Ostoriu-s, being de- 
feated here by the [Britons. The Dowager Countess Galway 
is lady of the manor, and owner of most of the land. The 
chapel is a small edifice with two bells, and is a curacy in the 
gift of the vicar of Blyth. The Rev. William Snowden,B. D. is 
the incumbent. The township extends two miles N. of the 
village, and includes Fixxixgley Park, the handsome seat of 
John Hervey, Esq., occupied by E. B. Beaumont. Esq. ; the 
hamlet of Br ax croft, and the scattered farmsteads called 
Hirst House, Partridge Hill, and fFoodhouse, all in York- 
shire, but on the borders of Nottinghamshire. 

Barxby-Moor, a neat hamlet with a good inn and posting- 
house on the North road, 3 miles X.W. of Retford, forms a 
joint township with Bilby, — a distiict of scattered houses on 
the banks of the Ryton, 2 miles west of the inn. Henry 
Walker, Esq. is lord of the manor of Barnby, and G. S. Fol- 
jambe, Esq. is lord of Bilby, and owner of the hall there, which 
is now unoccupied. Both were of the fee of Roger de Busli ; 
the latter was long held bv the Chaworth family, and part of 
the former was given bv Adam de Barnely to the monks of 
Blyth. In 1790, Anthony Barker left <£20 to the poor of this 
township, and the interest is now paid yearly by Mr. Samuel 
Barker. 

BAWTRY 

Is a small, handsome, well-built market town, and being situated 
on the Great North Road, at the junction of the turnpikes from 
Sheffield, Gainsbro', and Thorne, it is a busy thoroughfare, and 
has a large and commodious Inn and Posting-house, besides 
several other public-houses, which afford comfortable accom- 
modation for travellers. It is distant 9 miles from Doncaster 
and Retford, 4 miles E. of Tickhill, 12 miles W. by X. of 
Gainsbro', and 4 miles N. by E. of Blyth. Though nearly 
surrounded by Nottinghamshire, it is all in the Wapentake of 
Strafford and Tickhill, and the West-Riding of Yorkshire, 



402 HATFIELD DIVISION, 

except a small suburb which forms the south side of Top- 
street, and is in the parish of Harvvorth. It is situated on the 
site of the Roman road which passed from Littleborough to 
Doncaster. A fair of four days in the year was procured from 
King John, by Robert de Vipount, lord of the manor, for a 
present of four palfreys. The market, which was formerly on 
Wednesday, is now on Thursday, and is principally for corn 
sold by sample. It has now two fairs for cattle and horses, on 
Whit-Thursday and November 22nd. The town has no trade 
except the traffic on the river Idle, which is navigable from 
hence to the Trent for small craft, principally employed in im- 
porting coal, groceries, &c. The object most worthy of atten- 
tion here, is Bawtry Hall, the elegant seat of the Dowager 
Viscountess Galway, which is situated at the southern extre- 
mity of the town, in the midst of extensive pleasure grounds, 
all in excellent condition, agreeably interspersed with shrub- 
beries and plantations, and containing a beautiful aviary, well 
stocked with Chinese pheasants and other rare birds. The 
township forms a chapelry, and has a small Chapel of Ease 
annexed to the vicarage of Blyth. The Rev. Wm. Snowden, 
B.D. is the curate. In the town are also a Methodist Chapel, 
built in 1827, and an Independent Chapel built in 1826, on land 
given by Mr. James Dobson. The Rev. Robert Kirkus is 
minister of the latter, which has attached to it a large school 
with eight free scholars. In 1691, Barbara Lister left .£200, 
and directed the interest to be paid yearly to the curate of 
Bawtry, " if placed there by the consent of her executor or his 
heirs, if not, to the poor of Bawtry." The Earl of Rosslyn 
now pays this annuity. In 1780, Elizabeth Foster bequeathed 
the Bell Houses with a garden, for the residence of two poor 
women, and endowed them with a yearly rent charge of £1 out 
of a close at Misson, called the Paddock. 

Hodsock with Goldthorp form a large township of scat- 
tered houses, extending westward from Blyth more than two 
miles to the borders of Yorkshire, across the Worksop and 
Tickhill road, betwixt Oldcoates and Carlton in Lindrick. 
They were anciently called Ordesache and Cossardthorpe, and 
belonged to the families of Cossard, Hoddisac, and Cressy, who 
gave part of the land to the priory at Blyth. They after- 
' wards passed to the Markhams and Cliftons, with whom they 
remained till the middle of the last century, when they be- 
came the property of the Mellish family, but are now divided 
amongst several owners. Hodsock Hall, which was defended 
by a moat and tower gateway, has been partly rebuilt, and new 
fronted in the monastic style, from which it is now called Hod- 
sock Priory. It is the seat of Mrs. Ann Chambers, and 
stands in a beautiful valley 1| miles S.W. of Blyth. Hodsock 
Park, 2 miles W. of Blyth, belongs to Mr. John Shuttleworth, 
and the two farms called Flcecctrcp (Flvrthorp) and Millhotise, 



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403 



are the property of G. S. Foljambe, Esq. Goldthorpe forms 
the N. W. part of the township, and Henry Gaily Knight, 
Esq. is its principal owner. 

Ranskill is a pleasant village and township in the liberty of 
Southwell and Scrooby, on the great North road, 2 miles E. of 
Blyth, and 6 miles N.W. by N. of Retford, where there is a 
good inn, a boarding academy, and a neat Independent Chapel. 
Samuel Barker, Esq. and Mr. John Crofts are the principal 
owners, but the Archbishop of York is lord of the manor, and 
has here some copyhold tenants. Quarter sessions are held 
here at Easter and Michaelmas, and petty sessions once a fort- 
night, for the North Soke of the liberty of Southwell and 
Scrooby. The feast is on the Sunday after Old Michaelmas- 
day. The common was enclosed in 1805. 

Styrrup and Oldcoats. — See Harworih parish, 
Torworth is another pleasant village on the North road, 
lying a little south of Ranskill, 5J N. YV. by N. of Retford. 
Viscount Galway is lord of the manor, and owner of most of 
the soil, and Mrs. Chambers is lessee of the great tithes both 
here and at Ranskill. A Methodist Chapel was built in the 
village. in 1826. On the highest part of the township stands 
Mantles House, the seat of Thomas Crofts, Esq. In ex- 
cavating the foundation of this mansion in 1820, a Roman urn 
ten inches in diameter, was found covered with a globular ves- 
sel, supposed to have contained a human heart. The common 
land was enclosed in 1800 and 180.7, by a mutual agreement of 
the proprietors. An annuity of 10s. is paid to the poor of this 
township out of Viscount Galway's estate. 



BLYTH DIRECTORY. 

Letters are despatched by a foot Post every morning at 10 to 
Bawtry, and arrive at half-past three in the afternoon. 



Ambler Robert, painter 
Bouverie Major Gen. Sir Henry, 

Blyth Hall 
Booth Mrs. Dorothy 
Booth Joseph, woodman 
Bradley John, Esq., Spittal 
Butler Wm. constable 
Dickinson George, farmer 
Downs Geo. plumber & glazier 
Foster Joseph, maltster 
Fowler Richard, gent. 
Giles Wm. earthenware dealer 
Green Barth. saddler 
Hodgson Geo. earthenware dlr. 
Jones William, land surveyor and 

English timber dealer 
Manwaring John, sjjent. 



Mills C has. nurseryman 
Morrison Thos. cooper 
Nettlesbip Edw. farmer, Blyth 

Nornay 
Parkin Thos. corn miller 
Pigott Mrs. Ann 
Pritchard Mrs. Ann 
Quibell John, veterinary surgeon 
Radley Wm. grocer & druggist 
Rogers Thos. farmer 
Rogers John, maltster, Blyth 

Nornay 
Rudd Rev. John, M.A. vicar 
Russell Samuel, surgeon 
Stacey Mrs. Lydia 
Taylor William, maltster, Blyth 

Nornay 



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BI,YTH PARISH DIRECTORY. 



Taylor Robert, weaver & parish 

clerk 
Thornton Hy. grocer& druggist 
Thorpe Mrs. Hannah 
Torr Edw. postman and sexton 
Widdowson Thos. grocer 
Wilson Benj. brush mfr., grocer, 

and draper 
Winter Mrs. Hannah 
Woolley Jph. fellmonger, Blyth 

Nornay 
Wright Hugh, sawyer 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
The last three are Beerhouses, 
Angel, George Creassey 
Red Hart, Joseph Foster 
Rose & Crown, John Swindin 
White Horse, John Marsh 
Blacksmith's Arms, John Hog- 

gard 
Red Lion, George Moore 
White Swan, Richard Turner 



Academies 
Free school, Jno 

Woodcock 
Pattison Ellen 
Winter Hannah 

Bakers \ fyc, 
Garthsides Jas. 
Taylor Geo. 

Blacksmiths. 
Hoggard John 
HilfJohn 
Keik John, (and 

gun smith) 
Boot Sf Shoemkr 
Apley Emanuel 
Bel! Jonathan 
Crumpton John 
Hancock Win. 
Swinburn John 
Turner Rd. 

Bricklayers* 
Blackburn Saml 
Marrison Edw 



Marrison Wm. 
.Rowland Geo. 
Butchers. 
Gabbitas John 
Hudson Charles 
Newstead Geo. 

Joiners. 
Hardy Wm. 
Rich Joseph 

Milliners, fyc. 
Ambler Sarah 
Beighton Jane 
Blake Matilda 
s Tailors, 
Apley Wm. 
Colgreavcs J?hn. 
Hopkin John 
Moore George 
Walker Wm. 

Wheelwrights* 
Swindeii John 
.Watson Wm. 
Wilkinson John 



Carrier, Martin Kirk by to 
Bawtry. Thuis. ; Retford, Sat. ; 
Sheffield, Monday, & Worksop, 
Wednesday. 



AUSTERFIELD, (Yorkshire.) 

Batty Rd. vict. White Hart 

Beaumont Edw. Blackett, Esq. 
Finningley Park 

Cappiter Wm. wheelwright 

Dyon Mr. John 

Green John, blacksmith 

Milner John, shoemkr. & chapel 
clerk 

Parker Wm. shopkeeper 

Radley Wm. Esq. Brancroft 

Woodhouse Wm. shoemaker 
FARMERS. 

Birks Richard, Woodhouse 

Brogden James 

Dickinson John, Brancroft 

Dickinson John, Partridge Hill 

Fox William 

Jackson George 

Jennings Thomas 

Long Samuel Maw 

Ramsey William, Hird House 

Spencer George 

Tomlinson John, Finningley Cot- 
tage 

Wood Wm. Finning-ey Park 

B ARNBY MOOR with BILBY 

Marked* are in Bilby. 
•Allinson Joseph, farmer 
Barker Saml, E*q. Barn by Hall 
Clark George, vict. Bell Inn and 

posting house 
Clark John Darcy, gent. 
Habbijam Benjamin, farmer 
Kitchin George, shoemaker 
Kitchin John, b'acksmith 
Pagdin George, shoemaker 
Pagdin Thos. shopkeeper 
Scott Joseph, vict. White Horse 
Scott Wm. farmer 
Thorold Michael Wynne, gent. 
* Wags taff James, farmer 
•Whale William, farmer 



HODSOCK WITH GOLD- 
THORPE. 

Marked f are Farmers. 
+ Ash ion Wm., Lodge 
Bradley John, Esq. Blyth Spittal 
fCartledge Samuel, Goldtliorpe 
Chambers Mrs. Ann, Hcdsock 
Priory 



BLYTH PARISH DIRECTORY. 



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fCcupe John, Fleecetrep 
fCross George, Priory Farm 
fGibbs Thos. Hodsock Cottage 
Mower C. C. surgeon, Woodhouse 

f Musgrove , Forest Farm 

Peniston Wm. corn miller, Gold- 

thorpe 
fRadley Wm, Hodsock 
Shuttleworth John, gent. Hod- 
sock Park 
fTaylor John, Goldthorpe 
fWo'od John, Hodsock Mill Hs. 



RANSKILL. 
Dawson John, gent 
Dean John C.,vict. Blue Belllnn 
Denmar Mr. William 
Foulds Samuel, blacksmith 
Jackson Thomas, blacksmith 
Kirk Robert, tailor 
Martin Wm. boarding academy 
Millns John, shoemaker 
Morley George, shoemaker 
Norton Wm. shoemaker 
Parkinson Wm. grocer & draper 
Reddish Robert, tailor 
Shillito George, wheelwright 
Teale Thos. grocer & draper 



Weightman Rt. jun. maltster and 

seed merchant 

FARMERS. 

Those marked * are Yeomen. 
*Chester Fras. 'Matthews Wm. 
Chester Richard Pinning Thos. 
•Crofts John 'Welsh Thos. 
*Cunis Sarah 



STYRRUP. 
See Harivorth Parish. 



TORWORTH. 
Close John, excise officer 
Crofts Thos. 8c Wm. gents. Man- 
tles House 
Crookes John, blacksmith 
Hopkin Thos. wheelwright 
Newcomhe Wm. shoemaker 
Selby Joseph, vict. Northampton 

House 
Weightman Rt. land agent 

farmers: 

Bingham Wm. Maples Thos. 
Chambers John, Maples Wm. 

Grange Scott John 

Hodgkinson W. Skidmore Geo. 



BAWTRY DIRECTORY. 

Post-Office. Crown Inn Yard, David Adams, Post-Master. Let- 
ters from all parts are received at 12 noon, and are despatched at a 
quarter-past one afternoon. 



Baines John, clerk to Magis- 
trates, High street 
Baines Matt, hair drssr. High st 
Barrowclitf John, timber mer- 
chant, Church street 
Bellamy Robert, boat owner 
Benson John, boat owner and 

coal merchant, Wharf street 
Binney Benj. farmer, Church st 
Brooke Jnth. clothier, Church st 
Coldwell Joshua, coal dlr. Church 

street 
Cutts Thos. nail mkr. North End 
Dobson Jas. currier. Church st 
Dyon Mrs. Betty, High street 
Fisher Mrs. Mary. Ci-urch st 
Galway Lady Bridget, Dowager 
Viscountess. Bawtry Hall 



| Garner Jno. nurseryman, Church 

street 
Oooddy Mrs. Eliz. High street 
Hargrave Mr. Jas. Top street 
Hett Jas. farmer, High street 
Hopkinson Mrs. Eliz. Church st 
Hume Mrs. Eliz. High street 
Kirkus Rev. Rt. (Ind.) Scott In 
Marrison Mrs. Ann, High st 
Mitchell John, wine mer. High st 
Nettleship Thos. gent. High st 
Pratt Jas. Daubney, veterinary 

surgeon, Church street 
Roberts Bnj. excise-ofi'.Churchst 
Sandys Mrs. Sallv, Top street 
ShirtclifTEJiz. dressmkr. Scott In 
Smith Timothy, blacking mfr. &c 

Hierh street 
2 n 



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BAWTRV DIRECTOKY. 



Soer John, sawer. Church street 
Speller Mrs. Caroline, High st 
Spilshury Mrs. Eliz.Char. High st 
Stephenson Win. saddler, High st 
Swallow Wm. staymaker, Swan In 
Taylor Thos. hat mfr. & furrier, 

High street 
Taylor & Williams, dressmakers, 

Swan lane 
"Unwin Jno. stone mason, Church 

street 
Wade Mrs. Ann, Wharf street 
WakefieldThos. glass, china, &c. 

dlr. High street 
Walker Mrs, Mary, High street 
Wehster Thos. horse breaker, Cht 
Whaley Mr.: John, High street 
Winter Mr. Thos. Top street 
Winterburn Jas. matron, Work- 
house 
Wood Michael, Esq. Brigade- 
Major, High street 
Wood James, farmer, Top st 

ACADEMIES. 
Everard Miss Ann, Wharf st 
Holland James, Church street 
Snowden Rev. >Wm. B.D., {pre- 
paratory for Holy Orders,) 
Church street 
Wood James, North End 

ATTORNTES. 
Brought on Wm. High street 
Cartwright f\ Hawksley, High st 
McKenzie George, High street 
Raynes Fras. High street 
AUCTIONEERS. 
Grasby Joseph, High street 
Watts Jonathan, High street 
BAKERS & FLOUR DLRS. 
Thickitt Joseph, Church street 
Womack Mary. Scott lane 
BLACKSMITHS& FARRIERS 
Towler Samuel, North End 
Windle Thomas, (& bell hanger) 

High street 
BOOKSELLERS, STATION- 
ERS, &c. 
Grasby Jph. (stamp office) Highst 
Tailor Joseph, High street 
Wilson Jph. (printer & cir. li- 
brary) High street 
BOOT & SHOEMAKERS. 
Fillingham Wm. High street 



Freeman Wm. Scott lane 
Hackford Joseph, Church street 
Hawson George, High street 
Jenkinson Thos. Swan lane 
Wilson John, Church street 
Winter Benjamin, High street 

BRICKLAYERS. 
Marrison Jonathan, High street 
Marrison Wm. Scott lane 

BUTCHERS. 
Dowson John, Church street 
Tow Edward, Swan lane 
Sissons John, High street 
Thickitt John, Swan lane 

CABINET MAKERS, &c. 
Swift Joseph, Swan lane 
Wilson & Bedford, High street 
Winter Riehard, Top street 

COOPERS. 
Eaton Benjamin, Church street 
Oldfield John, Church street 

DRUGGISTS. 
Barber Thomas, High street 
Nettleship Thos. jun. High st 

FIRE & LIFE OFFICES. 
County Fire and Provident Life, ' 

Joseph Grassby, High stieet 
Sheffield^ Joseph Tailor, High st 
GROCERS & FLOUR DLRS. 
Birley Jno. (& seedsman) High st 
Herring Wm. High street 
Rhodes Thos. High street 
Soer John, Swan lane 
Williams Elizabeth, Swan lane 

INNS & TAVERNS. 
Angel, Jph. Taylor, High st 
Black Bull, John Stockdale 
Black's Head, (excise off.) Jonth. 

Watts 
Blue Bell, Eliz. Wilson, Church 

street 
Crown Inn (&postg.)Dd. Adams, 

High street 
Marquis of Granby, Saml.Briggs, 

North End 
Ship, Wm. Beck, Church st 
White Hart, Geo. Hibbert, Swan 

lane 

BEERHOUSES. 
Red Lion, William Hy. Lambert, 

North End 
Travellers, Mary Malthouse, 

North End 



BAWTRY DIRECTORY. 



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IRONMONGERS. 

Heath John, (& brazier) Swan In 
Whittington Hy. Swan lane 

JOINERS. 
Carr Richard, North End 
Drabwell Paul, (& wheelwright) 

High- street 
Hack ford John, Church street 
Howard Charles, Scott lane 
Lambert Wm. Hy. North End 
LINEN & VVOLN. DRAPERS. 
Herring Wm. High street 
Hill Thomas, Swan lane 
Kidson Wm. High street 
MALTSTERS. 
Couch John, Church street 
Jackson John, North End 
Johnson Thos. Church street 
Nicholson Mary, Wharf street 

PAINTERS. 
Bailey Geo. (& gilder) High st 
Fisher Thos. (hs. & coach) High st 
PLUMBERS & GLAZIERS. 
Credland Jomtthan^ High street 
Marrison Wm. Church street 
Wakefield George, High street 
ROPE & TWINE MANUFRS. 
Blythman Joseph, (& sheep net) 

High street 
Hall Wm. Church street 
Haxby Robert, Gainsborough rd 

SADDLERS. 
Stephenson Wm. High street 
Woodcock Isaac, North end 

STRAW HAT MAKERS. 
Bennett Mary, North end 
Hunt Mary,. High street 
Jenkinson Sarah, Swan lane 
Moore Elizabeth, High street 

SURGEONS. 
Cocking John, High street 
Nicholson John, M.D. Ivyhouse 
Wright Wm. Top street 

TAILORS. 
Bennett James, North end 
Goodlad John, High street 
Moorhouse James, Church st 
Wakefield Thomas, High street 

TALLOW CHANDLERS. 
Herring Wm. High street 
Rhodes Thomas, (& soap boiler) 
High street 



WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS. 
Bell James, High street 
Jenkinson Edward, High street 
Lowe Joseph, High street 
Whittington Henry, Swan lane 
WINE & SPIRIT MERTS. 
Nicholson Mary, Wharf street 
Weightman & Mitchell,High st- 

MAILS &.- COACHES. 

From the Crown Inn, 

Royal Mails, to London at 12 

noon ; to Edinbro' and Glasgow, 

at 1 aft. ; & to Louth & Shef- 
field, at a \ past 1 aft. 
The Rockingham to London at 

\ past 2 aft., and to Leeds at 

| pa*t 9 morning. 
The Wellington to London at 10 

evg., and to York at 12 noon. 
The Amity to Doncaster at 6 

mg. & to Stamford, 9 morning. 

From the Marquis of Granby, 
The Highflyer to London at 1 

mg., and to York J past 3 mg. 
The Express to Lincoln at 4 aft. 

&,to Wakefield at 10 morning. 
The Union to Leeds J p. 3 mg. 

From the Angel Inn, 
The Express to London at £ p. 

2 aft., & to York, \ bef. 3 mg. 
The Hope to Doncaster & Gains- 

bro' daily, (except Sunday) to 

meet the Hull Packets, 

CARRIERS. 

To London, Deacon, Harrison, & 
Co.'s Van, from the Angel every 
morning at 1 ; and their Wag- 
gon every morning at 8. Also, 
Jackson & Co.'s every day at 
12 noon, from the Marquis of 
Granby. 

Barnsley & Leeds, Chpr. Embley 
from Wharf-st. every Friday 
night. 

Doncaster, Geo. Moore, High-6t. 
Sat. ; Rd. Shillito, Church-st., 
Mon. Thar, and Sat. ; Chpr. 
Embley, Wharf-street, Mon.; 
and Peacock & Ashmore, every 
Saturday morning. 

Gainsborough, John Gee. every 



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JiATFIELD DIVISION. 



Mon.; and Hibberson & Co., 

(from Sheffield) Wed. & Thurs. 

from the Black Bull ; and Rd. 

Sbillito, from Church-st. Tues. 

dep. 4 morning. 
Gringley-on -the - Hill, Michael 

Kirkby, Black Bull, Thur. 4af. 
Leeds, Jackson & Co. Marquis 

of Granby, daily, at 10 mg. 
Retford, Thos. Stanfield, Black 

Bull, Thursday, 4 afternoon 
Sheffield, John Gee, Wed., and 

Hibberson & Co. Wed. & Fri. 

from the Black Bull 



Tickhill, Robert Booth, Angel, 

Thursday, 4 afternoon 
Wakefield, Deacon, Harrison, & 

Co. from the Marquis of Granby 

daily, at 7 evening 
Worksop, John Wilmott, from 

the Marquis of Granby, Thurs. 

4 afternoon 
CONVEYANCE BY WATER. 
To Gainsborough, Christopher 

Embley's Packet Boat every 

Monday morning; returns on 

Wednesday 



BOTHAMSALL PARISH 



Lies east of Clumber park, betwixt and near the confluence of 
the rivers Wollen and Idle. It contains 59 houses, 326 inha- 
bitants, and about 1 700 acres of land, which was enclosed 
about 60 years ago, and belongs solely to the Duke of New- 
castle, who is lord of the manor and impropriator of the tithes. 
About seven acres are in hop yards. 

Bothamsall is a pleasant village near the Retford and Ol- 
lerton road, 4J miles N. by E. of the latter town. The church 
is an ancient edifice, which, with the predial tithes and the 
glebe of the rectory, was granted by Queen Elizabeth in 1578, 
to the Earl of Lincoln, an ancestor of the Duke of Newcastle, 
whose domestic chaplain, the Rev. John Mason, now enjoys 
the perpetual curacy, which was certified at £21, 6s. 8d. The 
manor before the Conquest was held by Earl Tosti, and after- 
wards by the Furnivals, the St. George's, the Boselingthorps, 
&c. The feast is on the nearest Sunday to St. Peter's day. 

Houghton Park, mostly in this parish, and partly on the 
south side of the river in Houghton parish, was enclosed about 
30 years ago. Here are situated the Duke's kennels, with a 
house occupied by his gamekeeper. The poor of the parish 
enjoy the interest of £48, left in 17^9, by Joseph Holliday, and 
now in the Retford savings' bank. 



Baines Mary, wheelwright 
Ball Wm. shoemaker 
Cowley Samuel, wheelwright 
Hind John, blacksmith 
Mansell John, gamekpr. Hough- 
ton Park 
Marshall Geo. vict. Fox 
Nutt John, shoemaker 



Olivant Thos. butcher & shopkpr 
Padley Mark, cooper 
Pickering Geo. shoemaker 
Spencer G<>o. shopkeeper 
Stubbings John, shoemaker 
Turner Wm, English timber dlr 
Walker Christopher, stone mason, 
Houghton Park 



BOTHAMSALL AND BOUGHTOK CHAPELRY. 409 



FARMERS. 

Thus X are Hop Growers. 
JCiinm John Hempseed Wm. 
JDewickAnn Juhnson John 



J Moss John Padley Win, 
Padley Thos. Peck Wm. 
Padley Jenny, Stacy Robeit 
Haughton Park 



BOUGHTON PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY. 

Though in the Hatfield division, is annexed to the parish of 
Kneesall, in the hundred of Thurgarton. It includes the steep 
acclivity of Cochin Hill, (under which are several hop yards,) 
and extends westward over a wild tract of forest land, which is 
noted as a /bo? cover, adjoins Thoresbv park, and is intersected 
by the river Maun, over which a bridge was erected by sub- 
scription in 1812, the ford being often very dangerous. On the 
bank of the river is a deep cavity in the rock of red sandstone, 
called Robin Hood's cave. The forest has a deep light sandy 
soil, well riddled with the burrows of rabbitts and foxes ; about 
50 acres of it were enclosed a few years ago, by the lord of the 
manor, and is now called New England. The parish contains 
7.5 houses and 295 inhabitants. 

Boughton, 1 \ mile N.E. of Ollerton, is a small village near 
the hop yards, at the east end of the parish, which is enclosed 
and sheltered from the westerly winds by the abrupt acclivity 
that extends northward from Wellow to Kirton and Walesby. 
It was anciently called Bucheton, and was of the fee of Roger 
de Busli, of whom it was held by a family of its own name, one 
of whom, Aeliz de Bucton, gave part of the land and the ad- 
vowson of the church to the priory at Blyth. It afterwards 
passed to the Markhams, but most of it now belongs to the 
Hon. and Rev. J. L. Savilie, who is lord of the manor, and 
lessee of the great tithes, which are appropriated to the Dean 
and Chapter of Southwell. The church is a humble building, 
with a turret belfry, and is a curacy annexed to Kneesall vicar- 
age. The General Baptists have a neat chapel here, which they 
built in 1826. The only benefaction belonging to the parish, 
is <£12. 10s. left in 179 L, by Squire Markham, and now vested 
in the Retford savings' bank. 



Arnold Geo. joiner 
Bennett John, tailor 
Gray Samuel, briekiayer 
Markham Leond. butcher & vict 
Moss Joshua, wheelwright, shopr. 

and parish clerk 
Otter John, shoemaker l maltster ham Geo 

RatclitF Wm. tailor §Flower Wm. Newbart Wm. 

Robshaw Wm. vict. Plough | §fFrogson Hy. §Squires John 

Taylor John, blacksmith 1 §Gibson Wm. Wilson Richard 

Wells Wm. vict. Harrow flage John Gockin hi! 1 



Woodhead Geo. shoemaker 

FARMERS. 

Thus f arc Yeoman and § Hop 

Growers. 

§ t Alvy Chpr. § Lawrence Chas. 

§Alvev John, &* f Methering- 



410 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



CARLTON-in-LINDRICK PARISH 

Comprises the two contiguous hamlets and constablewicks of 
Carlton-in- Lindrick and King stem- in- Carlton, pleasantly situ- 
ated near Walling- wells, on the road betwixt Tickhill and 
Worksop, 3| miles N. of the latter. It was of sufficient con- 
sequence in Saxon times to have six resident Thanes, each 
having a hall or manor, but these were all swallowed up by that 
leviathan, Roger de Busli, at the Norman Conquest. The 
family of Chevercourt held it under him, but their heirs failing, 
it was divided between the Latimers and Fitzhughs, from whom 
it passed to the Dacres, Molyneuxs, Taylors, and Cliftons, the 
latter of whom built a fine seat here. It contains 189 houses, 
974 inhabitants, and 4073a. Or. 15p. of land, of which about 
1518 acres now belong to the lord of the manor, Robert Rams- 
den, Esq. of Carlton Hall; 600 acres, to H. Gaily Knight, Esq. ; 
463 acres to Sir Thomas White, Bart. ; and 558 acres to the 
rector, the latter of whom received his portion at the enclosure 
in 1/67? as a commutation of all the tithes of the parish. The 
church, dedicated to St. John, is now a handsome gothic edi- 
fice, having lately received considerable repairs, and a new 
south aisle, erected in 1831, in unison with the rest of the 
building, which is in the style that prevailed in the reign of 
Henry VI. Under the new aisle, Sir Thomas White has 
formed a spacious vault for the interment of himself and family. 
The living is a rectory, valued in the King's books at «£15. 
13s. 4d. The Archbishop of York is the patron, and the Rev. 
Charles Wastneys Eyre, M. A. is the incumbent. Kingston-in- 
Carlton, which is commonly called North Carlton, was an- 
ciently so called from its being the King's manor ; and Carlton- 
in- Lindrick, often called South Carlton, may be supposed 
to have had the distinctive part of its name from the Saxon 
Lind or Linden — here being probably in monastic times several 
6hady avenues of lime trees^under which the monks of Wal- 
lingwells used to promenade. The South Common Field, 
2a. 3r. 36p., let for <£6, belongs to the church. A house and 
two small fields in the valley betwixt North and South Carlton, 
formerly belonged to the parish schoolmaster, until they were 
sold to the Ramsden family, more than 20 years ago ; but in 
1831, Robert Ramsden, Esq. repaired the loss of the poor by 
erecting a new school, near the same site, and he now allows a 
salary to a master and mistress, who have under their care 
nearly 200 children and infants. He has also furnished a li- 
brarv of 200 volumes for the use of the parishioners. The 
western side of the parish adjoins Yorkshire, and has a rich 
limestone soil, but the eastern side is sandy, and rises to Si con- 
siderable altitude. 



CARLTON PARISH. 



411 



Wigthorpe is a pleasant little hamlet, 3 miles N. of Work- 
sop, in the constablewick. of South Carlton, which repairs its 
roads separately, but maintains its poor conjointly with North 
Carlton. 



CARLTOX NORTH. 

Anderson Thos. vict. Blue Bell 
Anderson W. sen. vict. New Bell 
Brammer Geo. shoemaker 
Brown Mary, schoolmistress 
Cattam A* vict. Butchers' Arms 
Cowley Wm.. butcher 
Dean George, butcher 
Drabble Jas. cabinet maker and 

joiner 
Fletcher Mrs. Hannah 
Glossop Robert, butcher 
Haigh Wm. grocer and draper 
Harrison Mrs. Sarah 
Henson John, schoolmaster 
Hepper Rev. Geo. curate 
Lindley Wm. shopkeeper 
Marsden Joseph, tailor 
Rich Geo. joiner & wheelwright. 
Ryalls John, shoemaker 
Scorah John, blacksmith 
Scott Wm. shopkeeper 
Swan wick Thos. shoemaker 
Tinker John, shoemaker 
Tinsley Wm. excise officer 
Travis Wm, shoemaker 
Turner John vict. Blacksmiths' 

Arms 
Ward Wm. gardener 
Worsley Mrs. Lydia 
Yates- Mrs. Ann 

FARMERS. 
Bowmer Win. Eyre Robert 
Cowleshaw Wm. Field Joseph, & 
Duckmanton J. maltster 
Duckmanton SI. Hides Geo. 



In gall An thy. 
Mello-rs John 
Pigott Thos. 



Traves John 
Turner John 



CARLTON SOUTH. 

Ramsden Rt. Esq. Carlton hall 
Cowlishaw Jph, genx 
Dawson Sarah, schoolmistress 
Foster Richard, joiner 
Jarvis Wm. parish clerk 
Liversidge Rich, shoemaker 
Manwaring John, Esq. Wigthorpe 
Pearson Ceo. blacksmith 
Ranson Wm. grocer & draper 
Rawson Fras. gamekeeper 
Shillitoe Robert, tailor 
Spencer Wm. vict. Red Lion 
Staneland Jph. vict. Grey Horses 
Townrow Fras. corn miller 
Whitehead Mrs. Eliz. 

FARMER?. 
Brooks Geo. Holme House 
Johnson William 
Levick Saml. Broom House 
Otter George 
Palmer Geo. Pen cottage 
Spencer Wm. yeoman 
Spurr Wm. & maltster, Wigthorpe 
Ward -Thos. Wigthorpe 

Coaches ; — The Forrester and 
Royal Union, from Notting- 
ham to Doncaster- call at ths 
Grey Horses 



CUCKNEY PARISH 



Extends eastward from the vicinity of Cresioell Crags, in Der- 
byshire, to near Thoresby park, and is bounded on the north 
by Welbeek, and on the south by Church Warsop. It is wa- 
tered by the river Poulter, on which are two large cotton mills, 
and contains 267 houses, 1648 inhabitants, and 5284a. 3r. 21p. 
ef good forest land, all enclosed, bat partly in plantation* and 



412 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



extensive pastures. It is divided into four townships, of which 
the following is an enumeration, with the population and ex- 
tent of each : — 



Townships Houses. Persons. Acres. 

Cuckney, 93 •• 633 •• 1095 

Holbeck, 46 •• 244 .. 1718 



Townships. Houses. Persons. Acres. 

Langwith, 66 •• 437 •• 1295 

Norton, 62 •• 334 .- 1297 



Cuckney is a considerable village on the small river called 
the Poulter, 5 miles S. by W. of Worksop. Here are two 
large mills for spinning cotton and grinding corn, and also the 
ruins of a cotton mill which was burnt down in 1792. Throsby, 
who wrote in 1796, says, " here are children from the foundling 
hospital, London, who are employed at the cotton and worsted 
mills, and live in cottages built for the purpose, under the care 
of superintendents ; boys under one roof and girls under ano- 
ther;" but this is not the case now, the poor parishioners 
having a sufficient number of children to watch the mill ma- 
chinery. The churchy which is a large ancient structure with 
a handsome tower, was re-pewed, new-roofed, and thoroughly 
repaired in 1831, when a number of free seats were provided. 
Towards this necessary reparation, the Duke of Portland and 
Earl Bathurst, each gave ,^100, and the Society for building 
Churches, £50. The vicarage is vaiued in the King's books 
at £9. 8s. 6id. The Rev. Edward Palling, B.A. is the in- 
cumbent, and Earl Man vers the patron, but Earl Bathurst is 
owner of the soil, and lord of the manor of Cuckney, which 
was held by Sweyn the Saxon, and after the Conquest, given 
in fee to Hugh Fitz-Baldric and Joceus de Flemangh, except 
two carucates, which Gamelbere, an old Saxon Knight, was 
allowed to retain for the service of shoeing the King's palfrey, 
" as oft as he should lie at his manor of Mansfield." A great 
part of this parish was given by Sir Henry de Fawkenburg and 
others, to the monks of Welbeck. In Cuckney township are 
the extensive farms called Mount Pleasant, Park House, and 
Shireoak Hill. The great tithes of the whole parish belong to 
theowners of the different manors, and are included in the rents 
of the farms, but the vicarial tithes are paid by the tenants in 
money. 

Hoi. beck, or Howbeck township, is the largest and mo*t 
thinly populated division of the parish. It contains five small 
hamlets, called Holbeck, Bonbusk, Woodhouse, Wood- 
end, and a few scattered farmsteads lying at the west end of 
the parish, from 4 to 5 miles S.S.W. of Worksop, one of which 
is Collingtliivaitc, where there is a corn mill. It is all the pro- 
perty of the Duke of Portland, who in 1810, obtained it from 
Earl Manvers in exchange for that part of the forest land called 
Bilhagh. At Woodhouse, i^ a small Catholic chapel, estab- 
lished by the Rev. John Tristram, and now visited monthlv 
by a priest tVom Spink-hill, near Eckington. 



CUCKNEY PARISH. 



413 



Lang with is a romantic village and township, on the \ergc 
of the county, near the source of the Poulter, where there is 
a large cotton mill, and several fine woody acclivities, 2 miles 
W. of Cuckney, and 7 miles S.S.W. of Worksop. The vil- 
lage is called Nether Lang with, and near it, in a delightful 
situation, is Langwith Hall, now occupied by R. N. Sutton, 
Esq., but once the occasional seat of Earl Bathurst, to whom 
it still belongs, together with the rest of the township and 
manor, of which he is lord and impropriator. His Lord 
ship's seats are now at Oakley Grove, near Cirencester, Glou 
cestershire, and at Fairy Hill, in Kent. 

Norton, sometimes called Norton Cuckney, is a pleasant 
village and township lying in a delightful vale near the con- 
fluence of the Poulter, with the extensive lake of Welbeck 
park, 1 mile N.E. of Cuckney, and 4^ miles S. of Worksop. 
It all belongs to his Grace the Duke of Portland, the lord of the 
manor, whose benevolent Duchess supports a school here for 
the education of 35 poor girls, whom she also provides with 
frocks, cloaks, and bonnets. 

AIilnthorpe is a hamlet in Norton township, distant a quar- 
ter of a mile from the village ; and near it is Hatfield Grange, the 
only place in the county which bears the name of this great 
division of Bassetlaw. 

Creswell Crags, about half a mile north of Holbeck, and 
3 miles S.W. of Worksop, are in Derbyshire, but so adjacent 
to Nottinghamshire as to be often considered a part of that 
county. Lying out of the usual track of good roads, and being 
almost inaccessible for carriages, they are not often visited by 
tourists, though they are remarkably curious ; — consisting of 
lofty precipitous rocks, torn by some convulsion of nature into 
a thousand romantic shapes, and presenting a miniature re- 
semblance of the more majectic scenery on the Derwent, near 
Matlock. 

Cuckney parish participates in Dame Frances Pierrepont's 
Charity, of which the Chapter of Southwell are trustees. The 
Parish Feast is on the nearest Sunday to Old Michaelmas Day. 



CUCKNEY. 

Allen Thos. shopkeeper 
Bird John, tailor and draper 
Bowles Benj. bookkeeper 
Chad wick John, wheelwright 
Cocking Win. butcher 
Day Henry, butcher 
Frost John, shoemaker 
Goucher Rd. stone mason 
Harland Wm. shoemaker 
Haskins John, Esq. land agent 
Hollins Henry & Charles, & Co. 
cotton spinners. 



Holt Mrs. Elizabeth 

Johnson John, schoolmaster and 

parish clerk 
Keeton John, joiner & cabt. mkr 
Mason Rev. Geo. M. A. vicar of 

Whitwell 
Needham Geo. shoemaker and 

shopkeeper 
Palling Rev. Edw. B. A. vicar 
Parker John, baker 
Parker Robert, shopkeeper 
Pearce Jas. vict. &rnaltster,Green 

Dale Oak 



414 



CUCKNEV PARISH DIRECTORY. 



Shaw Wm. blacksmith 
Teather Rd. shoemaker 
Thirkhill Benj. vict. &shoemakr. 

Red Lion 
Webster Jph. tailor 
Wallas Miss Sarah 
Worsley Geo. shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
Armstrong Samuel, Park House 
Davy Sam!. Shire Oak Hill 
Miller Thomas 
Pressley Wm. Mount Pleasant 
Turner Wm. 
Wright Willows 

HOI>BECK. 

Marked 1 reside at Bonbusk, 2 
at Holbeck) 3 at Holbeck- 
JVoodhouse^ $-5 at fVoodend. 
5 Beeley Josiah, vict. Blue Bell 
Bouler Geo. corn miller, Colling- 
thwaite 

2 Booth Wm. blacksmith 
Castledine Jas. shopkeeper 
Castledine Jas. jun, shoemaker 

3 Drabble Rt. shoemaker 
3 Eyre Geo. shopkeeper 

2 Eyre John, Nurseryman 

3 Frost Sarah, vict. Fox 

2 Highfield John, tailor 

3 Taylor Jas. vict. Gate 
Windle Jas. shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
5 Beeley John Presley Ralph, 

Hilltop Hursecroft 

3 Bell John Presley William, 
1 Coupe John Norwood 
1 Hurst Geo. 3 Revill Edw. 
5 Johnson John 2Skinner John 
] Skinner Wm. 

LANG WITH. 

Booth John, blacksmith 
Chapman Geo. tailor 
Coupe Wm. wheelwright & tim- 
ber dealer 
Cox George, maltster 
Fox Thos. shoemaker 



HoUins Hy. & Chas. & Co. cot- 
ton spinners 
Johnson Wm. Gooddy, grocer & 

bookkeeper 
Naylor Jph. vict. & maltster, 

Jug and Glass 
Pickard Geo. shoemaker 
Slack Isaac, shopkeeper 
Stanley John, stone sawyer 
Sutton Peter Nassau, E6q. Lang- 
with Hall 

FARMERS. 
Bagshaw Fras, Jackson Joseph, 
Flint John Boon Hill 

Flint Sami. Pigott Eliz. Pas- 

Fox Thos. jun. ture Hill 
Goucher Mary 

NORTON. 

Marked f reside at Milnthorpe 
fAshbery George, wheelwright 
Beeley Jonth. butcher 
Boaler Mr. Joseph 
Downs Geo. corn miller & baker 
Evans Richard, tailor 
Flower Williamson, butcher 
fGibbens Charles, baker 
Green John, vict. Packhorse 
fHelt John bricklayer 
Hodgkinson Rt. shopkeeper 
Marlow Chpr. valet 
Marlow John, blacksmith 
Marshall Wm. butcher 
Miller Edw. excise officer 
t Oldham John, farmer 
Parkin John, vict. & maltster, 

White Hart 
Roper Timothy, brewer & cooper 
Russell Ann, schoolmistress 
Smith Benj. vict. & horse dealer 
Storey Geo. farmer, Hatfield 
Swift Thos. woodman 
Taylor Thos. farmer, South Car 
Waller John, blacksmith 
Webster Hanh. vict. Plough 
Wild Geo. shoemaker 
Woodhead Wm. joiner 



EDWINSTOW PARISH. 

This very extensive parish is situated in the heart of Sher- 
wood Forest, (see p. 35.) and contains some fine old woodland 
scenery, many modern plantations, and several open tracts of 



-HDWINSTOW PARISH, 



415 



forest land, which afford good pasturage for sheep. A large 
portion of it was not enclosed till 1818, and about 2000 acres of 
it form the beautiful park and pleasure grounds of Thoresby 
HalU from which it stretches northward to Carburton, near 
Clumber and Welbeck, — southward to the market toivn of Ol- 
lerton, — and westward to Glipstone Park, which now forms a 
highly cultivated farm, within 3 miles of Mansfield. The rivers 
Medin and Maun traverse it from west to east, as^lso does the 
Duke of Portland's Flood Dike, which commences near 
Sutton in Ashfield, and passes nearly parallel with the Maun, 
to the village of Edwinstow, and is provided with numerous 
flood gates and sluices, by means of which the sloping and once 
barren meadows on each side of it are so regularly irrigated in 
the dry seasons, and so preserved from inundation when there 
is a redundancy of rain, that they now produce several plentiful 
crops of grass, clover, &c, every year. Besides the church at 
Edwinstow, the parish has three Chapels of Ease, and contains 
upwards of 16,060 acres divided into six townships, of which 
the following is an -enumeration, with the population and super- 
ficial contents of each. 



Townships. Houses. Persons. Acres. 

Edwinstow, • • 166 740 5815 

Budby, 19 139 1300 

Carburton, • •• 28 143 1500 



Townships. Houses. Persons. Acres. 

Clipstone,.--. 49 223 1648 

Ollerton, .... 130 658 2400 

Palethorpe 14 89 4000 



Edwinstow, or Edenstowe, is a large village, pleasantly situ- 
ated on a gentle declivity, 2 miles \V. of Ollerton. It is ex- 
tremelv rural, and its venerable church has a lofty spire, highly 
ornamented with " turret looking Gothic niches." It was ori- 
ginally a " berue" of the King's great manor of Mansfield, and 
the inhabitants had the right of pasturage in the King's hays of 
Bilhagh and Birkland. Henry IV. granted them a fair for 
two days, but it is now held only one day, viz. on October 21th 
for cattle, sheep, and swine ; and the parish feast is on the Sunday 
following. In the 3d of Edward III., the Dean and Chapter 
of Lincoln pleaded that they were rectors of " Edenestoiv and 
Orston^ and that they had possessed from time immemorial in 
the former place, view of frank-pledge, assize of bread and 
ale, and .had several tenants there. Thoroton says, "the 
royalties and wastes of Edwinstow and Carburton, are the in- 
heritance of the Duke of Newcastle by agreement," but these 
manors both belonged to the Duke of Porland, till about twenty 
years ago, when his Grace gave that of Edwinstow to Earl 
Man vers, in exchange for the manor of Holbeck, except the hay 
of Birkland, which he still retains. The- Church is dedicated 
to St. Mary, and its lofty spire which was repaired in 1816, 
may be seen at a considerable distance. It has annexed to it 
the chapels of Ollerton, Palethorpe, and "Carburton, and is in 
the appropriation of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, under 



410 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

whom the Duke of Portland and Earl Man vers are lessees of the 
great tithes. The vicarage, valued in the King's books at 
.£14, is in the gift of the Dean of Lincoln, and is now enjoyed 
by the Rev. John Cleaver, LL. D. The Hon. and Rev. J. L. 
Savile has a seat in the village, and Col. H. L. Savile, resides 
at Cockglode,* a beautiful mansion embowered in wood, and 
distant 1 mile W. by N. of Ollerton. This seat belongs to Sir 
R. S. Milnes, Bart., but after his death it will become the 
property of Earl Manvers. 

Poor's Land, 8fc. — In 162/, Ann and Wm. Monday granted 
their homestead and 16a. 3r. 22p. of land in Edwinstow to the 
churchwardens, for the use of the poor of Edwinstow, Clip- 
stone, and Budby. At the enclosure in 1818, this charity re- 
ceived an allotment of 132 acres, of which the trustees sold 40 
acres for .£375, which they expended in enclosing and fencing 
the remainder, except £9J. 14s. 6d., which is now in the Ret- 
ford Savings' Bank. The whole property produces £60 per 
annum, half of which is given to the poor of Edwinstow, two- 
thirds of the remainder to those of Clipstone, and the rest to 
those of Budby. 

Edwinstow Free School, which is open to all the poor boys 
of the parish, on the National system, was founded in 1719, by 
John Bellamy, who endowed it with 5a. 2r. 39p. of land, which 
in 1828, was exchanged by Earl Manvers for Parkinson Close, 
(5a. 2r. 18p.) and the Manor-house garden (21 perches). The 
school-house was rebuilt in 1824 by Earl Manvers, who sub- 
scribes with the vicar and inhabitants towards the masters 
salary, which is about £40 per annum. The founder also left 
two houses adjoining the school for poor ividows, but they were 
pulled down about 30 years ago, and four cottages built on the 
site for the reception of as many pauper widows. The whole 
parish participates in the charity called the Lincoln Dole, of 
which the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln are trustees. 

Birkland and Bilhagh are two ancient woods of Sherwood 
Forest, and though they have long been cleared of underwood, 
they still contain many large and venerable oaks, in every stage 
of perfection and decay. They form a wild and open forest 
tract, 3:J miles in length, extending westward from Thoresby 
Park to the liberties of Warsop and Clipstone. Birkland, 
which contains 947a. 2b. is the property of the Duke of Port- 
land; and Bilhacrh, which extends eastward from Birkland, 
now belongs to Earl Manvers, and comprises 540a. 2r, 37p. 
At the east end of Bilhagh is an extensive Fox Cover, called 
Ollerton Corner. (See page 37, where the contents of these 
wastes should be stated 1500 acres, and not 15,000.) Thev are 
in Edwinstow township, as also is the newly enclosed district 

* CocJcglode was built in 177H, by the late George Aldridge, M. D., who had 
the estate on a leaso trom the Duke of Porihnd. 



EDWINSTOW PARISH. 417 

called the South Forest, which lies betwixt Rufford and the 
river Maun, and has a small new hamlet bearing the name of 
King's Stand, and distant 2 miles W.S.W. of Ollerton. 
Villa-real, a large farm, half a mile W. of Edwinstow, is so 
named from the family who, about 50 years ago, held a great 
portion of the copyhold lands in this manor. 

Budby township, on the Worksop road, 3 miles N-W* of 
Ollerton, has a handsome rural village of Gothic cottages, at the 
south-west corner of Thoresby park, under a thickly wooded 
acclevity, and on the south side of the river Medin, which is 
here crossed by a neat bridge. In Domesday survey, it is 
called Buteby, and was soc of the King's great manor of Mans- 
field, of which it is now held in fee by Earl Manvers, whose 
Countess pays for the education and clothing of 18 poor girls, 
in the school which was built by his late mother in 1807- 
Budby North and South Forest, are unenclosed, but form ex- 
cellent sheep walks. 

Carburton, or Carberton, is a small village on the west side 
of Clumber, upon the small river called the Wollen, near the 
Ollerton road, 4 miles S. by E. of Worksop. Its township and 
chapelry includes Carburton Forge, a small hamlet one mile 
W. of the village, where there was formerly an iron forge. 
The Duke of Portland is owner,* and lord of the manor, which 
is all enclosed; and in the reign of Edward II*, was partly 
claimed by the abbot of Welbeck, who enclosed " Carberton 
Storth, lying near the gate of his abbey," though the inha- 
bitants pleaded that it was part of their ancient demesne. The 
chapel has a small burial ground, and is annexed to Edwinstow 
vicarage. The turnpike from hence to Worksop and Newark, 
was formed under acts passed in the 10th and 31st of Geo. III. 
Clipstone, once the seat of Royalty, is now one of the 
poorest and most decayed villages in Bassetlaw, though seated 

I in the most picturesque part of the vale of the Maun, 5 miles 
E.N.E. of Mansfield, and nearly 2 miles S.W. of Edwinstow- 
Of the 1648 acres in this township, nearly 900 form one of the 
wildest wastes of the forest, and a large portion of the re- 

I mainder has been enclosed, and brought irito a rich state of 
cultivation by the present owner and lord of the manor, the 
Duke of Portland, who formed, at an immense expense, the 
flood dike and sluices already noted at page 415. Amongst the 
numerous farms which his Grace retains in his owns hands, that 
of ClipsUm Park is now perhaps the most productive, though 
it was lately only a wild tract of cleared woodland, once famous 
for its large oaks, most of which were cut down during the 
civil wars, and the commonwealth. This park was nearly 8 
miles in circumference, and at its south-east corner, upon a 
commanding eminence, stood Clipstone Palace, of which 

* Except about 40 acres belonging to the Duke of Newcastle, and enclosed in 
Clumber park. 



418 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

some venerable ruins still remain, consisting of several frag- 
ments of massive walls, formed of small rough stones embedded 
in mortar, which is as hard as the stones themselves. It is 
said to have been built and occupied by one of the King's of 
Northumberland. Throsby, says it was a palace for the King's 
of England, so early as the reign of Henry II. It was such 
a favourite residence of King John, both before and after his 
accession to the throne, that it obtained the name of " King 
John's Palace," and several of his grants to Nottingham and 
other places are dated from it. A Parliament was held here by 
Edward I. in 1290, but it is " uncertain whether they met 
in the palace, or under an oak on the edge of the park, to 
which tradition has given the name of Parliament Oak, — 
(See page 37.) One story, however, says, that this aged 
oak (of which the hollow trunk still remains,) obtained its 
name as early as 1212, when King John, whilsthunting with his 
Barons in the park, received intelligence of a second revolt of 
the Welch, and hastily assembled his followers under the 
branches of this oak, where, after a brief consultation, it was de- 
termined that the 28 Welch hostages then at Nottingham Castle 
should be hanged.— (See p. 84.) The only part of the palace 
now remaining, stands in a large field close to the village, 
and seems to have .been the hall. The foundations have 
formerly been very extensive, with several large vaults, but 
in 1810, a great part of these were dug up to be employed 
in a system of drainage, which the Duke of Portland then com- 
menced upon his estate here ; but we understand that his Grace 
gave strict orders, that the venerable walls of this once royal 
pile should not be touched, yet in opposition to this edict, much 
demolition has taken place ; and on our visit we observed under 
the ruins large heaps of stones which some churlish surveyor 
appeared to have broken for the purpose of repairing the roads, 
and which would have been so appropriated, had not his Grace 
on hearing of the dilapidation, forbidden their removal. The 
manor of Clipstone, was given by Henry VIII. to the Duke of 
Norfolk. It afterwards passed to the Earl of Warwick and 
Henry Sidney, who forfeited it to the crown, with which it re- 
mained till James I. granted it to the Earl of Shrewsburv's 
feoffees, from whom it was passed to the Newcastle family, and 
from them to that of Portland. Clipston Feast is on the first 
Sunday in November. 

OLLEPtTON, is a small market town, pleasantly situated 
near the confluence of the Maun and the Rainworth-water, upon 
the high road betwixt Worksop and Newark, 9 miles S.S.E.of 
the former, 13 miles N.W. of the latter, and 6 miles W.S.W. 
of Tuxford. It has a weekly market on Friday, and two fairs 
annuallv, viz. May 1st, for cattle, sheep, and pedlery, and the 
nearest Friday to October 18th, for hops> — of which consider- 
able quantities are grown in Boughton and other adjacent 



EDWINSTOW PARISH. 

parishes, but nearly all the hop-yards in this town-hip have 
been subjected to the plough. At the Conquest, Ollerton, 
or Allerton, formed two manors, one of the fee of Roger de 
Busli, and the other of the fee of Gilbert de Gand. In the 
4th of Edward III., the Earl of Kent " held the manor of 
Ollerton of the honour of Donnington, which belonged to the 
King as Earl of Chester." It afterwards passed to the Suttons 
and Markhams, and the lands now belong principally to Earl 
Manvers and the Hon. and Rev. J. L. Saville, the latter of 
whom is lord of the manor, and holds a Court yearly on the 
24th of October. The township contains 130 houses and 65? 
inhabitants, and has a neat Chapel of Ease, which is annexed 
to the vicarge of Edwinstow, and was rebuilt about 55 years 
ago, when money was raised for that purpose by mortgaging 
the " Town Lands" which comprise 58a. 2r. 33p., le,t for 
£50 per annum, and have belonged to the chapelry from time 
immemorial. The rents are received by the constable, and out 
of them he pays the county rate. In 1739, Francis Thompson,, 
left £24, and in 1743, Thomas Markham, left £5 to the poor ; 
the interest of these sums is paid out of the poor rates and dis- 
-tributed in bread. The Methodists have a small chapel here, 
and near the town is a large paper mill, which has long been 
unoccupied. The bridge here, like many others, was thrown 
down in the flood of 1795. — (See p. 99.) Colonel Thomas Mark- 
ham, of Ollerton, was a distinguished soldier in the royal cause 
during the civil wars, and was drowned in the Trent in 1643, 
after engaging the Parliament forces near Gainsborough. 

Palethorpe, or Peverelihorpe, is a small village on the 
east side of Thoresby Park, within which most of its town- 
ship and chapelry is enclosed. It is 3 miles N. of Ollerton, 
and is the property of Earl Manvers, but has passed through 
many families since William I. granted it to Roger de Busli, 
All the land is in the occupancy of the noble owner, and con- 
sequently the inhabitants are all in his employ. The Chapel, 
which has an entrance from the park, is an elegant stone 
fabric, with some beautiful stained glass in the windows. In 
niches at the west end are figures of Hope and Meekness, and at 
the east end is a neat monument in memory of Charles Alphonso 
Pierrepont, who lost his life after evincing much bravery at the 
.storming of an outwork, near Bruges, on Sept. 19th, 1812. 
The curacy is annexed to the vicarage of Edwinstow. IVhite- 
moor is a large farm near the confluence of the Maun and the 
Medin, occupied by the EarVs land agent. 

Thoresby Hall, the seat of Earl Manvers, is a large and 
elegant mansion, in an open but rather a low situation, at the 
east end of a spacious lake formed by the river Medin, and is 
enclosed within a beautiful park, which is well stocked with 
deer, and no less than ten miles in circuit, extending north- 
ward to that of Clumber, and westward to the picturesque 



420 HATFIELD DIVISION, 

hamlet of Budby. The hall is distant 3 miles N. by W. of 
Ollerton, and was built on the site of the old house which was 
burnt down on the 4th of March, 1745, when nothing- was 
saved but the family writings, the plate, and a small portion of 
the best furniture. It consists of a rustic stone basement, with 
two stories of brick-work, and the principal front is ornamented 
with a tetrastyle portico, of the Ionic order, of a beautiful 
stone. The window frames are richly gilt, and the principal 
entrance is in the basement, opening into the hall, in which 
are some good paintings and engravings, and a Chiaro Scuro of 
the Trojan horse, &c. There are also many fine paintings, &c. 
in the EarPs dressing room, and the drawing and dining 
rooms. The ascent to the principal story is by a double stair- 
case, which opens into the dome, a circular apartment of facti- 
tious marble, supported by 14 pillars, alternately round and 
square, on which rests a gallery ballustraded, and opening into 
the upper chambers. The light is admitted by a handsome cir- 
cular skylight, and the walls have a correct resemblance of yellow 
variegated marble, beautifully contrasting with the white pillars 
and pillasters, and others resembling the verd antique ; the 
floor is laid with the same substance tessellated. All the prin- 
cipal rooms are superbly furnished, and the dining room has a 
recess at one end formed of curious twisted pillars. A well 
moulded bust in the octagonal drawing* room, represents Pascal 
Paoli, who, after fighting gallantly, first against the Genoese 
and then against the French, was obliged to fly from a long* 
and unequal contest, and leave Louis the 15th in the posses- 
sion of his once free and independent country, from which he 
retired, and at length found an hospitable asylum at Thoresby. 
The present mansion was built by the last Duke of Kingston, 
and the gardens, which are very fine, were part of them con- 
structed by his Duchess, in the German style with arbours, and 
treillagated. In the Shrubbery a fine cascade falls into the 
river Medin, which, a little below the house, is crossed by a 
light and elegant bridge, and for more than a mile above forms 
a broad and spacious lake, on which are several handsome 
vessels, one of which is a full rigged ship, built near Gainsbro', 
and brought here upon a carriage made for the purpose, and 
supposed by the ignorant believers of Mother Shipton, to be 
the identical vessel which she prophecied would " sail over 
Nottingham Forest." 

The PTERREPONT FAMILY, of whom Earl Manvers is 
now the head, descended from Robert de Perpoint, who was of 
French extraction, and came first to England with the Norman 
Conqueror. His progeny soon acquired both fame and property, 
and in the reign of Edward IV. Henry Perpoint was distin- 
guished for his services against the Lancasterians. His son 
George purchased large estates after the dissolution of the reli- 
gious houses, and was knighted in the 1st of Edward VI. 



THORESBY HALL, &C, 421 

Henry, his son and heir, married the daughter of Sir William 
Cavendish, and left issue Robert, who, in 1627, was created 
Baron Pierrepont of Holm-Pierrepont, and Viscount Newark; 
and in the following- year was raised to the dignity of Earl of 
Kingston, In the civil wars of Charles I. he was a Lieutenant 
General, and raised 1200 men for the king's service. He was 
succeeded by his son Henry, who also distinguished himself in 
the cause of royalty, and was created Marquis of Dorchester, 
in 1644. He died in 1680, without issue, when the Marquisate 
became extinct, but the Earldom devolved on his grand-nephew, 
Robert Pierrepont, who in 1682 was succeded by his brother 
William, who died in 1690, leaving his honours and estates to 
his brother Evelyn, who was created Marquis of Dorchester in 
1 706, and Duke of King ston-upon- Hull, in 17 15. He was 
succeeded by his grandson, Evelyn, the last Duke of Kingston, 
who died without issue, in 1773? when his titles became extinct. 
Three years after his death, his Duchess was tried for bigamy, 
she having married him during the life of her first husband, 
Augustus John Hervey, Esq. All the Peers found her guilty 
except the Duke of Newcastle, who said, "erroneously but not 
intentionally guilty upon my honour" — upon which she was 
discharged " on paying her fees of office."' The Duke's 
estates devolved upon his sister's son, Charles Meadoivs, who 
assumed the name of Pierrepont, and was created Baron, 
Pierrepont, and Viscount Newark, in 1796, and Earl Manvers, 
in 1806. He died in 1816, and was succeeded by his son, the 
Right Honourable Charles Herbert Pierrepont, the present 
Earl Man vers, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont, who 
has large estates around Thoresby Hall, and in other parts of 
the county. The family name in old writings is variously spelt, 
Pyrpount, Peerpont, Poripont, Perpoynt, Perpont, Pourpont, 
Perinpont, and Pierrepont — the present orthographv. 

The walk from Thoresby to Clumber, across the parks, pre- 
sents such a beautiful succession of sylvan scenery, that the 
tourist may almost conceive himself rambling- amidst transat- 
lantic forests. 

'* Majestic woods, of every vigorous green, 
Stage above stage, high waving o'er the hills ; 
Or to the far horizon wide diffused, 
A boundless deep immensity of shade. " 

EDWINSTOW PARISH DIRECTORY. 

budbv. i Hill John, joiner & cab. maker 

Alien John, corn miller. Pale- | Oldham Thos. fanner 

thorpe mill I Schneider Mr. Peter Alex 

Bawdwen Wm. asst. elk. of wks. j Sidda Edw. farmer 

Burks Eliz. schoolmistress | Taylor Wm. shopkeeper 

Carter Wm. bricklayer I Wagstaff John, blacksmith 

Cottam Wm. stone mason ! \V alter Jas. clerk of ^vorks 



422 



EDW1NST0W PARISH DIRECTORY. 



CARBURTON. 

Bradley Hanb. vict. Old Sun 
Brett David, shoemaker 
Burchby Thos. cab. mkr. Clum- 
ber park 
Candlin Rt. lodge keeper 
Cutts Henry, hind 
Eardley J ph. wood turner 
Greenwood Rd. farmer 
Tidswell Jas. shopkeeper 
Vickers Edw. farmer 
Widdowson John, shopkeeper 

CLIPSTONE. 

Amos Cornl. vict. & joiner, Fox 

and Hounds 
Hatton Rd. gamekeeper 
Jepson John, shopkeeper 
Paulson George, keeper 
Staniland Abm. vict. Dog& Duck 
Whitworth Saml. shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
Amos Thos. Sabine Wm. 
Amos Wm. Broom-hill 

Dunstan Thos. Grange 
Gilbert Thos. Wood John, 
Lindley John bailiff, Park 

Millns Wm. Farm 

EDWINSTOW. 

Savile, the Hon. & Rev. John 

Xumley, (& Ruffbrd) 
Savile, Col. Hv. Lumley, Esq. 

Cock Glode* 
Bowring John, tailor 
Brett Wm. tailor, King's stand 
Bullivant Thos. butcher 
Bullivant Wm. vict. Black Swan 
Butler Wm. shoemaker 
Cleaver Rev. John, LL.B. vicar 
Day John, shoemaker 
Dickinson John, M.D. and 

M.R.C.S. &L.S.A. 
Doncaster Geo. gent 
Fanniwell John, butcher 
Fieldsend Mat fleet, miller & bkr. 
Fletcher Geo. wheelwright 
Foster Wm. shoemaker 
Freeman James, shoemaker 
Freeman John, shoemaker 
Godson Decimus, land surveyor, 

King's stand, and Ollerton 
Hanson Waddington, butcher 
Hawk si ey Mrs. Ann 
Hinds Wm. shoemaker 



Hoggard Saml. blacksmith 
Hufton Wm. woodman 
Hurst Fras. vict. Royal Oak 
Hurst Geo. grocer & draper 
Johnson Jph. joiner 
Mitchell Wm. weaver 
Morley John, shoemaker 
Morley Thos. blacksmith 
Parnhill Abm. shoemaker 
Peatrield John y maltster, h. Wei- 

low 
Pocklington Rev. Roger, curate 
Robinson Hy. sawyer 
Russell Hy. sehoolr. & clerk 
Slingsby Wm= tailor 
Smith Mary, shopkeeper 
Stocks Hy. bricklayer 
Trueman Rueben, shoemaker 
Tudsbury Chas. vict. Robin 

Hood, King's stand 
Tudsbury Rd. joiner 
Tudsbury Wm. joiner 
Wadsworth Jph. wheelwright 
Ward Wm. nursery man, South 

Forest 
Webster Miles, grocer, dpr. &c, 
Webster Saml. vict. jug & glass 
Widdowson Rt. stone mason 
Woodhead Edw., John, & Rd., 

wheelwrights 

FARMERS. 
1 live at South Forest, and 2 at 
Mount Pleasant. 
1 Argyle John 2 Jackson John 
Ashline John Lee Saml. 
Brett Wm. Peatfield Jph. 

Bullivant John, 1 Smith Wm. 

Villa Real 1 Stubbins Chs. 
Fowe Edward, Stubbins Jthn. 

Black hills Webster Php. ' 
Hewgill Jas. Weightman Hu. 
Hodgkinson J. 

IMLETHORPE & THORESBV. 

Earl Manvers, the Rt. Hon. Chas. 

Herbert Pierrepont, Thoresby 

Hall 
Viscount Newark, the Hon. Chas. 

Evelyn Pierrepont, M. P. 

Thoresby Hall 
Barrer Mr. house steward 
Bennett Sclby, gardener 
Brown Titus, sailor 



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423 



Badd Mrs. Mary, Buckgates 
lodge 

Hartley Rt. joiner, &c. 

Hufton Stpn. woodman, Budby 
lodge 

Hutchinson Hy. clerk, Ivy cot- 
tage 

Kemp Rt. poulterer 

Manall Thos. whitesmith 

Ma-nsell Hy. gamekeeper, Ken- 
nels 

Paschoud Chas. park keeper, 
Proteus lodge 

Pickin Wm. John, Esq. land 
agent, Whitemoor 

Shaw John, groom 

Upton John, land bailiff 

Snowden Samuel, tailor 

Witham Samuel, shepherd 

OLLERTON. 

Post Office, Hop Pole Inn, Jph. 
Lister, post master. Letters 
are despatched by a mail gig to 
Newark at \ past 7 nig. and 
arrive at 1 noon. 

Becket Thos. cht. & druggist 

Bennitt Charles, gent 

Bolton Wm. farmer 

Botham Mrs. Elizabeth 

Butt John, draper 

Dawson Jane, confectioner 

Doncaster John, gent 

Eyre Charles, farmer 

Godson Decimus, land surveyor 

Gravenor Rt. tanner and bone 
crusher 

Graves Rd. cart owner 

Gregory Wm. Johnson, wine, spi- 
rit, & seed merchant 

Hawkins Wm. Hy. excise officer 

Justice John, road surveyor 

Lesiter John, farmer 

Osborne Samuel, cooper 

Patterson Thos. gent. Ashen- 
Oak cottage 

Pepper Thos. baker & flour dlr 

Pinder Geo. corn miller 

Scatchard Mrs. Ann 

Scatchard Wm. gardener 

Turner Miss Elizabeth 

Turner Samuel, farmer 



White Mr. Sampson 
WoodSaml. parish clerk, town 

crier, & sexton 
Woodruff Wm. braizier, &e. 

HOP GROWERS 
hi the Neighbourhood.- See also 

Tuxford fy Retford. 
Alvey Chpr. Boughton 
Barker John, Eakring 
Boot Sarah, Ollerton 
Bolton Wm. Ollerton 
Brownlow Thos. (hop and corn 

merchant) Ollerton 
Bunby Thomas, Eakring 
Cox Edward, Ollerton 
Doncaster John, Ollerton 
Eaton John, Rufford mill 
Flower Wm. Boughton 
Frogson Henry, Boughton 
Gibson Win. Boughton 
Gravenor Rt. Ollerton 
Gregory Win. Johnson, Ollerton 
Harvey John, Ompton 
Hill Elizabeth, Wellow 
Hurt William, Eakring 
Kitchen Wm. W r ellow 
Lawrence Charles, Boughton 
Lesiter John, Ollerton 
Lister Joseph. Ollerton 
Machon Hy. Gateford hill 
Metheringham Geo. Boughton 
Parkinson John, Ley fields 
Peatfield John, Wellow 
Ryals John, Eakring 
Squires John, Boughton 
Turner Rd. Ollerton 
Walker John, Wellow 
Walker Wm. Wellow 
Williamson Luke, Rufford 
Woombill John, Wellow 
Vv r oombill John, Ompton 
INNS & TAVERNS. 
The last three are Beerhouses* 
Blue Bell, Thos. Brownlow 
Hop Pole Inn, Jph. Lister 
White Hart, Sarah Boot 
Board Jph. Thompson 
King William IV., Rd. Gill 
Maltsters' Arms, W r m. WooIIcy 

Academ ics . Blacksmith s . 
Brockner Geo. Horsman Win. 

(bdg.) Teather Geo. 

Hibbs Wm. 



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OLLEftToN DIRECTORY. 



Boot 4' Shomkrs, 

Bull Geo, 

Cook John 

Harrison Jas. 

Johnson Geo. 

Mills Geo. 

Morley Wm. 

Teather Geo. 
Bricklayers. 

Brown Geo. 

Thompson Geo. 
Butchers. 

Bennett Jph. 

Turner Rd. 

Widdowson W. 
Drapers. 

Lillev Sarah 

Willey &Co. 
(& Sheffield) 
Grocers, 8yc. 

Doncaster Ann 

OgleAtkin,(hop 
& seedmert.) 

Osborne Dd. 

Smith Mary 

Sterland Wm. 
(chandler & 
ironmonger) 



, Joiners, fyc. 
Marshal! Wm. 
Hoades Rd. (& 

broker) 
Ward Wm. 

Maltsters. 
Lister Jph. 
Oale Atkin, 

(malt, hop, & 

corn factor) 
Wright John, 

Ashen Oak 
Nurserymen, fyc. 
Smith Peter 
Ward John 

Painters. 
Halladay Rt. 
Holliday Benj. 
Plumbers* fyc. 
Walker John, 

(& hosier) 
Wilson Wm. 
Saddler. 
Ward Jas. 

Surgeons. 
Lilly John W. 
Ward Rd. Chas. 

& Cox Edw. 



Tdilorsfy Dprs. 
Collinson John 
Ward John 
Whitelaw Cpr. 
Wood Saml. 
Wright John 
Wright Wm. 

Vetny. Srgns. 
Horseman Wm. 



Osborne David 

Watch $ Clock 

Makers. 

Cobb Geo. 

Powell Thos. 
Wheelwrights. 

Bailey Rt. 

Reynolds Geo. 



CARRIERS. 

To London, Rt. Hunt's waggons, 
from the White Hart, every 
Sun. Tu. Wed. and Fri. at 2 
aft., and to Sheffield every Mon. 
Wed. Fri. & Sat. aft. at 4, and 
Rt. Fletcher every Thurs. 

To Mansfield, John Scathard and 
Geo. Taylor, Thu. 7 mg. 

To Newark, Jno. Scatchard, Wei\. 
7 mg. 

To Nottingham, from the White 
Hart, John Rushby, Tu. & Fri. 
12 noon. 

To Retford, from the Blue Bell. 
Thos. Johnson, every week, & 
John Rushby, Tu. & Fri. dep. 
11 night, ar. 12 noon. 



ELKSLEY PARISH 

Lies on the east side of Clumber Park, and on both sides of the 
Wollen, but the village of Elksley, is on the north bank of 
that river, near its confluence with the Idle, 4 miles N. N. W. 
of Tuxford. It contains 73 houses, 377 inhabitants, and about 
2000 acres of land, a large portion of which formed a wild 
tract of the forest till 1780, when it was enclosed and exonerated 
from tithes, and an allotment of 66 acres awarded to the king as 
Duke of Lancaster, under which Duchy the Duke of New- 
castle holds this manor of Elksley, or " Elchesleig ;" but 
Robert Sharpe, Esq. and St. John's College, Cambridge, have 
estates here. It was partly soc to Bothamsall, and of the fee of 
Roger de Busli. A great portion of the land was given to the 
monasteries of Worksop, Blyth, Rufford, Newark, Matter sea, 
and Welbeck, the latter of which had the rectory and church, 
which in the 4th of Edward VI. were granted to Richard 
VVinlove and Richard Field, and afterwards passed to the Barl 
of Clare, whose descendant, the Duke of Newcastle, is patron 
of the vicarage, which is valued in the king's books atJ£6. 16s. 
and is now enjoyed by the Rev. William Hett, who ret i 



ELKSLKY PARISH, 



425 



from the owners, as a commutation of the small tithes of the 
old enclosures, about <£80 a year ; and possesses an allotment 
of 83 acres of the new enclosures. The church is an ancient 
edifice, with a nave, chancel, and tower. The feast is on the 2nd 
Sunday after Old Michaelmas. The parish has about 14 acres 
of hop ground, and a benefaction of <£14, left in 1694, by Mary 
Pitts, for which the overseers pay 14s. yearly to poor widows. 

Norma nton is a district in this parish, where there is a good 
inn on the old Blyth and Ollerton road, 2 miles W. by S. of 
Elksley village. 



Bell John, bricklayer 

Bown John, shoemaker 

Colton Thos. vict. & shopkeeper, 

Bricklayer's Arms 
Hett Rev. Wra. vicar 
Kempshall John, gardener 
Needham John, wheelwright 
Ostick Wm. shoemaker, Dover 

lodge 
Richards John, parish clerk 
Richards John, jun. joiner and 

cabinet maker 
Salvin Dd. vict. Robin Hood 
Salvin David, jun. painter 
Salvin James, butcher 
Sharpe Robert, Esq. 
Shirtl iff James, blacksmith 
Stockdale Jph. maltster, h. West 

Drayton 
Towler George, blacksmith 



Twible Rebecca, vict. Newcastle 

Arms, Normanton 
Wells Thos. wheelwright and 

shopkeeper 
Western Robert, saddler 
Woodhead Jph. shoemaker 
FARMERS. 
Thus f are Nop Growers. 
Belk Reginald Johnson Stpn, 
Eyre Thos. f Johnson Thos, 

fFox Rd. Forest 

Giles John, fTaylor Eliz. 

Normanton fTaylor Thos. 
Hancock Rbca. fVVeightman J» 
fHill Mtw. White Jph. 

Hudson Ann Forest 

Carrier, Edw. Warrington to 
Lincoln, Thu. 9 mg. and to 
Sheffield, Fri. 9 evg. 



FINNINGLEY PARISH 



Occupies that northern apex of the county which stretches 
northward from the Idle, betwixt Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, 
within which latter county a large portion of this parish is com- 
prised. It is divided into the three townships of Finningley, 
Auckley, and Blaooton, which contain 184 houses, 962 inhabi- 
tants, and about 7000 acres of land ; most of which has a good 
sandy soil. The waste lands were enclosed by an act passed 
in 1774 ; and in 1778, an allotment of 1156 acres was awarded to 
the rector, in lieu of all the tithes, except those paid for 300 
acres which had no common right, and which still remain 
tithable. 

Finningley is a large village and township, 4 miles N. by 
E. of Bawtry, and has 80 houses, 424 inhabitants, and 
2391a. Ir. of land, all in Nottinghamshire. The church is 
dedicated to St. Oswald, and has lately been repaired, and 



426 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



ornamented with a handsome stained glass window. The 
rectory is valued in the king's books at c£13. 14s. 9d. The 
Rev. John Harvey, LL. B. is the incumbent, and John Harvey, 
Esq. of Finningley Park, is the patron, and also owner of most 
of the township, and lord of the manor, which was formerly the 
property of the Forbisher family; — of which was Admiral 
Martin Forbisher, an enterprising navigator, who was sent out 
by Queen Elizabeth, with three ships in 1567, in hopes of dis- 
covering a north-west passage to India, Having proceeded 
as far as Labrador, he was stopped by the approaching winter, 
but returned with a quantity of gold marcasite, or pyrites aureus 
which tempted the members of the " Society for Promoting 
Discovery," to send him out again with three ships, in 1577> 
when he discovered the Strait, now known by his name, but was 
again stopped by the ice; and having taken on board more of 
this glittering substance then supposed to be gold, he returned 
to England. Soon after this, Queen Elizabeth determined to 
form a settlement in these countries, and Admiral Forbisher 
was sent out for that purpose with 15 small vessels ; but he 
could not get so far as he had done in his preceding voyages ; 
so that he soon after returned, and gave up all further attempts 
to discover what has since been often sought for in vain. Mr, 
John Bigland, a venerable worthy, is now living in the village, 
where he was many years schoolmaster. He is a native of 
Skirlaugh, in Holderness, and author of the Yorkshire portion 
of the Beauties of England and Wales, and also of "A View 
of the World," and some other works. 

Auckley, or Aivkley, 4 miles N. of Bawtry, is a village and 
township, containing 362 souls, 74 houses, and239JA. 1r. of 
land, more than half of which is in Yorkshire within the soke 
of Doncaster, and belongs to Wm. Childers and John Smilter, 
Esqrs. Of the Nottinghamshire portion of the manor, John 
Childers, Esq. of Cantley, is lord and principal owner. Of the 
inhabitants, 127 are in Notts, and 235 in Yorks. 

Blaxton, or Blakestone, though in this parish, is a small 
village and township, wholly in Yorkshire, in the Wapentake 
of Strafford and Tickhill, and partly in the soke of Doncaster. 
It is 5 miles N. of Bawtry, and forms a manor, of which John 
Harvey, Esq. is lord and principal owner. 

Charities. — William Hall, in 1668, left 10s. yearly out of 
two acres in Blaxton-fields to the poor of Finningley parish, 
and it is now paid by Mr. George Wood. In 1672, Richard 
Metcalf gave to the poor of Finningley township, 2 acres, 
which, at the enclosure in 1774, were exchanged for 1a. 3r. 18p. 
in the Mill-field, let for .4*2. In the 28th Charles II. John 
Take gave to the poor of Auckley two acres, which, at the en- 
closure, were exchanged for 1a. 2r. 4p., now let for .4*1. 10s. 
Auckley has also 6s. 8d. yearly out of land belonging to Wm. 
Bameey ; the Poor's 'dose, let for £1 ; and the Town-close, 



O-KKINGI.Er PARISH 



427 



containing 7a. 3r. 34p. which was awarded at the enclosure, 
and is placed to the poor rate account. Sarah Wood left 2s. 6d. 
yearly to Finningly; and the parish receives 10s. yearly from 
the overseers of Auckley, as interest of ,£10, left by an un- 
known donor. There is also about half an acre of land ir 
Blaxton belonging to the poor. 



AUCKLEY. 

Marked f are in Yorkshire, and 

X are Yeomen. 
Binge Jph. shoemaker 
Burkinshaw Geo. bricklayer 
Garnett Saml. blacksmith 
Gillatt Rd. vict. butcher, and 

shopr. Eagle & Child 
fGleadhill George, shoemaker 
Halifax Wm. shopkeeper 
Johnson Wm. bricklayer 
tKitching Thomas, tailor 
Laycock Geo. shoemaker 
Loftis William, butcher 
f Rawson Abm. wheelwright 
Shaw Geo. vict. Plough 
Tyas William, shoemaker 
Ward Chpr. shopkeeper 
Woodward Thos. shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
Allen Saml. JHirstJohn 
't J Baxter Rd. Johnson John 
t Brooke John Lee Wm. 
Gillott Hv. I Weld Wm. 

JGleadhill Jph. Whitaker Geo. 
Hickson Thos. fYounge Thos. 

Highfield 

BLAXTON (YORKS.) 

Coggan Jph. vict. saddler, and 

shopkeeper 
Hoyle Rd. blacksmith 
Richardson Rd. wheelwright 
Robinson John, wheelwright 

FARMERS. 
Allin Tsaac ^Richardson S. 

Bradbury Wm. Senthouse Wm. 
Hague Rd. Wood Matthias 

JMachon Jas. 



FINXIXGLEY. 

I Bigland Mr. John 
i Chester Geo, butcher 
: Chester Geo. parish clerk 
; Coulthread Wm. blacksmith 
\ Crookes John, wght. & smith 
I Cudworth Thos. vict. Harvey ,j s 
Arms 
Fox John, corn miller 
Gillatt John, tailor 
Godley Thomas, shoemaker 
Gregory Hannah, shopkeeper 
Gregory Thos. shoemaker 
Harvey Rev. John, LL.B. rector 
Laister Geo. vict. Horse & Stag 
Lister Matthew, shoemaker 
Rawlin George, butcher 
Robinson Rev. Disney, M.A. 

curate 
Robinson Chas. grocer, druggist, 

and schoolmaster 
Saint Paul Geo. joiner, &c. 
Skelton Geo. shopkeeper 
Wilson Jph. shoemaker 
Wilson Wm. shopkeeper 
Woombill W. vict. Horse & Stag 

FARMERS. 



Cragg Wm« 
Fowler Wrn. 
Gibson Chas. 
Jackson Geo. 
Lin d ley John 
Machin John 
Moulson Jas. 
Newsome Rd, 



X Robinson W. 
Seaman Wm. 
^Turner Wm, 
I Wood Benj. 
J Wood Geo. 
Wood Jph 
Wood Rt. 



HARWORTH PARISH 



Contains upwards 7000 a 
eountv 1 



. jcres, Iving in the western verge of the 
betwixt Blyth and Tir ,J 



Iving in the western verge or the 
ickhill, and has abont 900 inha- 



428 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

bitants, but those who live in " Styrrup and Oldcoates" are all 
returned with Blyth parish, in which part of that township is 
comprehended. The hamlets of Hesley and Limpool, Martin, 
and Serlby, are all in this parish, and maintain their poor 
conjointly with Harworth, which is the only part of the parish 
that was exonerated from tithe at the enclosure in 1804, when 
108a. 1r. 36p. was awarded to the vicar, and 115a. 3r. 21p. in 
lieu of the great tithes appropriated to Shrewsbury Hospital, in 
in Sheffield Park, of which the Duke of Norfolk is trustee. 

Harworth village is in rather a low situation, with a small 
stream running through it, 2 miles E.S.E. of Tickhill, and 2| 
miles W.S.W. of Blyth. The church is dedicated to All 
Saints, and was built about the 12th century, except the chan- 
cel, which was erected in 1672. In repairing the building in 
1828, an arched recess was discovered in the wall, with a cup- 
board containing & garland, a cribbage board, and several other 
articles of a more sacred character. At the same time a hand- 
some cross was found in the churchyard, and is now placed 
above the east window. The Duke of Norfolk is patron of the 
vicarage, which is valued in the King's books at £5. 9s. 7d., 
and is now enjoyed by the Rev. William Downes- " The 
Church of Harewode, with the chapels of Serleby and Morton, 
were by King John granted the church of Roan, with many- 
others, as part of the chapelry of Blyth, but in the 6th of Ed- 
ward VI., they were granted to the Earl of Shrewsbury." The 
feast at Harworth, is on the 1st, and that at Styrrup on the 12th 
of November. The manor of Harworth, of which the Duke of 
Norfolk is lord, contains 1428a. 3r. 2p. The School, where 
60 boys and girls are educated, is open to all the children of 
the parish, and was built in 1700, by Robert Brailsford, who 
endowed it with land, &c, now worth upwards of £88 a-year. 

Hesley and Limpool, containing 617a. Ir. 35p., form the 
north-western hamlet of the parish, adjoining Yorkshire, 2 
miles N.W. of Bawtry. Hesley Hall, a neat mansion upon 
a commanding eminence, is the property of George Bustard 
Greaves, Esq., but is occupied by H. Marwood Greaves, Esq. 

Martin, ox Morton, forms the north-eastern hamlet of the 
parish, adjoining Bawtry, and comprising 1461a. 2r. 14p. di- 
vided into three farms, belonging to the Duke of Newcastle. 
Here is the site of a Roman Station, where in 1828, three 
silver coins of Antonius, Adrianus, and Faustina, were found, 
together with part of a Roman vase, and many pieces of Roman 
pottery. The form of the fort or station may still be distinctly 
traced, and even when the field is covered with full grown wheat, 
an octagon figure is perceptible, from the stems being shorter 
and poorer on the site of the buildings, than in other places. Near 
the town of Bawtry, is the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, 
founded about the year 1390, by Robert Morton, (whose family 
jong held this estate,) " for a priest, there to be resident, and 



iiARWORTH PARISH. 429 

to keep hospitality for poor people, and to pray for the foun- 
ders^ soul and all christian souls." It is valued in the king's 
books at <£8, of which £5. 6s. 8d. is still paid out of the posses- 
sions of the dissolved priory of St. Oswald, atNostell, in York- 
shire. The hospital consists of two small dwellings for two poor 
widows, and an ancient chapkl, in which n^> duty has been 
done during- the last seventy years, though the present master, 
the Rev. John Rudd, vicar of Blyth, receives the above-named 
rent charge, and also the rents of the following lands belonging 
to the hospital, viz. — 15 acres in Scrooby, two closes in Scaft- 
worth, and 14 acres in this parish, out of which he only pays 
40s. yearly to the two alms women, whom he places in the 
hospital. 

Plumbtree is a farm of 339a. 2r. 24p. belonging to the 
Archbishop of York, but held on lease by the Dowager Vis- 
countess Galway, of Bawtry Hall. 

Serlbv Hall, now the property and delightful residence of 
Lord Vicount Galway, is pleasantly situated in a sylvan park 
above the river Ryton, 3 miles S. by YV. of Bawtry, and about 
1 mile N. by E. of Blyth. In early times Serleby was the manor 
of Alured the Saxon ; but at the Norman Conquest was given 
to Roger de Busli, of whom Gislebert his man held it. From 
the Busli family it came to that of Mowbray, and in the reign of 
king John, Roger de Mowbray, for what reason is not assigned, 
gave it to Maud de Moles, who married Hugh, a man very likely 
without a sirname, as he immediately adopted that of de Seriby. 
For many generations it remained in this family, until the last 
male, Anthony, in the beginning of the seventeenth century, 
being childless, left it to his wife, Gertrude, daughter of Ralph 
Leek, of Hasland, Esq. for her own life and twenty-one years 
after. During this long interval of expectation, the male heir 
of the Seriby family was obliged to sell the reversion to Mr. 
Saunderson of Blyth; but the widow marrying Sir George 
Chawortb, that family also purchased a part of it; and from 
them it has come to the present possessor, to whose family it 
belonged as far back as the beginning of the last century, at 
which time there was a very old mansion standing on it. The 
present building is of brick and stone, consisting of a centre of 
very handsome elevation, with two appropriate wings, having 
$ie offices in the underground story, and the stables and out 
offices on the eastern side. The situation is extremely agree 
able ; on the south front is a sapcious lawn, beautifully inter- 
spersed with clumps of trees ; whilst the north front has a 
charming prospect over some very luxuriant meadows, watered 
by the little river Ryton. The principal plantations are on the 
south west side, with many avenues and shady walks cut 
through them, opening to the most striking prospects in the 
vicinity. The terrace is a part of the grounds always very 
much admired, not only for its own beauty, but for the exquisite 

2 p 



430 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

view which is seen from it. There are many fine paintings in 
the various apartments ; amongst which are two undoubted 
originals by Hans Holbein ; one of these is in the dining room, 
and is a portrait of Henry the Eighth on wood ; the other is in 
the drawing room, and is a finely executed portrait of Nicholas 
Kreatzer, astronomer to that monarch. The drawing room 
also contains a very large picture, being twelve feet two inches 
in height, and fifteen feet four in breadth, from the pencil of 
Daniel Myton. Its subject is Charles the First and his queen, 
with two horses, on one of which is a side saddle, and some 
dogs, all as large as life. It also contains another figure as 
large as life, but who, of himself, would not have required such 
a breadth of canvas; this is JefFery Hudson, the famous dwarf, 
who is in the act of striving to keep back two small dogs, with 
collars on. This picture having come into the possession of 
Queen Anne, was by her presented to Addison, from whom it 
came to the Arundels, of which family is its present noble pos- 
sessor, the Right Hon. George Monkton, Visount Galway and 
Baonr of Kildare, in Ireland, whose ancestor, John Monkton, 
was honoured with these titles by George II., and whose grand- 
father took the sirname of Arundel, agreeable to the will of 
Lady Frances Arundel. His Lordship however is not a peer 
of Parliament. His family was of great repute in Yorkshire, 
in the reign of Edward I., when some of them resided at Nun- 
Monkton, and " afterwards formed respectable and honourable 
matrimonial alliances." The manor or hamlet of Serlby con- 
tains 502a. 1r* 22p. and is annexed to the Constablewick of 
Torworth, though it maintains its poor jointly with Harworth. 

Styrrup and Oldcoates, or " Styrup and Ulcotes,'^ form 
a township of 2959a. 2r. 36p., of which 940a. 1r. 22p. are in 
the parish of Blyth, (see p. 397,) and the remainder in Har- 
worth parish. Oldcoates is a consideraale village on the 
western verge of the county, 2J miles S. of Tickhill, and 7 
miles N. of Worksop, and had near it a small lake, called the 
White Water, but it is now drained and cultivated. Stvrrup 
lies east of Oldcoates, and includes a village of its own name, 
and the hamlet of Norn ay, which forms the northern suburb 
of Blyth. There is a small Methodist chapel both at Styrrup 
and Oldcoates. Viscount Galway is lord of the manor, but the 
land belongs to a number of small freeholders. The common 
land was enclosed in 1802. In Mr. Winter's orchard, at Old- 
coates, is a remarkable black heart cherry tree, the bole of 
which is 7 feet 10 inches in circumference, with branches ex- 
tending over a circle of 52 yards. This tree is ^aid to be 300 
years old, and about 50 years ago it bore a ton weight of fruit ! 
which was sold for £5 to a Mr. Gleadhill, of Tickhil, who only 
cleared 15s. by his bargain, owing to the cherries being cracked 
by the rain before they were pulled. 

Charities belonging to Harworth Parish: — The hospital 



HARWORTH PARISH, 



431 



at Martin, and the school at Harworth are already noticed. 
The school was endowed in 1700, by Robert Brailsford, who 
was cook to the Saundersons, of Serlby Hall, with a farmhouse 
and 58a. 1r. 12p. of land, in the manor of Hatfield, and parish 
of Fishlake, in Yorkshire, for clothing and educating the 
poor boys of Harworth, Serlby, and Styrrup. In 1811, it re- 
ceived an allotment of 2 acres of common land, and the whole 
is now let for £59 per annum. There is also belonging to the 
school £253. 13s. stock, in the 3£ per cents., standing in the 
names of the trustees, — Viscount Galway, Henry Walker, 
George Greaves, and Wm. Downes, Esqrs. In 1724, Mary 
Saunderson bequeathed out of the Serlby estate a yearly rent 
charge of £20, to be applied in educating and apprenticing the 
poor boys and girls of Harworth school. She also gave £20 to 
the poor, which, with £20 left in 1723, by Bridget Neville, is 
vested in«£39 stock, 3| per cents., the dividends of which are re- 
ceived by the vicar, and distributed at Easter. Out of the 
school revenue the master has a salary of £35. 15s. and the 
mistress £26. 6s. ; and the remainder is given in clothing to the 
scholars. 



harworth. 
Viscount Galway, Serlby Hall 
Greaves Henry, Marwood, Esq. 

Hesley Hall 
Bradford Wm. tailor & p. clerk 
Brown Wm. vict. Crown 
Butler Thos. gamekeeper, Serlby 
Clark David, shoemaker 
Dickin John, blacksmith 
Downes Rev. Wm. vicar 
Fulwood Jph. jun. shoemaker 
Haslehurst John, shopkeeper 
Hickson Mrs. William 
Huddleston, Mr. Jno. Hawknest 
Jackson Robert, shoemaker 
Jackson William, surgeon 
Malkin Charles, butcher 
Marr John, shoemaker 
Marrison John shoemaker 
Meek Thomas, schoolmaster 
Milner John, shoemaker 
Morris James, tailor 
Needham Mary, shopkeeper 
Parkin Charles, gardener, Serlby 
Saxton Joseph, wheelwiight 
Savidge Sophia, shopkeeper 
Sidwell Thomas, butcher 
Whitaker Robert, beerhouse 

FARMERS. 
Cartwright Ann, Fisher John 

Martin Full wood Jph. 



Haslehurst Geo. Smith Ed. Lim* 
Job Rt. Martin pool 
Lane Joseph Smith W. Hesley 
Pinning Joshua Weatherhog E. 
Short T. Martin Wickfield Wm. 

OLDCOATES. 

Marked f are in Blyth Parish* 
and % are Yeomen. 
Anston Wm. shoemaker 
Barlow Thomas, shoemaker 
Bell Jane, vict. Spotted Bull 
Booth Mary, blacksmith 
Bower Henry, wheelwright 
f Clark Wm. corn miller 
Hiles Jph. tailor 
Hopkinson Jph. wheelwright 
Hurwood Geo. brick & tile maker 
Mitchell Thos. shopkeeper 
Newsom Saml. vict. Fox 
Richardson Geo. shopkeeper 
Smith Wm. vict. William IV. 
Stockdale Geo. blacksmith 
Taylor Rd. maltster, (and Blyth ) 
Thorpe J. vict. Coach & Horses 
Wilson Wm. lime burner 
Wragg Mrs. Elizabeth 
FARMERS. 
JBell George Waterhouse T. 
{Bell John f + Winter John 

JBellard Sarah Wright Thos. 

Nornai. — See Blyth— p. 403. 



432 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



STYRRUP. 

Marked thus f are in Blyth Pa- 
rish, a?id I are Yeomen, 
+ Lambert Geo hedge carpenter 
Lambert Thomas, shoemaker 
fLambert Wm. vict. & joiner 
Liversidge John, shopkeeper 
t Thorpe Betty, vict. Writ. Swan 
Wasden Wm. blacksmith 
fWorstenholm Mr. George 

FARMERS. 
fJBingham W. fBletcher Fras. 



tJCarr VVm. ft Parker- John 
fCottam Wm. ttSidwell John 
Hurwood Sarah fSidwell Robt. 
fLayland Eliz. fSissons Wm. 
fLees Henry j Woodcock Hy. 

The Coaches from Nottingham 
to Doncaster call at the Coach 
and Horses in Oldcoates, as also 
does the Tickhill and Worksop 
Carrier every Wednesday. 



HOUGHTON PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY. 

This decayed parish was once the splended and hospitable 
seat of the Earls of Clare, and the first Duke of Newcastle, 
but has now only the ruins of a chapel, a deserted paper mill, a 
corn mill, and eight scattered houses on the rivers Medin and 
Idle, 5 miles N. W. of Tuxford, and? miles S. S.W.'of Retford. 
It comprises about 900 acres of rich land, with several vigorous 
plantations, and an excellent decoy for wild fowl, consisting* of 
20 acres of water, and about the same extent of " cover." The 
venerable ruins of the church or chapel are now embowered in 
a plantation of firs, and appear to be the remains of the nave and 
north cemetery, in which are several mutilated tombs, and ar- 
morial bearings of the Stanhope and Holies families. The in- 
habitants having no church of their own, now use that at 
Walesby, and they participate in the benefits of the free 3ehool 
at West Drayton. (See p. 365.) The Duke of Newcastle is 
owner, impropriator, and lord of the manor, which at the Nor- 
man Conquest was given to Roger Pictavensis, but it afterwards 
passed with his other possessions in this county to the Earl of 
Lancaster. In the 35th of Edward III., John de Longvillers 
held here of Nicholas Monboucher, by the service of a rose, 
two messages, half a carucate of land, ten acres of meadow, and 
two water-mills. The manor afterwards passed in marriage 
with the heiress of the Longvillers to Mallovell, lord of 
Rampton, and from his descendants it went to the Stanhope 
family, with which it continued till Saunchia Stanhope was 
married to John Babington, who sold it to Sir Wm. Holies, 
a great merchant and lord mayor of London, and great-grand- 
father to John Holies, who in 1624 was created Baron Hough- 
ton and Earl of Clare, titles which are now merged in the 
dukedom of Newcastle, as will be seen with Clumber, which 
has been the chief seat of the family since about the year 1770. 
A tourist, wbo wrote in 1789, says, Sir Wm. Holies, son of the 
before-named Sir Wm., possessed an estate of £10,000 a year in 



HOUGHTON PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY. 



433 



the reign of Henry VIII., and lived at Houghton in great splen- 
dour and hospitality. " He began his Christmas at All-hallow- 
tide, and continued it till Candlemas, during which any man 
was permitted to stay three days, without being asked whence 
he came or what he was. The fourth and last Earl of Clare 
married the co-heiress of H. Cavendish Duke of Newcastle, 
and was himself, after the death of his father-in-law, in 1691, 
created duke by that title, — his own estate and the Cavendish 
together amounting to <£40,000 per annum. Houghton, upon 
the acquisition of these estates, was neglected, and the Duke 
resided at Welbeck abbey. Afterwards, when the Holies and 
the Cavendish estates came to separate again, and the latter 
went through the Harleys to the Bentincks, a mansion was 
probably wanted for the^ former, and Clumber park, which 
might be the lodge before, was by degrees extended to its pre- 
sent size and importance." Thus the once princely seat of 
Houghton was left to ruin and decay; all that is now left of the 
mansion is occupied as a farm-house, and the extensive park, 
which was mostly on. the north side of the Medin, in Botham- 
sall parish, is now divided into meadows and arable fields. 



Brooke John, farmer 
Chappell John, corn miller 
Mansell Geo. -farmer, Old Hall 



Padley J. farmer, Warren House 
Ward" J. farmer, Decoy House 



MATTERSEY PARISH. 



Matte use y, or Mattersea, is a genteel and very retired 
village, on the western bank of the Idle, 4 miles S.S.E. of 
Bawtry, and 6 miles N. by W. of Retford. It stands on a 
gentle rise, and has several handsome mansions. Its parish, 
which comprises Blaco-hill, Mattersey abbey, and the hamlet 
of Mattel 'sey Thorpe, is about 1| miles in length, and contains 
97 houses, 455 inhabitants, and about 2500 acres of land, which 
was enclosed by an Act passed in 1770. Lord Althorp is now 
the principal owner and lord of the manor, which was purchased 
of Captain Frankland, by his late father-in-law, Jonathan 
Acklom, Esq. of Wiseton Hall, for .£40,000, to pay which he 
re-sold some of the farms to Samuel Barker, Jonathan Nettle- 
ship, and John Dickenson, the latter of whom left his portion 
to the tenants, and Mr. Nettleship's has been partly sold by his 
daughter, who married first H. Wormald, Esq. of Leeds, and 
afterwards B- Hughes, Esq., and still holds the abbey farm, 150 
acres. Before the Conquest, it was the manor of Earl Tosti, 
and afterwards belonged to the family who took the name of 
De Matter sey, or Maresey, but ended in an heiress Isabel mar- 
ried to Sir Philip Chauncv, who trave the village to the i?!onks 

2v2 



434 



MATTERSEY PARISH* 



of the neighbouring Gilbertine Abbey, founded by her an- 
cestors, and dedicated to St. Helen. The prior had then free 
warren here, and the village had a market and fair. The ab- 
bey was founded before 1192, by Roger Fitz Ranulph de 
Maresey, for six canons, and was valued at .£60 after its disso- 
lution, when this manor was granted to the Neville family, 
whose heiress married Sir Wm. Hickman, whose descendants 
resided here till the early part of the last century, in a house 
which still remains. The abbey stood nearly a mile east of the 
village, and its site is now occupied by a farm-house, and the 
remains of part of its cloisters and cells are occupied as cart- 
houses, and filled with poultry roosts. The churchy dedicated 
to All Saints, is a handsome gothic edifice, in excellent pre- 
servation, and is a most pleasing object in the village. It has 
some curious carvings, which were discovered about 50 years 
ago under the old pavement of the chancel, one of which repre- 
sents the benevolent action of St. Martin dividing his cloak. It 
had a chantry dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and in the 
reign of Edward I. was appropriated to Mattersey abbey, to 
make amends for some losses the monks had sustained by fire. 
The vicarage, valued in the King's books at £6. 8s. 9d., is in 
the patronage of the appropriator, the Archbishop of York, 
and is now enjo} r ed by the Rev. Wm. Tiffin. The parish school 
was endowed by Edward Nettleship, in 1742, with £140, now 
increased to c£248. 10s. 7d., 3J per cent, stock, the yearly di- 
vidends of which, £8. 13s. 10d., are paid to the master for 
teaching seven poor boys, who are admitted by the vicar and 
churchwardens. The Methodist chapel was built about forty 
years ago. 



Bailey James, blacksmith 
Brett Jonathan, shoemaker 
Burkinsheare Wm. shopkeeper 
Camm Wm. vict. and maltster 
Clarke Mrs. Elizabeth 
Fearnley Benjamin, Esq. 
Gabbitas John, wheelwright 
Graham Mrs. Honor, gent. 
Greenwood Mdk. shoemaker 
Graham Geo. wheelwright 
Hodgkinson Miss Ann 
Johnson Thomas, blacksmith 
Laycock William, shopkeeper 
Marrison Edward, spring truss 

and cork leg maker 
Millner Betty, shoemaker 
Milner Thomas, schoolmaster and 

parish clerk 
Rich Amor, joiner 



Sampson Mr. Thomas 
Tiffin Rev. William, vicar 
Wain wright Elizabeth, victualler, 

Blacksmiths' Arms 
Wright John, tailor 
Wright William, shoemaker 
Wright William, butcher 

FARMERS. 
Thus X are Yeoman, and f live at 

Thorp, 
Andrews John Jackson George 

Abbey Johnson George, 

JBrownlow Rd. Blaco-hill 
tDean Ed. IfTalents Wm. 

JDean Wm. Jessop 

t Gabbitas Thos.JTone Chpr. 
fHeane Geo. JTricket Joseph 
Hewson Jas. Mattersey-hill 

f Hick Joseph 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 435 



MISSON PARISH 

Lies south of Finningley, on the north side of the Idle, bounded 
on the west by Yorkshire, and on the east by Lincolnshire, and 
is partly in the latter county, which is here so intermixed with 
Nottinghamshire that the boundaries of the two counties are 
almost indefinable, from which circumstance the parish is sup- 
posed to have been anciently called Misne or Myssen. It con- 
tains 184 houses, 841 inhabitants, and about oJOO acres of good 
sandy land, which was mostly enclosed in 1760, when 286a. 2p. 
was allotted to the vicar, in lieu of the small tithes, but the 
great tithes are still paid in kind, except on the old enclosures, 
which pay a composition of 2s. 9d. per acre. Lord Althorp is 
the impropriator, and Mr. Henry Cooke is his lessee. His 
lordship is also principal owner and lord of the manor of the 
Nottinghamshire part of the parish ; and the Rev. John Otter 
is lord of the Lincolnshire part, which pays a modus of £5. 
9s. 8d. to the seigniory of Kir ton,* and is in the deanery and 
hundred of Corringham ; but the land belongs to a number of 
freeholders, the principal of whom are Joseph Taylor and John 
Smilter, Esqrs. and the Hon. J. B. Simpson. 

Missox is a well-built village, on the north side of the Idle, 
over which there is a ferry, 3 miles E. by N. of Bawtry, and 7 
miles W. of Stockwith-on-the-Trent, from which the Idle is 
navigable for small craft up to Bawtry. The church is a hand- 
some building, with a nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower. — 
The vicarage is valued in the King's books at £6, 4s. 4fd., 
but is now worth upwards of £250 per annum. The King 
is the patron, and the Rev. Robert Evans, M. A. is the in- 
cumbent. 

Xewixgtox is a small village at the west end of the parish, 
where there is an extensive brewery and malting establishment, 
1 mile E. by N. of Bawtry. Like the rest of the parish, it is 
partly in the two counties of Nottingham and Lincoln. 

Missox School stands in the churchyard, and at the en- 
closure in 1762, was endowed with an allotment of 32 acres of 
land in Runarn Car, awarded in lieu of ^£8 per annum which 
had been previously paid out of other lands, pursuant to the 
villa of Thomas Mowbray and John Pinder, who built the 
school in 1693. This land now lets for .=£64 a year, besides 
which the master has a rent charge of 20s. out of Deep-hole 
close, left in 1700 by Wm. Wood, and an annuity of 10s. left 
by an unknown donor out of land at Ruffam. For these sums 
the master only teaches 9 free scholars, but they certainly 
ought to be increased to thirty, as is remarked by the late Par- 

* The seigniory of Kirton i* attached to the King's duchy of Cornwall. 



436 



MISSON PARISH. 



Hamentary commissioners. The vicar pays a schoolmistress 
for teaching 1 six poor girls. 

Roads, &c. — At the enclosure, the Hagg hill, 10a. 3r. 39p. 
was awarded for the purpose of getting gravel, sand, and other 
materials for the reparation of the public and private roads of 
the parish, reserving only the herbage and crops of the said 
land to he let by the trustees, and the rents to be applied in re- 
pairing the school, public bridges, drains,, sewers, and other 
works on the common fields. The open green at the west end 
of the village of Misson was allotted for the same purpose. 

Benefactions to the Poor. — About 1700, Hill Lee, 
Thos. Richardson, Robt. Drury> and Wm. Hopperwhit, left 
several small sums amounting to .£18. 13s. 4d., the interest of 
which is paid out of the poor rates. The poor have also the 
following yearly rent charges, viz. 10s. left by Wm. Richardson, 
out of a farm at Everton, now belonging to John Walker, Esq. ; 
10s. left by Wm. Hindley, out of a meadow at Misson, now 
possessed by Wm. Grasby ; and 5s. out of a house and land be- 
longing to Mrs. Jephson. 

Marked thus f are in Lincolnshire , and J are Yeoman. 

Perkins William, shoemaker 
Pinder John, shoemaker 
Robinson Martha, vict. Red Lion 
fStyring Geo. vict. Globe 
fTurner James shoemaker 
Wootton Rev. John, curate 
fYoudan John, bricklayer 
Youdan John, blacksmith 
You dan Miles, bricklayer 

FARMERS. 
Batty John f J Keightley J. 

Springs fLaw R. Springs 

Batty William fMaehin M. 

Nevilles JMarsdenT. 

JBeale John Peaker Stph. 
JBealeNwm. JPeaker W. 
I Brown Win. Pigot William 
Cartwright W. Vicarage 



t Atkinson John, blacksmith 

Burr Wm. grocer and draper 

tCapel William, shoemaker 

Cooke Henry, gent. 

Dale Mr. John 

fDavison Robert, victualler, Old 

George and Dragon 
Dickinson James, butcher 
tFrancis Edmund, corn miller 
Gambles Thomas, tailor 
Graham Wm. vict. Ferry Boat 
Grant William, blacksmith 
Gurnell John, bricklayer 
Hatfield Wm. jun. wheelwright 
Hatfield William, shopkeeper 
Hindley Richard, tailor 
Holland William, gent, 
t Johnson Mrs. Jane 
-J- Kitchen Valentine, tailor 
fLaister Thomas, shopkeeper 
fMachin Mrs. Martha 
Marrison William, bricklayer 
fMarsden Thomas gent. 
•j-Marsden Miss Ann 
Mason William, shopkeeper 
Moyson Richard, schoolmaster 
Moxon Josh. bdg. and day school 
Oldfield Robert, wheelwright 
Parkin John, victualler & cattle 

dealer. White Hor^e 



Childs Thomas, J Richardson W 
Nevilles +St. Paul Wm. 



Ernson James 
J Fisher Wm. 
t Garner Jas. 
Gibson Wm. 
tJHobson Fs. 
jtlorton J ph. 
tHunt John 



Styring Thos. 
JStyring Wm. 
WasrstafTW.jun. 

Middlewood 
t Wells Thos. 
JVVbittaker Fs, 
1 1 Wilson Rt. 



f Jack son John ] Worrell Johr 



HATFIELD DIVISION* 43/ 



NEW1NGT0N. 

fBurton William, vict. Ship 
fEllis William, shopkeeper 
Peacock Thomas, bricklayer 
f Pooley William Thos. managing 
brewer 



f Soulby William, book-keeper 
Taylor Joseph and Co. ale and 

porter brewers, maltsters, and 

merchants. 



ORDSALL PARISH 

Lies south of Retford, and comprises the Lordship of Ordsall, 
on the west side of the Idle, and the Lordship of Thrumpton, 
on the east side of that river. These lordships form one 
township, and contain 205 houses, 809 inhabitants, and about 
200 acres of rich sandy land, part of which was not enclosed 
till 1804. 

Ordsall is an old and irregularly built village, on the west 
bank of the Idle, where there is a large paper mill, one mile S. 
by W. of Retford. In Edward the Confessors time, " Ordes- 
hale" contained four manors held by Osward, Turstaun, Oderic> 
and Thurstan, but after the conquest it was all of the fee of 
Roger de Busli, and had one bovate which was soc to the King's 
manor of Dunham, and If bovate which was soc to Grove. 
Early in the 13th century the greatest portion of it became the 
property of the Hercys, of Grove, from whom it passed to the 
Mackworths, the Bevercotes, and the Cornwallis's ; the latter 
of whom sold their portion to the Countess of Devonshire, 
who settled it upon her eldest son, Sir Edward Wortley. Ord- 
sall is now in the soke of Elksley, and the Duke of Newcastle 
is lord of the manor ; but the land belongs mostly to the Hon. 
J. B. Simpson, ot Babworth, who has erected a neat School 
in the village, and pays for the education of 12 poor children. 
Thrumpton Lordship is mostly the property of John Parker, 
and John and George Kippax, Esqrs. ; but A. H. Eyre, Esq. of 
Grove, is lord of the manor, in which are 4£ acres of hop 
ground. 

The Church is an ancient Gothic edifice, with a lofty tower, 
which was greatly injured by lightning in 1823. The interior 
has several old monuments, and was in a very decayed state till 
1831, when it was re-pewed and thoroughly repaired. The 
living is a rectory in the patronage of Lord Wharncliffe, and 
is valued in the King's books at <£19. 10s. 7id. The Rev. 
Francis Foxlow is the incumbent, for whom the Rev. William 
Bury officiates. The tithes are now paid by a modus which 
amounts to ,£450 per annum. The Rectory House is a neat 
modern mansion, as also is Biggins House, the seat of John 
Kippax, Esq. The Rev. William Denman, in the popish 
reign of Queen Mary was ejected from this rectory, but was 
restored again after Elizabeth ascended the throne. An in- 
stance of the practice and principles of puritanic times, also 



438 ORDSALL PARISH. 

occurred here in 1652, when the Rump Parliament, not only 
ejected Dr. Marmaduke Moor from this rectory, but also 
sequestrated his paternal estate " for treason, and for the hei- 
nous and damnable offence of playing at cards, three several 
times, ivith his own wife I ! /" 

Thrumpton Lordship includes the neat hamlet called 
Whitehouses, on the great North road; Whinney Moor- 
Row; Storcropt-Terrace, and several handsome modern 
dwellings which form the southern suburbs of East Retford. 
See pages 302 and 322. 

Hops. — Mr. Young says, some years ago, two spirited agri- 
culturalists of this parish (Mr. Mason and George Brown, 
Esq.,) drained at a small expense, by open cuts, a deep black 
Bog which had been let for 3s. per acre, and planted it with 
hops in squares of six feet, and succeeded so well as actually to 
clear £62 per acre in one year. 

Charities. — Elizabeth Johnson, in 1717> bequeathed to this 
parish, the Poor's Close, 1a. 8p. now let for £3. 1 0s. per annum, 
which is distributed on Good Friday and St. Thomas' day. In 
1727, Jeremiah Half hide left 40s. yearly out of an estate, now 
belonging to J. and G. Kippax, who distribute the money 
amongst such poor as do not receive parochial relief. The 
sum of £60 left in 1727, 1764, and 1798 by Ann Turnell, 
Robert Palmer, and JVm. Ellis, was lost in 1816, by the bank- 
ruptcy of John Stoakes, a large farmer, whose creditors only 
receive Ifd. in the pound, though shortly before, his father had 
died and left him £2,000. But in consideration of this loss, 
the overseers distribute £3 yearly out of the poor rates, viz. 
40s. on Candlemas-day, 10s. on St. Thomas' day, and JOs. on 
Good Friday. 

0^/= The names of the Inhabitants of Trwrnpton are included in the 
Directory of Retford. 



Batty John, shoemaker 

Blagg John, shoemaker 

Blagg William, tailor 

Bury Rev. William, curate, Rec- 
tory House 

Cook John, maltster 

Dawson Samuel, wheelwright 

Fowe Edward, farmer 

Gibbs William, foreman 

Himsworth Stephen, vict. Gate, 
and plumber and glazier 

Jackson Richard, blacksmith 



Kippax John, Esq. Biggins 
House 

Lambert John, corn and flour 
dealer 

Morley William, shopkeeper 

Nelson Thomas, paper manufac- 
turer, and Nottingham 

Olivant John, farmer 

Roberts William, farmer 

Rogers Mrs. Mary 

White Edward, shopkeeper 



RUFFORD (EXTRA PAROCHIAL.) 

This Extra-Parochial manor extends southward from the 
vicinity of Ollerton, along the banks of the Rain worth- Water, 



RUFFORD ABBEY. 439 

more than six miles, to the junction of Bassetlaw with the 
Hundreds of Broxtow and Thurgarton. It contains 64 scat- 
tered dwellings, 322 inhabitants, and upwards of 10,000 acres 
of good forest land, of which 1090 acres were planted with 
oak and ash by the late Sir George Savile, who also enclosed 
and brought into cultivation 1960 acres of the open forest, after 
the year 177^. This fine rural liberty was anciently called 
Rugforde or Rumford, and before the conquest was held bv 
Ulf the Saxon, but was afterwards of the fee of Gilbert de 
Gaunt, who was nephew to the conqueror, and was succeeded 
by his son Walter, whose eldest son, Gilbert de Gaunt, married 
the Countess of Lincoln, and was himself created Earl of Lin- 
coln, after which, in 1148, he founded here a Gistercian 
Abbey for a colony of Monks, whom he brought from Rivaulx 
abbey, in Yorkshire, in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary. 
He endowed it with the manor of RufFord and several estates. 
At the dissolution it was found to contain 15 of this holy 
brotherhood, whose revenues amounted to £254: per annum. 
Tts site and possessions, with many other manors in Notting- 
hamshire, and the adjacent counties, were granted to George 
Earl of Shrewsbury and TVaterford, in exchange for many 
large estates in Ireland, which he had given up to Henry 
VIII.* The RufFord estate passed in marriage with the heiress 
and grand- daughter of the said Earl of Shrewsbury to Sir 
George Savile, of Barrowby, in Lincolnshire, whose descendant 
of the same name was created Marquis of Halifax, in 1682, 
but that title became extinct on the death of his son William, 
in 1700. The last Sir George Savile, who was highly esteemed 
both as "an upright senator and an honest man,*' died in 1784, 
and left his estate to Richard the second so-n of his sister, (the 
wife of the Right Honourable Richard Lumley Saunderson, 
Earl of Scarborough,) who consequently assumed the sirname 
of Savile, but on the death of his eldest brother, in 1807, he 
succeeded to the Scarborough title and estate, and the more 
valuable estate of RufFord passed to his younger brother, 
the Honourable and Rev. John Lumley Savile, its present pos- 
sessor, to a younger branch of whose family it must always 
belong, agreeable to the will of the late Sir George Savile, dur- 
ing whose life RufFord abbey was in all its splendour, but its 
present owner resides mostlv at Edwinstow. 

RUFFORD ABBEY stands in a beautiful and well wooded 
Park of about 1400 acres, within 2 miles S. of Ollerton. It 
vs an immense edifice erected upon and engrafted into, the re- 

* The manors in Nottinghamshire, which were included in the above grant to 
:he Earl of Shrewsbury, were RufFord, Eakring, Bilsthorp, Warsop, Walesby, 
)llerton, Wellow, Nottingham, Ompton, Kneesall, Mapplebeck, Beesthorp, 
Houghton, Kelham, Codington, Parkelathes, Kirton, Starthorpe, East Retford, 
rlolme, Foxholes, Littleborough, Rohagh, Southwell, and Marton. 



449 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

mains of the ancient monastic building. Its situation is ex- 
tremely sequestered, and the entrance front is so completely 
embowered in a grove of elm and beech, as to preserve much 
of the original character of the fabric, though it has been so 
much altered by several of the Savile family. Thoroton speak- 
ing of it in his time, says that it had often been the residence 
of King James T. and his son Charles, who found it very com- 
modious for hunting in Sherwood Forest, and were hospitablv 
entertained there. The entrance front is approached by a flight 
of steps over an area which surrounds the house, and gives 
light to the offices in the underground story. The spacious 
entrance hall was altered to its present state in the reign of 
Queen Elizabeth, and with its lofty ceiling, high raised screen, 
and brick floor, marks the taste of that period. Here are some 
ancient portraits ; but the most valuable collection of paintings 
is in the Long Gallery, which is 114 feet long, and 36 broad, 
and contains a rich feast for the connoisseur. An apartment 
called "the Prince of Wales's bed room," is hung with very 
handsome tapestry, and has its name from his late majesty, 
George IV., who slept in it on one of his visits to the North, 
when Prince of Wales. The attic story has an immense 
number of rooms, in which there are also many good paintings. 
There are no less than three-and-twenty stair cases in the 
house, one of which leads to the great drawing-room, in which 
is a fine portrait of the late Sir George Savile, and three views 
of Roch Abbey, but the greatest curiosities amongst the paint- 
ings in this mansion, are two exquisite little pieces which Laird 
says, (1811) the housekeeper has been directed to lock up in 
one of her presses below. is One of them is a Dutch painting 
of a fiddler and groupe, and the other an old woman with 
floivers, the painter we believe is unknown, but the execution 
done in the most exquisite style of high finishing. Tn short, 
as pictures they may almost be considered as invaluable, and we 
could not help expressing our astonishment, that two cabinet 
bijoux of such exquisite taste should be thus suffered to lie un- 
seen amidst table cloths and napkins." Though the noble 
owner lives chiefly at the neighbouring village of Kdwinstow, 
he has a small establishment of servants here for the culture of 
his extensive farm, and the preservation of his game, park, 
woods, gardens, and pleasure grounds, which, with a religious 
affection for the memory of his ancestors, he keeps in excellent 
condition ; indeed, every thing is so elegant both in and about 
the mansion, that even a stranger cannot help feeling regret 
that such a spot should be in a great measure unenjoved! — 
but perhaps its present possessor, being a prebendarv of York 
Cathedral, is obliged to live within the pale of Episcopacy, 
which has no control over this churchless extra-parochial dis- 
trict. 

Besides the beautiful i.akk in Rufford Park, the Ixainworth 



RUFFORD (EXTRA PAROCHIAL.) 



441 



water fills a large Dam of 100 acres at Inkers all, near the 
south end of the parish, 3 miles S. by W. of the Abbey. At 
Savile Row cottages, near the north-west corner of the park, 
the Hon. Mrs. Savile supports a free school, and gives a 
gown yearly, and a dinner every Sunday to 24 poor girls. 
About 400 aeres of the forest land is -still in open sheep walks ; 
but the farms are all in high cultivation, and their scattered 
dwellings are distinguished by different names, as will be seen 
in the following list of the inhabitants. 

Savile Hon. and Rev. John 
Luinley, Rufford Abbey, (and 
Edwinstow) 

Brown Mary, farmer, Hills 

Butler George, park and game- 
keeper, Rufford Lodge 

Cartledge James, farmer Inker- 
sail 

Cox Rev. James, domestic chap- 
lain, at Rufford, Crow-lane 

Crawford William, farmer, In- 
kersall 

Davies James, huntsman, Savile 
row 

Eaton John, corn miller, Rufford 
Lake 

Frost Mrs. Eliz. housekeeper, 
Rufford Abbey 

Godfrey William, blacksmith, 
Rufford Inn 

Howson John, bailiif, Rufford 
Farm 



Knuttall William, farmer, La- 
bour in Vain 

Machon Hy. Esq. North -Lai the 
and Gateford Hill 

Parkinson John, land agent, land 
surveyor, and valuer, Leyfields 

Parkinson Richard, land agent, 
Wei low Bar 

Potter Samuel, farmer, Elmsley 
Lodge 

Shooter Crisp, gardener, Rufford 
Inn 

Feather George, woodman, Crow- 
lane 

Vessey Miss Mary, North Laiths 

Wadeson John, keeper, Rufford 
Inn 

Whelpdale William, gamekeeper, 
Savile row 

Williamson Luke, gent. Robin 
Hood's Farm 

Wilson Richard, farmer, Prim- 
rose Hill 



SCROOBY PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY 

Is within the North Soke of the archiepiscopal Liberty of 
Southwell and Scrooby, betwixt and near the confluence of the 
rivers Idle and Ryton. It contains 65 houses, 281 inhabitants, 
and 1523a. 3r, 36p. of fine sandy land. The common was 
enclosed in 1775, when 160a. 3p. were allotted to the impro- 
priator, and 34a. 2r. 22p. to the vicar in lieu of all the tithes 
of the chapel ry, except those which are still paid on 310 acres 
of the old enclosures. 

Scrooby village, on the south bank of the river Ryton, and 
on the east side of the great North road, about 1 mile S, of 
Bawtry, now merely contains a few farm-houses and cottages, 
with a church dedicated to St. Wilfred, which has once been 
handsome, but now possesses nothing of its ancient grandeur 

2 Q 



442 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

except its lofty spire, which was greatly injured by lightning on 
Sunday, August 7th, 1831, but has since been substantially 
repaired. The former glory of Scrooby was its Palace, which 
was long one of the principal seats of the successive Arch- 
bishops of York, but of this ancient abode of splendour and 
hospitality nothing now remains except some small fragments 
incorporated into a farm-house. Leland describes it as " a 
great manor place standings within a mote, and builded yn to 
courtes, whereof the first is very ample, and ail builded of 
tymbre, saving the front of the haule, that is of bricke, to the 
wych ascenditur per gradus lapidis. The ynner courte build- 
ing, as far as I marked, was of tymber building, and was not 
in compace past the 4 parte of the utter courte." In Domesday 
book, Scrooby is only described as a berue or hamlet of the 
Archbishop's soke of Sutton, now commonly called the North 
Soke of Southwell and Scrooby. The prelates of York had 
free warren here as early as the 17th of Edward IT. In the 
reign of Henry VII, Scrooby was the favourite hunting seat of 
Archbishop Savage. In the next reign it was occasionally the 
residence of Cardinal Wolsey; and in Elizabeth's reign, this 
palace was not only considered as excellent in itself, and more 
capacious than that at Southwell, but " a better seat for provi- 
sion," — having a greater jurisdiction and a fairer park attached 
to it. Archbishop Sandys appears to have then resided here, 
at least occasionally, as one of his daughters is interred in 
the church. During his episcopacy he caused this seat to be 
demised to his son, Sir Samuel Sandys, and the palace was after- 
wards so mush neglected that it had almost fallen to the ground 
in the early part of last century, soon after which, the large 
gateway and the porter's lodge were taken down, and the ex- 
tensive park converted into a farm, in the garden of which is a 
large mulberry tree, that tradition says was planted by the 
haughty Wolsey. The Archbishop of York is still lord of the 
manor, and owner of 426 acres, but the Dowager Viscountess 
Galway is his lessee, and has the impropriation, which was 
purchased of the late Lord George Cavendish. But the living 
is annexed to the vicarage of Sutton-cum-Lound, and is in the 
patronage of the Duke of Portland. Lord Althorp has 45b* 
acres, and the rest of the manor belongs to Vicount Galway, 
and to several copyholders, who pay small and certain fines. — 
The Methodists have a chapel in the village, which was built in 
1829; The charities belonging to this parochial chapelry are 
two annuities left by unknown donors, viz. £\ paid by Viscount 
Althorp, and 13s. 4d. by Viscount Galway. 

Scrooby Inn, on the high road, about half a mile south of the 
village, was formerly a noted posting house, but is now occu- 
pied by a farmer, and belongs to Viscount Althorp. Early in 
i he morning of the 3d of July, 1779, a horrid murder was com- 
mitted at Scrooby toll-bar, by John Spencer, who, after pla\ 



SCROOBY PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY. 



443 



ing at cards with the keeper, Wm. Head on, and his mother, 
then on a visit, returned to the house, and after gaining admit- 
tance under the pretence that a drove of cattle wanted to pass, 
killed both his victims with a hedge stake After having got 
what money he could find, he was detected in the act of drag- 
ging the bar-keeper's body across the road towards a pond, by 
Mr. Wm. White, of Copthorne, who happened to be passing 
on horseback at the time, and pursued the murderer, who was- 
soon secured, and afterwards hung in chains on a gibbet which 
still remains. Bishop-field is a large new house one mile S. 
of the village, erected by its present occupant, the Hon. Captain 
Duncombe, son of Lord Feversham, . 



Camm William, vict. Saracen's 
Head 

Cobb Richard, blacksmith 

Duncombe Hon. Arthur, Bishop- 
field 

Goacher Geo. vict. George and 
Dragon 

Hurt Rev. Thomas, vicar 

Richardson John, shoemaker 

Ross John, wheelwright 

Shepherd Benjamin, parish clerk 
and tailor 

Shillito George, vict. and wheel- 
wright, Galway Arms 



Shillito John, shoemaker 
Skelton Benj. corn miller 
Theaker Thomas, butcher 
Walkinson Sarah, shopkeeper 
Wilson Joseph, shoemaker 
FARMERS. 
Those marked \ are Yeomen, 
Birks Jonathan Neale Jane 
Birks William Scott J. Scrooby 



JBooth Thos. 
JCamm Henry 
Eyre John 
JHaynes John 



House 
Smith H. Manor 
House 



SUTTON-CUM-LOUND PARISH 

Is also in the north soke of the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby \ 
and is divided into the two townships of Sutton and Lound, 
which are bounded on the east by the Idle river, and on the 
west by Barnby-moor and Torworth. It contains 182 houses , 
801 inhabitants, and about 3000 acres of rich black sandy land, 
which produces fine crops of wheat and turnips, and is noted 
for its early peas and potatoes, of which large quantities are 
sent to Sheffield and other markets. The common land was 
enclosed in 1777» when 718a. 3r. 26p., now called Banes-hill 
farm, were allotted to the impropriator, the Duke of Portland, 
and 1 06a. 22p. to the vicar, in lieu of all the tithes of the parish. 
The Archbishop of York is lord of the manor of both Sutton 
and Lound, the former of which is copyhold, subject to small 
certain fines, and the latter is mostly in small freeholds, occu- 
pied by the owners. The principal proprietors are the Duke 
of Portland, the Hon. J. B. Simpson, Benjamin Fearnley, Esq. 
and Wm. Markham, Esq. of Beeca Lodge, Yorkshire, the 
latter of whom is owner of Bell-moor, a farm of 700 acres, 
mostly in Lound. About 200 acres, called Lound field, belong 



444 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



to the Crown. At the Domesday survey, the archbishop had 
the manor of Suction, but Lound was partly soc to the King's 
manor of Bothamsall^ and partly of the fee of Roger de Busli. 

Sutton village stands nearly a mile east of the north road, 
3 miles N. N. W. of Retford. The church, dedicated to 
St. Bartholomew, is a small gothic edifice, with a tower and 
three bells. The vicarage is valued in the King's books 
at «£10, and has annexed to it that of Scrooby. The Duke of 
Portland is patron and impropriator, and the Rev. Thomas 
Hurt is the incumbent, for whom the Rev. Wm. Mould, of 
Retford, officiates. The Independent chapel/m the village, was 
built in 1816. 

Lou no is a good village, pleasantly situated about one mile 
N.E. of Sutton. Here are the neat mansions of Henry Bag- 
shaw, Esq. and Captain James Barrow. 

The parish School and master's house stand half way betwixt 
the two villages, and were built in 1783, at the cost of £100, 
which partly arose from the interest of .£70, left in 17-42, : by Rd. 
Taylor, and now vested in <£112. 10s. 3£ per cent, stock, yield- 
ing £3. 18s. 8d. yearly. At the enclosure in 1777> two allot- 
ments, containing &a. 22p. now let for .£24 per annum, were 
awarded to the overseers of the two townships, for the use of 
the schoolmaster, for which, and the dividends of the aforesaid 
stock, he teaches all the children of the parish, but is allowed 
to charge 3d. per week each for those who can afford to pay. 

Benefactions. — The following annuities are received in 
equal moieties by the overseers of Sutton and Lound, and dis- 
tributed amongst the poor at Easter, viz. £2 out of Danes-hill 
farm ; 10s. out of Chapel-house ; 10s. out of the Old Sun inn, 
Retford; £2 out of George Johnson's estate, in Lound; and 
10s. out of an estate that belongs jointly to the Hon. J. B. Simp- 
son and Benj. Fearniy, Esq. 



SUTTON. 

Broomhead George grocer and 

draper 
Brownlow Miss Ann 
Fenton James, vicU Gate 
Foster Willianvshoopkeeper 
Gandy John, shoemaker 
Graves William, flour dealer 
Greaves Mrs. Ann 
Greaves William, beerhouse 
Hollin William, shoemaker and 

parish clerk 
Hopkin John, shoemaker 
House Thomas, shoemaker 
Kay Samuel, butcher 
Kemshall Thomas, vict. & wheel- 
wright 
Kitchin Jonathan, blacksmith 



Matthews Thomas, shoemaker 
Renshaw John* wheelwright 
Steel John, shopkeeper 
Stubbins Mark, tailor 
Whitlam Wm. stone mason 
Wragg Wm. schoolmaster 
FARMERS. 

Those marked * are Yeomen. 
Brownlow Jph. *Kelk Geo. (and 
Cook Jph. comsr. of 

Gravener Wm. Sewers) 

Bell Moor *Lee George 
Graves Wm. Otter John 

•Walker Thos, 
Danes hill 

L0UN0'. 

Atkinson George, shoemaker 



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445 



Bagshaw Henry, Esq. 
Barker Thos. shoemaker 
Barrow Capt. James, Highfield 
Fenton John, shoemaker & shopr 
Gilbert John, blacksmith 
Harrison, Eliz. shopkeeper 
Hewitt Mr. Paul 
Hudson John, vict. Blue Bell 
Levick Geo. wheelwright 
Robinson Rd. joiner & beerhs. 
Rollinson Geo. joiner & machine 

maker 
Shaw Mrs. 
Smales Wm, corn miller 



Walker Geo. vict. & butcher 
Warburton Jph. blacksmith 
Yates Wm. blacksmith 
FARMERS. 

Those marked * are Yeomen. 
•Barker Samuel 'Justice Geo. 
Booth Wm. *Parkin Samuel 
Clark George, *Raynes George, 

Loundfield Lound Lodge 

*Cuckson John "Taylor Wm. 
•Green Joseph *Walker John 
Hill Thomas * Watts John 
•Johnson Geo. Whelton John 

(& Blaco-hill) Whitehead John 



WALESBY PARISH 



Includes the hamlets of JValesly and Willougliby, and forms a 
fine champaign district, extending northward from Kirton to 
Bevercotes, under an abrupt acclivity, and westward to the 
river Idle. It contains 68 houses, 340 inhabitants, and 1429a. 
1r. 24p. of land, all of which is a fertile sand, except the east- 
ern side about Willoughby, which is a strong clay, mostly irr 
hop-yards. The open fields were enclosed in 1821, when 
152a. 3r. 27p. were awarded to the rector, in lieu of the tithes 
of the whole parish. 

Walesby is a large village, half way betwixt Tuxford and 
Ollerton, being 3J miles W. of the former, and the same dis- 
tance N.E. of the latter* After the Conquest, the parish was 
of several fees, and Reginald Ursell gave to the monks of Ruf- 
ford " in pure alms, the service which Robert de Lexington 
was wont to do him, for one bovate that he held of him in 
Walesby, viz. a pair of spurs of iron, or 2d. yearly, with al! 
reliefs, wards, escheats, &c." Several other parcels of land 
were subsequently given to the same monastery, and after the 
dissolution passed to the Earl of Shrewsbury. The Duke of 
Newcastle and the Hon. and Rev. J. L. Savile are now the 
principal land owners, and the latter is lord of the manor and 
patron of the rectory,, which is valued in the King's books at 
£6. Is. 2d. and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Theophilus Samp- 
son, M. A., who resides at Eakring. The church, as Throsby 
says, " is set off with a tower," and is dedicated to St. Edmund. 
The school was endowed in 1760 with a rent charge of 40s. bv 
the Rev. Richard Jackson, rector of this parish. This devise 
was void by the mortmain act, but the donor's niece, Elizabeth 
Hall, gave in lieu thereof two acres of land in Normanton, 
which, at the enclosure in 1800, was exchanged for 1a. 19p. 
now let for £5 a vear. The poofs laiid consists .of two roods 

2q2 



446 



WALESBY AND WALLINGWELLS. 



let for I os., and was received at the enclosure of Walesby, in 
exchange for other land, in Yard-ends field and Outgang-side. 
The sheep clipping or feast is on the nearest Wednesday to 
June 24th. 

Willoughby is a small village distant only a quarter of a 
mile N.E. of Walesby, and has in its vicinity several fruitful 
hop yards. 

Those marked thus % are Hop Growers^ thus § Yeomen^.and thus f 
live at Willoughhy. 



Ashmore Mr. William 
f Dale Cornls. wheelwright 
Ellis Wra, vict. & wheelwright 
Gabbitas Hanh. vict. New Inn 
Hoggard John, blacksmith 
Hollis Wm. shoemaker 
J§Justice Wm. butcher 
Ratcliff John, schoolmaster 
J Ratcliff Rd. vict. Red Lion 
Robbins Rd. shoemaker & shopr 
Smith Charity, shopkeeper 
Snowden Thos„ blacksmith 



Tissington John, tailor 
Wesley Wm. schootmr. & clerk 
Woodward James, shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
JfCamm Jph. Ryals Wm. 



JClark Fras. 
ttClark Saml. 
J§Dean Hanh. 
^Gilbert Wm. 



Sarginson Thos, 
JSmith Jph. 
Smith Thomas 
Ulyeat Thomas 



JHaywood Alex.j:§Wooinbill Jn. 
Rawson Fras. §Woombill Wm. 
JRawson Rd. 



WALLINGWELLS (EXTRA PAROCL.) 

Wallingwells, 4 miles N. by W. of Worksop, is the beau- 
tiful mansion and park of Sir T, W. White, Bart., and is an 
extra parochial district, partly in Yorkshire. It appears to 
have been anciently a parcel of the manor and parish of Carlton- 
in-Lindrick, until Ralph de Gheurolcourt, in the reign of Ste- 
phen, granted " to Almighty God and the Virgin St. Mary, a 
place in his park of Carletun* by the wells and stream of the 
wells, whose name should be called St. Mary of the Park, to make 
and build there an habitation for holy religion, so free that this 
place shall not depend on or belong to any other place." The 
priory which he built here was a Benedictine Nunnery, de- 
dicated to the blessed Virgin St. Mary, and afterwards called 
St. Mary's of " Wallondewelles" from its situation amongst 
wells, fountains, and streams. At its dissolution it was valued 
at =£59, and was granted by Queen Elizabeth to Richard Pype 
and Francis Bowyer, but is now the property and seat of Sir 
Thomas Wollaston White, who was created a baronet in 1802. 
The house, which was originally built out of the ruins of the 
priory, is now a handsome structure, having been improved 
by many modern additions. It stands on the Nottinghamshire 
side of the well wooded park, in which is a long line of trees 
marking the boundary between the two counties. In excavating 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 447 

near the house in 1829, several stone coffins were found, and 
one of them contained the remains of Dame Margery Dourant, 
the second prioress, who died in the reign of Richard I. On 
opening: the coffin the body appeared entire, but it was soon re- 
duced by the air to a shapeless mass of dust. The shoes and a 
silver chalice were quite perfect, bat were re -interred with the 
ashes of the holy abbess, who nearly seven centuries ago pre- 
sided over the sisterhood of this convent. Mr. John Fisher, 
land agent, resides at Mills house, so called from the abbey 
corn mills, which formerly stood near it. 



WARSOP PARISH 

Lies in the south-west corner of Bassetlaw, and is bounded or: 
the west by Derbyshire, on the north by Cuckney, on the east 
by Budby, and on the south by the parishes of Edwinstow and 
Mansfield. It is divided into the two townships of Warsop and 
Sookholme, which contain together 265 houses, 1286 inhabit- 
ants, and 6953a. 3r. 10p. of land, of which 200 acres are in 
woods and plantations,. The forest land was partly enclosed in 
1775, and the remainder by an act passed in 1818, but the award 
was not signed till 1824, when 713a. 3r. 13p. were allotted to 
the rector, in lieu of all the tithes of the parish. 

Warsop township contains more than six-sevenths of the 
parish, having 5971a. 1r. 8p. of land, and 1213 inhabitants, 
mostly living in the two villages of Church Warsop and 
Market Warsop, which are distant nearly half a mile from 
each other, and are situated on the opposite banks of the river 
Medin, 5 miles N.N.E. of Mansfield, and 7 miles S. by W. of 
Worksop. The market here has- long been obsolete, but three 
fairs are still held annually, viz. on the Monday after W T hit- 
Monday, for cattle, sheep, &c; September 29th, for sheep: 
and November 17th, for cattle. After the Conquest, the ma- 
nor of Warresoppe was mostly of the fee of Roger de Busli, 
but a small part of it was of the King's soke of Mansfield. It 
was successively held by the Arches, the Suttons, and the Wil- 
loughbys, but Henry Gaily Knight, Esq. is now the principal 
owner, lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, which is 
valued in the king's books at ^22. 15s. 2d., and is now in the 
incumbency of the Rev. Samuel Martin, B. A. The Church, 
dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is a neat gothic edifice, 
standing near the antique rectory-house at Church Warsop, on 
the north side of the Medin, and was thorouglv repaired in 
1831, at the' cost of .£600. 

Gledthorpk, an estate of 714a. 3r. 29p., is in the town- 
ship of Warsop, and was part of that manor, until it was granted 
by Gilbert de Arches to the monks of Welbeck since which it 
has been tithe-free, and now belongs to the Duke of Portland. 



48 warsop parish; 

Nettleworth is a manor, in the township of Warsop 
and Sookholme, and partly in the hundred of Broxtow, 
and parish of Mansfield Woodhonse. It has lately been pur- 
chased by Henry Gaily Knight, Esq., of William Wylde, Esq. 
of Southwell, except Park Hall, which is the seat of Francis 
Hall, Esq. and is distant 2\ miles N. N. E. of Mansfield. Net- 
tleworth Hall is occupied by Major Beilby, and is a hand- 
some mansion, erected in 1785, on the site of the old one, at the 
headof a delightful valley, embosomed in woods, and having seve- 
ral fine pieces of water in front, formed by the union of 2 streams. 
This hall was built by the Wylde family, who long held the manor, 
and of whom was Gervas Wylde, who, after being some years a 
factor in Andalusia, returned, and was made captain of a ship in 
1558, against the Spanish Armada, in defeating which, " he 
made use of arrows with long steel heads, shot out of muskets, 
some of which he left at Nettlewortb," where he died at the 
advanced age of 93 years. 

Sookholme or Sulkholme is a small village, township, and 
ehapelry* at the western extremity of the parish, 3£ miles N. of 
Mansfield. It has only 11 houses, 68 inhabitants, and 983a. 
3r. 2p. of land, abounding in excellent limestone, Henry 
Gaily Knight, Esq. is owner and lord of the manor, which 
anciently belonged to Nostel Priory, in Yorkshire. The chapel 
is a small ancient building, in which the rector of Warsop oc- 
casionally performs divine service. A small stream runs 
through the village* and joins the Medin from Pleasley. 

The Parish School is situated betwixt the two Warsops, and 
is endowed with 15 guineas a-year, for which the master teaches 
20 poor children. This endowment arises from £393. 15s. 
new four per cent, stock, purchased with £400, left by Thomas 
Whiteman, in 1818. Mr. Parsons, of Mansfield, is the trustee. 
Benefactions. — John Hall, in 1697, left £61. 10s. to be 
bestowed in lands, for the use of the poor of the Church Town 
and Market Town of Warsop, together with, all his lands at 
Warsop, and at Newton, in Lincolnshire. The property now 
belonging to this charity produces £109 per annum, and consists 
of a farm at Newton, let for £90, land at Willoughby and 
Walesby, let for £\5. 10s., and land in Warsop and the forest, 
let for £3. 1.0s. Mr. Nathan Jackson, one of the trustees, 
receives the rents, and sends forty shilling-loaves to the church 
every Sunday, for distribution to as many poor parishioners. 
In 17^3, Francis Peacock left a cottage and garden at Shire- 
brook, in Pleasley parish, and directed the rents (now £3) to be 
given half yearly, on February 2nd and August 8th, to the poor 
of Warsop. Sarah IVhiteman, widow of the founder of the 
school, bequeathed in 1818, a copyhold house and garden, in 
Warsop, and directed the rent to be divided twice a year 
amongst eight poor widows and widowers. They are let for 
£7, and at the enclosure received an allotment, which is let fbv 



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449 



£3 per annum. The same benefactress also left .£50, and 
ordered the interest to be given in bread, on St. Thomas Day, 
and August 18th. This legacy is now in the hands of Henry 
Reynolds. Nathan Jackson, and others are the trustees. Ann 
Wylde gave the interest of .£20, now in the Mansfield Savings 7 
Bank, to six single women. Mrs. Richardson gave the interest 
of «£9, also in the Savings' Bank, to be distributed in bread on 
Good Friday. 

warsop directory.— Marked thus \ live at Charch f Far sop, and 
the rest at Market fVarsop, or where specified. 



Allcroft Jas. vict. & tailor 
Amcoats Thos. tailor & draper 
Armitage Thos. stone mason 
Bartram John, shoemaker 
Beeston John, grocer 
Beilby Major, Nettle worth Hall 
Blythman John, plumber, &c. 
Bowler Rt. schoolmaster 
Brothwell Thos. baker 
Brummett Wm. gun smith 
{Burrows & Shippam, corn mlrs. 
{Burrows Emanuel, miller 
Burton Wm. blacksmith 
Butterworth Benj. shopkeeper 
Clayton Wm. shoemaker 
Cowlishaw Wm. saddler 
Crooks John, butcher 
Crooks Fras. tailor & draper 
{Davy Mr. Henry 
{Downs Wm. stone mason 
Duckmanton John, vict. Swan 
Hall Fras. Esq. Park Hall 
Hallam Edw. joiner & cabt. mkr 
Hallifax Geo. shopkeeper 
Hallifax Wm. basket maker 
Hamilton Miss 

Hinchcliffe John, wood steward 
Hind James, fell monger 
Hind Thos. shopkeeper 
Ilett Chas. bricklayer 
Jackson Nathan, gent. 
Kerchevall Robert, gent. 
Lee Charles, vict. Gate 
J Martin Rev. Saml. B.A. rector 
Moody Thos. shoemaker 
Needham James, tailor & draper 
Newton Miss Ann 
Norman Matthew, shoemaker 
Parkin Joseph, bricklayer 
Pearce John, butcher 
Radford Wm, miller & baker 



Reavell Matthew, stone mason 
Reynolds Hy. vict. & butcher, 
{ Reynolds Mrs. Ann 
Robinson John, surgeon 
Robinson Wm. butcher 
Sansom Wm. chairmaker 
Shippam Samuel, miller 
Short Saml. vict. Hare & Hound* 
{Singleton Geo.shoemkr.&6hopr 
Smith Jacob, wheelwright 
Smith Thos. vict. Old White Lion 
Turner Samuel,, weaver 
JUnwin Samuel, blacksmith 
Webster Wm. joiner 
Wilkinson Valentine, vict. Dog 

& Rabit, & rope manufacturer 
Woodhead Wm. wheelwright 
Woodhouse Sarah, matron at the 

workhouse 
Woodward John, gent.. 
FARxMERS. 
Beard Jno. AVtf- {Hodgson VaL 

tleworth Jackson Charles, 

Beeston Fras. Eastland 
Beeston Wm. {Jackson Rt. 

Williams* Lee Charles 

Wood Robinson John, 

Bowitt John Burns 

{Davy Hy. jun. Short — , War- 
Davy Sm. fVest- sop Lodge 

field House Turner James 
Duckmanton J. Turner John, 
Duckmanton R. Gledthorpe 
Featherstone SI. Turner John 
Hallifax Thos. 

SOOKHOLME- (FARMERS.) 

Boaler Wm. Herinshaw filea- 
Chapman Wm. nor, corn mlr. 
Eyre George Wilson John 
Wood William 



450 HATFIELD DIVISION. 



WELBECK (EXTRA PAROCHIAL.) 

Welbeok Abbey, the beautiful sylvan seat of his Grace the 
Duke of Portland, stands in a sequestered situation on the mar- 
gin of a spacious lake, 3J miles S. by W. of Worksop, em- 
bosomed in an extensive woody park, which, with the demesne 
and adjacent plantations, forms an Extra Parochial district, con- 
taining 2283a. 3b. 5p. of land, which anciently formed part of 
the manor and parish of Cuckney, (see p. 412) till Thomas, 
Lord of €uckney, grandson of Joceus de Flemangh, built a 
castle at Cuckney, and founded here an Abbey for Prsemon- 
stratensian canons from Newsome^ in Leicestershire ; begining 
the monastic edifice in the reign of Stephen, and completing 
it m that of Henry II. He dedicated it to St. James, and gave 
it and the adjacent lands to the monks, in free and perpetual 
alms, for his own, father's, mother's, and ancestors' souls, "and 
theirs from whom he had unjustly taken any goods." After 
this, many troubled consciences bestowed numerous gifts on 
this abbey, and it at length became one of the richest monas- 
teries in the county. In 1329, John Hotham, Bishop of Ely 
bought the manor of Cuckney and settled it upon the monks' 
on condition of their finding eight canons who should enjoy the* 
" good things," and pray for Edward III. and his queen, their 
children and ancestors, &c. ; also for the bishop's father and 
mother, brother, &c, "bat especially for the health of the said 
Lord Bishop whilst he lived, and after his death for his soul 
and for all theirs that had faithfully served him, or done him 
any gpod," to which was added this extraordinay injunction, 
that they should observe his anniversary, and on their days of 
commemorating the dead, " should absolvehis soul byname I /" 
At its dissolution, in the 13th of Henry VIII., its yearly 
revenues were valued at .£249. 6s. 3d., and it was granted (by 
purchase) to Richard Whalley, from whom it passed to Sir 
Charles Cavendish, youngest son of the celebrated Countess of 
Shrewsbury, by her marriage with Sir William. He marrying 
the heiress of Lord Ogle, his son succeeded to that barony, and 
became afterwards Duke of Newcastle; this was the* noble 
duke the author of the famous Treatise on Horsemanship, and 
the builder of the large riding-house here. Though the duke 
was very active during the civil wars on the side of Charles 
yet this seat and park escaped the fury of the Parliamentarians ' 
in other respects, however, he suffered to the amount of nearly 
one million sterling. His grandaughter and heiress, Mar- 
garet, married John Holies, 4th Earl of Clare, afterwards 
created Duke of Newcastle; but she left only a daughter, who 
inherited the estates, and marrying the Earl of Oxford, another 
heiress, the only issue of this union, carried it to the ancestor of 
the present noble proprietor, the most noble William Henry 



DUKES OF PORTLAND, &C. 451 

Cavendish, Scott-Bentinck, Duke of Portland* Marquis of 
Titchfield, Viscount Woodstock, Baron Cirincester, Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Middlesex, and D. C. L., who resides chiefly at Wei- 
beck Abbey, and occasionally at his other seats, viz. — Bolsover 
Castle, in Derbyshire, and Fullarton House and Dean Castle, 
in Ayrshire. His town residence is in Cavendish-square. 

The Bentinck family is descended from the noble family of 
that name, who were of the province of OverysseU in the republic 
of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, where they flour- 
ished for many generations. The Westons were Earls of 
Portland, from 1633, till 1665, when the title became extinct, by 
the death of Thomas Weston, without issue, but was revived 
again in 1689, in the person of William Bentinck, who was page 
to William, Prince of Orange, and was in the suit of that 
monarch when he came over to take possession of the English 
throne. His lordship had previously visited England in 1677? 
when he successfully solicited for his royal master the hand of 
the Princess Mary, daughter of James Duke of York, afterward* 
James II. He served under William and Mary with great re- 
putation; both in Ireland and the Netherlands, and was sent 
ambassador extraordinary to the court of France. " His in- 
tegrity was proved relative to certain transactions about passing 
an act for insupporting the East India Company, when he dis- 
dainfully refused a bribe of ,£50,000.." The House of Com- 
mons, however, was not always partial to him, for in 1696 they 
opposed a grant which King William wished to bestow on him. 
of some lordships in Wales, and in 1701 they impeached him 
with the Earl of Oxford, Lord Halifax, and Lord Somers, for 
advising and negoeiating "a treaty of partitions." He had 
two wives of the families of Villiers and Temple, and died in 
1709, when he was succeeded by his son Henry, who in 17 16. was 
created Marquis of Titchjield and Duke of Portland, and was 
governor of the island of Jamacia, where he died in 1726. 
His son William, the second Duke of Portland, married Ladv 
Margaret Cavendish Harley, daughter of Edward Harley, Earl 
of Oxford, the founder of the celebrated Harleian Library, 
with whom he obtained Welbeck and the rest of the Cavendish 
estates, as has already been seen. (Vide also p. 433.) He 
died in 1762, when his estates and titles devolved on his son 
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, the late duke, who was 
High Stewards the City of Bristol, Recorder of Nottingham, 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, from April 8th to Sept. 15th, in 
1782, and First Lord of the Treasury from April to December, 
in 1783. He died in 1809, and was succeeded by his son, the 
present duke, who assumed the name of Scott-Bentinck, and is 
I now considered the greatest farmer in England, as he retains in 
* his own hands and superintends the cultivation of a large por- 

* Portland is a small Island on the Dorsetshire coast. 



452 WKLBECK ABBEY. 

Hon of his estate himself. His father held the same rank 
amongst the English planters, and to them Welbeck and many 
of the neighbouring manors are indebted for most of their 
sylvan honours and agricultural improvements. (Vide p. 38 
and 415.) Besides making about 700 acres of plantations, the 
late duke cultivated nearly 2000 acres of waste land, which has 
since been greatly enriched by his present representative. 

Welbeck Abbey is a large irregularly built mansion, which 
has been enlarged at various periods, and appears to retain none 
of the ancient monastic walls, except in the interior, where, in 
some of the apartments, even the sepulchral monuments fixed 
in some of the ancient walls are not destroyed, " but only hid 
by the wainscot pannels and other hangings." What is seen, 
however, is of comparative modern erection, being begun in 
1604, yet it has towers, turrets, some small battlements, and 
some ballustrades, which altogether give it an impressive air of 
antiquity, though by no means assimulating with our ideas of an 
ancient abbey. Those which are called the new apartments 
are very spacious, but, with the exception of additions, no great 
alteration, has been made in the house since the early part of 
the 17th century, though the late duke fitted up all the principal 
rooms in their present state. The principal apartments are ail 
elegantly furnished, and contain an immense collection of family 
portraits and other paintings by eminent masters. There is 
nothing extraordinarily superb, except the library, (44 feet by 
30) which is in the florid gothic style ; yet neatness and ele- 
gance pervade the whole mansion, without either gaudiness or 
profusion, 

The equestrian Duke of Newcastle built a most magnificent 
riding-house here in 1623, and finished the stables in 1625. 
-under the direction of John Smithson, an ingenious architect ; 
it seems, however, that his immediate successor did not keep 
up his favourite hobby, as it was for some time permitted to go 
to decay, but is again restored to its original use ; and the great 
stable is now one of the finest in the kingdom, (with the excep- 
tion of the royal establishment at Brighton,) being 130 feet long 
by 40 broad, and containing 40 stalls, the outside being finished 
in what may be called, not the modern, but the moderate stvle 
of gothic. 

The Park is about eight miles in circumference, and power- 
fully excites the attention of the visitor on his approach to the 
house, as it contains several noble woods of very ancient oaks, 
many of which are of an extraordinary size, The largest of 
these is the Grkkndalk Oak, which is supposed to be upwards 
of 700 years old, and measures in circumference 33 feet at the 
bottom. Its brunches once covered a space equal to 700 square 
vards, but it is now in a state of decay, having but one small 
branch to crown its venerable trunk, which is now supported 
by props, clasped with iron bars, and in some parts capped with 



WELBECK PARISH. 453 

lead to preserve it from the wet. A coach road upwards of 
10 feet in height, and six feet three inches in width, was cut 
through this aged oak in 1724, yet it never contained so much 
timber as some other trees in this park, which have been esti- 
mated at from 7 to 800 solid feet. The Duke's walking stick 
is 111 feet 6 inches in height, and 11 tons in weight, having 
upwards of 440 solid feet of timber. The Two Porters have 
received their name from there having been a gate between 
them ; their respective heights are 98 and 88 feet, and their 
circumference 34 and 38. These are in the Rein Deer Park, 
on the west side of the lake, near Norton Cuckney, where there 
are many other trees which are supposed to have braved the 
tempests for upwards of six centuries. On the opposite side of 
the park, near the gate which goes in from Worksop, is a re- 
markable tree called the Seven Sisters, from its consisting of 
seven stems springing from one root in a perpendicular direc- 
tion, but one of them was unfortunately broken off upwards of 
twenty years ago. The circumference of the common trunk, 
close to the ground, is 30 feet, and the height of the stems 88 
feet. That part of the park which is seen in the vicinity of the 
house, and in which the plantations are upon a very large scale, 
has been rendered ornamental, and contains a very fine piece of 
water, occuping a winding valley, meandering through the dark 
foliage of the surrounding wood, and whose bottom being boggy 
was dug out by order of the late duke, and being made the re- 
ceptacle for all the drainage, is now completely Boated. This 
charming lake is a great embellishment to the grounds, being of 
a considerable breadth, and more than a mile in length ; winding 
with the most natural effect in an easy but bold line at the foot 
of several small promontories shaded with planting, and present- 
ing the most picturesque prospects at every turn, till it arrives 
at the hamlets of Milnthorpe and Carburton-Forge, where it 
receives thePoulter, and forms the river Wollen, which flows 
eastward through Clumber Park. The late duke made many 
considerable alterations and improvements, independent of this 
piece of water ; but he was rather unlucky in one proposed em- 
bellishment, for having erected a most elegant, nay magnificent, 
bridge of three arches, the centre one of which was ninety feet 
in span, and the side ones seventy-five each, it fell down just as 
it was finished. 

The sons of his Grace the Duke of Portland, who reside with 
him at Welbeck Abbey, are the Hon. John Seott-Bentinck, 
Marquis of Titchfield, and the Hon. George Scott-Bentinck, 
M. P. ; the following are their upper-servants : — 



Atkin David, house steward 
Bonier Jph. gamekeeper. Kennels 
Boater W in. parkkeeper, Kennels 
Bolton Mrs. Eliz. housekeeper 



Dunn Edward, butler 

Field Samuel, land bailiff, Grange 

Farm 
Thompson Jph. gardener 

2 R 



454 HA-SFIBLD DIVISION, 



WOODHOUSE HALL, 

With an estate of 300 acre9, forms another Extra-Parochial 
district, lying near the west side of Welbeck Park, adjoining to 
Holbeck Woodhouse, 4| miles S. S. W. of Worksop. It is 
the property of the Duke of Portland, who occupies 50 acres 
himself, and has let the other to John Ludlow, farmer, who 
resides in the hall — a large ancient mansion which is still sur- 
rounded by a moat. Thornton says, Robert, the first Earl of 
Kingston, who died in 1643, "resided in his ancient house of 
Woodhouse, the most part of forty years," but his son and heir 
dwelt at Holm-Pierrepont. This was anciently part of the 
parish of Cuckney, and is no doubt the site of the " Castle of 
Cuckney," which was built by the founder of Welbeck Abbey, 
and which was afterwards occupied by the descendants of his 
brother Ralph, who took the name of Silvan, from their resi- 
dence at this manor in the woods," which they subsequently 
gave to the monks of Welbeck. 



WORKSOP PARISH. 

This is the largest and one of the most interesting parishes in 
the county, as it has several objects worthy the attention of the 
antiquary, and includes -Worksop Manor and Clumber Park, 
the princely seats of the Dukes of Norfolk and Newcastle, and 
extends eastward from Shireoaks (at the junction of the three 
Counties of York, Derby^ and Nottingham,) to Osberton and 
Rushey Inn, near Babworth, a distance of seven miles. Its 
population, which is thinly scattered, except in the handsome 
market toivn of Worksop, amounts only to 5,566 souls, living in 
1170 houses ; being an increase of 2303 persons, and 41 1 houses, 
since the year 1801. Its territorial extent amounts to no less 
than 17,445a. Ir. 7p- of land, a large portion of which is in 
woods and plantations, and in the two noble parks just mentioned, 
and the remainder is in a high state of cultivation, the commons 
and forest wastes being all enclosed by an Act passed in 1803, 
but the award was not executed till 181*7, when the tithes were 
commuted for a yearly corn rent, fixed by the commissioners 
according to the average price of good marketable wheat in the 
county during the preceding 21 years, but subject to be altered 
either by the vicar or the land owners, so as to be on an equitable 
scale with the average price of wheat in every succeeding 14 
years. This modus is charged on about 9300 acres of arable 
iand, which has generally a fine deep sandy soil, and like the rest 
of the parish, was anciently part of the great Forest of Shenvood. 
(See p. 35.) The annual value of the parish, according to an 



worksop parish; 4&q 

assessment made for the poor rates in 1826, was £ 1-5, 146. Is. OcL 
exclusive of woodlands estimated at «£ 92 6. 4s. per annum, but 
not rateable to the poor. The parish is divided into six con- 
stablewicks,viz. — Worksop, Radford, Gateford, Haggin- 
field, Shireoaks, and Osberton-w^-Scofton, all of which 
maintain their poor conjointly ; and also their roads, except 
Osberton and Scofton, which make and repair their roads se- 
parately from the rest of the parish. These divisions comprise 
several manors and hamlets, belonging- mostly to the Dukes of 
Norfolk and Newcastle, and to G. S. Foljambe, Esq., as will be 
seen in the following description of each. The Chesterfield 
and Trent Canal, and the small river called the Ryton, cross the 
parish from west to east, close by the town of Worksop, in 
which, and the neighbourhood, there are about forty maltsters, 
whose malt duty amounted in 1821 to .£51,022; in 1825, to 
£36,639; and in 1831, to £36,596; indeed their yearly pay- 
ments to the excise are seldom less than .£30,000. Excellent 
barley (as well as other grain and roots,) is produced in the 
parish ; but liquorice, for which Worksop was once famed, is no 
longer cultivated here. The turnpike from Worksop to Mans- 
field and Retford was made under an act passed in 1822. 

Worksop, the capital of the parish, is a clean and plesant 
market town, with an eastern suburb, called Radford, plea- 
santly situated on the Sheffield and Newark road, 9 miles W. 
by S." of Retford, 12 miles N. by E. of Mansfield, 26 miles N. 
of Nottingham, and 146 miles N. by W. of London. On the 
approach from the east, the appearance of the town, lying in a 
valley, overtopped by the magnificent towers of the church, and 
backed by swelling hills finely clothed with wood, is extremely 
picturesque. Its situation is indeed delightful, and both nature 
and art have contributed to its beauty, for the houses are in 
general well built ; the two principal streets spacious and well 
paved, and the inns clean and comfortable ; and there are 
more noblemen's seats in its vicinity than any other spot in the 
kingdom, so distant from London, can boast of. " Much of the 
bustle of business enlivens it, from being on the post road to 
Sheffield, and having the advantage of the Chesterfield Canal, 
which runs close to the north side of the town, and near to the 
little river Ryton." Though there are no manufactures here, 
the condition of the poor is better than in most other places, for 
many of them find employment either in agricultural pursuits 
or in the numerous malt kilns in the town and neighbourhood, 
where there are also six extensive corn mills. The germes of 
abject poverty are promptly stifled by the bounty of the rich. 
The poor Catholics, who are rather numerous here, are much 
indebted to the benevolence of the Howards, for though the Duke 
of Norfolk does not often fix his residence at Worksop Manor, 
his son, the Earl of Surrey, is its frequent tenant. The 
market, which is held on Wednesday, is well supplied; as 



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also are the two annual fairs, held on March 31st, for cattle, 
and on October 14tb, for horses, cattle, and pedlery. The fair 
which ™ held on St. Waldberg's day, June 2ist, has long 
been obsolete. The Workhouse for thl whole parish is but! 
small building, ,n Ward-lane. Petty Sessions for the Hatfield 
.Division of Bassetlaw are held at the George Inn, on the last 
Wednesday, m every month. Besides the Abbey Church 
there are three other places of worship in the town, viz.-a 
Methodist chapel m Bridge-street, built in 1813; an Indepen- 
dent chapel, in Westgate, erected in 1830, and now under the 
pastoral care of the Rev Wm. Joseph; and a Catholic chapel, 
at bandhill, near the Parkgate, on the Barlborough-road, which 
was built and endowed about fifty years asm by Charles the 
Tenth Duke of Norfolk, of the Howard fomilyfwhols said to 
have built it and settled it upon the Catholics, under the impres- 
sion that after h.s death, h,s son, the late Duke, who had then 
declared himself a Protestant, would expel the Romish rituals 
from the family chapel in the manor-house. A subscription 
Mews Room and Library was established in 1831, at Mr 
Sissons in Potter-street, and has now 100 members, who pay' 
10s yearly, rhe Boys' and Girls' National Schools, where 
/50 children are educated, were opened in 1813, and are sup- 
ported by voluntary contributions. The Savings' Bank was 
commenced in 1817, and had on Dec. 28th, 1831 deposits 
amount^ to £26 804, 14s lOd belonging to 491 individuals, 
and to four Charitable and 12 Friendly Societies. G F Fol 
jambe, Esq. is the treasurer, Mr. P. Sissons, the clerk, and Mr 
Henry Owen, the secretary. The posthumous charities of 

7«£ T Pj?? 8 \ are , but few - Tn 1?16 > the sum of £230 left in 
ib23 and 1628, by James Woodhouse, Wra. Medlev, and Mary 
Sterne was laid out in the purchase of 17a. 3r. 30r. of land in 
six fields m the parish of Ecclesfield, let for .£30 per annum • 
which, vyith the interest of £316. 2s. 6d., accumulated out of the 
former income, and now in the Savings' Bank, swells the total 
yearly value of this charity to upwards of £40, out of which 4s 
each is given to 20 poor widows ; 10s. to the parish clerk • £3 
to the vicar for preaching sermons on Good Friday and St 
lhomas day ; £14 to the master of the National School, at the 
Abbey-gate ; £14 to 60 poor families, and the remainder is ex- 
pended in repairing the highways, &c. The trustees, are 
Messrs. J and G. Champion, M. Binney, J. Froggatt, William 
Grafton, Henry Owen and the Rev Thomas Stacye, the vicar. 
Jn lo«J, John Smith left a yearly rent charge of 10s. to be dis- 
tributed on Good Friday amongst 30 poor persons, out of a 
house and garden now belonging to Mrs. Dorothy Bates, but 
anciently the property of the Kllets, from whom this is called 
"Ellet's Charity." The £20 left in 1681, by Rosamond 
-iNJapon, was lost many years ago. 
The Manor of Worksop forms a separate Constabletuick* 



WORKSOP AND RADFORD. 457 

and comprises the greater part of the town, the manor-house 
and park, Worksop Lodge, and the scattered dwellings of 
Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe- Grange, Harness- Grove, Darfould, and 
Slosivick, on the borders of Derbyshire, 2 miles W« of the town. 
The Dake of Norfolk is sole proprietor and lord of this manor; 
but Radford, the largest township or constableivicfc of the pa- 
rish, contains several manors and hamlets, belonging to different 
lords, viz. Clumber and HardwicJc Grange, the property of the 
Duke of Newcastle; Rayton or Ryton, on the north side of the 
rivulet of that name, 2 miles E. by N. of Worksop, belonging to 
G. S. Foljambe, Esq. ; and Kilton, a large manor extending 
northward from the canal near Worksop to Carlton and Hod- 
sock, of which the Duke of Norfolk is lord, and also owner of 
all the land, except the neat mansions and estates of Forest Hill 
and Forest Farm, which are the property and residence of John 
Fullerton and William Champion, Esqrs. and are distant about 
2 miles N. of Worksop. His Grace of Norfolk is also lord and 
owner of the manor of Radford which includes the parish 
church, all the eastern part of the town, and the hamlet of Man- 
ion, distant 1 J miles to the east. 

Before the Norman Conquest, Worksop, or Wirchesop, was 
the property of Elsi a Saxon Nobleman; but he was obliged 
to yield it to the Conqueror's favourite Roger de Busli, whose 
man Roger became his feudal tenant, and was succeeded by 
William de Lovetot, lord of Sheffield and Hallamshire, who 
founded the Abbey in Radford, and built a Castle here on the 
west side of the town, upon a circular hill which is still called 
" Castle-hill,' ? and is enclosed with a trench, except on the 
north side, where its precipitous bank is defended by the river 
Ryton. Of the castle nothing now remains, but its site is 
marked by a small plantation. After many generations, the 
estates of the Lovetots, were conveyed in marriage with their 
heiress Matilda de Lovetot, to the family of Furnival, and 
from them they passed to the Nevills, and afterwards to the 
Talbots, who first became, on that account, barons of Furnival, 
afterwards earls and dukes of Shrewsbury, though now extinct 
as a dukedom ; but the earldom in a junior branch. John, the 
first Earl of Shrewsbury, was a man of great military prowess, 
and became such a terror to France, as to be extremely useful 
to Henry the Fifth in his wars with that country. He became 
so much attached to Worksop, as to build here an immense 
mansion house, with a magnificence in full accord with the 
splendour of his family : this, however, was unfortunately 
burnt down in 1761, as will be seen with the description of the 
present manor house; and it is much to be regretted, as there 
is reason to believe that it was a complete antique specimen of 
old-fashioned elegance. The Talbot, estates being divided 
amongst coheiresses, shis portion came to the Hdwordfe; Earls 

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HATFIELD DITISI0N, 



of Arundel, now Dukes of Norfolk; and is still held by them 
as tenants in chief of the crown. 

The Priory, sometimes called the Abbey, was the greatest 
ornament of Worksop, and stood in that part of the town 
called Radford, adjacent to those fine specimens of gothic ar- 
chitecture, the Church and the Abbey-gate, near which some 
few fragments of the cloisters, &c. still remain, and some parts 
of the monastic walls have been converted into small dwelling- 
houses. It was founded in the reign of Henry I., by William 
de Lovetot, for canons regular of St. Augustine, and dedicated 
to St. Mary and St Cuthbert. The first grant " consisted of 
the whole chapelry of his whole house, with the tithes and 
oblations ; of the church of Worksop in which these canons 
were, with the lands and tithes, and all things belonging to the 
church, and the fishpond and mill near to the church, and a 
meadow adjoining to them ; of the tithes of the pence of all his 
set rents, as well in Normandy as in England ; of a carucate of 
land in the field of Worksop, and of a meadow called Cratela ; 
of all the churches of his demesne in the honour of Blyth, 
with all the lands, tithes, and other things belonging to these 
churches ; of the tithes of paunage, honey, venison, fish, fowl, 
malt, and mills, and all other things of which tithes were wont 
to be given." This grant was confirmed by King Henry the 
First, and added to by Richard de Lovetot, who approved of 
his father's gifts, granting also his part of the church of Clar- 
borough and two novates of land. Cecilia de Lovetot gave the 
church of Dinesley, in Hertfordshire, also to this Monastery ; 
but that grant was not valid until confirmed by Pope Alexander 
the Third. Gerard de Furnival granted to it " pasture for 40 
head of cattle in his park at Worksop, every year from the 
close of Easter to the feast of St. Michael." He also gave his 
body to be buried in the Monastery,* and with it he gave to the 
canons a third of his mills at Bradfield, with the suit of the 
men of that soke. His wife, the pious Matilda, also granted 
them a mark yearly out of her mills at Worksop, to "celebrate 
the anniversary of her husband." Bertha, the widow of Sir 
Thomas de Lovetot, afterwards gave them an additional four 
pounds of silver, out of the said mills at Bradfield, and they 
subsequently received many other benefactions, all of which 
were confirmed by the Roman pontiffs, until Henry VIII., 
whether for the good of his own soul or not we will not pretend 
to say, thought proper to take them all into his own hands. It 
appears from a bull of pope Alexander in 1161, that the canons 
had a power of appointing the priests for their parish churches, 

* This was always considered as a bequest of some value, as it brought large 
gums in shape of oblations, offerings, masses, requiems, &c. There have been 
many instances where the monks of one church have by force taken a rich man's 
body from the jnonks of another, in order to bring all the grist to their own 
will ! ! I 



WORKSOP ABBEY CHURCH. ioO 

V who were answerable to the bishop for the cure of the peo- 
ple's souls, and to the prior for the profits of their livings!'' At 
its dissolution, the yearly revenue of the priory was valued at 
£239. 15s. 5d. 

The Church, which belonged to, and has the same tutelary 
saints as the priory, has yet an august appearance, and its two 
lofty towers strike the eye of the beholder with an impression 
equal to those of Westminster Abbey. The style of architec- 
ture was originally Saxon ; but on the outside, it is much 
mixed with the gothic ; and the whole is in the form and 
nearly the size of a cathedral. The west entrance is superb, 
consisting of a Saxon arch with zigzag ornaments; and the 
towers over it have "Saxon Anglo-Norman, and gothic win- 
dows in different gradations. v On the north side of the edi- 
fice are some fragments of the priory ; and in the meadows be- 
low, many traces of foundations have at various times been dis- 
covered. But the most splendid specimen of antique architec- 
ture is the ruinous Chapel of St. Mary, at the south-east 
corner, the windows of which are still in good preservation, and 
are perhaps the most perfect model of the lancet shape now re- 
maining in England. On entering the church, the visitor is 
struck with its spacious and venerable appearance, though it 
now consists only of a nave and two side aisles, 135 feet in 
length ; the chancel and the centre tower having long since 
disappeared. The roof of the nave is supported by eight pillars 
on each side, alternately cylindrical and octangular, joined by 
Saxon arches, ornamented with quatrefoils. Over these are 
two alternate rows of windows, one over the arches, the other 
over the intervals above the respective pillars. The pulpit 
is a curious proof of the ingenuity of ancient workmen, 
and of the profusion of labour which they bestowed on 
sacred things. The monuments are only remarkable for 
their antiquity, and are principally in memory of the Furni- 
vals and Lovetots, or, as the Cicerone who showed them to 
Laird designated them, "morals of Antikkity, merable of the 
Funnyfields and Lovecats.'' Most of these mutilated tombs 
have been removed from their original places, and some of them 
lie in a neglected state, with the effigies *• most luxuriantly or- 
namented with whitewash." Three of these figures, repre- 
senting two knights and a lady, are now placed upright in the 
wall at the end of the north aisle. The approach to this vene- 
rable pile is through the Abbey-gate, a fine specimen of the 
latest gothic mode of workmanship, with apartments over it 
covered with a pointed roof, and lighted by florid windows and 
niches of great beautv. The statues which stood on each side 
of the gateway are gone, but there are still three over it; the 
gateway itself has a flat ceiling of oak, with gothic groins and 
supporters, but this is nothing more than the floor of the room 
above, which is now used as the National School. The gate 



46*0 HATFIELD DIVISION. 

was double, with a wicket; and the whole, even how, is a 
pleasing specimen of ancient architecture, especially when 
viewed in connection with the venerable Cross that stands in 
front, and consists of a lofty conical flight of steps-, surmounted 
by a slender pillar which has long since lost its transverse capital. 

Henry VIII* in 1542, granted to Francis Earl of Shrews- 
bury ', " the whole site and precinct of the priory of Worksop, 
and all messuages and houses, and several closes and fields, and 
four acres- of arable land in Manton, in the parish of Worksop, 
to hold to him and his heirs of the King, in capite, by the ser- 
vice of the tenth part of a knight's fee, and also by the royal 
service of finding the King a right-hand glove at his coronation, 
and of supporting his right arm that day, as long as he should 
hold the sceptre in his hand, paying yearly £23. 8s. Ob. rent." 
This grant is said to have been made in exchange for the manor 
of Farnham-Royal, in the county of Surrey, which the Furni- 
vals had held for many generations, by the aforesaid coronation 
service, which was last performed by the present Duke of Aor- 
folk, at the coronation of William IV., in 1831. 

Edward VI. granted to Henry Holbeach, Bishop of Lincoln, 
and his successors in pure and perpetual alms, the reversion of 
the rectory, and all the tithes of corn, hay, &c, of the parish 
of Worksop,, and " all that yearly rent of =£35, reserved upon 
the demise made to William Chastetyn, merchant of London." 
This grant was conferred on the said bishop, in consequence of 
his having given up to the King many of the ancient possessions 
of the See of Lincoln, in which the impropriation of Worksop 
still remains, but is leased to the Duke of Norfork, who ha3 
also the advowson of the vicarage, which is valued in the 
King's books at £\2. 4s. 2d,, and is now in the incumbency of 
the Rev. Thomas Stacye. The yearly sums of £12 on Lady- 
Day, and £6. 13s. 4d. on Michael mas -Day, are paid out of the 
great tithes to the vicar, and he also receives ^£10 annually from 
the Duke of Norfolk, for not exercising his right to the patron- 
age of Shireoaks Chapel. 

WORKSOP MANOR HOUSE, 

The property and occasional seat of his Grace the Duke of Nor- 
folk, stands on the south-west side of the town, in the centre 
of an extensive park, which is eight miles in circumference, 
and contains 1100 acres of land, with much fine timber, some 
of it so ancient as to be falling into decav. The principal 
entrance, at the foot of Park-street, consists of a lodge and 
gateway, with a pair of iron gates of elegant open work, beyond 
which is a long avenue deeply shaded by umbrageous oaks and 
other spreading tree? ; and at the end of this sylvan walk may 
J'C seen in the distance the Castle Farm, an extensive range of 
agricultural building? with a gothic front, and embattled para- 



WORKSOP MANOR. 461 

pet, surrounded by a large tract of cultivated ground ; much 
of the park being under the farmer's hands, and intersected by 
enclosure fences, consisting generally of a light railing. The 
deer are now confined in an enclosure of about 70 acres. The 
park has within its ample limits an extensive range of hills, 
sufficiently high to bound the view from the house on one side, 
and magnificently covered with a series of woods, which over- 
hang the landscape with a most charming effect. On the side 
next the farm, an abrupt swell rises in the boldest manner, tufted 
with wood, finely contrasting with the cultivated scene below, 
and presenting from its summit a most extensive prospect over 
the western part of the county. The trees in this park, which 
once formed part of the forest of Sherwood, are in general upon 
a very large scale ; there are some, mentioned nearly a cen- 
tury ago by Evelyn in his " Sylva," which will bear two feet 
square of timber, at a height of forty feet, so that each will 
contain more than six solid tons of timber : and one tree in par- 
ticular was 180 feet from the extreme ends of the opposite 
branches, covering more than half an acre of ground. The 
avenue towards its end affords some casual glimpses of the house 
itself, which, on turning round a wood, bursts at once upon 
the view. A handsome gate now leads into the yard of offices* 
separated from the front lawn by an immense screen of light 
architecture with iron folding gates. 

The HOUSE is not only justly celebrated for its beauty, 
but for[the surprising expedition which was used in its erection : 
and the visitor is struck with astonishment when told that what 
he sees is only the fifth part of the original design, so that, as 
Mr. Young in his tour very fairly observes, it would, if finished, 
be the largest house in England. It is, indeed, even now a 
masterpiece in architecture, and may be considered among the 
noblest mansions in England. Payne was the architect ; but 
we understand that some of the most beautiful parts of the 
edifice must be attributed to the architectural skill of a former 
Duchess of Norfolk, who is said to have superintended its erec- 
tion. The ancient structure, which contained about 500 rooms, 
was burnt doivn in 1761 by an accidental fire, and it was esti- 
mated that the loss sustained in paintings, furniture, antique 
statues, (many of which were of the old Arundelian collection, 
and discovered in digging the foundations of some houses in the 
Strand in London, on the scite of Arundel house) and in the 
library, must have amounted to upwards of .£1 00,000. 

The then Duke, on this unfortunate event, began a new house 
on a most magnificent plan ; and now the present building, 
w r hich is only one side of an intended quadrangle, is not unfit 
for the residence even of majesty itself. This quadrangle and 
two interior courts would have completed the plan ; but the 
execution of it was prevented by the sudden death of the heir ! 
The front which is finished, of a handsome white freestone, is 



462 Worksop manor: 

318 feet in length, presenting a facade of lightness, beauty, 
elegance, and grandeur : in the centre, a portico makes a light 
projection, consisting of six very striking Corinthian pillars 
resting on the rustics, and supporting the tympanum and pedi- 
ment with all the grace of the Antinous added to the apparent 
vigour of Hercules, 

Three handsome statues representing Divine Truth, Peace, 
and Plenty,* are placed upon the points of the pediment; and in 
its centre is an emblematical carving allusive to the high family 
alliances. A light and airy ballustrade crowns the edifice from 
the tympanum to the projecting part at the ends, which mark 
the terminations in the style of wings, and upon this are a 
number of elegant vases. 

The front entrance is into a vestibule, opposite the principal 
staircase, which is spacious and handsome ; occupying an area 
37 feet by 25, and having its walls richly ornamented with paint- 
ings in Chiaro Scuro by Thomas de Bruyn, a Fleming, who has 
pourtrayed the figures in such high relief that they actually ap- 
pear protruding from the canvas, yet they have all the softness 
of smaller paintings, combined with the strong contrast of light 
and shade always adopted in fresco and in scene painting. The 
apartments are numerous, elegantly furnished, and many of 
them very spacious, but to particularize them and their exten- 
sive and valuable collection of paintings, several of which are 
by Vandyke, would require a volume. The furniture, portraits, 
and other decorations, are all in the ancient style of magnificence, 
with hangings and beds of crimson damask and sky blue velvet, 
with the history of Joseph in Brussels tapestry, Indian scenery, 
in Gobelin work, and " all the Howards, who frown along the 
deserted galleries, some in armour, some in whiskers, and those 
of a still later date in their large wigs and square shoes." In 
one of the rooms is the bed on which His Majesty George III. 
was born at Norfolk House, in London ; it is a silk damask, 
and still in good preservation. The chapel possesses a gloom 
suitable to such a holy place, the altar is highly gilt, and has a 
large crucifix of exquisite workmanship, and a splendid painting 
of the Resurrection. The gardens, as specimens of the antique 
style of horticulture, are not undeserving of notice, though they 
have lost many of their beauties since the family ceased to make 
this their principal residence, and removed many of its best 
paintings and other ornaments to their favourite seat of Arundel 
Castle. The menagerie which a late Duchess had rilled with a 
numerous collection of birds is gone, as also is much of the 
beauty of the home grounds, except in the vicinity of the lake, 
an expansive sheet of water, receding with all the boldness of a 
river betwixt broken rocks and hanging lawns, and under the 

* The statues are said to have been executed from drawings by a late Duchew of 
Norfolk. 



DUKffS OF NORFOLK. 463 

arches of an elegant bridge of white freestone, into the bosom 
of a deep and dark wood, and having on one side of it a gentle 
swell crowned with a Tuscan temple, that forms a fine object 
from whatever direction it is seen. 

The HOWARD FAMILY, which ranks in the British 
peerage next the Blood Royal, has had its share of state suffer- 
ings ; the block has been several times stained with its blood, 
and its dignities and possessions have been often forfeited to the 
crown, but as often restored. Tt has already been seen that the 
illustrious Howards obtained Worksop Manor and many other 
of the ancient possessions of the Lovetots, Furnivals, and Tal- 
bots, by one of the three daughters and coheiresses of Gilbert 
Earl of Shrewsbury, who died in 1616. They descended from 
theEarl of Passy, in Normandy. William- Howard, " a learned 
judge in the reigns of Edward I. and IT. was one of their early 
ancestors, and his son John Howard was sheriff of Norfolk and 
Suffolk, from the 1 1th to the 16th of the latter reign, and 
served in the wars against the French and Scots/' Sir John 
Hoivard, the son of the latter, was " a renowned Admiral in 
the reign of Edward III. and was succeeded by his son Sir Ro- 
bert, who was committed to the tower, in the 2nd of Richard II. 
for detaining Margery de Narford, from her grandmother Aliee 
Lady Nevil." His son Rob&i't married Margaret, daughter and 
coheiress of Thomas de Mowbray, first Duke of Norfolk, and 
had issue by that lady (whose ancestors were allied to Edward 
I.) John Howard, who was commonly called " Jocky of Nor- 
folk," and distinguished himself in the wars with France in the 
reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV., in the latter of which 
he was " Captain -general of the King's forces at sea, Deputy 
Governor of Calais, summoned to parliament among the 
barons, and constable of the Tower of London, and obtained a 
grant in special tail of divers lands and manors. He had a pen- 
sion from France, and in addition to it, he received from Louis 
XI. in less than two years, in money and plate, " 24,000 crowns 
by way of direct bribe." (Philip Commines.) He got all the 
honours of Earl Marshal, 8>c. from the Mowbray's, Dukes of 
Norfolk just then extinct, in return for his favouring the usur- 
pation of that blood-stained monarch, Richard Crookback, with 
whom he was killed in the battle of Bosworth-field, on the 22nd 
of August, 1485, and being attainted, all his honours were for- 
feited. His son Thomas subsequently obtained the favour of 
Henry VII. and was restored to the title of Earl of 'Surrey \ 
He afterwards routed the Scots at Flodden -field, and rendered 
such other essential service to Henry VIII. that in 1514, he 
was created Duke of Norfolk. William, his second son, was 
created Baron Howard of Effingham ; and Thomas, his eldest 
son, succeeded him as Duke of Norfolk ; but after rendering 
great services to Henry VIII. both as a soldier and a plenipo- 
tentiary, he was seized* and attainted with his son Henry, who 



464 WORKSOP PARISH. 

lost his head on Tower Hill, in 1547. He himself, however, 
lived till the Catholic Mary ascended the throne, and restored 
him to all his honours and estates in 1553, but he died in the 
following year ; when he was succeeded by his grandson 
Thomas, who, in the Protestant reign of Elizabeth, was attainted 
and beheaded in 1572, for " taking part with Mary Queen of 
Scots." His son Philip, Earl of Arundel, (by Margaret, sole 
heiress of Henry Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel,) was found guilty 
of high treason in the 23d of Elizabeth, and died in the tower 
six years afterwards. His son, Thomas Earl of Arundel, in- 
troduced the " Arundel Marbles" into this kingdom as already 
noticed, and after obtaining the favour of James I. and Charles 
I. was created Earl of Norfolk in 1644, but taking no part in 
the subsequent troubles, he retired to Italy, where he died in 
1646. He left issue by Alethia, daughter of Gilbert Earl of 
Shrewsbury, Henry Frederick, sixth Earl of Norfolk, whose 
son and successor, Thomas, was created Duke of Norfolk by 
Charles II. in 1660 ; but dying without issue, his honours de- 
scended in 1677> to his brother Henry, who had been created 
Lord Howard of Castlerising, by the same monarch. The lat- 
ter died in 1684, and was succeeded by his son Henry, who 
was a " stanch Protestant." One day, says Burnet, " the King 
(James II.) gave this Duke of Norfolk the sword of state to 
carry before him to the popish chapel ; and he stood at the door. 
Upon which the King said unto him, c My lord, your father 
would have gone further ;' to which the Duke answered, * Your 
Majesty's father was the better man, and he would not have 
gone so far.' " It was owing to his nephew succeeding him that 
the title came again into the Roman Catholic line, in which it 
still remains. This nephew, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, died 
without issue in 1732, and was succeeded by his brother Ed- 
ward, who also died without issue in 1777> when the titles of 
Norfolk, Arundel, Surrey, &e. descended to Charles Howard, 
of Greystock, in Cumberland, who, in 1786, was succeeded by his 
son Charles, the late Duke, who likewise died without issue in 
1815, when his honours passed to his cousin and heir, the pre- 
sent Most Noble Bernard Edward Howard, Duke of No?'~ 
folk, Earl Sitrrey and Arundel, Hereditary Earl Marshal, 
Premier Peer, Baron Fitz Alan, Chin and Osivaldestre, and 
Maltravers, F. U.S. and F.S. A. who married Lady Elizabeth 
Belasyse, by whom he has issue Henry Charles Hoivard, Earl 
of Surrey, who married in 1814, Lady Charlotte Leveson 
Gower, by whom he has issue Henry Lord Fitz Alan and other 
children. The late Duke renounced the ancient religion of 
his ancestors, but his present Grace professes the Roman Ca- 
tholic Faith, as also does his son and grandchildren, who re- 
side generally at Worksop Manor. His Grace's principal seat 
i« at Arundel Castle in Sussex, and his town residence in St. 
James's-square. He is the twelfth Duke of Norfolk of 'tha 



WORKSOP PARISH. 465 

Howard family, before whom that title was borne by Richard 
Duke of York, the infant son of Edward IV., who was mur- 
dered in the tower by order of his uncle, Richard III., who 
subsequently conferred the dignity upon the Howards. Before 
Prince Richard, there had been four Mowbrays Dukes of 
York, the title being" first created in L397; but the Bigod 
family had been Earls of Norfolk from 1135 to 1270, and pre- 
vious to them there had been Ralph Waher, whom William the 
Conqueror created Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, titles which he 
soon afterwards forfeited for treason. 

CLUMBER PARK, 

The elegant and magnificent residence of his Grace of New- 
castle, is also within the ample limits of Worksop parish, ex- 
cept about 40 acres belonging to the township of Carb«rton. 
It extends from 2 to 5 miles S.E. of Worksop, and comprises 
3412 acres of land ; all of which is in Radford Constablewick — 
(See p. 457,) except the 40 acres just named. It is about three 
miles in length and breadth, adjoins Thoresby park on the 
south, and is crossed by the river Wollen from Welbeck, which 
forms near the house a beautiful lake of 87 acres. About 80 
years ago it was one of the wildest tracts of Sherwood forest, 
being then " little more than a black heath full of rabbits, hav- 
ing a narrow river running through it, with a small boggy close 
or two ;" but now, besides a princely mansion and a noble lake, 
it has 1393 acres of plantations, and 1892 acres of richly culti- 
vated-land in tillage and pasturage. Within its precincts are 
the remains of two woods of venerable oaks, viz. Clumber Wood, 
from which it has its name, and Hardwick Wood, which gives 
name to Hardwick Grange, his Grace's farming establishment, 
at the north-east corner of the park. Throsby says, " when 
I visited Clumber, (1796,) I entered the park two miles S. of 
Worksop, through an entrance more than two miles from 
the house, crescent formed, and topped with the arms of 
the family. Within the park the country opens upon you 
with splendour, rich in effect, and delightful to the eye. The 
fir and woody scenery around, in May, were warmed with 
patches of broom and gorse, then in golden hue, left, it maybe 
presumed, for ornament. The hills, or rather rising grounds, 
.are beautifully clothed with woody scenery ; the lawns smooth ; 
the walks every where adorned with rich plantations seated in 
.-the happiest succession; and the cross-roads all furnished with 
excellent direction posts," — pointing the way to the house, which 
being in rather alow situation, would not be easily found by a 
stranger without the aid of these friendly monitors, the want 
<of which, our author sorely lamented in his rambles in the 
neighbouring parks of Thoresby and Welfeeck, in the latter of 
which he met with one of these stationary " gentlemen," who. 

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466 CLUMBER HOUSE. 

putting on a forbidding aspect, told him in broad characters 
that there was " No road this way" 

Clumber House, 4 miles S.E. of Worksop, is a spacious 
and elegant mansion, built since the year 177^, of white free- 
stone,* and occupying a central situation in the park, on the 
north side of the serpentine lake, which is enlivened fby a great 
number of swans, and by several handsome vessels, one of 
which is a Frigate called the Lincoln, and another bears the 
appellation of the Clumber Yacht, So much has been said in 
praise of this mansion, that it is difficult to find novel terms in 
wlrich to express its elegance. It has been said that it era- 
braces magnificence and comfort more than any other noble- 
man's seat in England ; that every thing reflects the highest 
credit on the taste displayed in the accommodations and orna- 
ments found in this delightful retreat ; and that in this " princely 
abode, the writer of romance might enrich his fancy, and the 
poet imagine himself wandering through an enchanted palace." 
The house consists of three fronts, and in the centre of that 
which faces the lake, there is a very light ionic colonade, which 
has a pleasing effect, especially when viewed in connection 
with the rest of the edifice, which is best seen from the lofty and 
elegant bridge that crosses the expansive lake, to which the 
lawn descends by two terraces forming ornamental shrubberies, 
and having on the lower one, two fountains, and two flights of 
steps into the lake. The entrance hall, which is very lofty, and 
supported by pillars, contains several good paintings, an elegant 
marble medallion of Dolphin and Tritons, a marble table in- 
laid with landscapes ; another tesselated, and some fine antique 
busts. The lofty Staircase has a handsome railing, " curiouslv 
wrought and gilt in the shape of crowns, with tassils hanging 
down between them, from cords twisted into knots and festoons." 
It is adorned with the Kitcat club, and Dr. Measuobre giving 
lectures, by Doddridge ; a marble model of the Laocoon groupe, 
exquisitely finished; a small painting of Apollo and the Hours 
preceded by Aurora ; and in the upper part are some Roman 
monuments in good preservation. The Library is 45 feet by 31 , 
and 21 feet in height, and contains in elegant mahogany cases, a 
splendid and well-chosen collection of English, foreign, and clas- 
sical literature. A Corinthian arch, the columns of which are 
of jasper, opens into the new reading room, (30 feet by 27,) 
which was finished in 1832, and has an octagon front com- 
manding a charming prospect of the lake and pleasure grounds. 
The Duke's Study, has several excellent family portraits, viz. 
John Holies, first Earl of Clare ; Edward Earl of Lincoln, by 
Holbein; Thomas Duke of New castle ; Mr, Henry Pelham, 
in his gown as Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer; his daugh- 
ter Miss Pelham, grandmother of the present Duke; Sir Henry 
m 

* Brought from a quarry m (be Duke's estate, about !> miles from (lun 



WOKKSOP PARISH. 4#J 

Clinton), Commander-in-Chief of the British army, during part 
of the American war; also a very remarkable small original of 
Henry VIII. ; and two good landscapes by Binge, the young 
artist of Tickhill, who was patronized by his Grace about 20 
years ago The principal apartments are superbly furnished, 
and contain a great variety of exquisite paintings, amongst 
which are several by Rembrandt, Rubens, Vandyke, Snyders, 
Hoare, and Corregio ; one by the latter, or, as some say, by Fu- 
rino, is the famous piece of Sigismunda weeping over the heart 
of Tancred, But the greatest glory of Clumber is its State 
Dining Room, a most magnificent apartment, 60 feet in length, 
34 in breadth, and 30 in height ; it is sufficiently large to ac- 
commodate 150 guests at table, independent of a superb recess 
or saloon for the sideboard, &c. The ceiling and pannels are 
extremely rich in stucco and gilding, yet chaste without glare ; 
the lustres are of the finest cut glass ; and the marble chimney- 
piece and steel grate may be seen, but cannot be described ; 
they are in fact an honour to English taste and execution. On 
the walls hang seven beautiful paintings, valued at no less than 
£25,000 ; four of them are market pieces, by the joint pencils 
of Snyder and Long John, and eonsistingof a display of flesh, 
fish, fowl, and fruit and vegetables; and the others are dead 
game, by Wenix, and two landscapes by Zuccarelli. If Clum- 
ber possessed no other paintings than these gems, the time and 
attention of the tourist or artist would be amply repaid by 
their examination. The Chapel is a very pleasing apartment, 
admirably fitted for its purpose, and having a very sombre effect 
from the four windows of stained glass, in which the family 
arms are very handsomely emblazoned, In the Dressing Room 
up stairs are seven fine paintings in water colours, of ancient 
Roman taste, brought from Herculaneum. The Bed Rooms 
are most superb \ the beds are fitted up in imitation of tents 
and pavillions, with their curtains even picturesquely arranged ; 
in short, every thing about the house breathes the essence of 
taste and " the very soul of magnificence." 

Dukes op Newcastle. — Sir William Cavendish, nephew 
of the first Earl of Devonshire, was created Baron Ogle, and 
Viscount Mansfield, in 1620; Baron Cavendish, of Bolsover, in 
1628 ; Earl of Newcastle, in 1651 ; Marquis of Newcastle, in 

1643, and Earl Ogle and Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 

1644. This was the famous Equestrian Duke of Newcastle, 
who resided at Weibeck, as noted at page 450. He died in 
1676 ; and was succeeded in his honours and estates by his son, 
Henry Cavendish, who married the daughter of William Pierre- 
pont, Esq., of Thoresby Hall, and died in 1691, when his titles 
became extinct, in conseqnence of his leaving no male issue. 
Margaret, one of his daughters and co-heiresses, married John 
Holies, fourth Earl of Clare, who in 1694, was created Marquis 
of Clare, and Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Previous to big 



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DUKES OF NEWCASTLE. 



marriage he resided at Houghton, (vide p. 432,) but he after- 
wards removed to Welbeck, where he died in 1711, when, for 
want of issue, his titles became extinct ; but he bequeathed his 
estates to his sister's son, Thomas Pelham,. second Baron Pel- 
ham, of Laughton, in Sussex, who assumed the name of Holies r 
and in 1714, was created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 
in 1715, Duke of New castle-under -Lyme* At his death in 1768^ 
all his titles became extinct, except those of Duke of New- 
castle-under-Lyme, and Baron Pelham, of Stanemere, which 
descended in marriage with his niece Catharine, to Henry 
Fiennes Clinton, ninth Earl of Lincoln,, who assumed the name 
of Pelham, and died in 1794, His son, Thomas Pelham Clin- 
ton, the late Duke, died in the following year, and was suc- 
ceeded by his son, the present most Noble Henry Pelham 
Fiennes-Pelham Clinton, Duke of Newcastle, Earl of Lincoln, 
Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, K. G., SfC 8$c* whose son, 
the Right Hon, Henry Pelham Clinton, bears his father's 
secondary title of Earl of Lincoln, and resides with him at 
Clumber House* 

The family of Clinton, who now inherit the Clumber portion 
of the Cavendish estates, (vide p. 433,) is of Norman origin, 
and settled in England at the Conquest. They took their name 
from the Lordship of Climpton, in Oxfordshire. Roger Climp- 
ton or Clinton was Bishop of Coventry, from 1228 till 1249. 
John de Clinton was summoned to parliament in the first of 
Edward I., by the title of Baron Clinton, of Maoctoch* His 
second son, William, was Lord High Admiral of England in 
1333, and created Earl of Huntingdon in 1337. The 2nd, 3rd, 
4th, and 5th Lords of Clinton distinguished themselves in the 
wars of Edward III. and Henry V. and VT. Edward the 
ninth Lord Clinton, Lord High Admiral of England, was 
created Earl of Lincoln in 1572. His successor, Henry, second 
Earl of Lincoln, was one of the commissioners on the trial of 
Mary Queen of Scots. Henry, the seventh Earl, was Constable 
of the Tower, and Paymaster of the forces in the reign of 
Queen Anne. Henry, the ninth Earl, became as has just been 
seen, Duke of Newcastle, and was succeeded by his son Thomas, 
the late Duke, who married Anna Maria, daughter of William, 
second Earl of Harrington. Before his father's death he was a 
major-general in the army, and served in the American war. 
After enjoying the (dukedom about one year, he died in 1795, 
and was succeeded by his son, the present noble Duke, who. was 
born January 31, 1785. 

Gateford constableivick is a hamlet of its own name, on 
the Seffield road, 2 miles N. N. W. of Worksop, and several 
scattered houses. It comprises about 1100 acres, belonging 
chiefly to Henry Machon, Esq. of Gateford Hill, a handsome 
stone mansion, half a mile N. of the village, occupying the site 
of the ancient residence of the Lascelles family. Raymoth, a 



WORKSOP PARISH* 4b9 

large farm, belongs to Mr. B. Eddison. The Duke of Norfolk 
and Sir Thos. W. White have also estates here, and the owners 
have the manorial rights of their respective property. Mrs. 
Mary Dunston, who now lives with her daughter at Claylands, 
is 101 years of age, though so lately as 1830 she joined in a 
country dance. 

Hagginfield is but a small hamlet and constablewick, hav- 
ing only 800 acres of land, belonging to the Duke of Norfolk, 
2 miles W. N. W. of Worksop. It is crossed by the river 
Ryton and the canal, and has on its eastern side a fine bed of 
clay, which makes excellent bricks, and on its western verge is 
plenty of good limestone, and also the noted freestone quarry 
and lime kilns, called Lady Lee. 

Osberton and Scofton are two lordships, forming a 
joint constablewick, and lying on opposite sides of the river 
Ryton and the canal, from 2 to 5 miles E. of Worksop. They 
are both the property of George Savile Foljambe, Esq. of 
Osberton Hall, an elegant modern mansion, with a portico 
of four ionic pillars, supporting a highly ornamented architrave 
and pediment. The country around is very romantic, and 
richly clothed with wood, a large portion of which has been 
planted by the present owner, who charitably supports a school 
at Scofton, on the north side of the Ryton, for the education of 
20 poor children. In the hall is a valuable Museum, consisting 
of a complete collection of British birds, several cases of foreign 
and geological specimens, &c. &c, also a carving in alabaster 
representing the Assassination of Thomas-a- Becket, and sup- 
posed to have been the original altar-piece of Beauchief Abbey, 
near Sheffield. Another antique relic which the visitor will 
find here is a Roman Altar, that was found some years ago at 
Littleborough. The east front of the hall opens upon a 
spacious lawn, shut in on one side by a noble boundary of oak, 
and on the other by a screen of thriving plantations. The two 
lordships comprise 3841 acres, of which 1592 are in Osberton. 
Chequer House, at the eastern extremity of the latter, is partly 
in Babworth parish. Scofton was the property of the late 
Robert Sutton, Esq., of whom it was purchased about 30 years 
ago by the late F. F. Foljambe, Esq. who pulled down the' hall. 

Shireoaks, 2| miles W. N. W. of Worksop, is a manor 
and chapelry, which had its name from an ancient oak that 
stood many centuries on the spot where the three counties of 
Nottingham, York, and Derby converge. A fine thriving 
young oak occupies the site of the original tree, which is not 
remembered by any person now living. William de Lovetot 
gave this lordship to Worksop priory, but at the dissolution of 
the religious houses, Henry VIII. granted it to Robert and 
Hugh Thornhill, together with Gateford and Darfould, for the 
yearly rent of 13s. 4d. From the Thornhills it passed to the 
HeivittSi with whom it remained till Sir Thomas Hewitt' diSit 



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WORKSOP PARISH. 



herited his daughter for marrying against his will, and be- 
queathed this estate to his godson, John Thornhaugh, Esq. for 
the term of his life ; after which it passed to the Rev. John 
Hewitt, rector of Harthill, who built and endowed here a 
chapel of ease, in 1809, and in the following year sold the 
Shireoaks estate to the Duke of Norfolk, who, after the death 
of Mr. Hewitt, pulled down the ancient mansion house, except 
a small portion of the walls, which have been fitted up as a 
dwelling by Mr. Froggatt. Since the Duke purchased the 
estate, much of its fine timber has fallen a sacrifice to the wood- 
man's axe. The chapel is a neat stone edifice, consisting of a 
nave and chancel, with an octangular tower, surmounted by a 
cupola. The Rev. George Savile, B. A., the first and present 
incumbent, was presented to the curacy by the founder, but by 
the archbishop's license, dated 1810, the future patronage will 
be in the Duke of Norfolk, in consideration of his paying j£10 
a-year to the vicar of Worksop. The endowment consists of 
£90 a-year for the curate, besides a neat parsonage house, ad- 
joining the chapel-yard, and .£10 a-year for the clerk. Shire- 
oaks contains about 800 acres, and is crossed by the Chester- 
field canal and the Ryton rivulet. 



GATEFORD. 

Beardshaw John, genti Baker's 
Plat 

Bingham Wm. blacksmith 

Carr Benj. farmer 

Carr W. maltster, Ashley cottage 

Eddison Mrs. Ann 

Eddison Henry, maltster . 

Fell Samuel, shoemaker 

Hodgkinson Jas. maltster, Gate- 
ford villa 

Machon Henry, Esq. Gateford 
hill 

Rhodes Eliz. farmer 

Silvestor George, farmer 

Vessey Miss Eiiz. Gateford hall 

Wright Mary, vict. Plough 

Wiight Mary, farmer, Claylands 

HAGGIx\FIELD. 

Cook George, farmer 

Hawson John, maltster 

Knight Wm. Rd. lime burner & 

stone merchant, Lady Lee and 

Worksop 
Lewis Edward, brick maker 
Mosley Wm. maltster, Lady Lee 
Pressen Thos. farmer 
Smith John, farmer 
Storey Wm. farmer 



Thornton John, brick maker and 
maltster 

OSBERTON AND SCOFTON. ' 

Marked % are in Scofion. 

Foljambe Geo. Savile, Esq.Osber- 
ton hall 

J A thro n Wm. woodman 

JBroughton Godfrey, land bailiff 

Foster John, corn miller, Dia- 
mond nook 

Hodgkinson Rd. Grange 

jHall Wm. gamekeeper 

JHorton John, blacksmith 

Marshall Fras. Mill 

Mason Mrs. housekeeper 

Thorn Leond. house steward 

Wagstaff Wm. land agent, Che- 
quer house 

J Wilkinson Ann, schoolmistress 

Wilkinson John, farmer 

Wilkinson Wm. farmer 

SHIREOAKS. 

Challoner Peter, farmer 
Durham John, corn miller 
Froggatt John, gent. Shireoaks 

hall 
Hatfield Wm. shopkeeper and 

clerk 
Hudson W T m. blacksmith 



HATFIELD" DIVISION. 



471 



Metcalf Mr. Joseph 
PJant John, miller 



IRadley Wm. farmer 
Savile Rev. Geo. curate 



WORKSOP DIRECTORY. 

List of Streets, Hamlets, &c. in Worksop and Radford 
Constable wicks, both of which are included in this Directory. 

Those marked f are in Radford. The figures and capital letters 
show the distance in miles, and the bearings of each hamlet, fyc, 
from the town. 



f Abbey St. Potter street 
Binney's yard, Bridge street 
Blackburn's yard, Bridge street 
fBrace Bridge, Potter street 
Bridge Place, Bridge street 
Bridge street, Market place 
Canal side, foot of Bride street 
Castle farm, Manor park 
fClumber house, 4 m. S. E. 
Coal moor, Bridge place 
Coney st. top of Market place 
CresweHholm, Bridge place 
t Cross bld^s. Potter street 
Darfould, 1J m. W. 
Eastgate, Bridge place 
Forest hill,2m.N. 
Forest road, foot of Newgate st 
fFriar Well road, Abbey gate 
Hardwick grange, 4 m. E. 
Harness grove, l£m. W. by S. 
Hetts bldgs. Eastgate 
Hodgkinson's yd. Bridge pi 
Justice's yard, Bridge street 
Kilton, lm. N.-E, 
Lead hill, Westgate 



f Low street, Potter street 
fManton, 1£ m. E. 
Market place. Bridge street 
Marson's yard, Bridge street 
fMayor's croft, Newgate street 
Newgate street, Coney street 
Nicholson's yard, Market place 
Norfolk st. Westgate 
Park street, Coney street 
Pearce's bldgs. Newgate street 
Playhouse yd. Potter street « 
Potter street, Market place < 
Radford place, Forest road 
Ratcliff, 2 m. S. W. 
Sandhill, Westgate 
Skinner's row, Bridge place 
Sloswick, 2J m. S. 
SparkenJiill, J m. S. by E. 
St. Mary's grove, Bridge st 
Ward lane, Bridge st 
Westgate, Market place 
Worksop lodge, 1 m. W. 
Worksop manor, \ m. S. E. 
N.B. Eastgate, Newgate st. and 
Potter st» are partly in Radford 



Post Office, Market Place,-^- Edward Parker, Post Master. 

A Mail gig is despatched to Retford at 10 in the Morning, & returns 
atthree in the Afternoon. 



D'ake of Norfolk, Worksop manor 
Duke of Newcastle, Clumber 

house 
Earl of Surry, Worksop manor 
Earl of Lincoln, Clumber house 
Allan Henry, supervisor, Potter 

street 
Armstrong John, excise officer, 

Norfolk street 
Bates Mrs. Dorothy, Bridge st 
Bates Capt. Robert, Bridge st 



Baxter Edward, corn merchant* 

Bridge street 
Baxter John, carter, Newgate st 
Beachey Mrs. Ann, Newgate st 
Beardsall William, toll collector, 

Moot Hall 
Bingley Mrs. Ann, Bridge st 
Blackburn Samuel, gent. Lead 

hill 
Booth Mrs. Mary Ann, Gateford 

road 



472 



WORKSOP DIRECTORY. 



Brace William, road surveyor, 
Abbey street 

Bradley Wm. woodman, Hard- 
wick 

Broome Mrs. Ann, Potter street 

Burchby Thos. cabinec maker, 
Clumber 

Burn William, town cryer, New- 
gate street 

Bullivant Thomas, farmer, Slos- 
wick 

Candlin Robert, keeper, Carbur- 
ton lodge. Clumber park 

Carter Mr. John, Potter st 

Champion William, gent. Bridge 
house 

Clarke, Samuel, farmer, Eastgate 

Clayton Richard, gent. Newgate 
street 

Conworth Job, chief constable 
for N. Clay Divison, Bridge 
street 

Cross Thomas, farmer, Castle 
farm 

Dawson George, coach proprie- 
tor and livery stable keeper. 
Lead hill 

Dibble Henry, park and game- 
keeper, Sparken hill 

Dixon William, shepherd, Clum- 
ber park 

Downs, Mrs. Eliz. Potter street 

Dowse John, clerk, Newgate st 

Eccles William, farmer, RatclifTe 

Eddison, Benjamin, sen. gent. 
Bridge street 

Ellis Mr. Joseph, Norfolk st 

Ellum Charles, groom, Clumber 
lodge 

Ewbank Rev. Wm. Potter st 

Eyre John, Mayor croft 

Falkner Mrs. Frances, Bridge st 

Fletcher Thomas, painter, New- 
gate street 

Fullerton John, jun. Esq. Forest 
hill house 

Girdler Richard, gent. Potter st 

Grafton William, timber mercht. 
Gateford road 

Gregory William, gent. Gateford 
road 

Habbijam Robert, horse breaker, 
Kilt on lane 



Hall John, carter, Eastgate 

Harrison Wm. farmer, Carlton 
road 

Harpham Thomas, fishmonger, 
Bridge street 

Haykin Mrs. Phoebe, Norfolk st 

Hicks Mr. James, Mayor croft 

Hodgkinson, Mrs. Ann, Potter 
street 

Hodgkinson Saml. farmer, Kilton 

Hopkin Thos. maltster, Mayor 
croft ' 

Horncastle Jno. farmer, Manton 

Horrobin Samuel, sweep, Nichol- 
son's yard 

Hovenden Thomas, house stew- 
ard, Clumber house 

Hunt Richard, agent, Clumber 
office 

Hutchinson George, bailiff, La- 
dies' farm, Clumber park 

Jackson John, excise officer, 
Potter street 

Johnson William, book-keeper, 
Bridge place 

Jones Rev. Jas. Catholic Priest, 
Sandhill place 

Joseph Rev. Wm. (Tnd.) Potter 
street 

Kelp John, farmer, Eastgate 

Kemp Samuel, writer. Low st 

Kirk Thomas and Wm. stone- 
masons, Clumber park 

Kirk by Mrs. Mary. Newgate st 

Knight Wm. Rd. lime and stone 
merchant, Bridge street 

Langley Miss Mary Ann, Mayor 
croft 

Leith Matthias, millwright, Pot- 
ter street 

Leith Thomas, millwright. Play- 
house yard , 

Littlewood Samuel, joiner, Clum- 
ber park 

Lowley Misses Ann and Sarah, 
Potter street 

Makins Jas. gamekeeper, Hard- 
wick 

Marr Mr. James. Bridge street 

Marsh John, farmer, Foreet 
farm 

Marston Wm. Esq. Bridge st 

Mawe Francis, clerk, Potter * T 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



473 



Mosley Wm. maltster, Bridge st 
Mellors Jno. keeper, Apleyhead 

lodge, Clumber park 
Moffatt Thomas, gardener, Clum- 
ber park 
Newton, Mrs. Sarah, Park st 
Nock, Mrs. Ann, Shireoaks road 
OlFen Robert, sailor, Hardwick 
Outram Francis, farmer, Rayton 
Oxley Francis, farmer, Creswell 

holm 
Parkin Miss Sarah, Newgate st 
Parr William, land bailiff, Hard- 

wick 
Peacock William, parish clerk, 

Brace bridge 
Pearce Misses Betty and Letitia, 

Mayor croft 
Pearce Mr. Robert, Newgate st 
Pegge Mrs. Eliz. Newgate st 
Pickard Henry William, Esq. 

Forest hill 
Potter Richard, governor of the 

workhouse, W r ard lane 
Radley Miss Eliz. Bridge street 
Richardson John, gent. Gateford 

road 
Roe Curtis, sweep, Nicholson's 

yard 
Roe Francis, Esq. Potter street 
Sharman Thomas, job gardener, 

Norfolk street 
Shaw John, game dealer, Bridge 

street 
Shaw Rueben, whitesmith, Bridge 

street 
Shipman John, travelling sta- 
tioner, Newgate 
Sissons Miss Mary, Newgate 
Sissons Peter, gent. Westgate 
Slack William, carter, Eastgate 
Smith John, gent. Bridge st 
Stacye Rev. Thomas, vicar, Pot- 
ter street 
Stephenson Henry, (Meth.) St. 

Mary's grove 
Temple William, cook, Clumber 

house 
Thomas Theop. valet, Clumber 
Thompson Miss Hannah, Potter 

street 
Thompson Mr. Jonathan, Clum- 
ber cottage 



Thompson Joseph, hosier, Pot- 
ter street 

Truman Mr. George, Lead hill 

Truman Win. baker, &c. Mayor 
croft 

Turner George, cowkeeper, Kil- 
ton lane 

Turner Mrs. Samuel, Friar well 
lane 

Wake, Mrs. Jane, Potter street 

Walkins Samuel, land agent, Park 
street 

Waring Thomas, stone mason, 
Potter street 

Webb Mrs. Sarah, Newgate st 

Webster Thomas, bank agent r 
Potter street 

Whitaker Mr. William, Potter 
street 

White Joseph, machine maker. 
Newgate street 

Wood Thomas, cart owner, New- 
gate street 

Worthington, Mr. John, Newgt 
ACADEMIES. 

Bartlam Edw. Bridge street 

Bower Wm. Potter street 

Burdon Eliz. Market place 

Coates Wm. (bdg. & day) Carl- 
ton road 

Day Eliz. Bridge street 

Dent Lucy, Newgate st 

Huertley Frances, (ladies' bdg.) 
Park street 

Huertley Wm. (drawing) Potter 
street 

Lock wood Jph. Norfolk st 

National Wm. Haslewood, Ab- 
bey gate 

Rational (Ghls), Ann Fitzaker- 
ley, Newgate st 

Newbolt Henrietta, Clumber 

Tunstall Isaac, Lead hill 

Tyzack Jph. Park street 

W'ilson Sarah, (bd?.) Potter st 
ATTORNEYS. 

Beardshaw Thos. Bridge st 

Owen Henry, (& clerk to the ma- 
gistrates) Bridge st 

Wake Henrv Stephen, Potter st 
AUCTIONEERS. 

Broome Thos. Bridge st 

Sissons Francis, Potter st 



474 



WORKSOP DIRECTORY. 



BAKERS & FLOUR DLRS. 

Godfrey Edward, Bridge st 
Harris Martha, Newgate st 
Harrison Fras. Low street 
Hevvson Robt. Bridge street 
Hooson Fras. (& <onfr.) Potter st 
Houghton Wm. Park street 
Skelton John (& confr.) Market 

place 
Willmot John, Lead hill 

BANKERS. 
Cooke, (Sir Wm. B.) Foljambe, 

Parker, & Walker, Potter st. ; 

(draw on Coutts & Co. London) 
Savings' Bank,George Inn,Bridge 

st. ; open every Monday, from 

10 to 12 

BASKET MAKERS. 
Flint Wm. Potter street 
Parsons John, Market place 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Ball John, Westgate 
Fletcher Geo. Park street 
Grayson Geo. Bridge street 
Green Wm. Potter street 
Stringfellow Saml. Leadhill 
Webster Geo. Potter street 
BOAT BUILDERS. 
Froggatt & Grafton, Bridge pi 

BOAT OWNERS. 
Beeston Geo. Canal side 
Hodgkinson Joshua, Carlton rd 
Hurst Jas. Friarwell lane 
Marples Geo. Bridge place 
Walker Geo. Eastgate 
Watson Geo. Friarwell lane 
BOOKSELLERS, PRINTERS, 

LIBRARIES, &c. 
Sissons Fras. (& stamp office) 

Potter street 
Whitlam John, (& paper hanger) 

Coney street 

BOOT & SHOEMAKERS. 
Barlow Jph. Potter street 
Barlow Thos. Leadhill 
Bartrop Wm. Park street 
Coupe John, Norfolk street 
Fricknall Wm. Potter 6treet 
Gilling James, Eastgate 
Gilling John, Norfolk street 
Holbrey Paul, Newgate street 
Lilley John, Gateford road 
Lockwood John, Potter street 



Machon Hy. Newgate street 
Newcombe John, Newgate st 
Pearce Anthony, Newgate st 
Pye John, Newgate street 
Richardson Wm. Benj. Coney st 
Robbins Thos. Park street 
ShirtcliffGeo. (whs.) Bridge 6t 
Smith Geo. Market place 
Smith Geo. jun. Bridge place 
Twelves Wm. Justice's yard 
Wall John Bridge street 
Wall John, jun. Eastgate 
Whitehead Chas. Newgate st 
Whitehead John, Westgate 
Whitehead Saml. Low street 

BRAZIERS & TINMEN. 
Heane Hy. Bridge street 
Shayle Thos. Potter street 
BRICKLAYERS. 
Keeling Wm Market place 
Knock Stanley, Mayor croft 
Rooke Saml. Common 
Waring Thos. (& stone mason) 

Potter street 
Webster John, Lead hill 

BRICKMAKERS. 
Lewis Edw. Hagginfield 
Thornton John, Hagginfield 

BUTCHERS. 
Ashmore Geo. Bridge street 
Ashmore Wm. Newgate street 
Bee Jonathan, Bridge street 
Bee Wm. Newgate street 
Clarke John, Potter street 
Clarke Thos. Eastgate 
Cowley Geo. Potter street 
Eyre Robert, Bridge street 
Futtit Hannah, Coney street 
Goacher Geo. Bridge street 
Greathead Thos. Market pi. and 

Park street 
Greathead Thos. jun. Potter st 
Leeson Rd. Mkt. pl.& Coney st 
Mayor Jph. Bridge street 
Slack John, Eastgate 
Wardle Isaac, Bridge street 
Watkin Wm. Abbey street 
Whitaker John, Potter street 
CABINET MAKERS, BUILD- 

ERS, &c 
Hyde Rd. (& bdg. surveyor and 

appraiser) Park street 
Miller John, Bridge, place 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



475 



White Wan. Potter street 
Wright John, Leadhill 
CHAIR MKRS. & TURNERS. 
Gabbitas John, Eastgate 
Moss & Alsop, Potter street 
Sharp Sam I. Park street 
COAL MERCTS., WHARFIN- 
GERS, & CARRIERS. 
Canal Company's Wharf, Canal 

side, Jas. Bennett, agent 
Dethick Saml. jun. & Co. Bridge 

place 
Mapson Rd. & Co. Bridge st 
Pashley & Storey, Bridge st 

COOPERS. 
Flint William, Potter street 
Newton Fras. Bridge street 

CORN MILLERS. 
Durham John, Worksop Mill 
Eddison, Baxter & Co. Bridge st 
Gibson Thos. Forest mill 
Millns Robert, Eastgate 
Skelton Fras. Radford 

CURRIERS, &c. 
Pattison Jph. Lead hill 
Storv John, Park street 
DRUGGISTS. 
Eddison John, Market place 
Justice George, Bridge street 
Harrison Edward, Westgate 
Latham Robert, Market place 
FIRE & LIFE OFFICES. 
British, Fras. Sissons, Potter st 
County, Thos. Broome, Bridge st 
Norwich Union, Thos. Webster, 

Potter street 
Sheffield, John Black, Park st 

I GLASS, CHINA, &c. DLRS. 

1 Cartwright St. John, Market pi 

I Read John, Newgate street 

! GROCERS & TEA DEALERS. 

j Cartwright St. John, Market pi 
Cutts George, Norfolk street 
Eddison John, Market place 
Hooson Fras. Potter street 
Latham Robert, Bridge street 

I McBurnie Robert, Potter st 
Paling Samuel, Potter street 

, Rohbins Samuel, Newgate street 
Scott James, Bridge street 
Skelton John, Market place 

t Story John, Low street 
Stubbs Randall, Newgate street 



West Robert, Park street 

Wilson Matthew, (& chandler) 
Bridge street 

GUN MAKER. 

Bonell Wm. Bridge street 
HAIR DRESSERS. 

Shirtliffe Geo. (perfumer) Bridge 
street 

Tomlinson Wm. Market place 

Vallance Andrew, Market place 
HAT MANUFACTURERS. 

Cree Wm. Westgate 

Plant Thos. Bridge street 

Sissons Fras. (London hats) Pot- 
ter street 

INNS & TAVERNS. 

Blue Bell, Stephen Wilson, Park 
street 

Bull Inn, Sarah Thorpe, Mkp. 

Cross Keys, Wm. Wale, Potter st 

Crown Inn, (& excise office) Rd. 
Beedall, Potter street 

French Horn, Wm. Barlow, Pot- 
ter street 

George Inn, Thomas Broome, 
Bridge street 

Golden Ball, John Northige, 
Bridge place 

Golden Lion, Jph. Child, Bridge 
street 

Grey Hound, W. Benj. Richard- 
son, Coney street 

Holly Bush, Wm. Keeling, Mkp 

Lord Nelson, Jane Marples, 
Bridge street 

Marquis of Granby, John Butt, 
Bridge street 

New Ship, John Wallis, Westgt 

Norfolk Arms, Wm. Hett, Nor- 
folk street 

Old Black Bull, John Marsden, 
Market place 

Old Ship, Mary Sibery, Market 
place 

Red Lion Inn, (posting) Richard 
Gilbert, Market place 

Rein Deer, John Salmon, New- 
gate street 

Smiths' Arms, John Markham, 
Potter street 

Sportsman's Inn, Rt. Didsbury, 
Bridge street 



476 



WORKSOP DIRECTORY. 



Wheat Sheaf, Thos. Eyre, Bridge 

street 
White Hart, John Woolhouse, 

Market place 
Yellow Lion, Wm. Cowley, Pot- 
ter street 

BEER HOUSES. 
Anchor, John Ellis, Eastgate 
Board, Jph. Garside, Potter st 
Board, Jas. Tewson, Newgate st 
Board, Phineas Smith, Norfolk st 
Board, Geo. Froggatt, Norfolk st 
Boat, Wm. Footet, Friar Well In 
Half Moon. Wm. Warner, New- 
gate street 
King William, Thos. Hancock, 

Abbey street 
Pheasant, Robert Arthur, Gate- 
ford road 
Royal Oak, Robert Drake<, New- 
gate street 
White Lion, Thomas Robbins, 

IRON & BRASS FOUNDER. 

Ellis Thos. Potter street 

IRONMONGERS. 
Heane Edw. Bridge street 
Parker Edw. Market place 
Shaw Mary & Son, Bridge st 
Shayle Thos. Potter street 
JOINERS. 
See also Cabinet Makers, 
Driver Edw. Potcer street 
Lees Samuel, Westgate 
Mellars John, Mayor croft 
Levick Thomas, Bridge street 

LAND SURVEYORS. 
Black John, Park street 
Hickson John, Bridge street 
LINEN & WLN. DRAPERS. 
Bailey Joshua, (woollen) Potter st 
Creswick John & Co. Potter st 
Kerr John. Bridge street 
McBurnie Rt. Potter street 
Morgan Wm. (linen) Market pi 
Nicholson Susannah, Market pi 
Pearson Isaac & Edw. Bridge st 
Smith Thos. Park street 
Tewson Jas. (Gingham & check 
mfr.) Newgate street 
MALTSTERS. 
Baxter Edward, Bridge street 
Oarr Wm. Ashley, Cottage 



Clark Thomas, Eastgate 

Cox George, Carlton road, and 

Bolsover 
Dethick Saml. & Son, Bridge st 
Dowland Kaye, Bridge pi. and 

Brimington 
Durham John, Worksop mill 
Eddison Benj. jun. Bridge st 
Eddison Henry, Gateford 
Field Jph. North Carlton 
Hawson John, Hagginfiel 
Hey wood John, Creswellholm 8c 

Brimington 
Hickson John, Bridge street 
Hodgkinson Jas. Gateford villa 
Hopkin Thos. Mayor croft 
Hunt Wm. Lead hill 
Mapson Rd. Bridge street 
Marsden John, Market place 
Marsh Frances, Low street 
Mosley & Traunter, Bridge st 
Mycroft Geo. Newgate street 
Pagdin John, Low street 
Pagdin Wm. Low street 
Parkin Mary, Newgate street 
Pashley Robert, Bridge street 
Paulton Wm. Eastgate 
Peck Thomas, Potter street 
Skelton Fras. Radford mill 
Smith George, Bridge street 
Spurr Wm. Wigthorpe 
Thornton John, Hagginfield 
Turner John, Potter street 
Watkins Samuel, Park street 
Watson Edward, Newgate st 
MILLINERS & DRESS MKRS. 
Birch Amelia, Park street 
Birkinshaw Eliz. Potter street 
Bower Eliz. Bridge street 
Downs Eliz. Potter street 
Fletcher Mary, Bridge street 
Langham Ann, (stay) Bridge st 
Martin Eliz. Bridge street 
Norkitt Sarah, Westgate 
Pegge Anne, Westgate 
Town ley Rebecca, Mayor croft 
Thurston Amelia, Ward lane 
Waterass Sarah, Nicholson's yd 
White Mary, Bridge street 
Wilson Eliz. Newgate street 
MILLWRIGHTS, MACHINE 

MAKERS, &c. 4 

Darby George, Newgate st 



HATFIELD DIVISION. 



477 



Leiths & White, Potter street 

NAIL MAKERS. 
Cutts Thos. Norfolk street 
Tomlinson John, Potter street 

NURSERY & SEEDSMEN. 
Madin John, Bridge street 
Mellish John, (& fruiterer) Mkp 
Saunderson John, Canal side 
Stemson Stephen, Abbev street 

PAINTERS." 
Fletcher & Taylor, Newgate st 
Roberts John, Newgate st 
Smith Wm. Potter street 
Stephenson Joshua, Norfolk st 
Watkinson Edward, Bridge st 

PLUMBERS & GLAZIERS. 
Broome Thomas, Bridge street 
Lith?ow John, Newgate street 
Waddilove John, Park street 
Waring Wm. Potter street 

ROPE & TWINE MAKER. 
Cutts Thos. Bridge street 

SADDLERS. 
Baxter Wm. Coney street 
Belfit Saml. Mkp.'h. Park st 
Mallender John, Bridge st x 
Pearce Jph. Mkp. h. Potter st 
Preston Thomas, Potter street 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Armstrong John, Bridge street 
Bargh Wm. Low street 
Beardshaw Thos. Mayor croft 
Bewton Wm. Canal side 
Cuckson Thos. Potter street 
Ellis Thos. Norfolk street 
Gregory Sarah, Coney street 
Hewitt George, Abbey street 
Holmes Geo. Ftiar well lane 
Hoggart Wm. Bridge st 
Johnson Eliz. Bridge st 
Johnson Thos. Abbey street 
Layhe Wm. Low street 
Lowther Wm. Gateford road 
Rhodes Wm. Park street 
Simpson Thos. Abbey street 
Saxton Thos. Noriork street 
Simpson Wm. Grafton's row 
Theaker Jph. Norfolk street 
Vallance Eliz 1 . Bridge street 
Warner Wm. Newgate st 
Watkinson Thos. Eastgate 
Wilson Matthew, (& chandler) 
Bridge street 



STRAW HAT MAKERS. 

Cutts Sarah, Norfolk street 
Marsden Eliz. Norfolk street 
Newbolt Marg. Marketplace 
Story Ann, Market place 
Woodward Charlotte, Norfolk st 

SURGEONS. 
Beardsall Geo. Potter st 
Dethick John, Bridge street 
Frith Geo. Bridge place 

TAILORS. 
Binks Jph. Nichson's yard 
Bramer Rt. Bridge st 
Brown George, Bridge street 
Brown John, Lead hill 
Brown Thos. Potter street 
Fitzpatrick Jas. Coney street 
Grantham Wm. Potter street 
Hickling George, Bridge street 
Marsden Geo. Park street 
Mellins Wm. Low street 
Noton Charles, Park street 
Peck Henry, Market place 
Peck Thos, Newgate st 
Quibell Wm. (and stay maker) 

Potterstreet 
Sissons John, Norfolk street 
Unwin James, Marketplace 
Westby John, Westgate 
Widdowson Geo. Lead hill 

TANNERS. 
Binney Mordecai, Gateford road 
Pattison Geo. Westgate & Hart- 
hill 

TIMBER MERCHANTS. 
Those marked % are English 
Timber Dealers, Sawyers, and 
Hedge Carpenters* 
JEllis John, Eastgate 
Froggatt & Grafton, Canal side 
J Gar side Benjamin & Jph. Friar 

Well lane 
JGarside W T m. Friar Well lane 
J Hancock & Son, Mayor croft 
J Hancock Thos. Abbey street 
^AJarsd-n John, Bridge street 
JMellars & Saunderson, Kilton In 
Miller John, Bridge place 
JTesh Robert, Ea-tgate 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Clark Wm. Bridge street 
Naylor Wm Co n ?y street 

2t 



473 



WORKSOP DIRECTORY. 



WATCH & CLOCK MKRS. 
Binks Jph. Bridge street 
Hutchinson John, Potter st 
Martin Robert, Bridge street 
Mason Robert, Potter street 
Stacey Geo. (& jeweller) Bridge st 
WHEELWRIGHTS. 
See also Millwrights, fyc. 
Cuckson Thos. Potter street 
Grantham Geo. Bridge street 
Levick John, Low street 
Taylor Wm. Mayor croft 
Wale William, Potter street 
WHITESMITHS, &c. 
Shaw Mary & Son, Bridge st 
VVhite Henry, Coney st 
WINE & SPIRIT 'MERCHTS. 
Beedle Rd. Potter street 
Cartwright St. John, Market pi 
Lowther Rt. (wine) Gateford rd 
Pashley Robt. (& brewer) Bridge 

street, house Harness grove 
Short Eliz. (& retail) Market pi 



COACHES, 

From the George Inn. 

The Forester to Doncaster 
every Mon. Wed. & Fri. at half- 
past 3 aftr. and to Nottingham 
every Tue. Thur. & Sat. at half- 
past 9 morning 

The Union to Doncaster daily, 
except Sunday, at 4 aftr. and to 
Nottingham at 10 morning 

To Chesterfield, a Car, every 
Mon. Tue. Thur. & Sat. at 7 mg. 
to meet the Manchester & Liver- 
pool coaches 

The Industry to Retford, every 
Mon. Wed. & Fri. at half-past 3 
aft. and to Sheffield every Tues. 
Thur. & Sat. at 7 mg. and the 
Mail gig from the Red Lion, 
to Retford every morning at 10. 

CARRIERS BY WATER. 

See Coal Merchants, fyc. 
CARRIERS BY LAND. 

To London, Robert Hunt's wag- 



gons from the White Hart, 
every Sun. Tues. Wed. & Fri. 
mornings at 9. 

Barlbrough & Chesterfield, John 
Salvin, from the White Hart, 
Wed. afternoon at 3. 

Blyth, the White Hart, Martin 
Kirk by, Wed. 4 afternoon 

Carlton-in-Lindrick, J. Bramer, 
4 afternoon. 

Doncaster, through Tickhill, 
R. Wriggles worth, White Hart, 
Wed. aft. at 4. 

Clown and Chesterfield, Black 
Bull, Wed. 3 aft. 

Gainsbro' and Retford, Thomas 
Tattershall & Thos. Gleadell, 
Smiths' Arms, Wed. 4 aft. and 
Thos. Stansfield, White Hart, 
Wed. 5 aft. 

Lincoln, Edw. Warrington, from 
the Crown inn, Thurs. at£ mg. 
and Joseph Morton, Smiths 5 
Arms, Wed. 5 mg. 

Mansfield, John Preston & Geo. 
Roberts, White Hart, Wed. 
Fri. & Sat. 2 aft. 

Nottingham, &c. Pettifor's wag- 
gons from the White Hart, every 
Wed. & Sun. at 4 mg, 

Retford, Edward Godfrey, from 
Bridge st. Sat. mg. at 8. 

Sheffield, Jno. Ward, from Bridge 
st. Mon. & Thu. dep. 9 mg. & 
John Thorpe, from Radlord pi. 
Tue & Fri. 9 mg. ; Edw. War- 
rington, Fri. night, at 11 ; and 
Joseph Morton, Smiths' Arms, 
Sat. mg. at 2 ; also Rt. Hunt's 
waggons, from the White Hart, 
Sun. Mon. Wed. and Fri. at 
10 mg. 

Wellow, Robt. Jackson, Wheat 
Sheaf, Wed. 4 aft. 

York, Pettifor's waggons, from the 
White Hart, every Tu. mg. at 
8, and Sat. mg. at 4. 






BINGHAM HUNDRED 

Is about 12 miles in length and 8 in breadth, and lies in the 
southern part of the county, bordering upon Leicestershire, 
and bounded on three sides by the Hundreds of Thurgarton, 
Newark, and Rushcliffe, with which latter division it forms the 
Deanery of Bingham, in the Archdeaconry of Nottingham 
and Diocese of York. (Vide p. 14, 144, and 314.) Thoroton 
says, its ancient name was " Binghamshou Wapentac, so called 
from the usual place of meeting, viz. a certain Pit on the top 
of the hill on the contrary side of the Fosse Way, near the 
most westerly corner of Bingham Lordship, called Moot- House 
Pit,*' where the Hundred Court used to be held, though they 
sometimes " removed to Cropwell Butler as the nearest town 
for shelter." Its population amounts but to 12,442 souls, 
living in 28 parishes and chapelries, of which the following is an 
enumeration, shewing the number of persons in each in 1801, 
1821, and 1831, and the annual value of the land and buildings, 
as assessed for the property tax in 1815 ; — distinguishing also 
the two divisions into which the hundred is divided betwixt its 
two Chief Constables. 



Anm 

Val\ 
£.\ 



NORTH DIVISION. 



POPULATION 
IN 

1801 -.1821.- 1831 



3262 
2365 
1006 
4157 
3354 

995 



1916 
4963 



Bridgeford East • ■ 

Car-Colston 

Elton 

Flintham 

Granby-with-Sut- 

ton 

Hawkswoith •••• 
Holme Pierreponi- 

with-Adbolton • • 

Kneeton 

Langar-cum-Barn- 

ston 

Orston* 

Screveton 

Scarringtonf 

Stoke East 

Thorotonf 

Whatton ........ 



2390 

1968 

1273 

317 

1212 

2916 

1931 1 Aslacton Chap. 



Ann 
Val. 

£. 



526'- 768 • 938 7493 
152-. 213 
90-. 93 
459-. 546 



171- 



249 
91 
545 



329-. 389- 
154-. 215 



205- 
104- 



266-. 287- 
351-. 391. 
225- 292- 
152-. 171- 
293 • 424. 
110- • 145. 
308-. 390- 
171- • 273^ 



342 
212 

205 
119 

274 
439 
312 
188 
320 
143 



2261 
945 



I 

5341 

2333 ' 

1706 

2898 

3101 

3130 

I 975 

2280 

7729 



2702 



SOUTH DIVISION. 



Bingham 

Broughton Sulney 

Clipstone (town- 
ship^ - 

Cotgrave 

Colston Basset 

Cropwell Bishop- • 

Hickling 

Kinoultonfl ■ 

Radcliffe-on Trent 

Owthorpe .-.-«.. 

Tollerton 

Shelford-with- } 

Newton and >■ 

Saxondale. • • • J 

( Tithby with 1 

< Cropwell > 
I Butler*.-..) 



POPULATION 



1801-. 1821 1831 



1082. 
230- 

62. 
596 . 
220- 
307- 
391-. 
275. 
761- 
107- 
176. 



1574 1738 
348 344 

72 82 

779 842 

348 387 

392 473 

497 529 

370 389 

993 1125 

138 144 

153 149 



486- 


671 


704 


155- 


146 


144 


362- 


489 


551 



* Orston includes part of Flawborough, which is mostly in Staunton parish.— 
See Newark Hundied. 
f Scarrington and Thoroton are Chapelries to Orston parish. 
§ Clipstone is in Plumptre parish.— Vide Rushciffe Hundred, 
S Kinoulton includes Lodge-on~the-Wold$.— (Extra Tar.) 
% Tithby includes Wivgrton-Hall (Extra Parochial J. 



480 BINGHAM HUNDRED. 

The river Trent forms its northern boundary, and the 
Grantham Canal crosses it in a south-easterly direction from 
Nottingham to Hickling, passing under the Wolds on its south 
western borders, and having a branch extending to Bingham, 
The principal rivulets that intersect it are the Wipling, the 
Smite, and the Car-Dyke. It is generally a fertile district, 
especially near the banks of the Trent, and some of the smaller 
streams, which frequently flood and enrich the pastures for a 
considerable extent. Its principal mineral production is a blue 
slaty stone which is found upon the wolds, and makes excel- 
lent lime. 



BINGHAM PARISH. 

Bingham, the capital of the Deanery and Hundred to which 
it gives name, is pleasantly situated on the Nottingham and 
Grantham road, 10 miles E. by S. of the former, 11 miles S.W. 
of Newark, and 123 miles N.N. W. of London. Though once 
of considerable repute from its religious establishment and col- 
legiate church, of a date nearly as old as the conquest, it is now 
merely a straggling and inconsiderable market town, having a 
branch from the Nottingham and Grantham Canal, and a few 
stocking frames and bobbin-net machines employed in the Not- 
tingham trade, and also a printing press manufactory belonging 
to Mr. Stafford. Its market place is large and open, but is dis- 
graced by some mean looking shops, which are seldom occu- 
pied, but it has in the centre a very convenient butter cross. 
The market, which is only of trifling importance, is held on 
Thursday ; but the Fairs for cattle, horses, and swine, held on 
February 10th and Uth, Whit-Thursday, and November 8th 
and 9th, are tolerably well supplied. Hirings for servants are 
held on Candlemas Thursday, and on the. last Thursday in 
October, and the feast is at the November fair. The parish 
contains 370 houses, 1738 inhabitants, and about 3,000 acres of 
rich red loamy land, mostly belonging to the Earl of Chester- 
field, who is lord of the manor, which was enclosed up- 
wards pt 150 years ago. After the conquest it was of the fee 
of Roger de Busli, and had soc in Newton, which perhaps 
accounts for a small part of that township being considered as 
part of this parish. Since the Conqueror's time, Bingham has 
gone through a variety of possessors, and once belonged to a 
family of its own name. There are now no remains of its two 
Chapels of St. James and St. Helen, nor of its Guild or Col- 
lege of St. Mary, which Speed says, was valued at «£40. The 
buildings and possessions of these monastic institutions were 



BINGHAM PARISH, 



4,-1 



granted by Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth to various per- 
sons. 

The Parish Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a fine speci- 
men of the ancient gothic ; built in the form of a cross, with a 
handsome tower and spire, 40 yards in height, and containing a 
peal of six bells. A great part of the nave was rebuilt in 1584 ; 
the chancel, which is spacious and handsomely ceiled, was 
repaired and beautified in 1773, and the whole has just under- 
gone a complete reparation at the cost of .£150. Several of 
the windows are highly ornamented with stained glass, repre- 
senting Moses and Aaron, Faith and Hope, and the armorial 
bearings of two Bishops ; and also of the Earl of Chesterfield, 
who is patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's 
books at £44. 7s. lid., but is now the richest benefice in the 
county, being worth about £1,100 per annum. The Rev. 
Robert Lowe, M.A. is the incumbent, and has a handsome 
Rectory-house with extensive gardens, and about 39 acres of 
glebe. The Wesleyan and the Primitive Methodists have each 
a chapel in the town. Petty Sessions are held here every alter- 
nate Thursday. In 1784 and 1735, several plays were per- 
formed here by amateurs, for the purpose of raising a fund for 
a School. They produced a profit of £80, to which Messrs* 
George Baxter and John Foster added £70, and the whole 
(£150,) was laid out in a share of the Grantham Canal, now- 
worth about £10 a-year, which is paid to the master of the 
school in Church-street. A few years ago, the Earl of Ches- 
terfield gave nearly one acre of land in the southern suburb of 
the town called Longacre, for the erection and endowment of a 
Day and Sunday School, which has been built by subscription. 

Charities. — Chapel Close was purchased with £28 poor's 
money in 1693, and now lets for £8 per annum, which is dis- 
tributed at Christmas. In 1721, Thomas and Ann Tealby left 
£110, with which Loiuraoore Closes, in Carcolston, were pur- 
chased, and now let for £15 a year, half of which is given to 
the poor, and the rest to the schoolmaster for teaching ten free- 
scholars. Part of the £10 left by Dr. Burnsell and Thomas 
Porter, was expended in purchasing the land on which the 
Workhouse was built in 1769. In 1 764 and 1779, George and 
Elizabeth Bradshaw each left a £50 share in the Bingham 
Turnpike. These shares now produce upwards of £5. 10s. 
yearly, which is distributed amongst the poor of the parish. 

Events. — The oldest register in Bingham church is dated 
1593. The plague raged herein 1646, and many of its victims 
were buried in a large yard near the west end of the town, 
where human bones have been frequently found. In 1768, a 
stone coffin containing the bones of a mother and child, with 
several trinkets, was found in Chapel-close. In 1710, the 
town was set on fire in three different places, but it was provi- 
demiallv extinguished before much damage was done. The 

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BINGHAM HUNDRED 



incendiary was Thomas Patefield, surgeon, who had for some 
time laboured under a slight mental derangement, and was, after 
being tried at Nottingham, directed by the judge to be confined 
during the rest of his life, at Bingham, where a strong building 
of two rooms was erected for him in the middle of the Market- 
place, in which he lived nearly 30 years. On September 21st, 
1775, the church spire and clock were greatly injured by 
lightning. The sacrament linen, and the gold lace of the pul- 
pit cloth and cushion, were stolen December 1st, 177^* ^ ne 
Post- Office was established in 1790. 

Mr. Robert JVhite, a celebrated astronomer, who was many 
years a compiler of almanacks for the Stationers' Company, 
was a native of Bingham, where he kept a school, and died in 
1773, aged 80. He was author of the " Celestial Atlas, or neiv 
Ephemeris" which is still published annually under the name 
of " White's Ephemeris." He was born of humble parents, 
but being a cripple, he was indulged with a liberal education. 
After his death, he was ably succeeded both in his school and 
as a compiler of almanacks, by his pupil, the late Mr. Stafford^ 
who died in 1783. Another worthy of this town was Thomas 
Grove, a poor lad, who ran away from his apprenticeship and 
entered as a private m the Marines, in which he rose to the 
rank of Colonel, and died in 1790, after 75 years service. 

The Post-Office is at Mr. John Strong's, in Church-street. 
The mail gig passes through the town, to Nottingham at 12 
noon, and to Newark at half-past six in the morning. 



Baxter Geo. gardener Long acre 
Brown John, tinner, &c. Mkp 
Brown Wm. butter factor, Fair 

close 
Buck John, gent. Union street 
Buxton Mrs. Mary, Market place 
Pean Edward, governor of the 

workhouse 
Denman Hy. gamekeeper, Chan- 
cel row 
Essex Thos. hawker, Union st 
Fisher Joseph, Union street 
Gelsthorpe John, hoise breaker, 

Needham street 
Gilman Thomas, collector 
Goodacre Mrs* Sarah, Union st 
Grant Mrs. E!iz. Market place 
Harrison George and John, hair 

cutters, market place 
Hart John, saddler. Long acre 
Heatheote Mr. Ed. Long acre 
Hill Rd. hawker, Chancel row 
Horsepool Mrs. Long acre 
Huckerby Mr. Wm. Market pi 



Huckerby William, jun. auc- 
tioneer Market place 

Jackson Joseph, nail maker and 
ironmonger, Market place 

Lowe Rev. Robert, M.A. rector 

Mofiatt Wm. tea dealer, Long 
acre 

Oliver Joseph Dodsley, tanner 
and spirit merchant, Long acre 

Parr Richard and Samuel, gar- 
deners, Newgate street 

Richards Samuel, hawker, Chan- 
cel row 

Spoug Thomas, herbalist, &c. 
Chancel low 

StarFoid John, gent. East street 

Stafford John, jun. improved 
Stanhope printing press manu- 
facturer, East street 

S van wick SamJ. gardener, Long 
acre 

Talbot Fras. veterinary surgeon 

White Samuel, chief constable for 
Bingham S. D. Fisher lane 



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483 



Wilson Robert, corn miller, Fair 

close 
Widnall W. gardener, Long acre 
Wolstenholm Adam, excise offi- 
cer, Church street 
Wood Mr. Thomas, Market pi 
Wright Thos. gardener, Fisher In 

Academies. 
Hewitt Richard, Long acre 
Strong Jane, Church street 
Strong John, Church street 

Attorney. 

Tallents William Edward, (and 

magi trates clerk) 

Bakers and Flour Dealers, 

Brice Robert (and confectioner) 

Newgate street 
Challands Charles, Market place 
Hemstock Wm. & Son, Church 

street 
Pilgrim Samuel, Union street 
Walker Thomas, Church street 

Blacksmiths, 
Brown-Thomas, Long acre 
Skellington Richard, Long acre 
Stubbs John, Long acre 
Widnall Joseph, Long acre 

Bobbin Net Makers, 
Beckett John, Fisher lane 
Clifton and Esdaile, Market pi 
Hitchcock William, Cherry, st 
Hollingworth Thos. Long acre 
Oliver Jph. Dodsley, Long acie 
Rushton John, Needham street 
Wright John, jun. Union street 

Boot and Shoe Makers, 
Dring Wm. Fisher lane 
Newton Isaac, (and leather cut- 
ter,) Market place 
Slack James, Market place 
Ward Robert, Church street 

Bricklayers . 
Doncaster John, Union street 
Doncaster Jph. Union. street 
Doncaster Rd. Long acre 
Stokes Wm. Long acre 
Wilson John, Fisher lane 

Butchers. 
Crook John, Market place 
Gil man Wm. Long acre 
Horsepool Jas. Church st 
Horsepool John, Market pi 
Tomkinson Writ. Market st 



Coal Dealers, 
Beet John, Fair close 
Road ley Jph. Newgate st 
Wright Thos. Fisher lane 

China, Glass, 8fc> Dealers, 
Brown John, Market place 
Brown Rd. Market place 

Coopers. 
Bellamy Thos. Newgate st 
Skinner Geo. jun. Long acre 

Corn Millers, 
Hemstock Wm. & Son, Church 

street 
Walker Thomas, Church st 

Druggists, 
Buck Edw. Bowker, Market pi 
Jones John, (& hatter) Mkp- 

Farmers, 
Atkin John, Long acre 
Barratt John, Market pi 
Beet Thos. Newgate 6t 
Bingham Geo. Long acre 
Brewster Rt. Holmes 
Chettle Wm. Long acre 
Chettle Wm. jun. Long acre- 
Dikes Jane, Long acre 
Felton Wm. Long acre 
Fisher Thos. Long acre 
Foster Saml. Long acre 
Gamble Wm. Market place 
Goodwin Geo. South road 
Greenwood John, Church st 
Harris Rt. Brocco 
Harrison Geo. South road 
Hart Thos. Long acre 
Horsepool John, Long acre 
Horsepool Stephen, Long acre 
Horsepool Stpn. jun. Long acre 
Hutchinson Wm. Starn hill 
Lee Thos. Newgate street 
Pacey Wm, Market place 
Roadley Thos. Newgate st 
Scott Arthur, Long acre 
Skinner Geo. Long acre 
Wheatley Wm. East street 
White Rt. Long ai re 
Wickham Ann, Newgate st 
Wick ham Jph. East st 
Wright Wm. East street- 

Grocers 4* Tea Dealers, 
Baxter Geo. Church street 
Doncaster Eiiz. (& ironmonger- 
Market place 



484 



BINGHAM PARISH. 



Hardstaff Jas. (chandler & iron- 
monger) Marketplace 

Oliver John, Market place 

Ratley Thos. Union st 

Skinner Geo. (& draper) Long 
acre 

White Ghas. (& tobacconist) 
Long acre 

Inns and Taverns. 

Blue Bell, Hy. Crooke, Mkp 

Chesterfield's Arms, VVm. Pil- 
grim, Church st 

King's Arms, Wm. Whitworth, 
Market place 

Marquis of Granby, John Tink- 
ler, Long acre 

Wheat Sheaf, John Coulishaw, 
Long acre 

Beer Houses, 

John Geeson, Long acre 

W 7 m. Horsepool, Market pi 

William IV. Jonth. Crook, Long 
acre 

Stingo Tap, John Innocent, Long 
acre 

Windmill, Rt. Wilson, Fair close 
Joiners. 

Thus * are also Cabinet Makers. 

•Clifton Thos. Market place 

Spencer Wm. & John, Banks 

•Stone Rd. Banks 

•Whitworth Geo. Market pi 

*Widdowson Thos. Church st 

Wright John, Union st 

Wright Thos. Church st 
Linen and Woollen Drapers. 

Baxter Geo. (and stamp dis.) 
Church street 

Berry Geo. (woollen) Needham 
street 

Parley Eliz. Church street 
Maltsters. 

Pilgrim John, Newgate st 

Walker Wm, (& hop, seed, & spi- 
rit dealer) Market place 
Milliners fy Dressmakers. 

Crook Jane, Needham street 

Graves Eliz. Newgate st 

Parr Alice, (straw hat) Newgate 
street 

Stubbs Eliz. Needham st 
Painters. 

Pilgrim Rd. Chancel row 



Wood John, (& paper hanger) 

Market place 

Plumbers and Glaziers. 
Nowell Wm. Long acre 
Strong VVm. Market place 
Welch & Bass, Long acre 

Shopkeepers. 
PadgettBenj. (&pig jobber)Mkp 
Palmer Benj. Long acre 
Richmond John, Chancel row 
Scott Wm. Market street 
Smith Rd. Long acre 
Wright John, Union street 

Surgeo?is. 
Lee Henry, Market place 
Rose Jas. Newgate street 
Smith Wm. Hoiroyd, Church at 
Tomlinson Panks Wigginton, 

Union street 

Tailors. 
Dickman Rt. Union st 
Hallam Thos. Needham st 
Harvey Jas. Market place 
Mann James, Needham st 
Richmond John, Chancel row 
Richmond Thos. Needham st 
Watch and Clock Makers* 
Brown Saml. Market st 
Esdaile Andw. Market place 

Wheelwrigh ts . 
Nowell Adam, Banks 
Wilson Saml. Langar In 
Wilson Thos. & Wm. Langar In 

Coaches. 
To Nottingham at half past 6, & 
at 7 evening. To Lincoln, at 
7, and to Stamford at % past 
7, morning. 

Carriers. 

To Boston, W. & J. Pettifoiy 
from the Marquis of Granby, 
Long acre, every Tues. & Sat. 

To Newark, John Jackson, from 
Long acre, every Wednesday, 
at 5 morning. 

To Nottingham, Jph. Jones, from 
Market place ; and John Sills 
& Rt. Green, from Lone: acre, 
every Wed. & Sat. at 5 mg, 



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BRIDGEFORD (EAST) PARISH. 

East Bridgeford, or Bridyeford-on-the-HiU, is a large 
and well built village on the summit of a lofty precipitous bank 
that rises on the south side of the Trent, opposite Gunthorpe 
Ferry, 10 miles E. by N. of Xottingham, and 3 miles N. by 
W. of Bingham. The parish contains 933 inhabitants and up- 
wards of 1800 acres of loamy land, which was enclosed in 1798, 
when 2j6 acres (now called New Bridgeford) were allotted in 
lieu of the rectorial tithes. Magdalen College'Oxford, belongs 
to the greater part of the parish. The remainder is the pro- 
perty of Philip Palmer, Esq., and several smaller freeholders, 
and he and the College have the manorial rights. After the 
Conquest, the manor was given to Roger de Busli, who gave 
the tithes of the Hall in Brugeford to the priory of Blyth. 
The manor was successively held by the Carpenters, Bisets, 
Caltofts, Brabazons, Basingbtirns, Deyncourts, and Botelars. 
the latter of whom, in the 8th of Edward Fourth, gave their 
moiety to William, Bishop of Winchester, who bestowed it 
on Magdalen College, which he had founded at Oxford. The 
other moiety afterwards passed from Lord Sheffield to the 
Hackers, Chaworths, Scroopes, &c. &c. In the parish is found 
both opaque and transparent Gypsum, the latter of which is very 
beautiful, and during the last seven years has been in great de- 
mand amongst the lapidaries of Derby and ether places, who 
turn it into beads and various other ornaments, in which it 
looks as brilliant and as richly variegated as the Derbyshire 
spar. There are in the village several neat mansions, occupied 
by Philip Palmer, Esq., Peter Brooke, Esq., the Rev. Thomas 
Beaumont, and the Rev. R. William Hutchins, M.A., the latter 
of whom now enjoys the rectory, which is valued in the King's 
books at <£19. 8s. 6§ d., and is in the alternate patronage of 
Magdalen College, and John Musters, Esq. 

The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient fabric, and 
has evidently been much larger than at present. It has much 
armorial glass of the former lords of the manor, but most of its 
monuments have been detroyed or defaced, and some of them 
turned out " into the churchyard to perish throngh the attacks 
of the weather." Three mutilated effigies of knights in armour, 
one of them a crusader, were lying under the eaves of the 
church roof in Thoresby's time! The church has a square tower 
and six bells. The Methodists have a small chapel in the vil- 
lage, where there are several Sick Clubs, and an annual feast is 
held on the last Sunday in June. 

Charities. — ^£290, Three per Cent. Consols were pur- 
chased in 1792, with several benefactions left by the Revs. H. 
Smith, C. Overend, and P. Priaux, John Wilson, Sarah Kirk, 
and two unknown donors. The vearlv dividends. £8, 14s. are 



486 BRIDGEPORT) KAST PARISH. 

given to the poor in February. In 1827, Thomas Holland left 
S40,"for which Mr. John Wilkinson pays £2 yearly to be dis- 
tributed in bread. In 1828, the Rev. Peter Broughton, who 
was rector of this parish 44 years, left ,£50 to the poor, The 
National Schools, where 100 boys and 63 girls are educated by 
subscription, were built on the glebe land in 1829, at the cost 
of ^£300, towards which the present rector, Magdalen College, 
and the National Society, gave liberally, and the rest was 
raised by small contributions. 

In modern history, Bridgeford is remarkable as being the 
birth-place of " the regicidal parliamentarian, Colonel Hacker, 
who attended the unfortunate King Charles to his last scene, 
for which he afterwards suffered as a traitor, and his estates 
were confiscated; yet his two brothers were active partizans 
in the royal cause, in which one of them was slain." — 
But it is in ancient history that this place stands most conspi- 
cuous, for Stukely says, it lies within a mile of the Roman 
Station Ad pontem, and adds that there was here in Ro- 
man times, a bridge across the Trent, with u great buildings, 
cellars, and a quay for vessels to unload at." Near the place 
called Old-wark Spring, he found " the Roman foundations of 
walls, and floors of houses, composed of stones set edgeways 
into clay, and liquid mortar run upon them." Upon an emi- 
nence of the road beyond Bingham lane, he also found a 
tumulus, commanding " a fine prospect of Belvoir," &c. 
Horseley differs from Stukely, and considers Old-wark, near 
Bridgeford, to be the Margidunum of the sixth Iter of Anto- 
ninus. The great Fosse-way (See p. 18,) passes within a mile 
west of the village, through which an upper Fosse- way pro- 
ceeds from the ferry to East Stoke. 



Herod Saml. brickmaker and 

gypsum dealer 
Heathcote Rev. Ralph 
Hill Benj, baker and shopr 
Hole Samj. & Co. maltsters, 

Trent bank 
Holgate Geo. National schoolmr 
Huskinson Geo. shoemaker 



Ash well John, gent. 
Ayland Mrs. Elizabeth 
Beaumont Rev. Thos. Bridgeford 

hill 
Bonser Wm. tailor and draper 
Brooke Peter, Esq. Old Hall 
Brown Thos. shoemaker 
Challand Jehu, plumber & glazier 
Chapman Saml. blacksmith Huskinson Wm. parish clerk 

Clarke Geo. bricklayer | Huskinson Wm. wheelwright 

Clough Edw. bdg. & day school Huskinson Wm. boat owner 
Crofts Thos. bobbin net maker • Hutchins Rev. Rd. Wm. M. A. 
Freeman Thos. joiner rector 

Gilbert John, bricklayer Jalland Sabina and Eliza, victss. 

Gill Wm. shopkeeper Six Bells 

Green Rd. boat owner j Lockwood Wm. sen. gent. 

Green Miss I Mason Edmund, butcher 

Green Wm. baker & shopr Mason Geo. tailor 

Hall S. brickmaker, Trent side Mason John, shoemaker 
Hen8on John, butcher Mason Mary, vict. Rein Deer 



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m 



Millington John, tailor, draper, 

and shopkeeper 
Millington Jonas, joiner 
Millington Mw. maltster, coal 

meit. and wharfinger 
Millington Saml. joiner 
Newbound Chas. shoemaker 
Newton Thos. blacksmith 
Palmer Philip, Esq. Bridgeford 

hill 
Parnham Wm. shoemaker 
Randall Wm. vict. joiner, & gyp- 
sum dlr. Royal Oak 
Richardson Rd. blacksmith 
Reddish Paul, corn miller 
Stokes Hy. corn miller, rope mkr. 

flax dresser, & shopr 
Taylor Jas. bobbin net maker & 

vict. New Inn 
Taylor John, bobbin net maker 
Upton Eliz. National school 
Upton John, tailor 
Walker Mr. Benj. 



Walker Hy. blacksmith 
Wright Bentlv Wm. surgeon 
FARMERS. 



Blagg John 
Bradley John 
Bradley John 
Challand John 
Challand Jph 
Challand Thos 
Eateh Eras 
Foster Thos 
Freear Fras 
Freear John 
Green Rd 
Huskinson Frs 



Huskinson Jolm 
Huskinson Thos 
Huskinson Wm 
Levers John 
Levers Mary 
Lock wood W. jn. 
Speick Courtney 
Tavlor Wm 
Taylor Wm 
Towe John 
Whitaker Wm 
Wilkinson John 



The Hope coach to Nottingham, 
ev. mg. (Sunday excepted) at 
£ past 9, and to Newark, at f 
past 5 evg. 

Carriers to Nottingham, Wm. 
Upton, Wed. & Sat. and Jolm 
Brown, Sat. at 5 mg. 



BROUGHTON-SULNEY PARISH. 

Broughton-Sulney, or Over Broughton, 12 miles S.S.E* 
of Nottingham, is a pleasant village seated upon a declivity on the 
Melton Mowbray road, near the Leicestershire border,' and at 
the foot of the Nottinghamshire Wolds, where the Roman 
Fosse-ivay enters this county. — (Seep. 18.) The parish which 
was enclosed about 70 years ago, contains 57 house, 344 inha- 
bitants, and about 2000 acres of good clay land, of which the 
lord of the manor, Thomas Hall, Esq. is the principal owner, 
but part of it belongs to and is occupied by several small free- 
holders. At the enlosure, 280 acres were allotted to the rector 
in lieu of tithes. The manor was anciently called Brockton- 
Sidney, from its Norman owners, the family of de Sideni, from 
whom it passed to the Cresseys and the Cliftons. It is some- 
times called Over-Broughton, to distinguish it from Nether 
Broughton, in Leicestershire. The Church has a nave, side 
aisles, and a low tower with three bells. The rectory, valued 
in the King's books at £11. 9s. 4^., is in the patronage of Sir 
Joseph Radcliffe, of Campsall, in Yorkshire. The Rev. Joseph 
Burrell is the incumbent, and the Rev. John Wilson the curate. 
The General Baptists have had a chapel in the village since 
1795. The parish feast is on the second Sundav after Old Mi- 
chaelmas Day. At the west end of the village stands an ancient 
Cross, and near the rectory-house is u Woundheal Spring" so 
called from its supposed medicinal virtues. 



488 



BROUGHTON-SULNEY PARISH. 



Charities. — In 17^7, Mr. Morris and Mrs. Bley left £15, 
for which 15s. is paid yearly out of a farm in the parish. The 
yearly sum of 17s. 8d. is paid by John Brett and John Cross, 
as the interest of £17. 13s. 4d. left by an unknown donor. 
The Poor's Close is let for 8 guineas per annum, out of which 
6s. each is paid to the parishes of Ab-Kettleby and Hobb, and 
the residue is distributed with the above-named charities at 
Christmas, in coal, amongst the poor of BroughtonSulney. 



BarnettEdw. bobbin net maker 

Brett Rt. Wheat Sheaf, beer hs 

Brett Mr. Thos 

Brown Luke, gent. 

Brown Wm. joiner 

Clark John, shoemaker 

Grice Mr. John, jun. 

Grice John, wheelwright 

Grice Rd. shoemaker 

Harding Jph. grocer 

Hemsley Jonn, vict. and carrier, 

Golden Fleece 
Holmes John, parish clerk 
Hopkins Fras. brick maker 
Julian Edw. tailor 
Scott Wm. butcher 
Sheffield David, shopkeeper 
Skerrit John, castrator 
Turner Wm. Greyhound, beer hs 
Walker Wm. tailor 
Wartnaby Mr. Edward 
Wartnaby Edw. baker 
Wartnaby Jph. corn miller 
White Wm. blacksmith 
Wild Jph. butcher, Fox& Hounds, 

beer house 



Wilson Rev. John, curate and 
bdg. academy, Rectory hs 

Wright Col. Saml. Broughton 
cottage 

FARMERS. 



Brett John 
Brett Wm 
Brett Wm 
Brown Wm 
Clark Wm 

Lodge 
Crafts Wm 

Lodge 
Cross John 
Cross Thos 



Cross Thos 
Day kin John 
Daykin John 
Daykin Wm 
Grice Wm 
Mills Wm 
Nichols Peter 

Lodge 
Stephenson Saml 



The Mail every morning to Lon- 
don, at \ past 7? and to Leeds 
at 9. 

Carriers. — Jno. Helmsley, Jno. 
Holmes, and Jph. Brown, to 
Nottingham, on Wed. & Sat. 
at 7 mg. ; and to Melton Mow- 
bray on Tues. at 7 mg. 



CAR-COLSTON PARISH. 

Car-Colston is but a small village and parish, situated 2£ 
miles N.N.W. of Bingham, and containing- 249 inhabitants, and 
1500 acres of strong clay land, of which the Rev. Robt. Lowe 
is principal owner, lord of the manor, and impropriator. At 
the Conquest, Coleston was partly ancient demesne, and partly 
of the fee of Roger de Busli, and passed successively to the 
Cheyneys, Lovetots, Vauxes, Colstons, Thorotons, Arnalls, 
Wilioughbys, &c. This village was the residence of Robert 
Thoroton, M.D., the celebrated author of the History and 
Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, published in 1677, in which 
he informs us that he had an estate here on which he built 
a house for himself. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, 
has a handsome tower and four bells, and was appropriated to 



BINGHAM HUNDRED. 



489 



Worksop priorj 7 in 1349. In Thoroton's time, the tithes be 
longed to the Duke of Newcastle, but being charged with £20 
yearly to the King, and £4 to the church of Lincoln, they 
were not then of much value to his Grace. The vicarage is 
valued in the King's books at £6, Is. 10|d., and the Rev. Ro- 
bert Ffarmerie is both patron and incumbent. The parish./iarf 
is on the Sunday after June 15th. In 1616, Gregory Henson 
bequeathed Sharpe close, (let for £2, 10s.) for the reparation 
of the church, and Brusmore close, (let for £\A,) for the use 
of the poor, who have also Alvey close, (let for £2,) purchased 
with the legacy of John Whalley, in 1735, and £10 in the 
Newark savings' bank, left in 1737, by Margaret Sherrard* 



Baker John, shopkeeper & beer- 
house 
Clarke John, blacksmith 
Clarke Thomas, parish clerk 
Cragg Rd. joiner & beerhouse 
Cragg Rt. shoemaker 
Ffarmerie Rev. Robert, vicar 
Goulson Mrs. Grace 
Hill Wm. gentleman 
Huthwaite Wm. gentleman 
Marriott John, bricklayer 
Marshall John, shoemaker 
Palmer John, Shopkeeper 



Sampey Mrs. Mary 
Sampey Mrs. Susanna 
Simpson Eliz. butcher 
FARMERS. 
Barker Richd. Hall Matthew 
Blagg Thomas Matthews Thos. 
Chittle Ann Wilkinson John 
Forrest Thos. 

Carrier to Nottingham. — 
John Baker, Saturday, and to 
Newark, Wednesday, 5 morning. 



CLIPSTONE TOWNSHIP 

Is in the parish of Plumptre, the rest of which is in tlie hun- 
dred of Rushcliff. It comprises 800 acres of fine clay land, 82 
inhabitants, and 14 houses, forming a small village, seated on 
a declivity of the Wolds, six miles S.E. of Nottingham. Earl 
Man vers is owner and lord of the manor, and the following are 
his tenants, viz. Allcock John, Geo. sen. and Geo. ]uxi. farmers ; 
and Burgess John, gent, — See Plumptre Par, 



COLSTON-BASSET PARISH. 

This village and parish lies on the river Smite, bordering 
upon Leicestershire, 5 miles S. of Bingham, and contains 387 
inhabitants, and about 2500 acres of land, of which 1800 acres 
belong to the lord of the manor and impropriator, Henry Mar- 
tin, Esq. Master in Chancery, who purchased it some years ago 
of Viscount Wentworth, whose ancestors bought it in 1714, of 
Sir Edward Godling. The other part belongs to Robert Pigou, 
Esq. of London, and several smaller freeholders. The manor 
anciently belonged to the family of Basset, and from them passed 
to the Staffords, Dukes of Buckingham, from whom it descended 

2u 



490 COLSTON-BASSET PARISH. 

to various families. The church stands half a mile from the 
village, and is dedicated to St. Mary. It is a vicarage, valued 
in the King's books at £8. 7s. 6d., but it has now 19a. 32p. of 
glebe, and its tithes yield about ^114 per annum. The King 
is the patron, and the Rev. Joshua Brooke, of Gamston, is the 
incumbent. The ancient cross in the village was rebuilt in 
1831, in commemoration of the coronation of William IV. — 
The villagers have a tradition, that when the plague raged here 
in 1604, the inhabitants of Nottingham and Bingham not only 
refused to permit any articles to be brought from hence to their 
markets, but "cut off all communication with them whatever." 
From July to September, the pestilence swept away 83 of the 
parishioners. The feast is on Whit-Sunday. The hall is a 
handsome mansion, seated on a gentle eminence near the 
church, on the north side of the Smite rivulet, and is the seat of 
Mr. Martin, who pays for the education of 18 free scholars, and 
supports a Sunday-school. 

Allison Wm. schoolmaster j Martin Henry, Esq. Master in 

BonserJohn,baker& parish clerk j Chancery, Colston Hall, and 
Boyce John, shoemaker London 



Buxton Rt. vict. & blacksmith 
Collett Wm. butcher & beerhouse 
Faulks John, joiner 
Herrick Wm. shopkeeper 
Levett Joseph, tailor 
Marriott George, shoe maker 
Marriott John, surgeon 
Marriott Mr. Wm. 



Newton Thos. shopkeeper 
Richards John, tailor 

FARMERS. 
Brown Thos. Giles Thos. 
Buxton Wm. Hallam Geo. 
Crabtree Wm. Innocent Geo. 

& Thomas Thompson Jph. 
Crabtree W.jun. Thompson John 
Franks Thos. 



cotgrave parish. 

Cotgra ve, or as it was anciently called, Godegrave, is a large 
pleasant village and parish, under the north side of the Wolds, 
6 miles S.E. of Nottingham. It contains 140 houses, 842 in- 
habitants, and about 4000 acres of land, of which Earl Manvers 
is sole proprietor and lord of the manor, except 555 acres, 
which were allotted to the rector in lieu of tithes, at the enclo- 
sure about 40 years ago. The high grounds on each side of 
the village contain an abundance of blue marl, intermixed with 
layers of red clay. After the Conquest, this manor was given 
in fee to Roger Pictavensis and Rad. de Burun, whose de- 
scendants gave it to the priories at Lenton and Swineshead, 
with which it remained till Henry VIII. granted it to Harold 
RoselandGeo. Pierrepont, Esqs. ; to the latter of whom he also 
gave the advowson of the rectory, which was then in two 
moieties, valued in the King's books at <£10. 7s. 3£d. and 
£9. 14s. 9Jd., but it is now consolidated in the patronage of Eari 
Manvers, and incumbency of the Rev. John Henry Browne. — 



BINGHAM HUNDRED 



4$ I 



The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a nave, chancel, 
side aisles, and a tower containing" five bells, and crowned by 
a handsome octagonal spire. Agnes Cross, in 1722, left oOs. 
yearly to the poor of this parish, out of Brackenhurst farm, 
near Southwell. The parish school and master's house were 
built in 1752, by subscription, except £60, which was part of 
a legacy of .£120 left by a benevolent lady, and of which £60 
still remains as the school fund. The annual feast is ruled by 
All Saints' Day, being held on that day if it falls on a Sunday, 
but if it falls on a Monday, the feast is kept on the preceding- 
day; and if on any other day, the Sunday following is the 
festival. 

Stragglethorp is a hamlet of four farms, near the Grantham 
canal, at the east end of the parish, \\ mile E. of the village. — 
Cotgrave Place, 1 mile N. of the village, is the handsome 
mansion of Robert Burgess, Esq. 



Archer Edw. baker & flour dlr. 
Archer John, vict. Black Lion 
Baguley John, butcher 
Baguley Saml. vict. Five Bells 
Barlow Rt. veterinary surgeon 
Browne Rev. John Henry, rector 
Brown Thos. schoolmaster 
Burgess Rt. Esq. agent to Earl 

Manvers, Cotgrave Place 
Cooper John, shopkeeper 
Cowlishaw John, blacksmith 
Davenport John, gardener 
Disney John, shopkeeper 
Dixon John, butcher 
Dixon Mrs. Mary 
Hickling Geo. corn miller 
Hill Wm. brickmaker 
Lewin Wm. joiner 
Marriott George, gentleman 
Mensing Wm. tailor 
Morley John, blacksmith 
Ogle Thomas, bricklayer 
Parker Wm. bricklayer 



Parr George, gamekeeper 
Peet Thomas, shoemaker 
Richards Samuel, coal merchant, 

(and Nottingham) 
Scottorn Wm. saddler & tawer 
Simpson Samuel, tailor 
Stafford Joseph, shoemaker 
Timm Samuel, wheelwright 
Timm Wm. shoemaker 
Upton Wm. butcher 

FARMERS. 
Bagulev Chas, Morris Catk. 



Barlow Robert 
Clater Henry 
Hoe Thomas 
Holmes Wm. 
Lewin John 
Mann Joshua 
Morlev John 



Morris Samue- 
Morris Wm. 
Parr Jonathan 
Rayner Richard 
Smith Thomas 
Tnornton Jane 



CARRrER TO NoTTr^tiUAM. — 

Upton Samuel, Sat. dep. 7 mg. 



OROPWELL-BISHOP PARISH. 

Cropwell-Bishop is an indifferently built village, upon a 
gentle declivity on the east side of the Grantham canal, 1 mile 
S. of Cropwell Butler, and 4 miles S. E. of Bingham. Its pa- 
rish contains 4J3 inhabitants, and about 1500 acres of strong 
clay land, nearly all of which belongs to the two prebendaries 
of Oxton, in Southwell collegiate church, who let it on renewable 
leases for the term of three lives, but the Duke of Newcastle is 



492 



CROP WELL-BISHOP PARISH, 



lord of the manor, though he does not own an inch of the soil. 
Sir Robert Clifton, John Hamer, Esq., Wm. Marshall, and 
John Smith, are the principal lessees. It was anciently called 
Crophill- Bishop , from the round hill on the north side of the 
village, and from its being- included in Domesday Book amongst 
the manors of the Archbishop of York, though it was afterwards 
given to Southwell church and Lenton priory. Part of the 
wastes were enclosed in 1788, together with Cropwell-Butler, 
(each having a right in the Fern field,) and the rest in 1803, 
when allotments were awarded in lieu of all the tithes. The 
church is dedicated to St. Giles, and has a tower with four 
bells. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King's books at 
£5. 3s. 4d., but it has now about 80 acres of glebe. The Rev. 
Robert Wood, D. D. of Nottingham, is the incumbent, and 
the two prebendaries of Oxton are the patrons and appropria- 
tors. A small Methodist chapel was built here in 1824. The 
parish feast is on the first Sunday in old September. Gypsum 
is found on the south side of the parish. The only charity 
here is £50, left in 1779, by Wm. Fillingham, for the interest 
to be distributed in bread on. New Year's day. 



Allcock Mrs. Sarah 
Brewin Lank, corn miller 
Brown John, wheelwright 
Clarke Wm. shopkeeper 
Cooper Mary, shopkeeper 
Hopewell George, blacksmith 
Hopewell Robt. maltster 
Leavis John, bricklayer 
Mackley Richard, shoemaker 
Marshall James, shoemaker 
Newton John, butcher 
Pi] king ton Mrs. Mary 
Richards Jas. wharfinger & vict 
Riddle Gervas, boat owner 
Rose Amos, vict. Chequers 
Simons Thos. shoemaker 
Simpson John, vict. Wheat Sheaf 
Smith John, corn miller 



Smith Richard, lime burner 
Starbuck Wm. boat owner 
Thraves Wm. shopkeeper 
Wheat VVm. vict. and joiner 
White Edw. plumber & glazier 
Widdowson John, shoemaker 
Wilson James, boat owner 
Wilson Wm. boat owner 
Woodward Benj. parish clerk 
Wragsdale Wm. tailor 
Wright Henry, joiner 

FARMERS. 
Brownhill Geo. Slater John 
Howard Thos. Smith John 
Shelton Wm. Smith George 

Carrier to Nottingham, Wm. 
Clark, Saturday 5 morning. 



ELTON PARISH 

Is but of small extent, consisting only of about 1000 acres, and 
a small village with 91 inhabitants, on the Grantham road, near 
the verge of the county, 4 miles E. by S. of Bingham. In 
Saxon times it was called Ayleton, and was afterwards of the 
fee of Roger de Busli, who gave it to the priory at Blvth, but 
at the dissolution it was granted to the family of York, from 
whom it passed to the Lions, Mores, Collins, and Launders, 
and is now possessed solely by Wm. Fletcher Norton Norton, 



BINGHAM HUNDRED. 



493 



Esq., who- resides in the Manor-house, (a large and handsome 
mansion,) and is patron of the rectory, which is valued in the 
King's books at £3. Os. od. and is now enjoyed by the Rev. J. 
Staunton, LL.B. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a 
small humble edifice, which Thoresby describes as being u dove- 
house topped." The parish was enclosed in 1803, when land 
was allotted in lieu of all the tithes. In 1780, the parish clerk 
found, whilst digging a grave in the church-yard, upwards of 
200 silver pennies, of the reign of Henry II., and on taking 
them to Mrs. Collin, then lady of the manor, his honesty was 
rewarded with a present of £]0. In 1784, a blacksmith in 
Elton purchased a piece of rusty iron, about 2 feet long and 1J 
inches in diameter, apparently solid, and which had beed used 
as a pestle upwards of 60 years. Having some doubts about its 
solidity he put it into his fire, when it exploded with great 
force, and a musket ball from within it grazed his side, and 
lodged in some coals behind him. This surprising accident 
led to further examination and enquiry, when it was discovered 
to have been a gun barrel, dug up in the year 1723, but so 
completely filled with earth and rust, that no cavity had ever, 
till then, been noticed. The feast is on the Sunday after Old 
Michaelmas day. 

Norton W. F. X., Esq. Manor hs 1 FARMERS. 

Branston Rd.vict. Norton's Arms Burrows John Marshall Thos. 



Clay Rt. parish clerk 
Greatrix Abm. brick maker 



Gilding Thos. Ridge David 
HawkinJtn. Watts John 



FLINTHAM PARISH. 

Plinth AM is a pleasant and well-built village, 6j miles 
S.W. by S. of Newark, including within its- parish 545 inhabi- 
tants, and 2101 acres of rich loamy land, which was enclosed 
about the year 17^0, when 172 acres were allotted to the viear, 
and about 300 acres to Trinity College, in lieu of the tithes, 
exclusive of 165 acres which had previously belonged to the 
said College. The rest of the parish belongs mostly to Mrs. 
Hildyard, whose son and heir, Thomas Hildyard, Esq., is a 
minor ; but the Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manor, which 
he holds in fee of the King's Duchy of Lancaster, together with 
several others in this neighbourhood. His Grace has no land 
here except 6 acres allotted to him at the enclosure. Flint- 
ham Hall, which has been successively the seat of the Hus- 
seys, Hackers, Woodhouses, Disneys, Fvtches, and Thorotons, 
is now the residence of Mrs. Hildyard, relict of the late Col. 
Thomas Blackburn Hildyard, and heiress of the late Colonel 
Thoroton, who w T as a descendant of Dr. Thoroton, the to- 
pographer. It is a handsome modern edifice, erected on 
Fe of the ancient mansion. It owei of its on 

2u2 



494 



F1NTHAM PARISH. 



beauties to the late Col. Hildyard, who rebuilt the whole of the 
church except the chancel, in 1827-8, at the cost of £1100,. 
exclusive of the carriage of the materials, for which the farmers 
made no charge. The chancel would also have been re-edified, 
had not death put a period to the Colonel's pious intentions on 
the 30th of July, 1830. It has a tower and four bells, and is 
dedicated to St. A ugustin. The patronage and appropriation 
belong to Trinity College, Cambridge- The vicarage, which is- 
. valued in the King's books at £6. 2s. 6d., has had several aug- 
mentations from Queen Anne's Bounty, and is now in the in- 
cumbency of the Rev. Charles John Myers, M.A. Laird says, 
(1811,) " A former incumbent of this parish was an odd cha- 
racter, and saved upwards of <£ 1500 by a most beggarly and pe- 
nurious mode of life ; he has been known to serve the thatchers 
to get a penny, and once went to Newark with a letter for the 
sum of twopence !*' The Methodist chapel was built about 30 
years ago, and the parish school in 177$. The latter is en- 
dowed with 12 acres of land at Caythorpe,let for .£20 per annum, 
and left in 1727, by Robert Hacker, for the education of 14 
free scholars. He also bequeathed 20 acres at Brandon, (let 
for £30) to the vicar and churchwardens, in trust, that they 
distribute the rents amongst the poor of the parish at Whit- 
suntide and Christmas. The poor have also 20s. yearly, left by 
John Smith, out of two house in Stodman-street, Newark, be- 
longing to the Duke of Newcastle. The feast is on Whit- 
Sunday. 

Rayworth John, blacksmith 
Richardson Samuel, joiner 
Rimmington Richard, butcher 
Smalley Peter, gamekeeper 
Talbot Joseph, bricklayer 
Waite James, schoolmaster 
Webster John, baker & beerhouse 
Whyman Richard, tanner 
Wood Joseph, shoemaker 
Wood Wm. vict. Boot and Shoe 

FARMERS. 
Cliffe Wm. Harston Thos. 

Curtis Fras. Cut- Lings 

hill Harston Wm. 

Foster William, Ragsdale Henry 

Holme Smith Thomas 

Green John Taylor Frans. 



Hildyard Mrs. Ann Cath. Flint- 
ham Hall 
Bettison Mrs. Ann 
Bettison Jph. miller & baker 
Boyle Richard, wood valuer 
Cliffe Thos. miller and flour dlr 
Cliffe Thos. & Wm. maltsters 
Cuckson Jph. tailor & draper 
Cutton Geo. vict. Black Horse 
Fletcher Wm. tailor 
Fryer Samuel, butcher 
Gardiner Edvv. shopkeeper 
Hand Thos. parish clerk 
Harston Richard, gentleman 
Harvey John, wheelwright 
Job6on Henry, blacksmith 
Myers Rev. Chas. John, 

vicar 
Parnham John, joiner 
Pikett John, bricklayer 
Radford Wm. shoemaker 
Rag6dale Thos. shopkeeper 



M.A. 



Carrier, Thomas Cupit to 
Newark, Wed. 6 mg. and to Not- 
tingham, Saturday 4 morning. 



BINGHAM HUNDRED', 



495 



GRANBY PARISH. 

Granby is a well-built village, overlooking the delight- 
ful vale of Belvoir, 4 miles S.E. of Bingham, and near the 
borders of Leicestershire ; remarkable for giving the title of 
Marquis to the Duke of Rutland^ whose ancestor, Sir John 
Manners, purchased the estate of Lord Viscount Savage, to 
whom it had been granted by Henry VII., after the attainder 
of Henry Lord Lovel, whose unhappy and mysterious fate will 
be noticed under the head of East Stoke. The parish includes 
the hamlet of Sutton, and contains 320 inhabitants, and 2100 
acres of land, which has generally a fertile soil, and is noted for 
several excellent limestone quarries, and brick and tile yards. 
The commons were enclosed in 1794, when land was allotted as 
a commutation of all the tithes of the parish, most of which be- 
longs to the Duke of Rutland, who is lord of the manor, im- 
propriator, and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in the 
King's books at £6. 3s. 6d., and is now enjoyed by the Rev, 
John Hutton, A.B. The glebe consists of 75 acres. Messrs* 
Charles Blagden, Matthew Hall, and Thomas Keyworth, have 
also estates here, and there are in the parish, several small 
freeholders. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a tower 
and five bells. In the village is a small Methodist chapel, and 
the parish school. The master teaches 24 free scholars for 
.£27 a-year, of which ^17. 5s. is given by the Duke of Rut- 
land, and the remainder is raised by subscription. Mr. Mat- 
thew Hall pays 20s. vearly, as the interest of £25 left in 1816, 
1821, and 1824, by Matthew, William, and Henry Hall, to the 
poor of Granby and Sutton ; and those of the latter hamlet have 
8s. yearly as the interest of .£10 left in 1767* by William New- 
berry. In 1776, Thomas Harrison left £100 to the poor of 
Granby, but it was lost by the insolvency of his namesake, 
After the Conquest, Graneby and Sudton were of the fee of the 
Lords U Ayncourt, and continued their principal seat till the 
reign of Henry VI., when, their sole heiress married Lord 
Lovel. 

Sutton hamlet is 1 mile E. of Granby, and those marked * 
in the following Directory reside in it. and the rest at Granby, 
The three public-houses are under the New Beer Act. 



•Arnold Mrs. Mary 
Bateman William, tailor 
Bates John, joiner 
Bates Wm. butcher 
Beeson Wm. tailor 
•Burbage John, shopkeeper 
Calverley VVm. shoemaker 
Copley Thos. blacksmith 
Boubleday Benja,min, shoemaker 



Hanbery Mrs. Ann 
Harby George, joiner 
Hart Samuel, vict. Plough 
Hickling Ann. vict. Boot & Shoe 
Hourd Wm. miller and baker 
Hoyter Mordecni, gamekeeper 
Hutton Rev. John, A.B, vicar 
Newbray Miss Mary 
Piitchit Wm. joiner 



490 



BINGHAM HUNDRED. 



Roe Wm. gentleman 
Slater Wm. shoemaker 
Smith Thomas, schoolmaster 
•Wakerley John, lime burner, 
brick and tile maker, and pre- 
parer of plaster 
Watson Jno.vict.Marq. of Granbv 

FARMERS. 
Bates Daniel Bonser John 



•Burrows John Keyworth Thos. 
Doubleday Rd. *Levers William 
Goodacre Wm. Marriott John 
Hall Matthew Pepper James 
*Hall Wm. • Richards Anty. 

Carrier, William Pritchet, to 
Nottingham, Saturday, 5 morng. 



HAWKSWORTH PARISH. 

Haw-ksworth, anciently called Hochesword, is a small vil- 
lage and parish 4 miles N.E. of Bingham, and 8 miles S.S.W. 
oi Newark. It was of the fee of -Walter D'Ayn court, and partly 
soc to Aslacton. It now contains 212 inhabitants, and about 
800 acres of land, most of which belongs to John Storrer, M.D., 
who is lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, which is 
valued in the King's books at c£8. 13s. 9d i? and is now in the 
incumbency of the Rev. John Storrer. At the enclosure (in 
1761,) 150 acres were allotted in lieu of tithes. The church, 
dedicated to St. Mary, is a small building with a brick tower. 
Thomas Hall, Esq., has 160 acres in the parish. Of the glebe 
3a. 20p. are in Scarrington lordship. 



Askew Wm. tailor 
Brown Thos. gardener & seedsn. 
Brown Thos. jun. gardener, &c. 
Green John, shoemaker 
Marshall Thos. joiner 
Mather Thos. blacksmith 
Storrer .Rev. John, M.A. rector 



Sumner Benj. tailor & shopkr 
Wade Wm. gardener & par. clerk. 

FARMERS. 
Baxter Thos. Marriott Fras. 
Clark Edward Oliver John 
Green Eliz, Walker Wm. 



HICKLING PARISH. 

Hickling is a large village on the Grantham canal, at the 
foot of the Wolds, near the Leicestershire border and the Vale 
of Belvoir, 12 miles S.E. of Nottingham, and 8 miles S. by W, 
of Bingham. In 17/1? a farmer, whilst ploughing near the 
village, found an urn containing about 200 Roman silver coins 
and medals, most of them " the age of Vespasian." This dis- 
covery seems to confirm the opinion of Camden, that there has 
been a Roman station here. The parish is called in Domes- 
day Book, Echeling and Hegeling, and was partly soc to Crop- 
well and Granby. It contains 529 inhabitants, and about 3000 
acres of strong clay land, which was enclosed in 1777, when 
413a. 8p. were allotted in lieu of tithes, in addition to 55 a. 12r. 
of ancient glebe. About one-fourth of the parish belongs to 
W. F. Norton Norton, Esq., and one-sixteenth to the two pre< 



HICKL1NG PARISH. 



497 



bendaries of Oxton, in Southwell Collegiate Church ; the rest 
is the property of Messrs. Paul and Robt. Hardy, and other free- 
holders, but Earl Manvers is the lord paramount. The parish 
church is dedicated to St. Luke, and has a fine lofty tower with 
four bells. A stone coffin bearing a Runic inscription, was 
found some years ago under the chancel. The living" is a rectory 
valued in the King's books at =£13. 8s. 4d.,and is in the patronage 
of Queen's College, Cambridge, to which it was given in 16J6, 
by the widow of Dr. Bardsey. The Rev. Edward Anderson, 
B.A., is the incumbent. The Methodists have a small chapel 
here. The school has an endowment of 15s. yearly, left by J, 
Westby and Robert Mann, to which the parishioners subscribe 
for the education of 15 poor children. Five small benefactions 
producing 25s. yearly, have been left to the poor of this parish 
by Robert and William Mann, Richard Smith, William Mar- 
riott, and John Faulkes. The River Smite rises on the lofty 
hills at the west end of the parish, and flows in a north- 
easterly direction through a rich and winding vale to the river 
Dean, near Shelton, and is joined here by a smaller stream, 
called the Dalby. Fossils, chiefly shell fish, are often found here 
in the limestone. At the rectory-house is a spring of mineral 
water, each gallon of which contains as follow, viz. Insoluble 
matter, 0. 30; Vegetable, 0. 25; Common Salt, 4. 83; Sulph, 
Soda, 12. 38; and Carbonic Soda, 7- 65. — Total, 25. 4h 



Anderson Rev. Edw. B.A. rector 
Bampton Mr. Joseph 
Basilico John, corn factor 
Chapman Geo. blacksmith 
Clay Wm. tailor 
Collishaw Dorothy, wharfinger & 

coal dealer 
Corner Septimus, tailor 
Daft Jph. vict. and wheelwright 
Daft Mr. Robert 
Dickman Wm. boat owner 
Faulks John, joiner 
Faulks Michael, joiner 
Hardy Robert, butcher 
Harvey Wm. tailor 
Hives Geo. vict. & corn miller 
Holmes John, boat owner and 

shopkeeper 
Holmes Thomas, tailor 
Hopkinson John, beerhouse 
Lovett Henry, tailor 
Mann Mrs. Elizabeth 
Mann Mrs. Mary 
Mann Thos, bobbin net maker & 

shopkeeper 



Shipman John, boat owner 
Starbuck John, tailor 
Sutton Hugh, parish cleik 
Wheatiey Samuel, boat owner 
Wright John, mason & beerhouses 
Wright Mr. William 

FARMERS. 
Those marked * reside at the 
Pastures. 
•Barnett Jph. *Flewitt Saml. 
Bell John *Flewitt Wm. 

Blount Wm. Hardy Paul 
Clay John Hardy Robert 

Collishaw Wm. Hives John 

& John Hopkinson John 

Collishaw Wm. Maltby Joseph 
Cross Samuel, March George, 

Lodge Folly 

Daft George Mann John 
*Davies John Mann Mary 
Davies Richard Parker John 

Carrier, Rd. Copley, to Not- 
tingham, Sat. 4 mg. ; and to 
Melton Mowbray, Tues. 7 mg. 



498 



BINGHAM HUNDRED 



HOLME PIERREPONT PARISH 

Comprises the hamlets of Adbolton, Basingfield, Holme Pierre- 
pont, and Lamcote, with part of Gamston township, which is 
mostly in West Bridgeford Parish. It contains 205 inhabi- 
tants, and 2600 acres of land, stretching" southward from the 
Trent to the Nottingham and Grantham canal. The low 
grounds near the river have a rich alluvial soil, and the higher 
parts have a good sandy clay. The whole has long been pos- 
sessed by the Pierrepont family, from which it has the latter 
part of its name, and is now the property of Earl Manvers, who 
inherits the estates of the late Duke of Kingston, whose ances- 
tor, Henry Pierrepont, obtained this parish in the reign of 
Edward I. by marrying the heiress of the Maunvers family ', 
(hence the title of Earl Manvers). — See page 420. 

Holme Pierrepont village, though small, is rich in rural 
beauty, occupying a picturesque situation on the south side of 
the river Trent, 5 miles E. by S. of Nottingham. The farm- 
houses here and in other parts of the parish are mostly new and 
handsomely built, and the cottager neat, with small gardens 
attached to them. Holme Pierrepont House, now occupied 
by the Dowager Countess Manvers, is still a large and ancient 
mansion, though much of it has at different periods been taken 
down. It stands close to the church, and was thoroughly re- 
paired about 20 years ago, and cased in imitation of stone, 
forming a very handsome specimen of the gothic of the latter 
ages. The church, dedicated to St. Edmund, is rich in mural 
monuments, in altar tombs, and in ancient armorial brasses. 
Its form is gothic, but in the style of the time of Henry VII., 
with large and numerous windows, and consisting of a nave, 
side aisles, and a square tower, surmounted by a handsome lofty 
spire. The family vault of the late Dukes of Kingston and of 
Earl Manvers, is on the north side of the choir, with a lofty 
monument over it, supported by corinthian pillars, and most 
gloomily ornamented with death's heads, in wreaths, intermixed 
with fruit and foliage. Its inscription is rather in a superior 
style of sepulchral bombast, for it informs us that " Here lyeth 
the Illustrious Princess Gertrude, Countess of Kingston, 
daughter of Henry Talbot, Esq., son to George, late Earl of 
Shrewsbury. She was married to the most noble and excellent 
Earl of Kingston," &c. A very fine altar tomb to the memory 
of Sir Henry Pierrepont, knt., in 1G15, is on the south side ; he 
is in armour, and in the usual attitude of prayer. On the sides 
of the tomb are a son, four daughters, and an infant in swad- 
dling clothes ; and over it an highly ornamented tablet. Near 
iit is another, who, by his habit of a pilgrim, seems to have been 
in the Holy Land ; he has angels playing round his head. Here 
too is buried, " young Oldha?n y " considered as a poet of con- 



HOLME PiERREPONT PARISH. 499 

siderable merit, and patronized by William, Earl of Kingston, 
who also wrote the very elegant latin inscription on his monu- 
ment. The benefice is a rectory, valued in the King's books at 
£15. 7s. 6d. Earl Manvers is the patron, and the Rev. James 
Jarvis Cleaver is the incumbent. 

Adbolton, 2 miles W. of Holme Pierrepont, and 3 miles 
S. E. byE. of Nottingham, was once a separate parish, though 
it now consists only of two farms, with two dwellings near the 
site of its churchy which was taken down in 1746, when its ma- 
terials were sold for .£12. 7s. 6d., and its communion plate re- 
moved to Holme Pierrepont, to which its rectory, valued in the 
King's books at <£2. 13s. 9d., is now annexed. A fine pear tree 
marks the site of the church, and some of its grave stones form 
part of the pavement of the adjoining farmstead. The manor 
of Adbolton was long' held of the honour of Peverel, by the 
Strelley family ; but in 1598],it was granted by Queen Elizabeth 
to Sir Henry Pierrepont, and now belongs to his descendant, 
Earl Manvers. 

Basingfield is a small village, partly in Gamston township, 

4 miles S. E. by E. of Nottingham. 

Gamston village lies on the canal, nearly one mile W. of 
Basingfield, and its township extends into the hundred of 
Rushcliffe, and is partly in the parish of West Bridgeford. 
It was anciently called Gamelston, and was long held by the 
family of Lutterell. but was granted by Henry IT. to Robert 
Pierrepont, to whose descendant, Earl Manvers, it now belongs , 

Holme-Lane is a hamlet consisting of a good inn and a few 
dwellings, on the Bingham-road, 4 miles E. S. E. of Nottingham. 

Lamgote or Lambecoie is another manor, belonging to Earl 
Manvers, and containing a small part of the village of Radcliffe 
on Trent, 1 mile E. of Holme Pierrepont. 

A close at Lambly, now let for £3 a-year, belongs to the 
poor of Holme Pierrepont parish, as also does <£30, left in 171S, 
by the Rev. Humphrey Perkins, and <£10, left in 1730, by John 
Clayton, to the poor of Basingfield and Gamston. Timber that 
grew upon it was sold some years ago for .£40, now in Smith's 
bank, at Nottingham. 

Those marked \, reside at Adbolton; 2, Basingfield ; 3, Gam- 
ston; 4, Holme-grange ; 5, Holme-lane ; 6, Holme Pietrepont ; 7? 
Lamcote. 

6 Man vers Ann, Bo wager Countess 

Holme Pierrepont House 
Cleaver Rev. Jas. G. rector 

5 Burrows J. vict. Fox & Crown 
2 Foster Stephen, joiner 

7 Gee Jonas, tailor 
7 Hallam Rt. vict. Red Lion 
5 Smallwood Wm. gardener 
1 Spencer Jno. gardener & florist 



5 Wheatley John, joiner 

5 Wheatlev Marv, blacksmith 

FARMERS. 

6 Burgess Jph. 2 Morris Hy. 

Stubbins 3 Knight Thos. 

2 Franks John 3 Milner Cath. 

1 Hilton John 2 Parr Ann 

4 Lowe John 5 Sand ay Wm. 

2 Lowe William 1 Spencer John 



500 



BINGHAM HUNDRED. 



KINOULTON PARISH. 

Kinoulton is a large village and parish, on the Grantham 
canal, under the eastern declivity of the Wolds, 10£ miles S. E. 
of Nottingham, and 7 miles S. W. by S. of Bingham, containing 
389 inhabitants, and 2950 acres of land, mostly belonging to 
the lord of the manor, Christopher Henry Neville Noel, Esq. ; 
but about 260 acres belong to Thomas Black, William Day, 
and Henry Martin, Esq. ; and 120 acres have been allotted in 
lieu of the great tithes to the appropriator, the Archbishop of 
York, who is also patron of the vicarage, which has 14a. 2r. of 
glebe, and is valued in the King's books at £7. 18s. Lid. The 
Rev. Thomas Hoe is the incumbent, and collects the small 
tithes in kind. The village was anciently called Newbold, 
and was a chapelry to the mother church, which was dedicated 
to St. Wilford, and stood on a lofty eminence, more than half a 
mile west of the village, where it was long in ruins, and was 
taken down about the year 1793, when the Earl of Gainsborough, 
then lord of the manor, erected the present church nearly in 
the centre of the village, on or near the site of " the wretched 
chapel, mentioned and called by Thoroton Newbolt chapel" 
It is a neat brick structure, with a lofty tower. In the old 
church-yard only a very few grave-stones now remain, though 
about three years ago a Mr. Peet was buried there. A large 
granite stone, which had lain for many ages upon the hill, about 
half a mile north-east of the old church, was removed about ten 
years ago into the village. It is supposed to have been part of 
a Druidical Temple, though a traditional fable says the Devil 
threw it from Lincoln Minster with the intention of knocking 
down Kinoulton church! The Wesleyan chapel in the village 
was built in 1813. A Chalybeate Spring, upon the^hill on the 
west side of the village, is said to possess considerable medicinal 
virtues. The parish feast is on the Sunday after St. Luke's 
day ; and two sick clubs in the village hold their festivals on 
Whit-Wednesday and Thursday. The manors of Kinoulton 
and Newbold were of the fees of Walter D'Ayncount and 
William Peverel, and were successively held by the Villers, 
Foljambes, Plumptons, Cliftons, Bugges, and Noels, from the 
-latter of whom they passed to their present lord, C. H. Neville, 
Esq. who assumed the name of Noel, on succeeding to the 
estates of Henry Noel, the last Earl of Gainsbrough, who died 
without issue in 1798. 



Bailey Thos. schoolmaster 
Bailey Wm. vict. Volunteer 
Bonser Wm. sen.&jun. joiners 
Gardner John, blacksmith 
Gillman William, tailor 
<ireen Charles, shoemaker 



H^rdy William, tailor 
Harvey Thomas, joiner 
Healey Thomas, parish clerk 
Jalland William, weaver 
Nash James, brick maker 
Oxby Miss Sarah, Ladies' school 



KIMOULTOX PARISH. 



501 



Pollard Thomas, shoemaker 

Pollard Win. vict. Bull's Head 

Simpson John, boat owner and 
coal dealer 

Spencer James, tailor 

Spenser Joseph, boat owner and 
coal dealer 

Street John, shoemaker & shop- 
keeper 

FARMERS. I Pollard & Jno. Peet, Sat. 5 morn- 

Abbott Geo. Baguley Ann | ing. 



Black Thomas Mountnay John 
Bonser John Oxby Robert 
Bonser Saml. Peet William 
Clark T. Grange Peet William 
Clarke W. Hall Sharp Thomas 
Marsh Richard Shephard Hanli. 
Milner Thos. Stokes Robert 

Carriers to Nottingham, Wm . 



KNEETON PARISH. 

Knbeton or Kneveton is a small village and parish, occupying 
a commanding situation, upon a lofty precipitous clrff, on the 
south side of the Trent, Smiles S. W.of Newark. Tt con- 
tains 119 inhabitants, and 800 acres of land, all belonging to 
Lord Porchester, except about 140 acres, which are the pro- 
perty of Mrs. Hildyard, to whom they descended from the 
Story family. A great part of the manor was given to Welbeck 
Abbey, but in the reign of Edward VI. it was held of the King 
in capite by Sir Edward Molyneux, whose descendants resided 
here during many generations, but their mansion was taken 
down in 1781, when their estates passed with their sole heiress, 
to the late Lord Howard, whose daughter, the Hon. Henrietta 
Howard Molyneux, was married in 1830 to Lord Porchester, 
the present lord of the manor, and patron of the perpetual 
curacy, which is valued in the King's books at £4. 9s. 4d., but 
has received three augmentations from Queen Anne's Bounty, 
two of which have been laid out in land, and the third (.£400) is 
still in the augmentation office. The Rev. Philip Palmer is 
the incumbent. The church is a small fabric with a tower and 
three bells, and has some monuments of the Story family. The 
views in the vicinity are extensive and beautiful, including a 
considerable portion of the picturesque vales of the Trent and 
Bel voir. 

Fisher Nathaniel, farmer I Hill Edward, farmer 

Foster William, shoemaker Xeale Thomas, farmer 

Hall John, shopkeeper j Walker George, shopkeeper 



LANG AR-C UM-BARNSTON PARISH 

Lies betwixt the Smite rivulet and the Leicestarshire border, 
and includes the neighbouring villages and lordships of Langar 
and Barnston, which form but one manor and township, con- 
taining 2J4 inhabitants, and 3825a. 3k. dp. of strong fertile 



502 BINGHAM HUNDRED. 

land, all of which belongs to John Wright, Esq. except three 
farms in Barnston, and 400 acres allotted to the rector at the 
enclosure in lieu of the tithes. In the Conqueror's time they 
were of the fees of William Peverel and Walter D'Ayncourt, 
and were afterwards held by the familes of Rodes, Tibetot, 
Serope, and Howe, of the latter of whom they were purchased 
by their present proprietor in 1818. 

Langar is a small but pleasant and well built village, 4 
miles S. byE. of Bingham. Thoroton, in 1677* says Langar 
Hall- and nearly the whole of the parish have lately become the 
estate of Mr. Howe, who made a convenient park of the closes 
around the mansion, and stocked it with deer. The hall was 
subsequently nearly all rebuilt, and ornamented with a hand- 
some portico and pediment, with six lofty ionic pillars, the 
height of the house, which is three stories, but is now unoccu- 
pied, and a great part of it has been taken down since it was 
purchased by the present lord of the manor, John Wright, Esq. 
who bought it in 1818 of the present Earl Howe, and has 
since divided the park, and cut down all its fine timber. Tt 
was the seat of the late gallant Admiral Howe, who, in 1792, 
succeeded the brave Rodney as Vice-Admiral of England. 
He (Richard Howe) was the fourth Viscount Howe, in Ireland, 
and was created Viscount Howe of Langar, in 1782, and Baron 
Howe of Langar, and Earl Howe, in 1788. He seldom visited 
his seat of Langar Hall, for his time was his country's, and 
during a long course of active service he gained the most illus- 
trious naval honours. He died universally regretted, in 1799, 
when his titles became extinct, except the Barony, which 
devolved on Sophia Charlotte, his eldest daughter and co- 
heiress, who married Pen Asheton Curzon, afterwards created 
Viscount Curzon, which title descended to their son and heir, 
the present Richard Wm. Penn Asheton Curzon, who sold this 
estate in 1818, and was created Earl Howe in 1821. 

Langar church stands near the hall, and consists of a nave 
and two side aisles, with a tower and a ring of five bells. It is 
dedicated to St. Andrew, and contains many beautiful monu- 
ments of the Lords Serope, &c, particularly one dated 1609, 
which is ornamented in the richest sepulchral style. The re- 
cumbent figures are all in excellent preservation. Here also 
are busts of the two Lords Howe, who died in 1712 and 1734. 
It was anciently appropriated to Lenton and Thurgarton 
priories, but is now a rectory in the patronage of John Wright, 
Esq. and valued in the King's books at *£10. 7s. lid., but 
Thorosby says (1795) its real value is nearly £300 per annum. 
The Rev. W. Bowerbank purchased the rectory of the late 
patron, with the intention of inducting his son as soon as he 
should have passed the University; and until then he gave it to 
his friend, the Rev. Joseph Rollin Unwin, the present incum- 
bent, who has possitively refused to givo it up to the younger 



LANGAR-OLM-BARXSTON. 



503- 



Mr. Bowerbank, in consequence of which a law suit has ensued, 
which we should think will terminate in his favour, though he 
may have committed a breach of friendship. The lordship of 
Langar comprises 2439a. 2r. 25p. The feast is held on the 
second Sunday after Whit-Sunday. 

Barnston is a hamlet and chapelry, 1 mile E. by N. of 
Langar, and 4 miles S. S. E. of Bingham. It contains 
1386a. Or. 20p. of fertile land. The houses, which are few in 
number, occupy an eminence that commands an extensive view 
of the vale of Belvoir. The chapel is a small building, with a 
short tower, and is annexed to the rectory of Langar. This we 
suppose is the remains, or rather, perhaps, the successor of the 
ancient chapel of St. Atheburga, or St. Aubrey, which Thoroton 
says stood in the fields of Langar, and was considered as 
partly belonging to Granby church, with which it was given to 
Thurgarton prior} 7 . The feast here is on the Sunday after 
Whit-Sunday. 



LANGAR. 

Bates John, vict. Unicorn's Head 
Newton Robert, butcher 
Stokes Rueben, bobbin net mkr 
Swift William, shopkeeper 
Unwin Rev. Jph. Rollin, rector 
Wright John, joiner 

FARMERS. 
Goodwin Thos. Hall Isaac 



Hall Vincent Harrison Roger 
Hall Wm. Newton John 

BARNSTON.-(FARMERS.) 
Marked * are Yeomen, 
Daft Stephen *Pacey J.North- 
•Howe Gervas field house 



James John 
•James Wm. 



Smith Saml 
Topham Wm. 
Whittle 



LODGE-ON-THE-WOLDS 

Is an extra parochial liberty, upon the Roman Fosse-way, 
8£ miles S. E. of Nottingham. It contains only one house and 
25 acres of land, occupied by Henry Randall, but belonging to 
Henry Cole Bingham, Esq. Stukely says, that in 1724 there 
was an inn here, " under a great wood, upon the declension of 
a stiff clayey hill. Here the pavement upon the Roman road is 
very manifest, of great blue flag stones, laid edgeways very care- 
fully. The quarries from whence they took them are upon the 
side of the hill." The pavement is two feet broad, and in some 
places is so sunk in the Fosse, that an army might be marched 
without observation for many miles. It is said the house here 
was once a noted Lying-in- Asylum for pregnant ladies, who 
wished to secrete their illegitimate offspring, and afterwards 
pass themselves upon the fashionable world as " virgins chaste 
and fair." 



ORSTON PARISH 

Includes the townships and chapelries of Scarrington and 



§04 BINGHAM HUNDRED 

Thoroton, and also part of Flawborough, which* is mostly in- 
Staunton parish, in the hundred of Newark, It contains* 76£ 
inhabitants, and 2150 acres of rich land, in the vale of the Smite 
river. Orston and the two chapelries maintain their poor 
separately, and in the population returns are entered as three 
distinct parishes, though they have long- been united under the 
same pastor. 

Orston village and township contains about 90 houses, and 
1850 acres of land on the south side of the Smite, 5 miles E. of 
Bingham. Tt was enclosed in 1796, when 272a. 2r. 31 p. 
were alloted to the appropriators, and 68a. 3r. 20p. to the 
vicar, as a commutation of all the tithes. Earl Man vers is lord 
of the manor, and owner of about 200 acres, but the largest pro- 
prietor is Henry Cole Bingham, Esq. who has 500 acres. This 
manor of Orston or Oschinton was held by the crown from the 
reign of Edward the Confessor to that of Richard I., the latter 
of whom granted it to William de Albini, Lord of Beivoir, from 
whose descendants it passed to the families of Roos, Montague, 
and Bozony the latter of whom sold it to the Earl of Kingston, 
an ancestor of the present Earl Manvers. The church is 
dedicated to Sti Mary. The body is ancient, but the tower, 
which has four bells, was rebuilt about the year 1763. Wmv 
Rufus gave it to Lincoln Cathedral, and the dean and chapter 
of Lincoln are still the appropriators, and also patrons of the 
vicarage, which is valued in the King's books at £12* 4s. 7dv ? 
and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Charles J. Fiennes Clinton, 
for whom the Rev. Gabriel Valpy, M. A. officiates both here 
and at Scarrington, and Thoroton. Here is a small Methodist 
chapel, and near the village is a chalybeate spring noted for its 
tonic qualities. The feast is on the Sunday after the 19th of 
September. Mrs. Middlemore, who resides in the hall, is lessee 
of the rectorial land. The Ladies Dole is a rent charge of 
.£1. 14s. 6d« paid to poor widows every Christmas out of Mr. 
Bingham's estate, but the donor is unknown. 

Scarrington is a small village, township, and chapelry, 2| 
miles E.N. E. of Bingham. It has only 188 inhabitants, and 
900 acres of land, belonging to Henry Flower, Esq.,, and 
several other resident freeholders, except 115 acres allotted to 
the appropriators at the enclosure in 1779; but Earl Manvers 
is lord of the manor, which in Domesday-Book is described as 
a Berue of Orston. The church is in the same appropriation, 
patronage, and incumbency, as that at Orston. to which it is a 
chapel of ease. Being in a ruinous state, it was partly rebuilt, 
and thoroughly repaired about 30 years ago, at the cost of 
«£300. It has a spire steeple with three bells. A small Metho- 
dist chapel was built herein 1818. An annuity of 10s. left by 
an unknown donor, is paid out of Robert Watson's farm to 
poor widows. 



ORSTON PARISH. 



505 



Thoroton, on the north side of the Smite, 1 mile N. of 
Orston, and 4 miles E.N.E. of Bingham, is a smaller village 
than Scarrington, but has a larger township and chapelry, con- 
taining 143 inhabitants, and 1400 acres of land, which was in 
closed in 17%, when 195a. 3r. If. were allotted to the dean 
and chapter of Lincoln, in lieu of the great tithes, and 
19a. 1r. 5p. to the vicar of Orston, in lieu of the small tithes. 
The soil is generally a rich clay, producing fine crops of grass, 
wheat, and beans. * Earl Manvers and Dr. Staunton are joint 
lords of the manor, which was a berue of Orston, and at the 
Domesday survey was held by a " sokman" whose posterity 
took the name of the place, and from whom descended Robert 
Thoroton, M. D. the first Nottinghamshire topographer, whose 
ancestors sold their patrimony here in the reign of Henry VIIT. 
and removed to Car-Colston.— (See p. 488.) The principal 
land owners are now Mrs. Esther Wylde, of Nottingham ; Mr. 
Stuart, and Sir Peter Payne, Bart. 'The church or chapel is 
annexed to the vicarage of Orston, and is a handsome struc- 
ture, with a tower containing two bells, and surmounted by a 
fine spire. 



ORSTON. 

Beaumont Miss Susanna Maria 
Cheetham John, shoemaker 
Cheetham Thomas, blacksmith 

and shopkeeper 
Dewey Richard, tailor 
Hand Wm. vict. Plough 
Hart Richard, saddler and tawer 
Harvey Thos. shoemaker and 

beer house 
Henson William, victualler and 

shopkeeper, Royal Oak 
Leake Thomas, miller and baker 
Lowe Thomas, schoolmaster 
Maltby Thomas, maltster 
Marshall William, maltster 
Middlemore Mrs. Susanna, gent. 

Orston Hall 
Rippengale John, tailor 
Stephens John, joiner 
Twintberry Thos. blacksmith 
Valpy Rev. Gabriel, M.A. curate 
Weghtman Jph. butcher 
Wilson George, shoemaker and 

parish clerk 
Wilson John, shoemaker 
Wingfield Thomas, wheelwright 
FARMERS. 

2$ean John 



Bean Thos. 
Hollis John 
Marshall Thos. 
Marshall Wm. 



Morris John 
Vincent Robt. 
Walker J. Field 
Weckham Ann 



Carriers. John Fryer and W. 
Greaves, to Newark Wed. 6 mg., 
and to Nottingham Sat. 4 mg. 

SCARRINGTON. 

Flower Henry, Esq. 
Graves Robert, joiner 
Harvey Robert, pig jobber 
Hitchcock Thomas, wheelwright 
Marsh John, gent. 
Mee John, shoemaker 
Vessev Joseph, butcher 
FARMERS. 
Blagg Wm. Marshall Wm. 

Fisher Sam! . Watson John 
Ludlow John Watson Thos. 
Maish Thos. Watson Robt, 

THOROTON. 

Branston Thos. shopkeeper 
Gibson George, shopkeeper 
Moggs Thomas, milter & baker 
Smith Thoma3, shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
Chettle TbOf. Moggs Jph. 
Ma'^py Praft. i Greece James 
2x2" 



506 



BJNfJHAM HUNDRED. 



OWTHORPE PARISH. 

Owthorpe is a small village and parish upon the Grantham 
eanal, and on the eastern side of the lofty range of hills called 
the Wolds, 9 miles S.E. by E. of Nottingham, and 6 miles 
S.S.W. of Bingham. It contains only about 30 humble dwell- 
ings, 144 inhabitants, and 1600 acres of cold clay land, of which 
Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart, is lord and principal owner, 
his father, Sir George Smith Bromley, Bart, having purchased 
the manor, with 1300 acres of land, in 1773, of the Hutchinson 
family, who had held it for many generations. For some time 
after the Conquest it was held by a family of its own name, and 
was of the fee of Roger de Busli. The hall and the church 
were both rebuilt about 1650, by Colonel John Hutchinson, 
who, as has been seen at page 89, was an active Parliamentary 
partisan during the civil wars of Charles I., in which he was 
some time governor of Nottingham castle. Though he sat in 
judgment upon his Sovereign, no very active means were taken 
to apprehend him at the Restoration, and he seems to have lived 
secretly in Owthorpe Hall, till 1663, when he was arrested on 
his road to the church, by a party of horse under the command 
of Cornet Atkinson, and was conveyed to Deal castle, in Kent, 
where he died a prisoner, but was interred in Owthorpe church. 
The hall was a large square mansion, which was pulled down 
by the present owner of the estate. The present church if 
much smaller than the original fabric, out of the ruins of which 
it is built. It is dedicated to St. Margaret, and consists of a 
nave, with a low tower and one bell. It was anciently appro- 
priated to Thurgarton priory, but is now in the impropriation 
and patronage of Sir R. H. Bromley, Bart. The living is a 
perpetual curacy, certified at «£10, and now in the incumbency 
of the Rev. Thomas Smith. Two houses on the Mll r ©ear, 
Lodge- -on- the- Wolds, (see p. 503,) are in this parish. 

Barlow John, shoemaker FARMERS. 

Hanson J. p. clerk & schoolmstr | Mackley Rd. Spencer Thos. 
Lovett Wm. tailor I Marsden Thos. Wild John 

Wild T. lime burner, Odd house | Martin John Wild William 



RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PARISH. 

Radcliffe-on-Trknt is a large and well-built village, six 
miles E, by S. of Nottingham, remarkable for its very romantic 
scenery, being situated upon a lofty cliff on the south bank of 
the Trent, from which it has its name, and which affords it 
some extensive and beautiful prospects over the vale watered by 
that broad and meandering river. It contains J 90 houses), 1125 



EADCLirrE-ON-TRKKf. 



50/ 



inhabitants, and about 1800 acres of fertile land, which was 
enclosed in 1788, when the tithes were exonerated by an allot- 
ment of 100 acres to the impropriator, and 40 acres to the vicar. 
Earl Manvers is proprietor of nearly all the land, and lord of 
the manor; also impropriator and patron of the vicarage, 
which is valued in the King's books at £4.. 12s. 6d., and has 
received two augmentations from Queen Anne's Bounty, with 
which 26 acres of land have been purchased. The church, 
which was anciently appropriated to Thurgartor* priory, is de- 
dicated to St. Mary, and was thoroughly repaired, with the ad- 
dition of a gallery and 195 free seats, in 1829, by subscription 
and a gift from the society for building and enlarging churches.. 
It has a nave and chancel, with a tower and four bells, and 
has, lying in a niche, " a wooden figure of Stephen Radcliffe,. 
said to be the founder." The Rev. Edward Denison, M.A. is 
the incumbent, and resides in the vicarage-house, besides which 
here are several other handsome modern mansions. There are 
in the village a number of malt-kilns, and some of the inhabit- 
ants are employed by the Nottingham lace and hosiery manu- 
facturers. The feast is on the Sunday after September 19th. — 
The Dowager Countess Manvers has many years supported a 
school here,, for th© education of 21 poor boys and girls. In 
1714, the benefactions belonging to the poor of this parish 
amounted to .£33, and were laid out in the purchase of 2r. ]6p. 
of land, which was augmented at the enclosure with an allot- 
ment of 2a. 3r. 6p., and is now let for £7 per annum, half of 
which is distributed at Christmas, and the rest is dispensed at 
various times amongst the sick parishioners. The south-west 
extremity of the village stands in the manor of Lamcote, which 
is mostly in the parish of Holme Pierrepont.— (See p. 499.) 
After thV Conquest, Radcliffe was held of Wm. Peverel, by 
Fredgis and Ulviet, except a portion of it which was of the fee 
of Walter D'Ayncourt. It subsequently passed to the Motor, 
Baseley, Hoveringham, Radcliffe, Rosel, and other families. — 
The Pierreponts had possessions here as early as Edward III., 
and have since, by purchase, &c. become possessed of the whole 
manor ; some portions of which were granted by its early pro- 
prietors to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and others to. 
the abbeys of Newstead, in this county, and Dale, in Der- 
bvshire. 



AlUcbrook Eliz. shopkeeper 
Barker Edward, smith, farrier, 

and net maker 
Barrott William shoemaker 
Bates John, shoemaker, Lamcote 
Beeson John, boat owner and 

shopkeeper 
Beeson Thomas shopkeeper 



Bell Geo. vict. Manvers 5 Arms, 

and bricklayer 
Blackwell Georae. shoemaker 
Bolton Rev. Edward, Radcliffe 

Lodge 
Brewster Robert, maltster 
Brice William, baker and four 

dealer 



508 



RADCL1FFE-ON -TRENT. 



Butler Mary, maltster and vict. 
Butler Richard, butcher 
Buxton Timothy, miller and 

baker 
Denison Rev. Ed. M.A. vicar 
Duke George, parish clerk 
Eastwood Wm. stonemason 
Foster John, joiner 
Foster Richard, butcher 
Foster Wm. butcher 
Gee Jacob, taylor and draper 
Gee Jonas, shoemaker 
Glew Samuel, wheelwright 
Green John, maltster 
Hallam Richard, maltster 
Haynes Thos. vict. Royal Oak 
Haynes William, joiner 
Hemsley Samuel, schoolmaster 
Hind John, job gardener 
Knight Thomas, gent. 
Lock ton Ed. vict. Black Lion 
Marriott John, tailor 
Morley John, maltster 
Morley John, shomaker 
Morley Sarah, shopkeeper 
Morley Wm. overseer & constable 
Murden Ann, shopkeeper 
Ogle George, butcher 
Parr Ed. wharfinger and coal dlr 
Parr Henry, baker & flour dealer 
Parr Mary, boat owner and shop- 
keeper 
Parr Richard, maltster 
Randall William, boat owner, 
Lamcote 



Rayworth Thomas, tailor 
Richards George, shoemaker 
Richmond Ann, teacher girls' 

school 
Richmond Samuel, butcher 
Richmond William, shoemaker 
Rockley William, shoemaker 
Saunders Mary, shopkeeper 
Scrimshaw John, tailor 
Stokes William, shoemaker 
Talbot John, joiner 
Taylor William, Esq. 
Terry Ann, boat owner 
Tugman John, joiner 
Whitehead Richard, shoemaker 
Whitworth Francis, saddler 
Whitworth Thomas, baker and 

flour dealer 
Wood Samuel, shopkeeper 
Wright Francis, Esq., Lamcote 
Wright Elizabeth, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
Bowren Jph. Parr Samuel 
Brewster Edw. Rose John 



Butler Richard 
Green Robert 
Parr Jno. Lam- 
cote 



Stone Thomas 
Walker William, 
Gillmoor field 



Carriers, George Duke and 
W r illiam Morley, to Nottingham^ 
Wed. and Sat. 7 nig. 

The Coaches to Nottingham 
and Newark, call at the Manvers' 
Arms, daily. 



SCREVETON PARISH. 

Screveton is a small village and parish lying betwixt the 
Fosse-way and the Car- dike, 4 miles N.E. by N. of Bingham, 
containing 312 inhabitants, and about 1100 acres of land, which 
was enclosed in 1706, when 120 acres (since exchanged for 90 
acres nearer the church) were allotted to the rector in lieu of 
his tithes. At the same time, about 50 acres were allotted to 
the appropriators of Orston and the impropriator of Car-Col- 
ston, in lieu of their right to the tithes of those parts of this 
parish which were soc to the said manors and parishes. This 
parish was anciently of three fees, and was successively held 
by the Kirketons, the Leeks, the WhaJleys, and the Thorotons, 
• •■ occupied Kvrkefon futlL which was so named from its 



filKGtf-iLM HUNDRED. 



609 



standing near the church, " in the very division of the lord- 
ships of Car-Colston and Screveton," as we are informed by 
our old Nottinghamshire topographer, Ur. Thoroton, who was 
born in it, and one of whose family, Thomas Thoroton, Esq. 
was living in it in 1796 ; but none of the name are now left in 
the neighbourhood, and their mansion was pulled down about 
six years ago by the father of the present owner of the estate, 
Thomas Hildyard, Esq. (now a minor,) who has the deputation 
of this and several adjacent manors-, of which Earl Manvers is 
lord paramount, and occasionally holds a manorial court. The 
church is dedicated to St. Winifred, and is a neat edifice, with 
a nave, two side aisles, three bells, a curious old font, and se- 
veral antique and highly ornamented monuments of the Whal- 
leys. The living is a rectory, valued in the King's books at 
£6. 19s. 2d. Mr. Hildyard is the patron, and the Rev. John 
C. Girardot is the incumbent. The feast is on the Sunday 
after Old Michaelmas-day. A benefaction of £b y left to the 
poor of this parish by John Parr, in 1748, has been twice lost, 
and as often replaced by the parishioners. 

Bean Robert, farmer 
Branston William, shoemaker 
Blagg Wm. farmer, Red Lodge 
Cragg William* blacksmith 
Flinders Geo. parish clerk 
Flinders John, tailor 
Fostor John, blacksmith 
Foster John, shoemaker 
Gihson Henry, shoemaker 
Gibson William, shopkeeper 
Heathcote Robert, gent. 
Houseley Richard, rag merchant 



Marsh Thomas, yeomen 

Marshall Edw. baker and" flour 
dealer 

Marshall Jt>hn, rope maker 

Musson John, joiner 

Neale John, Barley Mow, beer- 
house 

Voce Thomas, farmer 

Carrier, John Patchett, to 
Newark, Wed., and Nottingham, 
Salt, 5 mg. 



SHELFORD PARISH 

Consists of two townships, viz. Shelford- with -Newton, and 
Saxendale, which maintain their poor separately, and contain 
together 704 inhabitants, and upwards of 3000 acres of land, 
lying on the south side of the Trent, betwixt Radcliffe and East 
Bridgeford. 

Shelford, 6£ miles E. by N. of Nottingham, is a pleasant 
village, seated on a gentle eminence, which in very great 
floods is sometimes completely surrounded by the Trent water, 
as was the case in 1793, though it is distant half a mile from 
the regular channel of the river, and is backed by a lofty ridge 
of land to the south. After the Conquest, it was nearly all of 
the fee of Goisfred de Halselin, whose descendant, Ralph, 
founded an Austin Priory here in the reign of Stephen, which, 
at its dissolution in the 29th of Henry VIII., was valued at 



510 SHELFORD PARISH. 

.£116. Is. Id. per annum, and was granted to Michael Stan- 
hope, Esq, ancestor of the Earl of Chesterfield, who is now sole 
owner (except half an acre) and lord of the manor of Shelford, 
which comprises about 2500 acres. The ancient manor house, 
which was long occupied by the Stanhope family, was burnt 
down in the civil wars, when the Parliamentarians took it by- 
storm, after it had long held out for the King, under the com- 
mand of Colonel Stanhope, (son of the first Earl of Chesterfield,) 
who was slain in the conflict. Some years after this, the family 
rebuilt it partly out of its ruins, and it is now occupied by John 
Hassall, Esq. captain of the Holme troop of Yeomanry. The 
church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is a respectable 
edifice, containing many monuments of the Stanhope family, 
one of which is to the memory of the accomplished Earl of 
Chesterfield, who died in 1752, and whose character and writings 
are too well known to require any encomium here. The tower 
is massive and lofty, and has a peal of five bells. The living is 
a perpetual curacy, certified at ^40, and is in the patronage of 
the Earl of Chesterfield. The Rev. John Rollestone, of Burton 
Joyce, is the incumbent. The almshouse, near the village, 
was founded in 1694, by Sir Wm. Stanhope, for six poor men 
of the parishes of Shelford, Bingham, Carlton-by-Nottingham, 
Gedling, Burton Joyce, or Whatton, each having a garden, 2s. 
per week, and a yearly allowance of coal and clothing. Only 
three almsmen are now admitted, and the rest of the building 
is occupied by a schoolmaster, who receives ^40 a year from 
the Earl of Chesterfield, for teaching 30 poor children. The 
-parish feast is on the first Sunday in July. 

Newton hamlet is pleasantly situated upon a declivity, \\ 
mile E. by S. of Shelford, and 2 miles W.N. W. of Bingam. — 
The manor contains 800 acres, and was all of the fee of Gois- 
fred de Halselin, except 50 acres, which were soc to Bingham, 
and still belong to that parish. The whole is now the property 
of the Earl of Chesterfield, except 25 acres belonging to the poor 
of Bunny, and 35 belonging to the Rev. John Popplewell and 
Mr. John A 11 wood, 

Saxendale hamlet and township has only 118 inhabitants, 
and 600 acres of land, and is distant 2£ miles S.E. of Shelford, 
and If mile W. of Bingham, being situated at the junction of 
the Nottingham and Grantham road with the Roman Fosse- 
way. The whole, except about five acres belonging to Mr. John 
Green, is the property of the Earl of Chesterfield. There 
was formerly a church here, appropriated to Shelford priory, 
but after the dissolution, Thoroton says, the family of Stanhope 
" swore it was but a Chapel of Ease" and pulled it down to save 
the expense of a chaplain. In our author's time, some of the 
inhabitants had taken up stone coffins, and converted them into 
troughs for swine. 



INuH.VM HUNURKD. 



511 



SKELFORB. 

Calah John, bricklayer 
Fisher John, parish clerk 
Foster Edward, shopkeeper 
Hassall Capt. John, Manor house 
Henton Thomas, schoolmaster, 

Hospital 
Hill Isaac, btickmaker 
Ilowett John, joiner and cabinet 

maker 
Jackson John, overlooker Trent 

navigation 
Julian Wiliam, tailor 
Loach William, shoemaker 
Miles Thomas, shoemaker 
Newcomb John, corn miller, 

Newton 
Palethorpe Thomas, butcher 
Pilgrim John, chief constable for 

N. Div. of Bingham Hundred 
Reason John, Robert, and Win. 

joiners 
Reason William, blacksmith 
Towers Thomas, butcher 
Walker George, shoemaker and 

shopkeeper 
Walker Thomas, irardener 
Watson William, butter dealer 
Widdowson William, gent. 
Wood John, overseer and con- 
stable 
Wood John, shoemaker 



Woollev Mr. Joseph 

FARMERS. 

Bailey Nath. Julian Eliz. 
Binks Fras. Marriott Benj 
Cook Wm. Marshall W. 

Duckinfield Jn. Palethorpe My 



Ellis Henry 
Fisher John 
Fox John 
Girton John 
Jallands John 



Parks Ann 
Raven Saml. 
Swan wick Wm. 
Tomlin Geo. 
Whitaker Marv 



Cahrifrs, John Holland, and 
Thomas Walker, to Nottingham, 
Sat. 6 mg. 

NEWToar. 

Allwood William, farmer 
Greaves John, bobbin net mkr 
Jon^s William, gardener 
Martin Thomas, farmer 
Palmer Rev. Philip, Newton Hall 
Popplewell, Rev. John 
Parr William, farmer 
Walker Robert, farmer 
Wilson Hannah, farmer 
SAXONDALE.-(FARMERS) 
Foster John Lamin Wm. 
Green John Pilgrim John 

Hemsall G. mole Radford Thos.. 
catcher and shopkpr 

Horsepooi Wm. Upton George 



TITHBY PARISH 

Consists of the two toivnships of Tiihhy and CropiveU Butler^ 
the former of which contains 144 inhabitants, and 567a. 
1 R, 2Sp. of land, and the latter 555 inhabitants, and about 1800 
acres. They maintain their poor separately, but were both en- 
closed under one act in 1788, when 232 acres were allotted to 
the impropriator, and 30a. or. 32p. to the incumbent curate in 
lieu of tithes, and 5a. 3r. 34p. to the Duke of Newcastle, as a 
-commutation of his manorial claims in Cropwell Butler. 

Tithby is a small but pleasant village, 2\ miles S. S. W. of 
Bingham, and after the Conquest was of the fees of XV. Peverel, 
and Walter D'Ayncourt. For many generations it was the 
property of the Chaworths, of Wiverton, whose late heiress 
carried it in marriage to John Musters, Esq. the present lord of 
the manor, impropriator, and patron of the perpetual curacy, 
which i^ certified at £\\. 1 Is. Id. and is now in the inoumbencv 



512 



TITHBY PAHISH. 



of the Rev. Edward Palling, for whom the Rev. P. H. Palmer 
officiates. The churchy dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was 
thoroughly repaired and new pewed in 1824, at the cost of 
.£900. The /east is on the Sunday after St. Peter's day. 

Cropwell Butler is a large village and township, 1 mile 
W. by N. of Tithby, and near the Bingham canal. It was 
anciently called Crophill BotilZer, from the circular hill, which 
rises betwixt it and Cropwell Bishop, and from its early posses- 
sors, the Botillers or Butlers, of Warrington, in Lancashire, 
from whom part of it passed to the Hutchinsons, who sold the 
farms to divers freeholders, and the demesne to the Earl of 
Kingston, to whose descendant, Earl Manvers, it still belongs; 
but the "Orange" and a large portion of the township is the 
property of John Musters, and the families of Parr and Mar- 
riott reside here on their own farms. After the Conquest, it 
was of the fee of Roger Pictavensis, who gave the chapel y of which 
no traces now remain, " to the monastery of St. Martin's, at 
Sais, in France," and from whom the manorial rights of Cropwell 
Butler, have descended to the Duke of Newcastle. A Metho- 
dist chapel was built here about 5 years ago. The feast is on the 
Sunday after Old St.Luke's-day. There are three benefactions 
belonging to the poor A of the township, viz. — £50 left in 1777 
by Mary Fillingham ; ^50 left in 1779, by Win, Fillingham, 
and £ 100 left in 1813, by John Marriott. The latter is now 
vested in «£108, new 4 per cents., and the others are in Smith 
and Co. 's bank, at Nottingham. 



TITHBY— (FARMERS. &c.) 
Bates Wm. Paling John 

Beecroft Thos. Pollard John 
Beecroft Wm. parish clerk 
Braithwaite Chs. Rayner William, 
Crane Jas. shopkeeper 

Derry Thos. Roberts George 
Dowell Thos. gamekeeper 

Harwood Benj. Walker John 



Hallam John 



blacksmith 



CROPWELL BUTLER. 

Allroyd William, shopkeeper 
Baguley Mr. Samuel 
Barratt John, beer-house 
Barratt Matthew, baker and 

shopkeeper 
Carver Thomas, blacksmith 
Carver William, blacksmith 
Clark Charles, castrator 
Clark Jackson, gardener 
Clark William, gardener 
Crampton Thomas, tailor and 

shopkeeper 
Davis William, shoemaker 



Doncaster John, brickmaker 
Huskisson William, tailor 
Innocent Francis, victualler and 

maltster 
Innocent William, butcher 
Kemp George, shoemaker 
Kemp Randall, shoemaker 
Marriott John, victualler, Leather 

Bottle 
Newton George, joiner 
Parr Mrs. Catherine 
Ray nor Mrs. Martha 
Smith Rev. Henry 
Taylor Thomas, wheelwright 
Tinsley Joseph, brickmaker 
Widdowson John, shoemaker 
Widdowson William, blacksmith 
Wright Thomas, joiner 
FARMERS. 
Baldock Jph. Fisher Thomas, 
Barratt Henry and overseer 
Barratt John Hopewell John 
Clark Mary Innocent John 
Dixon Wm. Marriott Jph. 



3LNGHAM HUNDRED. 



Marriott Win. Raynor Martha 
Newton Wm. Sax ton Wm, 
Parr Geo. & Jno.Smitli Thos. 
Parr John Smith -Wm. 



Willoughby J. Willoughby' W. 

Carriers, John Barratt and 
Richard Marriott, to Notting- 
ham, Sat. 6 mg. 



TOLLERTON PARISH. 

Tollerton is a small picturesque village and parish, upon 
a pleasant declivity, 4£ miles S. by E. of Nottingham, contain- 
ing 149 inhabitants, and 1200 acres of land, which was enclosed 
many years ago, and an allotment made in lieu of the tithes. — 
In Domesday Book this manor is called Roclaveston, and af- 
terwards Torlastoiiy and was of the fees of Roger de Busli and 
Roger Pietavensis. As early as the reign of Edward II. it was 
possessed by the Barry family, whose heiress, about 1560, car- 
ried it in marriage to Richard Pendock, from whom is de- 
scended its present lord an.d owner, Pendoc Neale Barry, Esq. 
who resides in Tollerton Hall, which was rebuilt about 20 
years ago, in imitation of the gothic, with towers, turrets, &e. 
and with a cloister that communicates with the church. The 
grounds are very extensive, and have a fine piece of water with 
a small woody island. The new gateway, and the lodge near 
it, together with the bridge, assimilate well with the surround- 
ing scenery. The church is a small ancient structure, dedi- 
cated to St. Peter. The living is a rectory, valued in the 
King's books -at £\5, Ds. 4d. P. N. Barry, Esq. is the patron, 
and the Rev. Edward Smith the incumbent. The .poor have 
50s. yearly from the bequest of Agnes Crosse, in 1722. 

Barry Pindoc -Neale, Esq., Tol- I Partners. 

lerton Hall Baldock Wm, Russell 

Smith Rev. Edward, rector | Brice Thos. Thurman — - .. 

Thurman John, blacksmith Holmes Rd. Wild John 

Thurman 'W. joiner & wheelwgt ] 



WHATTON PARISH 

Includes the two townships of Wharton and Askrcton, which 
keep their poor separately, and contain together 677 inhabit- 
ants, and about 3400 acres of land, in the vale of the Smite, 
where that river is augmented by the Wipling. 

Whatton village and township is on the south side of the 
Smite, and on the Grantham road, 3 miles E. by S. of Bingham. 
It was anciently called Watone, from its watery situation, the 
<lood water lying longer here than in many other places. It 
contains 1800 acres, and was enclosed in the year 1730, when 
36a. Ik. 18p. were allotted to the vicar, and 120a. 3r. 5p. to 

2 Y 



514 WHATTON PARISH. 

the impropriator, G. S. Foljambe, Esq., in lieu of tithes. The 
latter sold his allotment to Thos. Hall, Esq. of Nottingham, 
who now owns 800 acres here, having purchased several farms 
of the lord of the manor, the Earl of Chesterfield, who still 
holds 320 acres, and the remainder belongs to several smaller 
freeholders. After the Conquest, this manor was of the fee of 
Gilbert de Gand. It was long held by the Whattons, New- 
marches, and Gascoignes, the latter of whom sold it to the 
father of the first Earl of Chesterfield ; but some of the lands 
were successively held by the Whalleys, Gelsthorps, and others. 
The church, which Adelina de Whatton gave to Welbeck ab- 
bey, is dedicated to St. John of Beverley, has a handsome tower 
and spire with five bells, and contains many ancient monuments 
of the Whatton, Newmarch, Cranmer, and other families. The 
whole was repaired and new pewed in 1807, at the cost of 
,£1700, except the chancel, which is in a very decayed state, 
and the duty of repairing which belongs to the owner of the 
impropriate lands. The vicarage is valued in the King's books 
at £5. 6s. 8d., and has now 92 acres of glebe, including its 
allotments at the enclosure of Whatton and Aslacton. G. S. 
Foljambe, Esq. is the patron, and the Rev. H. N. Bousfield, 
B. A. is the incumbent. A Methodist chapel was built here in 
1825. The charities consist of the Poor's close y (one acre,) 
the tenant of which distributes three tons of coals yearly; and 
.£12 left by John Clayter, in 1738, and now in the bank at 2\ 
per cent. 

Aslacton is a pleasant village and township on the N. side 
of the Smite, one mile N. by W. of Whatton, and 2j miles E. of 
Bingham. It contains 289 inhabitants, and 1600 acres of land, 
most of which is occupied by the owners, except the Abbey 
farm, (200 acres,) which belongs to KingVCliffe school, in 
Northamptonshire, and the following allotments made at the 
enclosure in 1780, viz. 65 acres to Alex. Heaton and William 
Bilbie, Esq, in lieu of the impropriated tithes, and 44 acres to 
the vicar of Whatton, in lieu of the vicarial tithes, [t consists 
of as many manors as it has owners, and was formerly a cha- 
pelry, but its chapel was in ruins many years ago, and a writer 
in the 62d vol. of the Gentleman's Magazine, says, " part of 
the walls still remain ; these are visible under a modern built 
house of brick and tile, and the chapel itself is now a common 
alehouse." The inhabitants now use Whatton church, and 
pay one-third of the church rate. After the Conquest, Aslacton 
was of the fees of Walter D'Agincourt, Ilbert de Lacy, and 
Gilbert de Gand, and a portion of it was long held by a family 
of its own name, and from them passed to the Cranmers, of 
whom was Archbishop Cranmku, the great church reformer 
and martyr, who was born here in 1489, and became in 1532, 
the first rrotestant archbishop of Canterbury. The life of this 
eminent prelate is the subject of a volume, therefore a brief 



fiiNGHAM HUNDRED. 



515 



notice of his last sufferings, under the persecution of Queen 
Mary, must here suffice. "After condemnation, he was in- 
duced to sign a recantation ; hut having nobly denied his error, 
and withdrawn that confession, he was condemned to the stake, 
at which he suffered on the 21st of March, ]556. To this he 
was brought without any official notice, though he had reason 
to expect it ; and when tied to it was obliged to listen to all the 
charges and aspersions of Dr. Cole ; but Cranmer boldly re- 
plied, * I believe every word and sentence taught by our Saviour 
Christ, his apostles, and the prophets of the Old and New Tes- 
tament; but as to the pope, I refuse him as Christ's enemy, or 
Antichrist, with all his false doctrines.' So great was his- sor- 
row for his recantation, and so determined was his spirit at the 
last hour, that he calmly held his right hand in the flames till 
it dropt off, saying, i this hand has offended ;' and this he was 
enabled to, as his executioners had taken care to keep up a 
slow fire, in order that he should suffer the utmost pain of his 

runishment, as a proof of their regard for Christian mercies. — 
t has been stated that after his whole body had been reduced 
to ashes, his heart was found entire, and untouched by the fire, 
which by some of the bystanders was considered as an argu- 
ment in favour of his hearty love of the truth ; whilst others 
looked upon it as a proof of the heretical obduraey of that vital 
part, which would not yield even to the warm argument of a 
blazing Catholic fire '/' 

The site of the manor house, which was the seat of Arch- 
bishop Cranmer and many of his ancestors, is now occupied by 
the farm-house of Mr. Wm. Green. Near it may still be dis- 
tinctly traced several moats, islands, and other remains of the 
pleasure grounds, and at a short distance is a raised walk which 
leads to Orston, and is yet called Cranmer's walk. At the 
west end, on crossing a moat, the visitor may ascend a square 
mount of considerable elevation, and from thence have an ex- 
tensive prospect. Here are also two other mounts, said to have 
been raised by the archbishop, but they have been greatly re- 
duced by some of the former owners of the estate. On one of 
them, tradition says the archbishop " was wont to sit and survey 
the surrounding country, and listen to the tunable bells of 
Whatton." In 1816, John Marriott left 20s. yearly out of his 
farm at Aslacton, to be distributed in bread at Christmas. 



WHATTON. 

Blyton James, shoemaker 
Bousfield Rev. H. Newdam, B.A. 
Caunt William, saddler 
Dove Alice, vict. & phopkpr 
Greaseley John, gardener 
Heathcote Mrs. Ann 
Hooper William, butcher 
Mason William, blacksmith 



Oliver Thomas, gardener 
Parnham Thomas, victualler and 

gamekeeper 
Parnham William, tailor 
Pell William, joiner, and beer- 
house 
Riddish John, baker and flour 

dealer 
Sharrack Robert, shoemaker 



m 



WHATTON PARISH. 



Talbott Fras. veterinary surgeon 
Tyler William, joiner 
Upton John, corn miller 
Farmers and Yeomen. 



.Bovver Win.. 
Garpendale G. 
Clay E!iz. 
Foster Richard 
Ge.'sthorpe J. 
Hooper Wni. 
Innocent Geo; 



Mann Thos. 
Mason Wm. 
Morley Joseph 
Smith John- 
Walker Henry 
Watson Robert 
Wheatley Thos. 



Carriers, George Moss, car- 
rier to Nottingham, Wed. & Sat. ; 
William Tutbury, to Newark, 
Wed., and to Nottingham, Sat., 
5 morn. 

ASLACTOtf. 

Bates James, bricklayer & shop- 
keeper 

Dawn John, tailor 

Franks Thomas, shoemaker 

Freeman Thomas, land and bldg. 
surveyor 



Freeman William, painter and 

shopkeeper 
Hand John, blacksmith , 
Key worth, Robert, maltster 
Marriott John, schoolmaster 
Morley George, tailor 
Morley William, baker 
Oliver William, corn miller 
Payling Robert, butcher 
Pepper John, shoemaker and 

beerhouse 
Porter Mr. William 
Smith Richard, shoemaker 
Thornton Thomas, vkt. Grey 

Hound 
Wilson Richard, wheelwright. 

Farmers and Yeomen. 
Chettle J. Grim Key worth John 

Edge Marriott Mary 

Clifton Edward, Oliver John 

Lane Ends Porter Henry 
Grant Richard Upton Thomas 
Green William Walker 



WIVERTON (EXTRA PAROCHIAL.) 

Wiverton Hall, with a demesne of 1002 acres of fine 
grazing and arable land, forms an extra parochial liberty, bound- 
ed on the E.by the river Smite, and on the W. by Tithby parish, 
and distant 2| miles S. of Bingham. After the Conquest, Wi- 
verton, or as it is commonly called, fVerton^ was of several fees, 
and gave name to a resident family who became its principal 
owners, and gave part of it to Welbeek and Thurgarton mo- 
nasteries. The whole manor subsequently passed to the Bas- 
sets, Brets, and Galtofts. The heiress of the latter carried it 
in marriage to Sir IVm. C/iaiuorth, in the reign of Edward 
III., previous to which, Thoroton says it had become utterly 
depopulated, though, under the date 1257, he found " many 
mentions in the ledg-er book of Thurgarton priory, of tbe 
church of Wiverton ;" but he never could discover any other 
document to show that there ever was a church here* except 
what referred to the domestic chapel in the house, which was 
then in ruins. In the reign of Henry VI., Sir Thomas- Cha- 
worth, by his marriage, became possessed of the estates of the 
ancient and wealthy families of Aylesbury, Pabenham, En- 
gaine,' Basset, and Kayne, "and he made a park here, in which 
he built a large and beautiful mansion, sufficiently in tbe cas- 
tellated style to be a garrison for the King- in the civil wars 



BKOXTOW HUNDRED. 



517 



which occasioned its ruin ;" since then, Thoroton says, (L6J7,) 
" most of it has been pulled down and removed, except the old 
uncovered gatehouse, which yet remains a solitary memorial 
of departed grandeur and ancient hospitality/' But since our 
author's time, the remains of the old castellated mansion have, 
with some modern additions, been converted into a comfortable 
gothic dwelling, which is now occupied by John George Cha- 
ivorth Musters, Esq., the son of the present owner, John Mus- 
ters, Esq. of Colwick Hall, who obtained all the extensive pos- 
sessions of the Chaworths by marrying Mary Chaworth, the 
sole heiress of that ancient family, who died Feb. 12, 1232* — 
She was the lady to whom the late Lord Byron was so passion- 
ately attached, and to whom his earlv poems are addressed; 
she, however, preferred Mr. Musters to the " lame bashful boy 
lord/' and perhaps one cause which swayed her in this choice 
was his Lordship's notorious impetuosity, and her knowledge 
that her paternal grandfather had been killed in a duel with 
William, the fifth Lord Byron. After her marriage, her hus- 
band assumed the name of Chaworth, which he continued till 
the death of the late Mr. Musters, when he re-assumed that 
name, and the name of Chaworth ceased in the county. 



BROXTOW HUNDRED 

Is the most populous division of the county, though it contains 
some of the wildest tracts of Sherwood Forest, (see p. 35,) and 
does not form more than one-seventh part of the whole extent 
of the shire. It is bounded on the south by Nottingham and 
the Trent, on the west and north by Derbyshire, and on the 
east by the Hundreds of Bassetlaw and Thurgarton. It aver 
ages about seven miles in breadth from east to west, and 17 
miles in length from north to south, stretching southward from 
Pleasley and Mansfield to the vicinity of Nottingham, and in- 
cluding the populous market town of Mansfield, and many 
large villages busily employed in the laee and hosiery manufac- 
tures. It is noted for its lime and freestone quarries, and on 
its western side are a few coal mines. Its clay is of an excel- 
lent quality either for bricks or tiles, and some of it near Mans- 
field is used in making coarse earthenware. It has generally a 
deep sandy soil, especially on its eastern side, where there are 
yet several large tracts of open forest land, though many ex- 
tensive enclosures and plantations have been made during the 
last forty years. (Vide p. 39.) The rivers Maun and Erwash 
rise within its limits, and the latter forms its western boundary 
for about fourteen miles. It is also intersected by the Trent 
navigation, by the canal from Cromford to Nottingham,- bv the 
railway from Pinxton to Mansfield, (see p. 51 to 55,) and by 
the turnpike from Sheffield to Nottingham and London. In 

2 y 2 _ 



>J8 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



Domesday Book it is called Broculston Wapentac, and most o 
it is in the Honour of Peverel. (Vide p. 22 & 138.) From 
an early period it has been partitioned into two divisio?is, under 
two chief constables or Bailiffs, who gave for their offices or 
Bailiwicks in the reign of John, fealf a mark (6s. 8d ? ) and in 
that of Edward I. nine marks ! which was then considered a 
very extravagant sum, and was much complained of. 

The Population of Broxtow Hundred has nearly doubled 
itself during- the last thirty years, in which it has encreased 
from 35,274 to 66,187 souls/ living i n 28 parishes,, of which 
the following is an enumeration, shewing the number of per- 
sons in each in 1801, 1821, and 1831, and the annual value 
of the lands and buildings, as assessed for the property tax in 
3815, Marked thus * are in the North Division. 



A NN. 




POPULATION 


ANN. 




POPULATIOV 


VAL. 


PARISHES. 




IN 




1 VAL. 


PARISHES. 




IN 




£. 




1801. 


1821. 


1831. 


! £. 




1801. 


1821. 


1831. 


*2104 


Annesley ") 


359 


326 


335 


*1364 


Lmby 


515 


439 


352 




withFel- V 








*13,326 


Mansfield • • 


5,988 


7,861 


9,426 


356 


ley ....) 


33 


71 


67 




Mansfield ) 








'•"6276 Arnold • • . 


2768 


3572 


4054 


*4527 


Wood- > 


1,112 


1,598 


1,859 


Attenbo- *) 










house- • J 








roughP. / 








*1883 


Nuthall .. 


378 


485 


509 


3523 Chilwell ^ 


638 


823 


892 


' *1019 


Papple- \ 










and V 








' 


wick > 


709 


593 


359 


2328 


Toton-- 3 


175 


208 


202 


1532 


Newstead J 


143 


174 


159 


*5239 


Basford 


2,124 


3,599 


6,325 


5208 


Radford- ••• 


2,269 


4*806 


9,806 


4139 


Beeston .... 


948 


1,534 


2,530 


i *1556 


Skegby 


416 


584 


656 


3157 


Bilborough 


307 


291 


330 


♦2513 


Selston 


833 


1,321 


1,580 


2444 


Bramcote • • 


354 


441 


562 


2392 


Stapleford. . 


748 


1,104 


1,533 


*2116 


Bui well 


1,585 


2,105 


2,611 


1600 


Strelley 


250 


350 


426 


1322 


Cossal 


353 


317 


341 




Sutton-in- 


x 






1707 


Eastwood ♦ • 


735 


1,206 


1,395 




Ashfield, 


I 2801 3,943 


4,805 


8350 


Greasley • • 


2,968 


3,673 


4,583 


*6976 


Hucknall- 


>■ 






* 1 


Fulwood 1 
Extra P. J 






12 




under-Hu- 


k 








'" 






thwaite 


' 510 


712 


m) 


*3119 


Hucknall \ 
Toikard J 


1,497 


1,940 


2,200 


*2354 Teversall • • 
1952 Trowell .... 


333 
235 


416 
464 


400 
402 


*3708 


Kirkby in \ 
Ashfield J 


1,002 


1,420 


2,032 


2939Wollaton . 


838 


571 


537 


8907 


Lenton* • • 


893 


1,240 


3,077 














112,501 .-Total.... 


35,274 43,823 66,187 



* Exclusive of 10 debtors in the Peverel Prison at Lenton, in 1831. 

t The valuation of Fulwood (Extra Parochial) is included with the parish of 
Sutton-in-Ashfield. Brewhouse-yard, Standard-hill, and Nottingham Castle, are 
extra-parochial, and in the North Division of Broxtow. (See pages 76 and 123.) 



MANSFIELD PARISH, 

At the north end of this Hundred, is about five miles in 
length and three in breadth, and comprises 4287 a. 3r. 3Gr. qf 



MAXSFJELD PARISH, 519 

enclosed land, and nearly 2,000 acres of the open forest. Its 
surface is generally a fertile sand, and is picturesquely broken 
into bill and dale, and watered by the Maun, the Meden, the 
Flood Dike, (see page 41 5, ) : and several smaller streams. It 
possesses inexhaustible beds of red and ich He freestone, of which 
there have long been many extensive quarries ; and amongst its 
botanical productions may be found that rare plant, the Deadly '- 
night-Shade. Its population, by the influence of the lace and 
hosiery manuf pictures, has been encreased since the year 1801, 
from 5,988 to 9,4215 souls, living in 1889 houses, and consisting 
of 1,998 families, of whom 1,400 are employed in trade, manu- 
facture, or handicraft, and 144 in agriculture, and the remain- 
ing 454 are either engaged in professional pursuits or unem- 
ployed. According to the census taken in J 831, the number 
of males is 4,462, and females 4,964, and there were then ii) 
houses building, and 109 uninhabited, swelling the total num- 
ber of dwellings to 2,01 7; most of which form the populous 
town of Mansfield, and the remainder are dispersed in ths 
Hamlets «£ Dalestorth, Pleasley-Hill, Radmanthivaitc, Moor- 
haiyh, Penniment Houses* Bleakhills, Oakham, Bury HilL 
and Littleworth. 

MANSFIELD, the capital of this parish and of the Hundred 
of Broxtow, is a very ancient, large, but straggling market 
town, distant 14 miles N. by W. of Nottingham, 12 miles 
W.N.YT. of Southwell, ~\2 miles S. bv W. of Worksop. 9 mile^ 
E.N.E. of Alfreton, 24 miles S.E, of Sheffield, and 139 miles 
jNT. by W, of London. It stands principally on the north-west 
bank of the river Maun, from which it has its name, and has 
diverging from its market-place four streets of considerable 
length,, which communicate with several shorter streets, and 
with many courts, lanes, and alleys. From the great age of 
many of its houses, and the gloomy colour of the stone of 
which most of them are built, the town has generally a sombre 
aspect; and until a few years ago, was proverbially " dirty and 
badly paved," and disgraced by several obstructions in its most 
public thoroughfares, — the word police being then unknown in 
the lexicography of its inhabitants ; but in 1823, two Acts of 
Parliament were obtained, under which it has been well paved 
and lighted with gas, its principal avenues widened, and such 
other improvements effected as have raised it to the rank of a 
clean and commodious town, though it is not very compact, but 
stretches its long arms on the four roads that converge in the 
market-place, which has also been considerably improved and 
enlarged by the removal of the Spittaller's gates, a pile of 
ancient building, that caused a dangerous contraction in the 
entrance from the Nottingham road. These improvements 
have, however, been such a heavy tax upon the inhabitants, that 
many of the best houses are now unoccupied, but we trust that 
• the Commissioners will in a short time make a considerable 



520 BROXTOW HUNDRED. 

reduction in the rate, as the projected alterations have nearly 
all been made, and the work of cleansing and paving" extended 
to every part of the town. As at Nottingham, the lace and 
hosiery manufactures (see p. 193) have here been greatly ex- 
tended during the last thirty years, and the population has in 
consequence nearly doubled itself. About 400 new houses 
have been erected here during the last ten years, most of them 
of stone, from the prolific quarries in the vicinity, and many of 
them forming large and handsome villas, occupied generally by 
their owners. The exterior of the Moot- Hall (built in 1752, by 
Lady Oxford) was re-chiselled in 1831, and the whole so 
cleansed and beautified as to give it the appearance of a new 
edifice. The great room (48 feet by 17) is used for Assemblies, 
and also for County Meetings ; but balls and assemblies are 
occasionally held at the Bowling Green Lin, The neigh- 
bouring Magistrates hold a Petty Session on every alternate 
Thursday, at the Swan Inn, where there is a subscription Neivs 
Room, well supplied with London and country papers, &c. 
The other sources of amusement are the Theatre, a small 
building in Mr. McLellan's yard, in Church-street ; the Har- 
monic Society, which was established about 50 years ago, at the 
Nag's Head, where it meets every Thursday evening, has an 
annual concert, and is supported by about seventy subscribers ; 
and the four Circulating Libraries, one of which, at Mr. CoU 
linson's, is the property of a number of subscribers, and was 
established about four years ago. Those who wish for the 
salubrious exercise of immersion, may be accommodated at the 
Cold Bath, which occupies a picturesque situation, and is ap- 
proached by a short and pleasant walk from Leeming- street,, 
above the Rock Valley; indeed, the walks on every side of the 
town afford a pleasing variety of scenery, in which may be 
seen the wild forest heath, bordering upon the highly cultivated 
inclosures, the winding streams of the Maun and the Flood 
Dike ; the stupendous Railway Bridge, (vide p. 54) ; numerous 
stone quarries ; and several extensive cotton mills, with their 
capacious dams of crystal water, reflecting the buildings and 
the adjacent hills. At the top of Ratcliffegate the tourist will 
find many of those domestic excavations in the rocks, where 
the modern Troglodytes have their huts, and even their gardens 
formed in the bosom of the steril stone ; and in some parts 
the incautious visitor may run the risk of stepping down a 
chimney. 

The Market is held on Thursday, and is well supplied with 
corn and provisions, the former of which is sold by sample. 
Fairs are held on July 10th, and on the 2nd Thursday in Oc- 
tober, for horses, cattle, and sheep, and the latter is also a con- 
siderable mart for cheese. A cattle and sheep market is now 
held on the 2nd Thursday in every month, and a hiring for 
servants on the 1st or 2nd Thursday in November, as fixed by 



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521 



the chief constable. The Races, held on the 11th and 12th of 
July, are rising into considerable repute, being now supported 
by the liberal contributions of the Duke of Portland, the neigh- 
bouring gentry, and the representatives of the county. The 
Course is on the forest, near Sherwood Hall, a large 
sequestered mansion, with extensive and tasteful pleasure 
grounds, now belonging to that veteran of the turf, Thomas 
Holdsworth, Esq. the great cotton spinner of Manchester, who 
occupies it as his racing establishment, under the superintend- 
ence of Mr. Wm. Beresford. 

Trade. — The seven large cotton mills in the vicinity of the 
town, give employment to upwards of 700 of the inhabitants, 
indeed, one of them alone employs about 160 individuals, and 
has no fewer than 2,400 spindles, with the necessary carding 
and roving machinery. Here are also upwards of 700 stocking 
frames employed in making silk and cotton hosiery, and several 
hundred bobbin net machines, each employing one or two bands* 
The town likewise derives much of its wealth from the malting 
and stone trades ; and William Brodhurst, Esq. of Gilc/xft 
House, within the boundaries of the town, is said to be the 
largest maltster in England. Here are also several corn mills, 
three iron foundries, two tan yards, a coarse pottery, a brush 
manufactory, a mustard mill, and several fellmongers, wood 
turners, machine makers, millwrights, nail makers, hat manu- 
facturers, dyers, bleachers, &c. &c. Two late ingenious 
mechanics of this town deserve a notice in its history, viz.— 
John Rogers, who made great improvements in the double point 
net machine, and James Murray who invented the circular saiu, 
for which his employer, Mr. Brown, obtained a patent. 

Ancient History. — There is no doubt that Mansfield is 
justified in boasting a very early antiquity; but tfre story that 
the Counts of Mansfield, in Germany, came here to attend at the 
tournament of King Arthur's Round Table, and gave their 
name to it, is considered as a mere fable. It was anciently 
called Maunsfield, and no doubt had that name from the river 
Maun, which rises near Annessley, and flows round tms south 
and east side of the town. That it was a British, and after- 
wards a Roman Station, is generally believed ; indeed its latter 
occupancy is proved by the discovery of many Roman coins of 
Vespasian, Constantine, Marcus Aurelius, and others of the 
lower empire; by the exploratory camps, which are numerous 
in its vicinity; and particularly by the discovery of a Roman 
villa, near Mansfield Woodhouse. (See p. 18.) During the 
Saxon Heptarchy, Mansfield appears to have been a favourite, 
though only temporary, residence of the Mercian Kings, in 
consequence of its central situation in Sherwood forest, then 
well supplied with beasts of chase. In the time of Edward the 
Confessor, it was royal demesne, and was continued as such by 
William the Conqueror, and by his son, William Rufus, whose 



522 MANSFIEBD. 

fondness for forests hastened his death, being accidentally shot By 
an arrow, in the New Forest, near London. The latter 
monarch gave the church of Mansfield and all its possessions to 
Lincoln Cathedral. The manor was granted by King Stephen 
to Ranulph de Gernon, Earl of Chester; but that line ending 
in co-heiresses, it was regranted by Henry III. to the Hastings, 
and to John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, previous to which it had 
been a favourite resort of the Norman Sovereigns. The well- 
known story of Henry II. and the Miller of Mansfield^ (see p* 
36) it is unnecessary to repeat, though we suspect the event (if 
it ever did happen) to have taken place at a much later period, 
at least the rhyming tale preserved by Percy in his Reliques is 
of much latter composition, and so replete with uncouth in- 
decency, that we are surprised even a fondness for antiquity 
could have induced the learned bishop to insert it in his in- 
teresting miscellany. The inhabitants, however, still consider 
the honour of the town connected with the antiquity of the story; 
and tradition says, that the King's mill and the house, which 
are situated nearly a mile and a half from the town, in the deep 
glen that is crossed by the Railway bridge or viaduct, were 
built on the site of the house and mill where the King was en- 
tertained. The miller's house stood partly in the parish of 
Sutton, but has just been rebuilt, and is now wholly in the 
parish of Mansfield. In the reign of John, the inhabitants paid 
15 marks to the crown for the right of common in Clipston 
Park, as they were wont to do before its enclosure ; and by 
paying five marks to Henry VIII. they obtained a charter for a 
weekly market on Monday, and the privilege of having House- 
boat and Hayboaf, m the forest of Sherwood. In the time of 
Edward III. they had common pasturage in a place called 
Woodhouse Wood. Richard II., in 1377» granted them a fair 
on the feast of St. Peter. Henry VIII. granted this manor to 
the Earl of Surrey r for his gallant conduct at Floddenfield ; but 
the King afterwards gave him some other lands in exchange 
for it ; after which it went to the then Dukes of Newcastle, who 
from hence took the title of Viscount Mansfield* From them 
it passed by descent to the Portland family, and its present lord, 
the Duke of Portland, (see p. 451 ) generously allows the resident 
gentry to kill and preserve the game, for which purpose they 
employ two keepers. 

The Manor Castoms of Mansfield are curious in many 
instances ; and it is recorded in an old forest book that the 

• The title of Viscount Mansfield became extinct on the death of the last 
Duke of Newcastle, of the Cavendish family, in 1691. (Vide p. 467.) William 
Murray, 4th son of Viscount Stormont, in Scotland, was created Earl of Manb- 
field, in 1776, and that title is now borne by his descendant, Win. Murray, the 
present J£arl of Mansfield, Viscount Stormont, in Scotland, and Lord Lieutenant 
of Clacmannanshire, 



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" Tenaunt9 be fre of blode and lefully may raarye them after 
ther willes as well men as women. That the eyres (heirs) as 
so n e as they bene borne byn of full age. That lands are de- 
partabil, betwex sonnes; or doughters if ther be no sonne ;" — 
this seems a remnant of the old Saxon custom of Gavelkind, 
A Court, Baron is held once in three weeks, and a Court Leet f 
or great court, twice a year, within a few days after Michaelmas 
and Lady-Day. At these courts all the copyholders owe suit 
and service, and they each pay 6d. yearly for their respective 
copyholds, be they small or large, The jury of the half yearly 
courts meet at the Moot- Hall, and dine at the Swan Inn. The 
Swainmote Court, for the forest of Sherwood, used to be held 
here, but all that now remains of the custom is an annual feast, 
on Holyrood Day, (See p. 41.) The jury for that part of the 
forest within the manor, is appointed at the Court Leet. The 
boundaries of the parish are perambulated yearly on Rogation 
Monday, by the vicar and other parishioners. According to © 
memorandum, dated L642, " they begin at Ransdale nook, take 
in the Straight-hill, pass along Packman's-gate, and by the side 
of Lyndhurst to Lincolndale ; cross the Nottingham road, 
going by the side of Sutton field, and encompassing the New 
field, whence they return through the Westfield lane." Thos. 
Walkden, Esq., of Ratcliffegate, is Steward of the Duke of 
Portland's manors of Mansfield, Bolsover, Clipstone, and Sut- 
ton- cum- Lound ; and also Surrogate for proving wills, and 
granting administrations within the dean of Lincoln's Rectorial 
Court, of Mansfield, which extends its jurisdiction over the 
whole manor and parish. At the Domesday Survey, the King's 
great manor of Mansfield included Woodhouse and the Berues, 
or hamlets of Sutton and Skegby, and had soc in many of the 
manors in the Hundred of Bassetlaw. The lascivious Queen 
Isabella, in the reign of her son, Edward III., (see p. 84) 
claimed in this royal manor, " view of frank pledge, and emen- 
dation of the assize of bread, and ale broken, pillory, tumbrell, 
gallows, wick, weyf, and a market every Thursday." Many large 
patches of the forest land have been taken into cultivation 
by persons who pay a trifling annual rent per acre to the lord of 
the manor ; but by arecent regulation, no person is now allowed 
to enclose more than one acre. Several poor families have 
built themselves houses upon their little plots, and now pro- 
duce an abundance of potatoes and vegetables, both for their 
own tables and for the market; the soil being a deep sand, 
>well suited for the growth of roots, &c. 

The parish church, dedicated to St. Peter, stands near the 
Maun, at the foot of the street to which it gives name. Though 
but a low edifice, it is large and commodious, having a middle 
and two side aisles, and being 93 feet in length, and 63 feet in 
breadth. It is in the later gothic style, and was partly burnt 



-521 MAKS FIELD. 

down in 1304,* along with many of the adjacent houses, but was 
soon afterwards re-edified, and is now in good preservation. Its 
body is supported by handsome pillars ; over each side aisle 
there is a spacious gallery; and at the west end a fine-toned 
organ of 14 stops, which was erected in 1795, at the expence of 
g()0 guineas. In the preceding year, the inhabitants, by pay- 
ing £15. 16s. 3d., obtained the archbishop's license not only to 
erect this organ, but also to build the new gallery over the south 
aisle, to remove the pulpit to its present situation, and to convert 
a private pew into a churching one, &c. Several other faculties 
have been obtained for the erection of other lofts, and copies of 
them, as well as a copious abstract of the numerous charities 
belonging to the parish, have recently been written upon the 
27 pannels in the fronts of the galleries. The whole was 
thoroughly cleansed and beautified in 1831, when a new gal- 
lery for the Sunday scholars was raised on the site of the an- 
cient and decayed oak pews under the north aisle. The tower 
is surmounted by a small spire, 44 yards in height, and contains 
eight tuneable bells, cast betwixt the years 1610 and 1726. A 
set of musical chimes, purchased in 1762, play upon the bells at 
the hours of four, nine v and twelve. In the windows are some 
remains of painted glass, and in the aisles are many mural 
monuments of stone, and some brass plates, both inscribed and 
armorial. In a list of the church property, dated 1634, we 
find u a desk to which was chained the book of martyrs." The 
living is a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £T. 7s. 6d., 
and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Thomas Leeson Cursham, 
J). C. L. The Dean of Lincoln is the patron and appropriator, 
and receives in lieu of the rectorial tithes a composition of 8s. 
per acre from all the enclosed land in the parish. There were 
anciently in the church ten chantries. Hid behind a pew lies 
the effigy of Lady Cecily Flogan, who lived in an ancient house 
in Church-street, now the White Hart Inn, and bequeathed in 
1521, that house and many other tenements, &c. to the church, 
for a priest to sing mass for her soul, and those of her family. 
Philip and Mary granted all the possessions of these chantries, 
and the property left by Lady Flogan, to the vicar and church- 
wardens, in trust that they should find a chaplain to celebrate 
divine service for ever. This property has long been intermixed 
with other lands and tenements left for the support of the 
grammar school, and the whole now produces upwards of 
.£300 a-year, of which frds are paid to the vicar; and the 
master has frds of the remainder, and the usher Jrd. Two 
small portions of land, left by Lady Flogan, were, pursuant to 

* FrRES.— Mansfield appears to have been visited by two other conflagrations, 
for Harrod says, in 1546, " Coll. Davy wilfully set the town on fire, whereby was 
burned 131 bays of buildings, and she was hanged at the next assizes, at Notting- 
ham foi it." And in 1581, " there was a casual fire in Stockwellgate, wherebywa* 
burned 150 bavs of houses and old Dunstan's wife." 



MA N€ Fl telfr. * 625 

her will, held by tenants, who in stead of paying rent kept a 
bull and boar for the use of the parish. The Rev. Geo* 
Heaton is the cur ate ^ John Mark Sellors, the parish clerk ; 
Joseph Webster, the organist ; and George Revill, the sexton. 

Chapels.— There are in the town six dissenting places of 
worship, which are generally neat and commodious, and nu- 
merously attended. The Unitarian chapel is an ancient stone 
building, approached by a long narrow passage from Stock well- 
gate. It is now under the ministry of the Rev. John Williams, 
and has a library of 200 volume's. The Independent chapel, 
built in 1795, and enlarged in 1829, has a burial ground, and a 
Sunday school with 200 scholars. The Rev. Robert Weaver is 
the pastor. The Quaker's meeting house is a plain stone fabric, 
erected about forty years ago, in a retired situation, at the head 
of Chapel-alley. Its burial ground is partly cultivated as a 
flower garden, and its congregation is numerous and respect 
able. The Baptist chapel, in Stockwellgate, was purchased 
some years ago, of Mr. Brodhurst, and the Rev. Joseph 
Austin is now its minister. The Wesleyan Methodist chapel 
occupies an elevated site, at the foot of Ratcliffegate, and was 
originally a large family mansion, in which it is said the ac- 
complished Earl of Chesterfield was born, but which was pur- 
chased in 1812, by the Methodists, who pulled down the centre 
part of the building, and built upon its site the present spacious 
chapel, leaving the wings standing for the residence of the 
two ministers. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel 
in Union-street, which they have occupied about 8 years. 

The Gas Works are situated at Limetree-place, close to the 
river Maun, and were built under the powers of an act of Parlia- 
ment, passed in 1823. The whole is judiciously planned. The 
condensing pipes are laid in the bed of the river, and the gas 
engendered here is as pure as that of any town in the kingdom. 
The total cost of the works was about £5000, raised in shares of 
£27. 10s. each. The gasometer will hold 18,000 cubic feet. 
Considering the price of coal at Mansfield, the charge to the 
consumers of gas is very moderate, being only at the rate of 
10s. per 1000 cubic feet, subject to # discount of 5 percent, on 
all sums from £5 to <£10 ; of 20 per cent, on those from ,£10 to 
£20, and of 20 per cent, on those above £20. Mr. Stephen 
Simpson is the manager and engineer. The works were 
finished in 1824, and the town was first lit with their lucid 
vapour on the 10th of July, in that year. The town has no 
public water-works, but is well supplied with springs and 
pumps. Four fire engines for the use of the inhabitants, are 
stationed in a building in Toothill-lane, erected in 1815. The 
Railway from Pinxton to Portland wharf, at Mansfield, ig 
already noticed in the general history of the county, at pages 
54 and 55. 

Charities. — Ample provision is made here for the education 
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526 MANSFIELD, 

and relief of the poor, there being in the town three endowed 
schools, several Sunday-schools conducted by gratuitous teach- 
ers, many benefactions left for the periodical relief of the in- 
digent, and several benevolent societies, to which the prin- 
cipal inhabitants subscribe liberally. The commissioners 
appointed by Parliament to enquire into the state of public 
charities in England, <see p. 60,) have not yet published their 
report of those at Mansfield, where it is believed there have 
been several abuses of public trust, and where the property, 
the accounts, and the distributions of some posthumous charities^ 
have been for years so blended together, as to render them now 
undistinguishable ; and though the pannels around the church 
galleries have been covered with what is called "a correct ab- 
stract of the charities belonging to the parish of Mansfield," no- 
thing is said about the present annual value of the land, and 
some other trust property. 

The Free Grammar School, founded in 1561, by Queen 
Elizabeth, stands in the church yard. The original endow- 
ment is unknown, no specification of property appearing in the 
letters patent, incorporating the vicar and churchwardens of 
Mansfield governors of its possessions. This probably arises 
from the sanre persons being, previously incorporated by Philip 
and Mary, in 1556, as governors of the chantry lands and 
buildings, which, after the dissolution of the monasteries, were 
given for the support of a chaplain in the church, as has already 
been noticed. After much litigation betwixt the two masters 
and the governors, it was determined in the Court of Equity, in 
1682, that in future the rents of the church and school property 
should be divided as already specified. This property includes 
97 acres of assart-land, called the "Eight Men's Intake," and 
several other lands, tenements, and quarries, together with 
c£581. 17s. lid., three per cent. Consols, arising from fines 
taken upon leases. Carlisle, who wrote in 1818, says "the 
master and usher have received as their proportion of fines for 
the last 20 years, a sum of not less than from .£1500 to <£2000." 
The school is now of no benefit to the poor, being only free for 
the classics, and five guineas per annum being charged by the 
usher for teaching each scholar the other branches of educa- 
tion. Amongst the eminent men who have been pupils here, 
we may enumerate the late Dr. Halifax, Bishop of Gloucester ; 
Dr. Wylde, a prebendary of Southwell; Dr. Stanhope, Bishop 
of Sodar and Man ; and the 4th Earl of Chesterfield, whose 
epistolary writings are universally admired. The Rev. YVm. 
Bowerbank has many years held the office of head master, and 
Mr. Hodgson Brailsford has lately been appointed usher. Arch- 
bishop Sterne, in 1673, founded two scholarships of £1 per 
annum each for two poor Nottinghamshire scholars, in Jesus 
College, Cambridge, and directed that one of them should be a 
native of Mansfield. 



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Clerkson's Charity School is a large and lofty house, 
near Portland Wharf, built in 1731, pursuant to the will of Mrs. 
Faith Clerkson, who in 1725, bequeathed £2000 for the founda- 
tion of two schools, and for other charitable uses, in Mansfield 
and Mansfield Woodhouse. After purchasing about two acres 
of land, and erectingjthe school and two houses thereon, the 
surplus was expended in the purchase of 233a. 3r. of land at 
Everton, near Bawtry, now let for upwards of £200 a-year, 
half of which is appropriated to Mansfield" Woodhouse. The 
master and mistress who reside in the schoolhouse here, have 
only £40 per annum, for teaching 35 boys and 27 girls, who 
have each a suit of clothes allowed yearly by the trustees. The 
teachers have also a small garden, and £2 yearly for coals, but 
the large croft of nearly 2 acres, which belonged to them and 
which adjoined the school, has been sold to the Railway Com- 
pany, and is now included in their store yard, called Portland 
Wharf. A Mr. Topi is, one of the trustees, died in 1831, after 
which it was discovered that he was owing to this charity no 
less than £600, which has not, and never will be paid ! There 
should be three trustees, but they are all dead, and" no fresh 
ones have yet been appointed, though the nomination rests with 
the vicar and the assistants of the Grammar School. 

Thompson's and Brunt's School, in Toothill-lane, is a 
large and handsome building, erected' in 1786, agreeable to the 
will of Mr. Charles Thompson, who endowed it with £600, 
three per cent consols, to be- vested with the trustees of Mr. 
Samuel Brunt, who had previously left £4 a-year, out of his 
charity estate, for the education of poor boys born in Mansfield. 
The master now receives from the trustees £32, and the mis- 
tress .5£l2 per annum, f6r which they teach 40 boys and 40 girls. 

An Infant School has lately been established at the Inde- 
pendent chapel, and is supported partly by annual subscrip- 
tions, amounting to about ^40. It has J 50 scholars ,who each 
pay 2d. per week. 

B runt's Charity is the richest of all the Mansfield bene- 
factions, consisting of lands and buildings in the town, in Not- 
tingham Marketplace, at East Bridgeford, and'at Claypool, in 
Lincolnshire, worth about ^lOOO 5 per annum, and bequeathed in 
1709, by Mr. Samuel Brunt, for the following yearly distribu- 
tions, — viz; 20s. to the minister of the Unitarian chapel, and 
40s. in bread to the poor of his congregation ; £4 for educating 
poor children ; £4 for apprenticing one poor boy ; and £4 
each to as many poor parishioners, who do not receive any other 
alms, as the surplus income of the estate will extend to, and the 
whole to be paid in equal moieties at Lady-day and Michaelmas. 
Upwards of 220 poor persons now receive £\ yearly from this 
charity. The trustees are William Brodhurst, Wm. Paulson, 
Henry Hollins, James Heygate, and Abraham Booth, Esqrs.^ 



528 MANSFIELD. 

and, we understand both them and their predecessors have 
faithfully discharged their duty. 

Mr. Charles Thompson, who left in 1784, ^£600 to the 
above-named school, also bequeathed £600 in the three 
per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, in augmentation 
of Brunt's charity ; and a£400 in the same Stocks, for pro* 
viding yearly ten poor men and ten poor women with coats and. 
petticoats. He also left .=£100 to the " Society's Mill, in Mans- 
field," but the Society failed many years ago, and the wind- 
mill, which stands near the Rock Houses, is now private pro- 
perty. This charitable individual lived to the age of 704 He 
was long resident in Persia, as agent to the Russian Company, 
and afterwards settled at Lisbon, where he had the good fortune 
to save his life in 1755, when that city was destroyed by an 
earthquake. Having experienced various changes of fortune, 
he at length realised a competency, and settled in his native 
place. Being often shocked at the sight of the neglected, 
mutilated, and too often dishonoured remnants of mortality in 
churchyards, he directed, in a most whimsical will, that he 
should be buried on Sherwood Forest, about one mile east of 
the town, where his remains were accordingly deposited, and 
the spot afterwards planted with trees, and encompassed with a 
circular wall. It occupies an elevated situation, and is known 
to every frequenter of the forest by the name of Thompson^ 
Grave. 

Heath's Almshouses, on the south side of the town, con- 
sists of twelve comfortable dwellings for as many poor people, 
half of whom are to be members of the Society of Friends, 
and the remainder of the Established Church. Each in- 
mate receives £\ monthly, and two tons of coals and a 
gown yearly. Elizabeth Heath, the foundress, died in 1693, 
and lies buried under a tomb in the hospital yard, where many 
of the former alms-people have also been interred. The en- 
dowment consists of land near Chesterfield, Duffield, Ripley, 
and North Wingneld, ail in Derbyshire. William Ellis and 
others are the trustees. 

Joseph Sales, by will, dated 1795, left after the death of 
his wife, which happened in 1815, =£1000, three per Cent. 
Consols, to the vicar, in trust, for him to distribute the divi- 
dends half-yearly amongst six poor honest housekeepers of the 
age of 50 or upwards, who have never received parochial relief. 
John Bold, in 1726, gave £\0 a-year out of Brownlow Close, 
in Mansfield, to be distributed on January 1st, amongst 40 poor 
housekeepers, who have never received parochial alms. Ro- 
land Dand, in 1670, left Bowser's Land in the Westfield, 
containing 2a. 1r. 27p , and 3 roods in Knavesgreave Close, to 
the vicar and churchwardens, in trust, that they give yearly 
8 Grey Cloth Coats to six poor men of Mansfield, and two 
poor men of Mansfield Woodhouse. Richard Girdler, in 



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1665, left 20s% yearly, out of Bury-lane Close, to provide six 
coats for the poor. John Litchfield, gent., in 1693, left 40s. 
out of bis house in Mansfield, to be distributed in bread on " St. 
John's Bay in Christmas, and St. John's in Midsummer." Dr. 
Laycock, at some date unknown j left £5 yearly out of Bath 
Closes, to provide ten petticoats for as many poor women on 
All Saints' Day. Two yearly sums of 20s. are paid out of the 
Ruffs and out of a Close in Bishop's Piece Lane, and are also 
distributed in petticoats. Eight small Rent Charges, amounting 
to £3. Is. 8d. yearly, and bequeathed bv as many individuals 
out of different tenements in the town, are distributed in bread 
on Good Friday, and St. Thomas' Day, by the Churchwardens. 

The Workhouse is on the Nottingham road, and its num- 
ber of inmates is generally about 60. The overseers meet in 
the vestry-room, in the Market-place, but we understand they 
intend to build a new parochial office, with a magistrates' meet- 
ing room, and a lock-up house attached. The amount of the 
poor rates in the year ending March 1829, was <£3950 ; in 
1830, £3V\5, and in 1831, £3550, collected in six rates, at 
Is. 3d. in the pound, on an estimated annual rental of ^12,812. 
The sum paid to the county rates, in 1831, was £186. 15s. *Jd. 
Mr. Joseph Johnson is the goveimoQ^ aad John. Paulson the 
assistant overseer. 

The Constables are John- Freeman, (lessee of market tolls,) 
and William Winter, for the parish ; and John Metham, for 
the manor of Mansfield. William Powell is the pi?ide?; Thos. 
Lees and James Daws are the gamekeepers, and Sebastian 
Sales is the toivn crier. Mr. Joseph Platts is the sheriff's offi- 
cer, and William Cooke the chief constable for the North Di 
vision of Broxtow Hundred, and the former collects the Mans- 
field Improvement Rate. 

Savings' Bank, &c. — Though the poor rates here are 
higher than at many other places, there are in the town several 
provident institutions, at the head of which we may place the 
Savings- Bank, established in 1818, and now containing de- 
posits amounting to upwards of ^32,000, belonging to about 
800 individuals and 44 Friendly Societies. The Bank is in the 
Swan Inn yard, and is open every Monday, from twelve to one 
o'clock. Mr. H. F. Shacklock is the secretary. — Besides many 
Sick Clubs or Friendly Societies, here is a Lodge of Odd 
Fellows, (Minerva, No. 10,) held at the Crown and Anchor. 
Here are likewise two Co-operative Societies, both established 
in 1830,- and each having about 30 members, a retail store^ and 
a sick fund. 

Eminent Men.— Mansfield presents several instances of 
Biography worthy of a brief notice. Here was born JVilHam 
Mansfield, a Dominician friar, highly esteemed for " his great 
proficiency in logics, ethics, physics, and metaphysics." Henry 
Ridley, M.D., born here in 1653, wrote " the Anatomy a?id 



o3Q MANSFIELD. 

Physiology of the Brain, " also a particular " Account of Ani- 
mal Functions, and Muscular Motion. ,, Dr. William Chapped 
another native, and partly educated here, was Provost of Dub- 
lin College, and Bishop of Cork and Ross. He was a close 
reasoner and very subtle disputant. During the reign of James 
the First, and in the presence of that Monarch, there was a 
public commencement solemnized at Cambridge, when Dr* 
Roberts, of Trinity, being Respondent in St. Mary's, Mr. Chap- 
pel opposed him so closely, and with such ingenuity, that the 
Doctor finding himself unable to solve or to answer his argu- 
ments, actually fell into a swoon ; so that the king, in order 
to hold up the commencement,- undertook to maintain the thesis 
himself; but Chappel pushed him so home, that the pedantic 
Monarch, thanked God the opponent was his subject, and not 
anothers, lest he should lose the throne as well as the chair. 
When the rebellion broke out in Ireland in 1641, he returned 
to England ; died at Derby ; and was buried at Bilsthorpe, in 
this county. Colonel Lichfield r after distinguishing himself in 
the Duke of Kingston's Light Horse, during the rebellion of 
I745, returned afterwards to reside at Mansfield, where he 
built in 17^25 a large house called RatclifFegate. The father 
of Archbishop Sterne, from whom descended the celebrated 
Lawrence Sterne, lived in Mansfield,, as has been seen at page 
30. The well-known and amiable Dodsley, the friend of Shen- 
stone, and the protege of Pope, was a native of Anston, but 
was bound apprentice to a stocking weaver, in Mansfield, from 
which employment, however, he decamped, and entered the 
service of a lady in London, where he soon rose to fame, and 
wrote the dramatic entertainment of the u King and Miller of 
Mansfield" which first brought him into notice, though it is 
but a flimsy production, full of anachronisms, for he makes 
guns and gunpowder in common use in the reign of Henry II., 
at which time the story is supposed to have happened, though 
some have brought it down as low as Edward IV. It met, 
however, with unbounded applause, and out of the profits of 
its exhibition, he was enabled to set up a shop, which, with his 
own prudence and integrity through life, laid the foundation of 
his subsequent good fortune.. 

HAMLETS IN MANSFIELD PARISH. 

Bi/eakhii.ls, or Blackhills, 1 mile S. of Mansfield, where 
there are two cotton mills, one of which is called Little Mat- 
lock, from the picturesque beauties of this part of the vale of 
the Maun. 

Bury-hill, or Berry-hill, is \\ mile S. by E. of Mansfield. 
Here is the seat of Mrs. Walker, and near it a few farm houses 
and cottages. A little below, and upon the Nottingham road, 
is a large iron foundry, with a long pile of dwellings, called 
Foundry Row ; at a short distance west of which is High. 



STANSFIBLD PARISH, 5'M 

Oakham, where Mr. John Boaler, Mrs. Healey, and Solomon 
Foster, Esq., have each a pleasant mansion. Nearly half a mile 
W. of Bleak-hills,, is the Hermitage, the large cotton mill, 
and residence of James Heygate, Esq. ; near which is the 
Railway bridge and the King's mill,, already noticed. On the 
Nottingham road, near the south end of the town, is the ex- 
tensive cotton mill and mansion of Francis- Wakefield, Esq., 
from which there is a romantic walk to trie Stone Quarries^. 
where there are a number of dwellings for the workmen. 

Littleworth is an ancient hamlet, forming the south- 
western suburb of the town, near the Bleach works. 

Dalestorth, Penniment Houses, andMooRHAiGH, extend 
from 1 to 3 miles W.N. W. of Mansfield, and are approached 
by Bancroft lane. Dalestorth House is a good mansion near 
the Sutton road, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Miller, as a Ladies* 
Boarding Academy. 

Pleaseley Hill is a pleasant hamlet on the Chesterfield 
road, 3 miles N.W. of Mansfield, upon the small stream called 
the Medin,, which divides it from the village of Pleasley, in 
Derbyshire, where there are two extensive mills employed in 
spinning yarn for the hosiers. The rivulet runs through a 
deep and narrow glen, richly clothed with wood, through 
which in many places may be seen the limestone rock, broken 
into a thousand romantic shapes. A Methodist chapel was 
built here in 1831, 

Radmanthwa-ite, Ij mile N. of Mansfield, is an estate con- 
sisting of two farms and a few cottages, belonging to William 
Taylor, of RadclirTe-on- Trent. A mile to the NJE. is Nettie - 
worth and Park Hull, — (See pi 448,) — and a little to the south- 
east is the large and ancient village of Mansfield PToodhouse, 
three miles E. of which, is Clipstone Park, and near it the 
ruins of King John's Palace, — (Vide p. 417,)— all of which are 
worthy the attention of the antiquary and the lover of the pic- 
turesque ; as also is Newstead Abbey, distant five miles south 
of Mansfield. 

Riots, Storms, &c; — On September 5th, 1757, there was a 
great riot in Mansfield, in opposition to the Militia Act. 
When the magistrates of the county were assembled to prepare 
the lists of such as were liable to serve, a mob of 500 persons 
assailed them and took their papers away by force, and after- 
wards illtreated many gentlemen in the streets, among whom 
was that great patriot, Sir George Savile, of RurTord. On 
August 21st, 1794, the town was visited by a dreadful thunder 
storm ; and on October 20th a remarkable Aurora Borealis 
was seen. On March 19th, 1795, an alarming meteor appeared 
over the town, having the appearance of a ball of fire, which 
suddenly burst into two, and strongly illuminated the atmosphere 
in its course from N. W. to S. E. On the 1 8th of November 
following, a smart shock of an earthnvAike was felt in the neigh- 



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ffkOXfOW HUKfittttO. 



bourhoodl On December 25tb, 1796, about ten o'clock in the 
morning, there appeared floating- in the atmosphere small par- 
ticles of zee, which in an hour afterwards fell in sleet to the 
ground,— a phenomenon never before seen, except in very high 
latitudes. In 1798, the town displayed its loyalty by forming a 
respectable corps of Volunteers, under the command of Captain 
Greaves, and Lieutenants Wragg and Bagshaw. In the sultry 
summer of 1831, Mansfield and some other places in the county 
were visited by several awful storms of thunder and lightning, 
and on one occasion two persons were killed, and several others 
seriously injured' near the west end of Stock wellgate. In the 
succeeding" autumn, Mansfield did not escape the storms of po- 
pular frenzy which were exerted by the loss of Lord John Rus- 
sell's Reform Bill ', (in October 1831) but the mischief here 
consisted principally of broken windows, and amounted onlv to 
about .£137. (See page 109 to 115.) 



MANSFIELD DIRECTORY. 

Post Office, MdrTceP-place, William Holt, Postmaster. 



The London and South bags are made up at 10 night, and the Sheffield, Leeds, 
and North bags at £ past 11 morning. — (See list of mails and coaches.) 

The Newark and Southwell mail gig, (Joseph Robinson,) is despatched daily 
at £ past 4 morning ; returns £ past 2 afternoon. 

Afoot postman to and from SuTTON-iN-AsHFrELD, (Dennis Whatton,) daily.; 
arrives 11 morning, departs 3 afternoon. 

Mansfield Woobhouse foot post, (Nancy Sissons,) departs at £ past 12 noon* 
daily. 

«CT Mary Barnes, of Old Post Office yard, Stockwell-gate, is letter earner for- 
the town, and letters are conveyed to the neighbouring villages by the common, 
carriers. 



AllcroftJno. cowkpr. Red Lion 

court 
Alsop Chas. cabinet mkr. Leem- 
ing street 
Andrews Eliz. gent. The Hill 
Ashmore Mr. Geo. Bridge st 
Atkin Miss Eliz. Westgate 
Austin Rev. Jph. Bap. minister 

& smalhvare dlr. Westgate 
Bacon Nathl. bookpr. Cockpit 
Bakewell Jph. trunk & blacking 

mkr. Leeming st. 
Ball Wm. sawyer, Brunt st 
Barber Mr. John, Union st 
Barks John, turner, Leeming st 
Barlow Mr. John, Catlow st 
Barnard Bartw. supervisor, Rat- 

cliffe street 
Battye Mrs. Martha, Belvid-ere st 



Beardall Jas. hay, -&c. dlr. Bap- 
tist hill 
Bell Mrs. Sarah, Westgate 
Bell Mr. Wm. Leeming st 
Beresford Wm. race horse train- 
er to T. Holdsworth,Esq. Sher- 
wood haH 
Bickley Edw. Leeming st 
Bingham Thos. carrier, Cockpit 
BingleyMrs. Ann, Cockpit 
Bingley Mr. J. Belvidere &t 
BlackwelLHy. carrier, Leeming 

street 
Blackwell Ralph, .mattress mkr. 

Church street 
Bland John, coachman, Catlow st 
Booth Abm. gent. Westgate 
Bowerbank Rev. Wm. Grammar 
school 



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Bradder Luke, mason, Belvidere 

street 
Bradley John, wire worker, Back 

lane, W. 
Bradshaw Abbot, founder, Foun- 
dry row 
Bradley Elias, eowkpr. Westgt 
Brodhurst Wm, Esq. Gilcroft 

house 
Brodhurst John, Esq. Portland 

house 
Brodhurst Hy. Esq. barrister, 

High Oakham 
Bromley John, atty's. elk. Bel- 
videre street 
Brown Saml. stenciller, Bancroft 

lane 
Bullard Miss Eliza, Church st 
Burton Wm. carter, Stocjtwell gt 
Butterworth Mr. Jph. Belvidere 

street 
Carrington Jph. brewer, Leem- 

ing street 
Clay Wm. bailiff, Clerkson's alley 
Clayton Rt. ostler, Leeming st 
Cooke Wm. chief constable of 
Broxtow N. div. Nottingham rd 
Cook Mr. Wm. Union st 
Cursham Rev. Thos. Leeson, 

D.C.L. vicar, Bridge st 
Cutts Saml. eowkpr. Westgt 
Davy John, huckster, Leeming st 
Daws Jas. gamekpr. Chesterfield 

road 
Dawson Geo. gent. Westgt 
Dodd Wm. exciseman, Stockgt 
Dodsley Miss Mary, Terrace 
Downs Wm. gigs & horses to hire, 

1, Bridge st 
Drury Chas. medicine vender & 

herbalist, Listergate 
Earp Mrs. Mary, Belvidere st 
Ellis Mrs. Cath. Westgt 
Fletcher Wm. shopman, Dragon 

court 
Flower Mrs. Jane, Westgt 
Foster Sol. mert. High Oakham 
Foster Thos. mert. Crow hill 
Freeman John, constable, Lime- 
tree place 
Frisby Mr. Jph. Belvidere st 
Frost Mr. John, Queen st 
George Wm. groom, Queen st 



Goulding Rd. clerk to the magis- 
trates, to the comssrs. of taxes, 
and to the deputy lieutenancy, 
Leeming street 
Green Miss Susanna, Leeming st 
Greenhalgh Rd. cotton spinner, 

Westgate 
Gresham John, gent. Westgt 
Greenwood Mr. Wm. Ratcliffgt 
Healey Mrs. gent. High Oakham 
Heaton Rev. Geo. B.A. curate 
Hey wood Isaac, gent. Limetree 

place 
Higginbottom G. carriers' agent, 

Westgate 
Hodgson Rev. John, (Methodist) 

Bridge street 
Holden Rev. J. Pleasley rectory 
Holehouse Mrs. Ann, Church side 
Hurst Chas. banker's elk. Westgt 
Hutchinson John, Stockwell gt 
Inglis Mrs. Mary Jane, Lime- 
tree place 
Jackson Miss Mary, Westgt 
Jackson Wm. carrier, Toothill In 
Jalland Mrs. Sarah, Leeming st 
James Jph. basket mkr. Leem- 
ing street 
Jeflford Mrs. Mary, Bridge st 
Johnson Mrs. Dorothj r , Queen st 
Johnson Geo. mert, Leeming 6t 
Johnson Wm. gent. Church st 
Johnson Jph. carter, Ratcliffgt 
Johnson Jph. gov. Poor house 
Kent Mrs. Mary, Westfield 
Kershaw Saml. Westgate mill 
Kirkland Saml. Thompson's alley 
Kitching John, banker's clerk, 

Clerkson's alley 
Knight Rt. eowpr. Duck lane 
Lee Thos. keeper, Bleakhills 
Lindley Mrs. Ann, Ratcliffgt 
Maltby Jas. Esq. banker, Ches- 
terfield road 
Maltby Rev. Wm. Terrace 
Marshall Sarah, Leeming st 
Mellors Paul, overlooker, Bull's 

head lane 
Metham John, constable, Port- 
land bldgs 
Miller John, gent. Dalestorth hs 
Miller Saml. coachman, Queen st 



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MANSFIELD DIRECTORY. 



Milner Rev. J. T. (meth.) Bridge 

street 
Milner Mrs. gent. Chesterfield rd 
Moore Gamaliel, coal and lime 

agent, Portland wharf 
Nicholson Wm. bookpr. Blind In 
Oldfield John, carrier, Brunt st 
Osborne John, cowkpr. Church 

side 
Padley Geo. mfr. Nottingham rd 
Parsons Mrs. Ann, VVestgate 
Paulson John, assistant overseer, 

Alfred court 
Peck Thos. ostler, Rose ct 
Peet Mr„John, Bancroft In? 
Pickering Isaac, Leeming st 
Pickering Jas. carriers' agent, 

Portland wharf 
Pigot Mrs. Emma, Belvidere st 
Pigot John, setter-up, Ratcliff gt 
Poole John* joiner, Sutton rd 
Poulton Ts. waiter,. Belvidere st 
Poynton Mrs. Sarah, Belvidere st 
Powell Wm< pmder, Dun yard 
Preston John^ carrier, Cockpit 
Radcliffe John, Swan coach office 
Rawlins Rev. Js. M.A. West hill 
Raworth John,, cutler, Black's 

Head yard* 
Reddish Mrs. Mary, Duck In 
Revell Geo. sexton, Church side 
Reveli Jas. warper, Clerkson's 

alley 
Richards Mrs. Cath. Stone ct 
Richardson Mr. Wm. Ratcliff gt 
Roberts G. carrier, Back In. W. 
Robinson Mrs. Ann, Leeming st 
Robinson Jas. Esq. banker, Ches- 
terfield road 
Robinson Geo. Esq; Crow hill 
Robinson Jno. exciseman, Stock- 
well gate 
Robinson Jph. Newark postman, 

Cockpit 
Rodgers Mr. John, Leeming 6t 
Rycroft Eliz. upholsterer, Lg. st 
Sales Sebastian, town crier, Cur- 
rier's alley 
Scott Eliz. cowkpr. Leeming st 
Sellars John Mark, parish clerk, 

Toothill lane 
Sellara-Saml. setter-up, Bridge st 
Senior Miss Eliz, Westgate 



Shaw Thos. earthenware mfr. 

Kottm. rd. h. Union st 
Shaw Wm. glazier, Leeming st 
Shepherd Wm. Cross Keys yd 
Siddon Saml. Esq. Pleaseley hilt 1 
Simes Mrs. Eliz. Church side 
Simpson Stephen, Gas works 
Smith Fanny, Belvidere st 
Smith Mr. John, Queen st 
Smith Wm. Anson, gent. Wood- 
house grove 
Sneatb Jas. jun. White Bear In 
Stanton Mrs. Dorothy, gent. Car 

bank 
Stenton Mrs. Eliz; Wass lane 
Stirrup Mrs. High Oakham 
Stirrup Saml. coach proprietor, 

Leeming street 
Swymmer Lieut. Thos. ffolwor- 

thy, Belvidere st 
Taylor Geo. carter, Union st 
Tomiinson Jph. carter, George ct 
Topham Mrs. Mount Pleasant 
TOplis Miss Dorothy, Westgt 
Turner Sampson, (Prim. Meth. 

min.) Windmill lane 
Tweltridge John, joiner, Cockpit 
Unwin Miss Louisa, Westgate 
Vickers Geo. gent. Leeming st 
Wakefield Fras».Esq. Nottm. rd 
Walker Mrs. gent. Berry h\U 
Ward Wm. fishmonger, Church st 
Watson Geo. coachman 
Watson Rt. mert. Chesterfield rd 
Weaver Rev. Rt. (fnd.) West hill 
Webster Isaac, organist & music 

teacher, Belvidere st 
Whipp Wm. coachman, Queen st 
White Mrs. Hannah, Stockgt 
Wigley John* coal agent, &c. Bel- 
videre street 
WHd John, shopman, Rock valtey 
Wilson Thos. gardener, Stockgt" 
Wingfield Saml. keeper, Berry 

hill 
Winter Wm. constable, Back 

lane, E. 
Wood Ptr. bleacher, h. Stockgt 
Wolstencroft Job, cowkpr. Duck 

lane 
Woodcock Miss Eliz. Westgate 
Wragg Miss Ann, Queen st 



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535 



ACADEMIES. 

Those marked * are Boarding 
Schools, 
Arraisson Robt. Stanhope street 
Armisson Walter^ 8, Bells court 
Chapman Jonas, Westgate 
*Cresswell Eliz. Church side 
Charity School* (Clerkson-'s*) 

Cockpit, John & Mrs. Fowler 
Charity School* (Thompson's & 
Brunt's) Toothill In, Hy. Fras. 
Shacklock, h. Leeming st 
Free Grammar School* Church yd. 
Rev. Win. Bowerbank, master, 
Hodgson Brailsford,* usher, 
Grove house 
Hardy Wm. (music) Leeming st 
Infant School* Independent Cha- 
pel, John Curtis, h. Belvidere 
street 
Knowles John Bowmar, Cockpit 
•Long Geo. Ratcliffegate 
•Miller Mrs. Dalestorth house 
Parsons Eliz. & Jane, Westgate 
^Ramsbotham Sarah, Leeming st 
Radcliffe Jas. (dancing) Pleasley 

Hill 
Williams Rev. J., Chesterfield rd 

ATTORNIES. 
JFJower Geo. Westgate 
Parsons Rd. New road 
Walkden Geo. (steward, and re- 
gistrar of Wills for the manor 
of Mansfield, and steward of 
the manors of Clipstone, Sut- 
ton-cum-Lound and Boisover) 
Bridge street 
Woodcock Wm. (& clerk toCom- 
missioners of the Improvement 
Act, and to the Gas Company) 
Stockwellgate 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Dobb Matthew, Bridge st 

Marsh , Leeming street 

Platts Joseph, (Sheriff's officer,) 

Leeming street 
Randall Richd. Westgate 
Winter Wm. Back lane 
BAKERS & FLOUR DEALRS. 
Marked t are also Corn Millers. 
Ashmore David, Cockpit 
Atkinson John, Westgate 
f Bingley John, New road 



Brocksop Samuel, Pleasley hill 
Case Peter Smith, Stockwellgate 
Clark John, Wass lane 
Coupe John, Leeming street 
Frearson Wm. Ratcliffgate 
Garratt Thos. Church side 
Marsh Wm. Cockpit 
Mee Samuel, Union street 
fMillns Wm. Westgate 
Pike John, Clerkson's alley 
fWallis Hphy, Church street 
White Saml. Stockwellgate 
fWiddowson Wm. Thompson's 

alley 

BANKERS. 
Maltby -& Robinson, Market t pL 

(drawn on Glynn & Co.) 
Wylde & Bolger,Southwellbauk ; 

Rt. Collinson, agent, Westgate, 

(drawn on Lubbock & Co.) 
Savings' Bank, Swann Inn, open 

every Mon. from 12 till 1, H e 

P. Shacklock, clerk 
BESOM MAKERS. 
Briggs Win. Rockhouses 
Clark Geo. Sandy lane 
Clark John, Rockhouses 
Freeman Geo. Rockhouses 
Freeman Joseph, Rockhouses 
Holloway Sami. Westgate 
Stocks- Benj. Lady brook 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Ball John, Stockwellgate 
Clay Richard, New road 
Clay Saml. Ratcliffgate 
Draycott John, Leeming st 
Haywood Isaac, Stockwellgate 
Haywood Thos. King's Head yd 
Stevenson Jas. Church st 
Vallance Chas. Pleasley hill 

BOBBIN NET MAKERS. 
Banner Thos. Stanhope street 
Bullivant John, Union street 
Burrow Ralph, Westgate 
Cadman Wm. Union street 
Cash Wm. Portland square 
Chew John Union street 
Chew Walter, Westgate 
Clay J. L., Stockwellgate 
Comery Geo. Ratcliffgate 
Cutts Richard, Westgate 
Dutton Thos. Ratclirtgate 
Elliott Thos. Westgate 



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Fiddler Jph. Stockwellgate 
Harvey Wm. Newgate lane 
Hudson Jas. Westgate 
Hutchinson Thos. Portland sqr 
Humphreys Fras. White Bear In 
Maltby John, Club row 
Marsh Rd. Nag's Head yard 
Mossmann Thos. Church st 
Parnham Wm. Back In. E. 
Poe Thos. Sutton road 
Sadler Jas. Rock court 
Scott Jph. Ratcliffgate 
•Simpson John, Union street 
Sneath Jas. & Son, Stock wellgt 
Spencer Hy. Ratcliffgate 
Watson Wm. Chapel court 
Wightman Wm. Littleworth 
Wilkey Saml. Union street 
Worthington Isaac, Market place 
BOOKSELLERS. PRINTERS, 
PAPERHANGERS, &c. 
See also Libraries. 
Collinson Rt. (and sub. dis. of 

stamps) Westgate 
Langley Geo. Market place 
BOOKSLRS. (PERIODICAL.) 
Hogarth Thos. Portland square 
Udall John, Leeming street 
BOOT & SHOE MAKERS. 
Backas Joseph, Church st 
Benton John, Market place 
Birks John, Westgate 
Botham Jas. Cockpit 
Bowering Nichs. Bancroft lane 
Brailsforth John, Leeming st 
Bramwell Saml. Westfield lane 
Brown Geo. Stockwellgate 
Butler Jas. Stockwellgate 
Clay Thos. Cockpit 
Clayton Wm. Pleasley hill 
Davis Wm. Tooth ill lane 
■Frost Geo. Stockwellgate 
Furniss John, Westgate 
-GodleyJoph. Ratcliffgate 
Hancock Geo. Rosemary lane 
Hibbard Matthw. Baptist hill 
Hibbard Thos. Church side 
Hibbard Wm. Sutton road 
Hill Geo. Wass lane 
Hobson John, Bridge street 
Holmes Ezechias, Stanhope st 
Jones Robert, Westgate 
'Liller Asher, Stockwellgate 



Lindley Thos. Club row 
Mason Thos. Belviderest 
Mellors Wm. Pleasley hill 
Pogmore Saml. Plumber's court 
Porter Thos. Ratcliffgate 
Robotham Matthew, Stockwellgt 
Sadler Thos. Cockpit 
Scott Isaac, Church street 
Slaney John, Pleasley hill 
Towlson Hy. Currier's alley 
Unwin Geo. Leeming street 
Ward Stephen, Leeming street 
Woolhouse Daniel, Market place 
Wightman Mttw. Leeming st 
Wood Samuel, Westp-ate 

BRAZIERS & TINNERS. 
Bousfield Chas. Westgate 
Midworth Samuel, Leeming st 
Nuttall John, Clerkson's alley 
BRICK & TILE MAKERS. 
Bromhead Richard, Westgate 
Lindley Charles, Westgate 
BRUSH MAKER. 
Ellis John, Leeming street 
BUILDERS. 

See Stonemasons fy Joi?ier$. 

BUTCHERS. 

Thus marked f have shops in the 

Shambles. 
Allwood Wm. Cockpit 
Ancliffe Fras. Stockwellgate 
Beardall Wm. Littleworrh 
Bucklow Wm. Church street 
fCook Thos. Westgate 
fCurtis Sarah, Leeming street 
fCurtis Samuel, Leeming st 
Dean Jonas, Church street 
f Downs Fras. Leeming street 
Fletcher Hy. Stockwellgate 
Fletcher John, Belvidere st 
Goodman John, Bridge street 
Greenweod Thos. Ratcliffgate 
f Harrison John, Black's head yd 
Herret Richard, Church st 
Jepson Daniel, Westgate 
Mettham Wm. Church street 
Moor James, sen. Church street 
fMoor Jas. jun. Belvidere st 
Moor John. Leeming street 
fParsons Hy. Leeming street 
tRatcliffe Jph. Back lane W 
Roper Hy. Stockwellgate 
Ray nor John, Woodhouse road 



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fStorey John, Thompson's alley 
Walker Edward, Stock wellgate 
fWightman Wm. Littleworth 
CABINET MAKERS. 
See Joiners. 
CHAIR MAKERS. 
Lester John, Leeming street 
Sansom Rd. Stock wellgate 
Sansora Thos. Rose court 

CHIMNEY SWEEPERS, &e. 
Watson Robert, Rockhouses 
Wheat Geo. King's Head court 
CHYMISTS & DRUGGISTS. 
Bunting Edward, (and soda water 

rafr.) Market place 
Getbing Wm. Church street 
Harrop John, Market place 
Heald John, Stockwellgate 
Wilson Wm. Stockwellgate 

COACH MAKERS, &c. 
Stones & Hervey, Westgate and 
Nottingham, (Saml. Johnson, 
- agent) 

COAL & LIME MERCHNTS. 
(Pinxton Coal fy Chrich Lime.) 
Butterley Company, John Wig- 
ley, agent, Portland W r barf 
Coke John, Esq. ; Gamal. Moore, 
agent, Portland Wharf 
COLLECTORS. 
Elliott Thos. (rents) Westgate 
Hurst John, (debts) Listergate 
Paulson John, (poor rates) Alfred 

court 
Platts Jph. (Imp. rate) Leeming 

street 
Winter Wm. (land tax) Bk. In.E 
COLOUR MANUFACTURER. 
Ellis John (& vinegar) Rock val 

CONFECTIONERS. 
Edge Wm. Leeming street 
Hett John Leo, Leeming street 

COOPERS. 
Hickson Thos. Stockwellgate 
Jefferies John, Plumber's court 
Moss John, Stockwellgate 

CORN MERCHANTS. 
Buss Thos. Currier's alley 
Shippam Chas. Stockwellarate 
CORN MILLERS & FLOUR 
DEALERS. 
Sec also Bakers. 
Arlington Wm. King's mill 



Carding Wm. Pleasley, (Derbs.) 
Cupid Edw. Woodhouse lane 
Paulson John, Stockwellgate 
Pike Wm. Cleikson's alley 
Reason Thos. Moorhaigh 
Withers John, Ratcliffgate 
Speed David, Ratcliffgate 
COTTON SPINNERS & LACE 
THREAD MANUFACTRS. 
Chambers John, Little Matlock 
Hardwick Richard, Bath mill 
Hevgate James, Hermitage 
Ho'dson Wm. & Co. Westgate & 

Eddingley 
Hollins, Siddons & Co. (hosiery 

yarn) Pleasley Works 
Sneath Jas. & Son, Bleakhills 
Stanton Chas. (& angola; Bath In 
Unwin Saml. & Co. Sutton Works 
Wakefield Fras. & Thomas, Not- 
tingham road & Bridge st mills 
CURRIERS, &c. 
Field Wm. Church street 
Littlewood Robert, Church st 
Parker Robert, Stockwellgate 
Wooding Geo. Leeming street 

DYERS. 
Beard Jas. Rock valley 
Brown John & Co. (& bleachers) 

Lister lane & Basford 
Cooper Jph. White Hart yd 

EATING-HOUSES. 
Poe Catherine, Cockpit 
Fisher Chas. Church street 
Hurt Samuel, Stockwellgate 
Wright Mary, "Leeming st 

FARMERS. 
Atkin John, Derby road 
Bagshaw Geo. Dalestorth 
Boaler John, High Oakham 
Barratt Geo. Nottingham road 
Dickons Wm. Nottingham rd 
Duckmanton William, Radmanth- 

waite 
Eyre John, Dalestorth 
Featherstone Win. Bull farm 
Fletcher Wm. Radroanthwaite 
Hill Chas. Dalestorth 
Hardwick Thos. Hill top 
Hodgkinson Wm. Moorhaigh 
Hodgkinson Thos. Nottingham rd 
Hurst Joseph, Ratcliffgate 
•Jackson Wm. Pennimcnf ho 



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Lindley Geo. Radmanthwaite 
Lindley Jas. Pleasley hill 
Marsh Mttw. Penniment houses 
Millns Wm. Nottingham road 
Neal Wm. Berry hill 
Neape John, Dalestorth 
Parsons John, Pleasley hill 
Pearce Sampson, Dalestorth 
Reason Wm. Pleasley hill 
FELLMONGERS. 
Bamford David, Bridge street 
EllisDickinson, (& mustard mfr.) 

Rock valley 

FIRE & LIFE OFFICES. 
Clerical fy Medical Life, George 

Walkden, Bridge street 
Guardian, William McLellan, 

Church street 
Norwich Union, Robt. Collinson, 

Westgate 
Royal Exchange , John Ellis, 

Stockwellgate 

FRAMESMITHS. 
See also Machine Makers and 
Whitesmiths. 
Hucknall Jas. Stockwellgate 
Maltby Wm. Church side 
Orton Thos. (& valuer) Bel v, st 
Parker Hy. RatclifFgate 
Salmon Thos. RatclifFgate 
Soar Joseph, Portland square 

FRAMEWORK KNITTERS. 
Binch James, Westgate 
Brodley Wm. Club row 
Bullivant Wm. Bridge street 
Butler Hephzihah, RatclifFgate 
Carr George, Bancroft lane 
Clay Isaac Lovatt, Stockwellgt 
Corbitt Wm Stockwellgt 
Crampton Benj. Littleworth 
Crenidge John, Leeming st 
Cullumbine Jas. RatclifFgate 
Dahley James. Baxter hill 
Goldsby Wm. Stanhope st 
Green John, Plumber's court 
Grosvenor Thomas, Rookery 
Haines Edw. Mount pleasant 
Haines Maria, Stockwellgate 
Harvey Wm. Newgate lane 
Heath John, Toothill lane 
Horwood John, Bancroft In 
Hucknall Jae. Stockwellgate 
Hurst Jas. Bancroft lane 



Jackson Thomas, Cockpit 
Kirkwood John, Belvidere st 
Limb Job, Belvidere st 
Limb Jph. Queen street 
Lowe Wm. Bancroft lane 
Marriott John, Cross Key's yard 
Marshall Jph. Bancroft lane 
Newsham John, Union street 
Orton Thos. Belvidere st 
Poole John, Pleasley hill 
Radford Wm. Leeming street 
Raines Fras. Club square 
Richards Thos. White Bear In 
Richardson Thos. RatclifFgate 
Sansom John, Cockpit 
Sansom John, Back lane E. 
Simpson Thos. Plumber's court 
Simpson John, Union street 
Simpson Wm. Baptist hill 
Slack Gilbert, Bancroft lane 
Slack Geo. Rookery 
Slaney Zach. Belvidere street 
Spencer Hy. RatclifFgate 
Ward Samuel, RatclifFgate 
Wells Thos. Belvidere st 
White Thos. Cockpit 
Wilson Wm. Bancroft lane 
Wragg John, Newgate lane 

FURNITURE BROKERS. 
Cursham Geo. Church street 
Drury John, Church street* 
Shipston Eliz. New road 

GARDENERS, &c. 
Backas Rd. Stockwellgate 
Booth Geo. Market place 
Brailsford John, Stockwellgate 
Gadsby Thos. Woodhouse rd 
Green Thos. Westgate 
Hunter Jeremiah, Stockwellgate 
Jones Robert, Westgate 
Neale Kelham, Market place 
Shippam Geo. Church street 
White Clay. Cockpit 
White Samuel, Lemming street 
GLOVE & BREECHES MKR. 
Blackmore Geo. Church street 

GROCERS & TEA DLRS. 
See also\s/i op keepers . 
Bagshaw Benj. Stockwellgate 
Butter worth Wm. Stockwellgt 
Ellis John, Leeming street 
Ellis William, (and tobacco mfr/)' 

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Nicholson Thos. Westgate 
Savage Thos. Westgate 
Shipman Thos. Market place 
White Thos. Ratcliffgate 
Wood Joseph, Church street 
Wragg John, Church st 
GUN MAKER. 
Marsh John, Church street 
HAIR DRESSERS. 
Bingham Jas. Cockpit 
Drury John, Church street 
Greenwood Jph. (and toy dealer) 

Church street 
Hinde Thos. Leeming street 
Hinde Wm. Stockwellgate 
Jeffries Abhm. Church street 
Lock wood John, Clerkson's alley 
Randall John, Westgate 
Randall Rd. (& toy & fancy whs.) 
Westgate 
HAT MANUFACTURERS. 
Dobb Wm. Market place 
Holt Wm. Market place 
Watson John, Church street 
HOP & SEED MERCHANTS. 
Bagshaw Benj. Stockwell court 
Ellis Wm. Church street 
Shipman Thos. Market place 
HOSIERY MANUFACTRS. 
See also Framework Knitters. 
Foster, Watson, & Co. Crow hill 
Richardson Thos. Ratcliffgate 
Siddon & Johnson, Dragon ct 

INNS & TAVERNS. 
Admiral Nelson, Wm. Hemsall, 

Stockwellgate 
Angel, John Stanley, Westgate 
Black Boy, George Needham, 

Stockwellgate 
Black Bull, Thomas Andrews, 

Westgate 
Black Horse, Thos. Eyre, Stock- 
wellgate 
Black's Head, Sarah Parker, 

Market place 
Black Swan, John Hill, Cockpit 
Blue Bell, John Gascoine,Church 

street 
Blue Boar, Daniel Heald, Stock- 
wellgate 
Bowl-in-Hand, Sarah Harvey, 
Leeming street 



Brown Cow, John Hurst, Rat- 
cliffgate 

Cock, Geo. Dobb, Cockpit 

Cross Keys, Jph. Smith, Westgt 

Crown and Anchor, Thos. War- 
ren, Market place 

Durham Ox, Jas. Butler, Stock- 
wellgate 

Eclipse, Sarah Cadman, Market 
place 

Elm Tree, John Francis, Ratclgt 

George and Dragon Inn, Sarah 
White, Leeming street 

Grey Hound, John Reed, Stock- 
wellgate 

King & Miller, Saml. Slack, Sut- 
ton road 

King's Arms, Thos. Woodhouse, 
Ratcliffgate 

King's Head, Edw. Smith Daw- 
son, Stockwellgate 

Masons Arms, Joseph Fenton, 
Leeming street 

Nags Head, Geo. Page, Westgate 

New Inn, Jph. Beresford, Westgt 

Old Dial, Geo. Bowman, Stock- 
wellgate 

Old Eclipse, Wm. Blagg, Westgt 

Old Horse & Jockey,Sarah Leach, 
Leeming street 

Peacock, Joseph Chapman, Bel- 
videre street 

Pheasant, John Pearson, Chester- 
field road 

Portland Arms, Mary Reed,Cock- 
pit 

Queen's Head, John Pratts, 
Queen street 

Ram Inn, Wm. Shooter, Church 
street 

Ram Taveru, John Mellors, Lit- 
tle worth 

Rein Deer, Rd. Parked, Hill top 

Royal Oak, Ntn. Newton, Stock- 
wellgate 

Swan Inn, Thos. Morton, Mktpl 

Three Horse Shoes, John Bali, 
Stockwellgate 

Wheat Sheaf, Rt. Bonsall, Stgt 

Waggon and Coals, Jas. Lindley, 
Bridge street 

White Hart, Rd. Fowler, Church 
street 



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MANSFIELD DIRECTORY. 



White Lion, Joseph Brailsford, 
Church street 

White Swan, Thos. Booth, Pleas- 
ley hill 
NEW BEER HOUSES. 

Bee Hive, Wm. Wragg, Lister In 

Cross Keys, Rd. Banes, Union st 

Eight Bells, Rd. Herret, Church 
street 

New Inn, J. Naylor, Pleasley hi 

Nursery House, Rt. Jones,Wood- 
house road 

Old Yew Tree, Wm. Worsley, 
Leeming street 

Queen Adelaide, Jph. Betts, 
Stock well gate 

Red Lion, Jas. Hucknall, Stgt 

Robin Hood, John Sansom, Rat- 
clirlgate 

Rock Houses, John Greenwood 

.Stag & Pheasant, Geo. Peacock, 
Toothill Tane 

Sherwood Inn, Thos. Watkinson, 
Newgate lane 

Wm. IV. Wm. Harrington, Sut- 
ton road 

IRON& BRASS FOUNDERS. 

Butterley Iron Works Co. John 
Wigley, agent, Portland Wharf 

Hind John, (mfr. of agricultural 
implements) Portland Foundry 

Mid worth Saml. (& brass cock 
mfr.) Leeming street 

Wakefield and Padley, Sher- 
wood Foundry 

IRONMONGERS. 

Bousfield Charles, (silversmith, 
&c.) Westgate 

Green John, Stockwellgate 

Simes John, Church st 

JOINERS & CABINETMKRS. 
Thus §• are also Upholsterers. 

^Alsop Peter & Co. Westgate 

Ash by Rd. Newgate In 

Cash Wm. Portland sqr 

Day Wm. Church 6t 

§M*Lellan Wm. Church st. h. 
Toothill lane 

M k Lellan John, Dragon ct 

Peet John, Bancroft In 

Pegg Jas. New Rookery 

Taylor Wm. Westgate 

Woodhead Jph. Brunt st 



§White Saml. Stockwellgt 
Wright Jph. Leeming st 
LIBRARIES (CIRCULATG.) 
Drury John, Church st 
Collinson Robt. (subs.) Westgt 
Langley Geo. Market pi. 
Unwin Ann, Bridge st 

LACE MFRS. & MERTS. 

See Bobbin Net Mkrs. 

Foster, Watson, & Co. Crow-hil! 

LAND SURVEYORS, &c. 
Marsh John, Belvidere st 
Sanderson George (valuer, &c.)v 
Bridge street 

LIME BURNERS. 
See Mansfield Woodhouse. 
Tideswell Saml. Stockwellgt. 
LINEN & WLN. DRAPERS 
Andrew John, Market place 
Brothwell Thomas (& hosier) 

Moot-hall 
Ellis John, Stockwellgt 
Hudson Jas. Westgate 
lnce Thomas, Market pi 
Maltby Wm. Market place 
Worthington Isaac, Market-pr 

MACHINE MAKERS. 
Green John(patentroving) Stock- 
wellgate 
Marsh Rd. (twist) Nag's head 

yard 
Simpson Thos. (spinning) Westgt 

MALTSTERS. 
Adlington Wm. King's Mill 
Beresford Joseph, Westgt 
Brailsford Job, Bridge st 
Brodhurst Wm. Esq. Gilcrofths 
Buss Thos. Currier's Alley 
Davy Thos. Stockwellgate 
Dixon Wm. Stanhope street 
Featherstone Wm. Back lane W 
Flower Dd. Thompson's Alley 
Foster Wm. Stockwellgate 
Freeman John, Lime Tree place 
Howett John, Back lane^ W 
Snml. Jackson, Rose court 
Jepson Daniel, Westgate 
Jepson Wm. Westg. & Rowthorn 
Lindley Jas. & Wm. Stone-hill 
Newton Danl. Stockwellgate 
Booth Joseph, Westgate 
WaHiss Hphy. Church street 
Watson Jas. West-hill 



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MILLINERS & DRESS MKRS. 

Allcroft Hanh. Bridge street 
Berridge Ann. Belvidere street 
Binch Ann, Westgate 
Clark Eliz. Bridge street 
Dickon Ann, Leeming street 
Hardstaff Ann, Belvidere street 
Jackson Caroline, Church street 
Lester Eliz. (& tea dlr.) Back- 
lane W 
Locke Eliz. Stockwellgate 
Mosley Eliz. Lister lane 
Pierrepoint Sarah, Church st 
Robinson Sar. Leeming street 
Taylor A. & M. Westgate 
Unwin M. & A. Leeming street 
Unwin Ann, Belvidere street 

MILLWRIGHTS. 
Jamison John, Stanhope street 
Kirkland Thos. (engineer, &c.) 
Westgate 

NAIL MAKERS. 
Bousfield Chas. Westgate 
Evans Moses, Ratcliffgate 
Green John, Stockwellgate 
Snape Chas. Wass lane 
Walker John, Cockpit 
NEEDLE, PUSHR.&c. MKRS. 
Bartram, Wm. Sutton road 
Booth John, Stockwellgate 
Jackson James, Stanhope st 
Neal Wm. Toothili lane 
Taylor Wm. Bridge street 
Vickers John, Union street 
Wass Geo. Bancroft lane 
Wass, Wm. Stockwellgate 
PAINTERS, STAINERS, AND 

GILDERS. 
Frost Reynolds, Leeming st 
Heane Wm. Leeming street 
Moss Jph. Rock court 
Sheppard Thos. Stockwellgate 
Wright John, Leeming street 

PATTEN MAKERS, 
Snape Chas. Wass lane 
Walker John, Cockpit 

PAWNBROKER. 
Gresham Robt. (silversmith and 
clothes broker,) Stockwellgate 
PLASTERERS & STAINERS. 
H oil is John, Thompson's alley 
Linfoot Robt. Cockpit 
Lockwood Wm. Portland bldgs 



Vallance Geo. Westgate 
PLUMBERS & GLAZIERS. 
Elsam Rd. Back lane W 
Mason Wm. Leeming street 
Midworth Saml. jun. Leeming st 
Place Rd. Stockwellgate 

PORTER DEALERS. 
Ellis Wm. Church street 
Shipman Thos. Market place 
Yates John, Stockwellgate 

RAG DEALERS. 
Shipman Robt. Stockwellgate 
Shipston Wm. Meeting hs* In 
ROPE & TWINE MAKERS: 
Wilkinson J as. Church street 
Wood John, Leeming street 

SADDLERS, &c. 
Fowler Rd. Church street 
Jackson John, Leeming street 
Merriman Thos. Stockwellgate 
Palmer John, Church street 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
(Dealers in Grocery, Flour, fyc.) 
Allen Timothy, Leeming street 
Ashby Rd. Newgate lane 
Backas Rd. Stockwellgate 
Beardall John, Stockwellgate 
Bishop John, Newgate lane 
Blvthe Richard, Westgate 
Chappel Thos. White Bear In 
Boyle Hannah, Baker's court 
Clifton Henry, Westgate 
Co-operative Stores, Wm. Tay- 
lor, Westgate, and Wm. Bust; 
Ratcliffgate 
Cooke Wm. Leeming street 
Cutts John, Leeming street 
Ellers Eliz. Ratcliffgate 
Goose Ann, Thompson's alley 
Green Thos. Westgate 
Herrett Jph. Back lane W 
Hodgkinson Saml. Sutton road 
Jeffries Job, Westgate 
Jepson Saml. Cockpit 
Pearson Thos. Pleasley hill 
Radford Wm. Leeming street 
Reed John, Union street 
Sansom Hy. Back lane E 
Sansom John, Cockpit 
Shipman Robt. Stockwellgate 
Simpson Thos. Westgate 
Thacker Wm. Church street 
Ward John, Westgate 

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MANSFIELD DIRECTORY. 



White Ann, Westgate 
Wilson Thos. Chesterfield road 
Winter Martha, Cockpit 
Witham Jph. Belvidere street 
Yates John, Stockwellgate 
SINKER MAKERS. 
Hickman fm, (& bobbin & car- 
riages) Stockwellgate 
Holland Saml. Bridge street 
Holmes Geo. Stanhope street 
Jackson Wm. Keh*s* bldgs 
STONE MASONS & QUARRY 
OWNERS. 
Marked thus • only Masons. 
Bingham Wm. jun. Cockpit 
Bromhead Rd. Westgate 
Buckles Anthony, Cockpit 
Hallam John, Pleasley hill 
Hopewell John, Quarry lane 
Lindley Chas. Westgate 
•Lindley Jas. & Jph. Bridge st 
•Millott Jas. Stockwellgate 
•Sharp Fras. Windmill lane 
Thrall Chas. Bridge street 
Thrall Benj. Ratcliffgate 

STRAW HAT MAKERS. 
Clark Sus. Leemington street 
Jackson Mary, Church street 
Jeffries Rebecca, Leeming st 
Carnell Clem. Westgate 
Locke Eliz. Stockwellgate 
Hardisty Mary, Lister lane 
Mossman Thos. Church street 
Raynor Frances, Ratcliffgate 
Taylor A. & M. Westgate 
Unwin Ann, Bridge street 
Webster Mary, Church street 

SURGEONS. 
Barker Robt. Leeming street 
Cooper Nathan, Westgate 
Furniss and Paulson, Westgate 
Furniss Martin, Westgate 
Hulme John, M. D. Westgate 
Hurt Saml. Westgate 
Paulson Wm. Hevwood, Westg 

TAILORS. 
Allen Thos. Windmill lane 
Aslin Wm. Stockwellgate 
Baggaley Wm. Stockwellgt 
Baker John, Westgate 
Banes Rd. Union street 
Farnsworth Wm. Black's Hd. yd 
Hobson Wm. Leeming street 



Hopewell James, Westgate 
Hopewell Jas. jun.. Churchside 
Leaver Saml. Mount pleasant 
Lee Wm. (& cleaner) Cockpit 
Marriott Geo. (furrier & rabbit 

mert. ) Rateli ffgate 
Merrill Saml. Pleasley hill 
Stanhope John, Bancroft lane 
Watson John, Queen street 
West Jph. Leeming street 
White Geo. Stockwellgate 
Witham Geo. Ratcliffgate 
Woolley John, Black's Head yd 
Woolley Thos. Back lane W 

TALLOW CHANDLERS. 
Ellis Wm. Church st 
Shipman Thos. Market place 

TANNERS. 
Girdler Rd. Littleworth 
Lowe Wm. Church st 

TURNERS IN WOOD. 
Birks Bingley, (brush head & han- 
dles, bobbins, &c.) Littlewortfe 
Lester John, Leeming st 
Simpson Thos. Westgate 
Wightman Jas. (bobbins, &c.) 

Rock valley 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Reynolds Rd. Leeming st 
Stanley John, (and cow leech,) 

Westgate 

WATCH & CLOCK MKRS, 
Chew Walter, Westgate 
Platts John, Leeming st 
Simpkins Wm. Church st 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Fox John, Pleasley hill 
Gabbitass Jph. New road 
May Thos. Cockpit 
Robinson Jph. Cockpit 
Smith John, Back lane, E 
Woodhead Geo. Stockwellgt 
Woodhouse Thos. Ratcliffgt 
WHITESMITHS, &c. 
Baxter Geo. Westgate mill, h* 

Union st 
Bousfield Chas. Westgate 
Green John, Stockwellgate 
Marsh Rd. Nag's Head yd 
Simes John, Church st 
Vickers Saml. Wass lane 

WINE & SPIRIT MERTS. 
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543 



Ellis Wm. Church st 
Nicholson Thos. Westgt 
Rolfe Jph. Queen street 
Savage Thos. Westgate 

WOOL STAPLER. 
Corbitt Wm. (& worsted dlr.) 

Stockwellgate 

COACHES, 

From Saml. Stirrup's Coach 

Office, Swan. Inn Yard. 

The Royal Mail to London, at 
4 mg. and to Sheffield, Leeds, &c. 
at 12 noon, daily 

The Hope to London, &c. at 
1 aft. and to Sheffield, Halifax, 
and Huddersfield, at 12 noon, 
daily. 

The Express to*London, at 5 
aft. and to Leeds, &c. at half- 
past 10 mg. daily. 

The Champion to Manchester 
at 9 mg. daily; through Ches- 
terfield, &c. and to Newark and 
Lincoln, at 4 aft. 

The Volunteer to Liverpool, 
at half-past 8 mg. daily. 

The Royal Hope to Derby, at 
1 afternoon, daily. 

The Royal Union to York* 
Worksop, and Doncaster, at 8 
mg. daily, except Sunday. 

Coaches to Nottingham five 
times a day, viz. at 4 mg.; J past 
12 noon ; and at 4, 5, & 6, aft. 

A Cpach to Gainsbro' every 
mg. except Sunday, at \ past 8 ; 
through Worksop, Tickhill, &c. 

From the Old Eclipse Inn. 

The Courier to London, at 9 
night, and to Sheffield and Leeds, 
at 8 morning, daily. 

From the Eclipse Inn. 

The Robin Hood to Notting- 
ham, daily, except Sunday, at 
8 mg, Wm., Whipp & Saml. 
Miller, owners. 

From Portland Wharf. 

To Pinxton, on the Railway, 
Wm. Epperstone's Van, every 
Thurs. at 3 aft. 

CARRIERS. 

From Deacon* Harrison* fy Co's 

Waggon Warehouse* Westgt, 



To London* Nottingham, &c, 
daily, 12 noon. To Chesterfield, 
Sheffield, Wakefield, Leeds, Cha- 
pel -en-le-Frith, -Manchester, 1 Li- 
verpool, &c. every evening, at 
6. G. Higginbottom, agent. 
From Pick ford fy Co's Van <§r 

Waggon Office* Westgate. 

Van to London, every morn- 
ing, except Sunday, at £ past 2, . 
and to Sheffield, &c. 10 night. 

A Waggon to Nottingham, . 
London, &c. at 8 morning, and 
to Manchester, Sheffield, &c. at| 
past 10 night. Samuel Walsh* . 
agent. 

From Wheatcroft Sf Co's. Rail' 
way Waggon Warehouse* 

Portland Wharf. 

Two or three Waggons, every 
morning, at 6 or % o'clock, on 
the Railway to PTnxton, whence 
goods are forwarded to all parts 
of the kingdom by land & water, 
James Pickering, agent. 
Carriers from the - Inns, &c. 

To A If re ton, from the Royal 
Oak* John Bond and Francis" 
Wheatley, from the Black Horse, 
Thu. 3 aft. ; and John Scatchard? . 
from Blue Boar, Mon. Thu. & 
Sat. 3 aft. 

Bilsthorpe, Black's Head, John 
Bucklowy Thu. 3 aft. 

Blidworth, Old Dial* Wm. 
Wright,. Thu- 3 aft. 

Bolsover^Angel, John Mellors, 
Thu. 4 aft. 

Chesterfield, Thos. Bingham, 
from the Cockpit, Tu. Thu. and 
Sat. 5 mg. ; and Thos. Andrews, 
from Chesterfield road, Saturday, 
5 morning. 

Clown, Black Bull, Mr. Mal- 
lindeiyThu. 3 aft. 

Eak ring, White Hart, .Saml, 
Wibberley and Geo* Tomlinson, 
M. &Thu. 3 aft. 

Epperston and Nottingham, 
Black's Head* John Taylor, Thu. 
3 aft. 

Farnsfield, White Hart, Hy. 
Smith, daily, at 2 aft. 



BROXTOVV HliNDREiD. 



Kirkby-in-Ashheld, Blk. Horse, 
Reuben Hayes; & Angel, Hodg- 
kinson Lowe, Thu. 3 aft. 

Langworth, Black Bull, John 
Brown, Thu. 4. 

Laxton, Black Bull, John 
New bold, Thu. 3 aft. 

Newark and Southwell, Thos. 
Andrew, from Chesterfield road, 
W. & S. 4 mg. ; also, the Mail 
Gig, Jph. Robinson, from the 
Cockpit, every morn. £ past 4. 

Newark & Ketlington, Nag's 
Head, Thos. Wood, Tu. &Thu. 
3 aft. 

Normanton (South; Blk, Horse, 
Geo. Slater, Mon. Wed. & Thu. 
3 aft. 

Nottingham, Henry Blackwell, 
of Leeming-street ; Wm. Jack- 
son, of Toothill-lane ; and John 



Oldfield, of Brunt-street; every 
Wed. & Sat. at 4 mg. 

Ollerton. See Eakring. 

Pinxton, Black Horse, Wm. 
Epperstone, (on the Railroad,) 
Thu. 3 aft. 

Rufford, Angel, Jph. Morley, 
Thu. 4 aft. 

Southwell, White Hart, Hy. 
Feme, Mon . & Thurs. 2 aft. ; and 
Angel, W. Revill, Thurs. 4 aft. 
See also Newark. 

Sutton-in-Ashfield, Blue Boar, 
John Massey, and Black Horse^ 
Dennis Whatton, daily, 2 aft. 

Tibshelf, Black Horse, Jas. 
Newton, daily 12 noon. 

Worksop, John Preston, from 
the Cockpit, and Geo. Roberts, 
from Back-lane- West, every M. 
W. F. &Sat. at 6 morn. 



ANNESLEY. PARISH 

Contains the two townships of Annesley and Felley, and forms a 
romantic district of 3356 acres, of which 289 acres belong to the 
Duke of Portland, and the remainder to John Musters, Esq. 
except one farm at Felley, belonging- to Mr. Charles Antilh 
The soil rests on a substratum of red sandstone, and in many 
places rises into mountainous ridges. 

Annesley is a small irregularly built village, in a pictur- 
esque situation, 6J miles S. S. W. of Mansfield. At the 
Conquest it was of the fee of Ralph Fitz-Hubert, whose tenant 
took the name of Annesley ', and the manor was held by his de 
scendants till the reign of Henry VI., when their heiress carried 
it in marriage to the Chaivortfts of Wiverton, with whose late 
heiress it passed to its present lord, John Musters, Esq., who 
assumed the name of Chaworth, and resided here till the death 
of the late Mr. Musters, when he re-assumed that name and 
removed to his paternal seat of Colwick Hall. (See Wiverton, 
p. 5170 Annesley Hall is a large ancient mansion, sur- 
rounded by a fine park, with about 580 acres of woods, planta- 
tions, and water. It has been many years unoccupied and 
neglected, but is now undergoing a complete restoration, for 
the occasional residence of its owner. The churchy dedicated 
to All Saints, stands on an eminence near the hall, and has a 
tower with two bells. The living is a perpetual curacy, certified 
*t .£20. J. Musters, Esq. is the impropriator and patron, and 



A-XNESLEY PARISH, 



545 



the Rev. J. L. Cursham, D. C. L. is the incumbent. The 
feast is on the Sunday after Old Michaelmas day. 

Annesley Woodhouse is a hamlet and grange, of 289 
acres, belonging to the Duke of Portland, and distant 1 mile 
N.. of Annesley. Coal lies under the surface, but it has never 
been worked. 

Felley is a hamlet and small township, of 300 acres, partly 
upon a lofty eminence, \\ mile W. by S. of Annesley, where 
are the ruins of a Priory, which was founded soon after the 
Conquest by Radulph Britto, aided by bis son Reginald de 
Annesley.- It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and 
was subordinate to the priory of Worksop. At is dissolution it 
was valued at £41. 19s. Id. Nothing now remains of the 
monastic building except what is incorporated in the large house 
which is partly occupied by a farmer, whose garden occupies 
the site of the chapel. The priory farm was purchased by Mr. 
Musters of a Mr. Hodgkinson, who had bought it of the Holden3, 
ofNuthall. 

Charity. — Mr. William Booth, of Annesley Woodhouse, 
bequeathed in 1825, his house and garden, for the use of a 
chapel, and the interest of £928, (at 5 per cent.) to be distrbuted 
as follows, viz. — <£20 to his trustees ; £5 to the poor of Annes- 
ley Woodhouse ; £2. 10s. for a preaching room; £5 to the 
Particular Baptist Minister of Sutton-in-Ashfield, and ^£12. 17s. 
to the Independent Minister of Kirkby- Woodhouse. About 40 
years ago, this donor was surprised by the return of two of his 
sheep, which had been buried on the forest upwards of a month, 
under 13 feet of snow ! 

Marked thus f live at Annesley Woodhouse, 



Musters John, Esq. Annesley hall 
t Amatt Wm. shoemkr. Woodhse 
Beck Mr. Wm 
fBurrows Ralph, vict 
Davies John, shoemaker 
Deakin Paul, com miller, Felley 

mill 
fGelsthorp Jas. smith & maltster 
Gibson J ph. beerhouse, Forest 
fHardstaif Geo. butcher & shopr 
Hardstaff Rd. joiner 
Harvey Timothy, blacksmith 
Hollingsworth Wm. weaver and 

parish clerk 
Horabin Richard, shopkeeper 
Horabin Wm. shopkeeper 
fRobinson Geo. corn miller 
Robinson Hy. cori} miller 
fShipley John* warp lace manfr 



Stanley Fras. veterinary surgeon, 

&c. Annesley lodge 
Turner John, gamekeeper 
Turner Richard, shoemaker 
Whitman Wm. shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
fAllin George Robinson Wm. 
Goodall Chpr. Smith Thomas 
Hardy Wm. Turner Samuel 
Flibbert Eliz. Turner Wm. 
Hickton Rt. Webster Jph. 
Hodgkinson C. Wilkinson John, 
Lindley Wm. Closes 

Lindley Thos. Winterbottom 
Line Geo. William 

FELLEY TOWN8HIP. 

Hollingsworth Ralph, beerhouse 

Hunt John, farmer 

Saunders Thos. farmer, Abbey 



546 -, MOXTOW HUNDRED, 



ARNOLD PARISH 

Extends from 3 to 5 miles N of Nottingham, and formerly 
comprised 2280 acres of the open forest of Sherwood, but it 
was enclosed in 1789, when 700 acres were allotted to the im- 
propriator, and 23a. 3r. 37p. to the Crown. Mrs* Sher- 
brooke, of Oxton, is the principal owner, and lady of the 
manor, and her heir, Colonel Samuel Coape, resides here at. Sher- 
wood Lodge, a pleasant modern mansion, with handsome plan- 
tations on the verge of the forest. The Duke of Devonshire 
was the impropriator, but he has sold his allotment to Thomas 
Holdsworth, Esq., of Manchester ; besides whom here are seve- 
ral smaller proprietors, viz. Thomas Panton, Esq., of Arnot 
Hill ; Mark Denison, Esq., of Daybrook House ; and Mr. Ben- 
jamin Chambers, of the village. The population of the parish 
has encreased since 1801, from 2768 to 4054 souls. 

Arnold is a long and populous village, half a mile E. of the 
Mansfield road, and 4 miles N. of Nottingham. Its inhabi- 
tants are mostly employed in the lace and hosiery trades, and 
on two streams which form the Day brook rivulet, are two 
Bleach-works. There was formerly a large Worsted mill here, 
but after being several years unoccupied, it was taken down. 
The village stands upon a sand rock, is clean and comfortable, 
and has several neat mansions, one of which, called Arnold 
Grove, is occupied by William Turbutt, Esq., Barrister. 

The Church is dedicated to St. Mary, and has a tower and 
five bells. It is well pewed and all in good repair, except the 
chancel, the cost of repairing which belongs to T. Holds- 
worth, Esq., as owner of the rectorial land. The vicarage, 
valued in the King's books at £7. 17s. 8d., is in the patronage 
of the Duke of Devonshire. The Rev. George Francis Hol- 
come is the incumbent, and the Rev. William Howard the 
curate. Besides 90a. 2r. 3p. of glebe, the vicar has a yearly 
modus in lieu of the small tithes. The Wesleyan, Kilhamite, 
and Primitive Methodists, and the Particular and General 
Baptists, have each a chapel in the village. The annual feast is 
on the last Sunday in September. There are nine Sick Clubs 
in the parish, and the Nelson Lodge of Odd Fellows, (No. 26,) 
held at the Horse and Jockey. A fire engine is stationed in the 
village. 

Daybrook is a considerable hamlet on the Mansfield road, 
at the southern verge of the parish, 3 miles N. of Nottingham. 
Near it is Cock cliff farm, the property of Colonel Need; and 
a little to the S.E. is Swinnows, where there are two farms and 
a brick yard. 

Red-Hill is a large modern village with seven public-houses, 
on the Mansfield road, half a mile W. of Arnold. To the 



ARNOLD PARISH. 



547 



north are five Forest farms within the limits of the parish, 
whence a road diverges to Oxton and Southwell. 

Charities. — The Free School, at Arnold, was rebuilt, and 
the master's house repaired, in 1814, at the cost of £135, since 
which a room has been built over it for a Sunday school. It is 
endowed with about <£22 per annum, for the education of 32 
poor children. Its founder was Daniel Chad wick, who en- 
dowed it with ^50 laid out in the purchase of Roecroft Houses, 
for which £12. 10s. is paid yearly, out of the poor rates to the 
master, and 30s. to the poor in respect of £30 left by Bartho- 
lomew Fillingham, and expended in the same purchase. Henry 
Sherbrooke, Esq., left a yearly rent charge of £3 to the school, 
and it is now paid by* Mrs. Sherbrooke, together with £2 
yearly, left by Margaret Birch. In 1785, Rebecca Elley, be- 
queathed to it the interest of £6, and the master receives £5 
yearly as one moiety of the rent of Denison Land, which was 
purchased with poor's money, of which there still remains 
<£34, and the interest thereof is distributed in bread. Henry . 
Sherbrooke, Esq., left £3 per annum to be distributed amongst 
the poor on the 5th of November. Of the latter, 22s. is paid 
by Mrs. Sherbrooke, and £l. 18s. by Jeremiah Rhodes, out of 
his house, near the Red-hill mill. 

Marked 1 reside at Daybrook, 2 at Red- Hill, and ike rest at 
Arnold, or where specified. 



Allen Wright, surgeon 
Atherley John, sinker maker 
Barrows Timothy, horse dealer 
Barton Luke, watchmaker 
Bartrum Mrs. Elizabeth 
Bigsby Mrs. Eliz. Arnot vale 
Butler Mr. Wm. Harvey bill 
Chamberlain Thos. schoolmaster 
Chambers Benjamin, gent 
Coape Col. Saml. SherwoodXdge 
Denby Stephen, butcher 
Denison Mark, Esq. Daybrookhs 
Denison Rt. cart owner 
Diggle Jas. bleacher & trimmer 
Empson Sarah, straw hat maker 
Fearfield Jph. brickmaker, Swin- 

nows 
J Frignall Mrs. Elizabeth 
Frost Thos. lace manufacturer 
Gelthorpe John, surgeon &drugt 
George Wm. butcher 
1 Harding Mrs. Lydia 
Hickling Geo. gardener, Harvev 

hill 
Hill Thos. bleacher, King's well 



Howard Rev. Wm. curate and 

boarding academy 
Hutchinson Mr. Wm. 
Johnson John, blacksmith 
Kent John, bricklayer 
2 Kirk John, thread agent, Lodge 
Kirk Wm. sinker maker 
Knight Mr. Samuel 
Knott John, whitesmith, &c. 
Lang Wm. brazier, &c. 
Lee Matthw. needlemkr. & drapr 
Leeson John, gentleman * ' 
Leverton Wm. butcher 
Maddock Mrs. Mary 
Marshall Gervase, sinkermaker 
Marsland Wm. confectioner 
1 Mattack Thos. worsted mfr 
Mew Wm. gent. Deny Mount 
Moore Wm. plumber & glazier 
Nix Samuel, bricklayer 
Pan ton Thos. Esq. Arnot hill 
Parr Gervase, butcher 
; 2 Pearce Geo. gardener 
Peck Wm. well sinker 
Phipps Geo. wooIsUpler 



548 



ARNOLD DIRECTORY. 



Rastall Mrs. Ann, Harvey hill 
Revington Wm. butcher 
2 Rhodes Jerh. corn miller 
Rhodes Geo. butcher 
Richardson Mrs. Elizabeth 
Rimmer Mrs. Elizabeth 
Rimmer Robert, butcher 
Robinson Thos. maltster 
2 Rose John, oetter-up 
Rushton Rt. schoolmaster 
Simpson John, gentleman 
Stamp John, plumber & glazier 
Stirtevant Mrs. Sarah 
Taylor John, painter & glazier 

1 Thomas Wm. gent 
Tinsley John, blacksmith 
Tinsley Sarah, straw hat maker 
Tinsley Wm. blacksmith 
Tomlinson Mrs. Elizabeth 
Turbutt Wm. Esq. barrister, Ar- 
nold grove 

Turner Maria, dressmaker 

2 Vickers Wm, gent 

2 Walker Mr. YVilliam 
Ward Hannah, straw hat maker 
White John, gent 
Wolstenholm Thos. maltster 
Wood Uriah, maltster 

INNS & TAVERNS. 

1 Black Swan, Thomas Bostock 
Cross Keys, W. Dickinson 
Druid's Tavern, W. Spreckley 

2 Fox and "Hound, L. Richmond 
Horse and Jockey, G. Phipps 

2 Old Spot Inn, Peter Bramley 
2 Ram Inn, Philip Ariss 
Robin Hood, Mary Daft 
Seven Stars, John Robinson, and 

brickmaker 
2 Three Crowns, John Wood 
2 White Hart, Sarah Hickling 

BEER HOUSES. 
Board, Giles Hudson 
1 Board, William Preston 
Friendly Tavern, Jesse Towle 

1 Griffin's Head, Thos. Jackson 

2 New Inn, Ann Broftitt 
2 Ram, Thomas Bradley 
Roval Oak, Richard Housley 
Bakers fy Flour 1 Jeffrey John, 

dealers. (& miller) 

2 FarnsworthL 1 Jeffrey W. 
(«( miller) Lamin Rd 



Redgate Jph 
Shaw David 
Walters, John 
Bobbin Net ma- 
nufacturers. 
Barton Luke 
Darker John 
Dodson Wm. 
Flint Thos. 
Gadsby John 
Hudson Giles 
Hulse Jph 



Savile — 
Simpson John 

& Thos. 
Smith John 
Taylor Saml. 
Tomlinson S. 
1 Walker Wm. 
Wells Geo. 
Whitaker Jph. 
Williamson L . 
Williamson W. 
Framesmiths. 



1 Jacklin Thos. AtheHey John 
Jeffery, Saml. Kelk Wm. 



Jeffery Wm. 
Kelk Wm. 
Redgate Jph. 
Rhodes — 
Smith Chas. 
Smith Thos. 
Watts Wm. 
Willis Robt. 



2 Piggen Stirt. 
Settle Robert 
Webster Wm. 
Grocers, fyc. 
Atkin Sanvuel 
Bottemore Jas. 
Bradley Geo. 
I Brewster Sar. 



Boot $ -S/ioewArsBullivant Robt. 
Baguley Mark Foulds Thos. 



Barradell Rd. 
Fisl) George 
Fish William 
Fisher Samuel 
Germen Jph 
Hemsley John 
Holmes Wm. 
Housley Rd. 
Mann Robert 
Turner Thos 
Farmers. 
Bates James 
Bramley Wm. 
2 Brown Jph 
Broyan Wm. 
Cook Jph. 
Denison John 
Edwards John 
Edwards Thos. 
Fowler Richd. 
Hallam John 



Humphreys J. 
Humphreys — 
Jackson Jas. 
Jones Richard 
Mayfield Geo. 
Parr Ann 
Powley William 
Sh el burn Wm. 
ShowelUohn 
Smith Samuel 
Stones Samuel 
Wilkinson Ann 
1 Wood Anthy. 
Hosiery Agents. 
2Beresford John 

1 Birtte Edward 
Bradlev George 

2 Breflitt Ann 
Eddishaw John 
Garratt John 
Jackson Matw. 



Holmes Samuel Jew William 



Leivers Chas. 
Newham Jonth. 
Pilkerton — 
Rhodes Thos. 
Robinson John 
Robinson John 
Robinson Thos 



Oscroft William 
Sharland Wm. 
1 Smith Samuel 
Willis Robert 



BR0XT0W HUNDRED. 549 



Joiner Si fyc. Foster Wm 
Marked X are 2 Hardstaff Jph 

Cab. M/crs. & Hardstaff Wm. 

§ Whlwrights Jacklin Wm. 
2 § Bradley T § Lucas Math. 
2 % Challand W Rhodes Thos. 



§ Rogers Jas. Fish Wm. 

J Skellington Bufton Samuel 

William Mann Jph. 

Tailors. Shirtcliff Saml. 

Blasdall Geo. Taylor Geo. 
BlasdalUohn 



ATTENBOROUGH PARISH 

Consists of the two manors and toivnships of Chilwell and 
Totori) which contain 1094 inhabitants, and upwards of 2600 
acres of land, at the south western corner of Broxtow Hun- 
dred, where the Erwash divides it from Derbyshire, and falls 
into the Trent, which forms its southern boundary. The 
whole is enclosed and tithable. Thomas Charlton", Esq. is 
principal owner, and lord of the manor of Chilwell ; and Ladv 
Warren owns most of ths land, and is lady of the manor of 
Toton. But the rectorial tithes of the parish belong to 
Chesterfield free school, being* granted to that institution by 
the Foljambe family, who obtained the impropriation and ad- 
vowson from Edward VI. after the dissolution of Felley priory, 
to which they had previously belonged. 

Attenborough is a very small and poor village, standing in 
the two townships of Chilwell and Toton, on the north side of 
the Trent, 5 miles S. W. by W. of Nottingham. The church 
is a large fabric dedicated to St. Mary, and has a tower with 
five bells, surmounted by a handsome spire. It has some 
armorial glass, as well as rude figures on the capitals of the 
pillars. The vicarage has the church of Bramcote annexed to 
it, and is valued in the King's books at £±. 15s. Francis 
Ferrand Foljambe, Esq. is the patron, and the Rev. Samuel 
Turner the incumbent, for whom the Rev. Thomas Wilkinson 
officiates. The village is remarkable as being the birth-place of 
Henry Ireton, the regicide, and son-in-law of Cromwell, 
who, after being very active both in the army and the councils 
of the commonwealth, died at Limeric in 1650, when a pension 
cf <£2000 per annum was settled upon his widow and children. 
His body was brought in state to London, and buried under a 
costly tomb in Henry the Seventh's chapel, where, however, be 
was not long permitted to remain, his tomb being destroyed at 
the Restoration, and his body, as well as Judge Bradshaw's and 
Cromwell's, disinterred, and buried it is supposed under the 
gallows at Tyburn. 

Chilwell is a considerable village, on the high road to 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 5 miles W. S. W. of Nottingham. Its 
township comprises 1450 acres, and 892 inhabitants, many of 
whom are employed as framework knitters and bobbin net 
makers. The manor was of the fee of Roger Fitz Huberts. as« 

3b 



&5.0 



ATTENBOROUGH PARISH. 



was successively held by the Strelleys, Martells, Babyngtons, 
Sheffields, Pymmes, Hunlakes, and others ; but it is now pos- 
sesed by Thomas Charlton, Esq., except several small freeholds 
and some extensive nurseries belonging" to Mr. John Pearson. 
The hall, a handsome modern mansion, is occupied by Owen 
Davies, M. D. In 1831, after the reform rioters had destroyed 
the large silk mill in the neighbouring village of Beeston, they 
threatened to " fire Chilwell Hall," but the late Mr. Charlton 
being then dead in the house, they were dissuaded from their 
nefarious intention — (see p. 112) — the corpse, however, was re- 
moved to a barn at some distance, and was not brought back 
till next morning, when the incendiaries had dispersed. The 
feast is on the first Sunday in October. 

Toton, or Toueton, is a pleasant village of scattered houses, 
on the east bank of the Erwash, nearly 6 miles W.S.W. of 
Nottingham. Its township extends to the Trent, opposite 
Barton Ferry, and contains about 1200 nacres, mostly belong- 
ing to Lady Warren, who has provided a school-house and gar- 
den ; and pays 12s. per week to the master and mistress for 
teaching 20 boys and 20 girls ? whom she also furnishes with a 
yearly supply of clothing. 

Charities. — In consideration of several benefactions to the 
poor of Attenborough parish, left since 1689 by several of the 
Charlton family, a rent charge of £5. 6s. is paid out of Ash- 
field Close, in Bramcote. Out of this, the vicar has £l for 
preaching a sermon on the 5th of November. In 1697 Wm. 
Drury gave two alms-houses, in Chilwell, and endowed them 
with 16s. yearly for two poor inmates, out of the Town-end 
Close. Henry Handley, of Nottingham, left<£2, and Mr. Jeffe- 
ries 12s. 6d. per annum, to the poor of the parish. In 1716, 
Thomas Newton left to the poor of Chilwell, Hoegate close 
and two cottages, and directed the rents to be distributed on 
Plough Monday. In 1747, Samuel Garton left to the same 
poor, the Hall croft, at Beeston. Several other small legacies 
swell the yearly amount of the Chilwell benefactions to 
X5. 7s. 6d., exclusive of the two cottages occupied by paupers, 
and 13s. belonging to the poor of Toton. 



CHILWELL. 

Marked^ reside at Attenborough. 
Burdett Thos. bricklayer & mkr 
Cartwright John, wheelwright 
Cheetham John, maltster 
Clark John, yeoman 
Davies Owen, M.D. Chilwell hall 
f Day Hy. vict. Blue Bell 
Felton John, gentleman 
Flewitt Benj. vict. Chequers 
Garton John, brickmaker 
Godber Edw. shopkeeper 



Hallam Jarvis, shopkeeper 
Holmes Geo. butcher 
Hopwell John, vict. Cadland Inn 
Jackson John, farmer 
Keetley Thos. blacksmith 
Keetley Thos. jun. tailor 
King John, tailor 
Meades Jas. Jph. & Saml. cattle 

dealers 
t Merrill Jph. yeoman 
Morris Thos. cattle dealer 
Oldfield John, shopkeeper 



BTIOXTOW HUNDRED. 



551 



Pearson John, nursery & seeds- 
man 

Pearson John, warper 

Porter Rebecca, vict. Red Lion 

Plackett John, schoolmaster 

Posnett Rt. overseer 

Rowland Saml. tailor 

Rowland Wm. shopkeeper 

Salmon Math, shopkeeper 

Savage John, joiner 

Thompson John, ropemaker 

Tipping Mrs. Mary 

Tipping Wm. butcher 

Townsend Leaf, farmer 

f Widdowson Mr. John 

Wilson Jarvis, gardener 

Wright John, chief constable for 

South Division of Broxtow 

Bobhin Net Makers. 

Baxter Chas. King John 

Brown Saml. Morris Jphu 



Hickling Saml. Wilmott John 
Kirkland John 

Boot and Shoe Makers. 
Burton Jph. Shilcock Rt. 
Eaton Thos. Stephenson W. 
Flewitt Wm. Truswell Thos. 
King John Willerts Jph. 

Carrier.— S. Lee, to Nottingham, 

Wed. and Sat. 7 nig. 

TOTON (FARMERS, &c). 
Attenborough Lee Wm. 



W. cattle dlr. 
Earp John 
Eaton Benj. 
Glover John 
Holbrook John 



Moulds John 
Shaw Rt. school- 
master 
Smalley Francis, 
maltster 



Howard Thos. Toulson Wm. 
Hubbard John, Wragg Geo. 

corn miller 
Jowitt William, 

wheelwright 



BASFORD PARISH 

Lies principally in the vale of the Leen 9 where that river is 
augmented by two small streams called the Day-Brook and 
Wliite-moor Spring, but its eastern extremity rises to the lofty 
hills of Mapperley. It extends from 1| to 3 miles north of 
Nottingham, and comprises about 2650 acres, of which 1158 
were enclosed in 1792, and several large tracts have since been 
covered with thriving plantations. It has generally a rich 
sandy soil, which lets for about 30s per acre, but some small 
allotments are let for more than double that amount. The 
Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manor, and owner of a large 
portion of the land, which was anciently divided into several 
manors, held of the fee of William Peverel, whose Honour 
Court was formerly held here. — (See p. 22 and 138.) At Scot- 
torn, near the Leen, are three covered springs and a large re- 
servoir, formed in 1827, for the purpose of supplying the Not- 
tingham Old Waterworks, as has already been seen at page 187. 
It is to the lace and hosiery manufactures, and to its contiguity 
with Nottingham, that Basford parish owes its present wealth 
and consequence, and from which causes its population has been 
tripled during the last thirty years, having encreased since the 
year 1801, from 2124 to 6305 souls. For the accommodation 
of this great augmentation in the number of its inhabitants, seve- 
ral new villages have been built in the parish, which now contains 
seven bleaching establishments, five corn mills, and several 
hundred stocking frames t and bobbin net machines. Here is 



552 BASFORD PARrSH. 

also a large Workhouse, which has been built by u forty as- 
sociated parishes." 

Basford old village is very extensive, and lies in the vale 
of the Leen, 2J miles N.N.W. of Nottingham, The scenery 
around it is rich in the extreme, being well clothed with wood 
and thickly studded with modern mansions, and populous new 
villages in this and the adjacent parish of Radford, mostly 
built of brick and covered with blue slate. The stone bridge 
which here crosses the Leen, was built in 1831. The church? 
dedicated to St. Leodigarius, has a handsome tower, and a 
spacious nave and side aisles in good preservation ; but the an- 
cient armorial bearings that formerly decorated its windows are 
gone. The living is a vicarage, valued in the Ring's books at 
3)8. 17s. 7d., and is in the patronage of the King. The Rev* 
Thomas Hoskins is now the incumbent, and the Rev. William 
Herbert the curate. The Wesleyan and Kilhamite Methodists 
have each a chapel here, and the former have another in New 
Basford, built in 1825. There are also in the parish two General 
Baptist Chapels, one in Old Basford, built in 1819, and ano- 
ther in New Basford, erected in 1827, at the cost of ^300, on 
land given by Mr. James Smith ; and at Carrington, there is 
a small Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1828. 

New Basford is a large village, which has been raised 
during the last ten years, near the southern extremity of Old 
Basford, within 2 miles N.W. of Nottingham, and consists of 
several good streets which cross each other at right angles, and 
are occupied principally by bobbin net makers. Algarthorpe, 
afterwards called Eland Hall, from its former owners, stands 
on a fine eminence half a mile E, of the old village, and is now 
commonly called Bagthorpe. It belongs, with the demesne, to 
the Duke of Newcastle, and is occupied by Lieut John Wright, 
Esq. The Tinker House estate, on the north side of Basford, 
has been bequeathed by its late proprietor to a number of 
legatees. 

Carrington, upon the Mansfield road, on the east side of 
the parish, If mile N. of Nottingham, is another new village, 
and consists partly of handsome villas, occupied by merchants 
and lace manufacturers, who have their warehouses in Not- 
tingham. It has its name from Lord Carrington, who some 
years ago sold the estate to Ichabod Wright, Esq., who has 
since re-sold it in building lots. 

Mapperley Place, 2 miles N. of Nottingham, is another 
range of modern villas, partly upon the same road, and extend- 
ing eastward from the vicinity of Carrington, to the summit of 
Mapperley Hills, below which, but upon a commanding emi- 
nence, is Mapperley House, the handsome seat of Ichabod 
Wright, Esq., banker, who has beautified the estate with many 
thriving plantations, and brought the land into a fine state of 
cultivation, though much of it is high and cold, rising to the 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



353 



bleak and clayey hills which form part of the Burgess Grounds 
of Nottingham. — (See p. 135.). 

Sherwood, at the north-east corner of the parish, is another 
populous district of newly built houses, on the Mansfield road, 
2\ miles N. of Nottingham. Near it is Daybrook Lodge, the 
seat of Captain George Phillips, Esq., and Woodthorpe House, 
the property of Mr. Richard Hooton, but occupied by Martin 
Roe, Esq. 

Two-Mile-House is a scattered village, at the west end 
of the parish, on the Alfreton road, 2 miles N.W. of Not- 
tingham,, where Samuel Hall and Co. have a large establish- 
ment for singing lace by gas, for which process Mr. Hall is 
the patentee. 

Whitemoor Place is a hamlet of modern houses, on the 
same road, a quarter of a mile S. of the above. Here is an 
extensive warp lace manufactory, belonging to George Mor- 
rison and Co. 

The only Charity possessed by this parish is, ^40 be- 
queathed by John Smith and others, and now vested in Messrs, 
Wright's bank in Nottingham. The yearly interest (24s.) is 
distributed at Christmas among 12 poor widows. 

In the following Directory of Basford Parish, those marked 1 reside 
at Basford Old Village, 2 at Carrington, 3 Mapperley Place, 4 
New Basford, 5 Sherwood, and 6 at Two- Mile- House. 



1 Allccck John, farmer 
1 Alton Elias, tanner 
Ashton Wm. governor of the As- 
sociated Workhouse 
4 Bailey Philip, gentleman 

1 Bailey Thos. wine merchant 

2 Berresford Rd. draper 
6 Biggs Mr. Joseph 

1 Birch Mrs. Eliz 

4 Birkin Rd. lace manufacturer 

4 Birkin Wm. turner & winding 

machine maker, George st 
1 Blakely Henry, cowkeeper 
4 Booth James, Scotland place 
1 Bramley John, farmer 
4 Brandreth John, cow leech, 

Chapel st 

1 Brewitt Bellamy, gent 

2 Brown Bratt, cowkeeper 

1 Brown John, jun. bleacher 

4 Brown John, cowkeeper 

1 Caddick Wm. jun. brazier and 

tin plate worker 
1 Caddick Mr. Wm 
1 Carnell Jas. lace-mfr 
6 Carr Jas, bookkeeper 



4 Carrington Lieut. Wm 

5 Cato Mr. Thomas 

I Chamberlain John, farmer 
1 Cliff John gent 

5 Clower Wm. cowkeeper 1 

1 Cockerham Mrs. Hannah 
1 Cooke John, bookkeeper 
Cooper Mr. John, Sherwood hill 
1 Dexter Geo. carter 
4 Elliott Rd. cowkeeper 
1 Farrand Mr. John 
3 Fidier Mr. George 
1 Firth Mr. George 
1 Fowler John, saddler 

1 Fox John, bleacher 

6 Goodson Jph. gentleman 

2 Grew Mr. Jph 

3 Hall John, gentleman 
1 Hall Rt. traveller 

4 Harrison Geo. carter 

1 Hemingway Wm. hairdresser 
4 Hewes John, gentleman 

2 Hopkins John, lace mfr 
1 Jackson Thos. farmer 

1 King Stephen, carter 
I Kirkland Wm. farmer 
3b 2 



654 



&ASPORD Parish* 



3 Linford Thos. gent 

3 Maltby Thos. gent 
1 Mellows Mr. John 

4 Miller Mr. Marmaduke 
6 Mitchell James, fkr 

1 Monkman Thos. excise officer 

3 Morley Wm. agent to the Nor- 
wich Union Fire Office 

4 Newton Geo. gent 

Parker Wm. farmer, Little Farm 
4 Pepper Mr. Thos. Pepper st 
Phillips Capt. George, Daybrook 
Lodge 

3 Rawson Rd. gent 

4 Raynor Mr. John 
4 Rean John, warper 
Richards John, Basford cottage 
Roe Martin, Esq. Woodthorpe 

house 
1 Robinson Samuel, lace mfr 

1 Robinson Wm. maltster 

2 Rogers John, hosier 

1 Rogers Moses, cowkeeper 

1 Rose Mr. Thos. 

2 Russell Wm. lace thread dlr 
4 Sanders Mr. John 

] Sanders Saml. solicitor 

3 Shelton Geo. hosier 

4 Smith Mr. John 

4 Southam Abm. carter 
4 Spray Geo. warper 

1 Strover Thos. R. N, - 
4 Strover Mrs. Mary 

2 Swinscow Geo. warper 

1 Swinton Jph. parish clerk 

2 Taylor Wm. bobbin & carriage 
maker 

2 Telfer Wm. hawker 

Til ley Rd. gent 

3 Tibbetts John, lace mfr 
2 Tomlin Abm, maltster 

2 Tomlin Wm. bookkeeper 

1 Torr Mrs. Jane 

.5 Tull Wm. cowkeeper 
6 Twiger John, carter 

2 Wagstaff, Mrs. Eliz 

Watson Wm. wine inert. Day- 
brook 



6 Wayte Wm. bookr 
6 Webster John, carter 

1 Williams Wm. solicitor 

2 Wilson Mr. Jas 

4 Winrow Mrs. Ruth 
2 Woolley Mrs. Ann 
Wright Ichabod, Esq. banker? 

Mapperley 
Wright Lieut. John, Adjutant to 
the Nottingham Yeomanry Ca- 
valry, Bagthorpe 

BLEACHERS. 
Brown Geo. White Moor Spring 
1 Brown John, (&lace dresser) 
Diggle John, (& finisher) White 

moor place 
Farrand Geo. Day brook works 
1 Hall Saml. & Co. patent gasers 

Two-mile-house 
1 Milnes John, Hall mill 
1 Pearson Jph 

INNS & TAVERNS. 
1 Barley Mow, Wm. Pidgeon 
1 Fox and Crown, John Stanyor* 
1 Fox & Hounds, Jph. Swinton 
4 Horse & Groom, Jas. Taylor 

1 Horse & Jockey, W. Bagdale 

2 King Wm. IV. Thos. Pepper 
1 Old Pear Tree, Rd. Charlton 
4 Plough & Harrow, Fs. Ward 

1 Queen's Head, Thos. Stoddart 
6 Red Lion, John Hartshorn 
] Rose, John Kirkby 
1 Shoulder of Mutton, J. Abbott 

1 White Swan, Thos. Brings 

BEER HOUSES. 

2 Board, Matthew Walker 
4 Board, Wm. Sander 

4 Board, Jokn Hodgkinson 

1 Bull & Butcher, John Cooper 

2 Carrington, Wm. Corbett 

5 Generous Briton, Jas. Shaw 

4 Jolly Farmer, Wm. Biomley 

1 King Wm. IV. Jas. Sturgess 

5 Robin Hood, John Cockayne 

2 Royal Oak, Chas. Fulforth 

6 Sir John Barley Corn, Johrc 
Webster 



Academies. 
2 Marshall Eliz 
2 Morris Thos 
4Thurman Sal. Meed 



I Perrin John 
4 Strover Jane Maria 
4 Tookey Sarah 
1 Wroughton Thos 



Agents (Comss.). 
4 Millnes Mark 

4 Pearson Andrew 

5 Simms Richard 



RROXTOW HUNDRED. 



555 



Bakers, fyc. 

1 Bird Wm 

2 Daykin John 

J Hancock Matthew 
4 Reddish Mary 
1 Thorpe Thos 

Blacksmiths. 
6 Attenborrough John 
1 Grocock John 
1 Horsman John 
1 Keyworth Thos 
1 Lees Geo 
1 Shepherd Samuel 

1 ShipstoneGeo 
4 Shipston Wm 

2 Wall John 
Bobbin Net Makers. 

4 Allen Jph. Northgt 
2 Astill Wm. (mfr) 
4 Atkin Isaac 
4 Atkin Wm 
4 Bailey William 
1 Bancroft William 
1 Bertie John 
4 Barton John 
4 Biddle & Birkin 
4 Bingham Wm 
4 Bingley Wm 
4 Birch Noah 

4 Birch Thomas 

5 Bradbury Thomas 
5 Briggs Amos 

5 Brocklehurst Rd 
1 Brown Charles 

4 Butters Edward 

1 Charlton Richard 

2 Churchard Jph 

5 Clarkson Paul 
5 Cooper Henry 

2 Corbett William 
2 Cox John 
5 Crawford Jph 
5 Dealtry John 
2 Dickinson John 

1 Donald John 

2 Drage William 
4 Eakins Francis 

4 Falkner William 
2 Fido John 

1 Flewitt George 
1 Flewitt Samuel 

5 Flower William 
I Ford William 



5 Foster Samuel 

1 Fox Edward 

4 Gamble John 

2 Glover Thomas 

5 Green Walter 
4 Green William 
4 Grimley John 
2 Grundy Joahua 
4 Hallam John 

4 Hammond Rd 
4 Hankin Jonth 
2 Hardy Edw 
2 Hardy Thos* 
4 Haslam John 
2 Hayes Philip 
2 Hazeldine Jas 
4 Hewes Jas 

1 Higgate John 

2 Hill Robt 
2 Hirst Wm. 

4 Hind & Sneath 

4 Hodgkinson Jph 

5 Hollowell John 
5 Holmes John 

2 Hurt Wm 
2 Key Wm 
4 King John 
2 Kirk Jas 
2 Luke Thos 

4 Leatherland Wm 
2 Lee Stephen 

2 Leeman — 
2 Lord Thos 

5 Lovegrove John 

1 Lowe John 

5 Maidens John 

2 Maltby Chas 

2 Mansfield John 
4 Marriott Jph 

4 Masse y Wm 

5 May Thos 
2 Mee Wm 
4 Miller Asa 
4 Miller Ire 

4 Miller Mdk 

4 Millnes Mark- 
Morrison Geo. & Co. 

Whitemoor 

5 Myott Thos 
4 Oliver Thos 
4 Owen Harriet 
4 Pearson Fdk 

4 Palmer Edwin 



5 Penn Wm 

1 Rhodes Thos 

4 Robinson Mary 

4 Robinson Thomas 

5 Rogers William 
4 Ryle George 

4 Sander Noah 

4 Saxton William 

2 Shaw John 

5 Shipman John 

5 Shepperson Wm 

4 Simms Francis 

5 Simms Richard 
4 Skelston Samuel 
4 Slack Thomas 

3 Smith Chas. Lostcar 

cottage 
2 Smith Mr. Wm 
2 Spencer John 

4 Spray William 

1 Starr John 

4 Summers William 
4 Taw Charles 

2 Taylor Thomas 

4 Thompson Robert 
2 Tollington Thomas 
2 Tomlinson Wm 

2 Fritchley John 
2 Walker David 

5 Walker John 
2 Walker Saul 

4 Walker William 

4 Webb Francis 

5 Willott Jonathan 

1 Wingfield Thomas 
4 Withers Charles 
1 Wright Robert 
Boot fy Shoe Makers, 

1 Henson John 

2 Howett John 
4 Maskery Wm 

6 Pettener Wm 

4 Robinson Giles 
1 Rowland Thos 

5 Saunders Jph 
4 Sisling Wm 

1 Stenson Thos 

2 Walker Matthew 
2 Wash Fras 

1 Watson Wm 

Bricklayers, 
1 Hooton John 
4 Kirk Jas 



56 



BASFOEB PARISH* 



1 OscroftJph 
1 Stretton Thos 
4 Walker Benj 

Brick Makers, 
3 Bean Samuel 
3 James Thomas 

3 North Thomas 

Butchers, 
Ayre Thos, Shewood 

hill 
1 Bellairs Wm 

4 Bostock Geo 

1 Cartledge George 

5 Cockayne John 
4 Dawes John 

4 Mason John 
4 Mellows Thos 
1 Mellows Thos 

1 Pilkinton Thos 

4 Toon James 

2 Toon Thos 

2 Whelvand John 
1 Woodward Mark 

Corn Millers. 
1 Champion John 
1 Hancock Joseph 

5 Oliver William 

5 Reddish William 
1 Thorpe John and 
Thomas 
Druggists. 
4 Atkin William 
1 Bramley James 
Framesmiths fy Ma- 
chine Mkrs. 

1 Bertie John 

2 Fletcher Joseph 
4 Hammond Rd 
4 Riley Joseph 
Shipstone Wm 

4 Soar John, South st 

1 Soar William 

2 Wall John 



Gardeners. 
1 Brown Francis 
Mason Wm. Tinker hs 

Hosiery Mfrs. 
1 Bamford Samuel 
1 Bickerstaff Rd 
1 Binks Joseph 
1 Constable William 
1 Ellis George 
1 Flinders John 
1 Jebbett William 
1 Lowe John 
1 Mellors J. Buckwd 
1 Wroughton Jph 

Joiners. 
4 Cargill Samuel 

1 Cooke John 

2 Gale George 
1 Gwynn Wm 
4 Oldham John 

4 Radford Garvis 

1 Robinson Samuel 
1 Watson William 

Maltsters. 
1 Holmes & Robinson 

Milliners. 

5 Cooper Ann 
5 Garton Sarah 

I Oakley Elizabeth 
4 Palmer Elizabeth 
4 Rose Elizabeth 

1 Stretton Jane 

2 Taylor Sophia 
4 Webster Ann 

Needle, Sfc. Makers. 
1 Marriott Samuel 
Stephenson John 

Painters fy Glaziers. 
I Abbott John 

1 Lee Joseph 

Shopkeepers. 

2 Baker George 
2 Brad!ey Losto 



5 Briggs Amos 
I Carlile Robert 
1 Cartledge George 

5 Crawford Joseph 
4 Davenport Edw 

I Derby James 
4 Fidler John 
4 Fish Samuel 
1 Fie witt George 

1 Freeman John 

2 Fulforth Charles 
1 Grocock Rd 

4 Holders Edw 
4 Hollis John 
I Hufton Joseph 
1 Jebbutt William 

4 Kirk man Sarah 
1 Lowe Ann 

1 Mather Ann 
1 Mee William 
1 Mozeley William 
1 Raven John 

6 Shaw William 

5 Shepperson Wm 

Sinker Maker. 
1 Scott William 
Surgeons. 
1 Fitzpatrick Rd. Jas 
1 Morley William 
1 Walker Frederick 
Tailors. 

1 Bramley James 

2 Brown Alexander 

6 Byard Alexander 

1 Cooper John 

2 Hilton John. 

1 Jefferson Isaac 

2 Leeman — 

1 Towle John 

Wheelwrigh ts . 
1 Hanson John 
6 Hill Thomas 
1 Massey Samuel 



BEESTON PARISH. 

Beeston, 4 miles W.S.W. of Nottingham, is a populous 
village and parish upon the road to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and 
near the Trent canal. During the last ten years, its inhabitants 
have enereased from 1534 to 2530, and many new houses have 
been erected. Here are now upwards of 100 bobbin net ma- 



BEESTON PARISH, 



557 



chines, a number of stocking frames, and a wholesale brewery; 
but the large silk mill which employed 200 workmen, was 
burnt down in the Reform riots of 1831, — (See p. 112,) — and is 
not likely to be rebuilt, as the proprietor has removed to another 
mill near Derby. The parish comprises about 1500 acres of 
rich land, enclosed in 1809, when the tithes were commuted for 
an allotment of 75a. 2r. 23p. to the vicar; 97a. 2r. Ip. to 
Lord Cavendish, as impropriator of the corn tithe, and 
54a. 2r. 17p. to P. B. Strey, Esq., in lieu of the hay tithe. 
The corn tithe land was afterwards sold to Lord Middleton, be- 
sides whom here are several other freeholders ; but P. B. Strey, 
Esq., is the principal owner and lord of the manor. 

The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and was 
anciently appropriated to Lenton Priory. The vicarage is 
valued in the King's books at £4. 15s. The Duke of Devon- 
shire is the patron, and the Rev. John Woolley, M.A., the 
incumbent, and has 32a. 3r. 23p. of ancient glebe, besides the 
allotment just named. Here is both a Methodist and a General 
Baptist Chapel ; the former erected in 1830. A school is sup- 
ported by Miss Evans, of Lenton Grove, for the education of 
60 poor girls. The "parish feast is on the Sunday before July 
the 12th. Hassock Close, and two allotments received at the 
enclosure, belong to the poor, being purchased, in 1727, with 
=€70 left by Mary Charlton and others. This land (7a. 1r. 34p.) 
is now let for ^£19. 18s. per annum, which, with \£\> the 
interest of timber money; £1 from Handley's Charity, and 
£2. 10s. out of the Horse-Dole Meadow, is distributed amongst 
the poor parishioners. 

Postman. — Joseph Oldham, to Nottingham, at 10 in the 
morning; returns 6 in the evening. 



Abbott Rev. Rt. (Bap.) schoolr 
Aislabie William, schoolmaster 
Aram John, bricklayer 
Attenborough Mrs. Mary 
Baguley Edward, staymaker 
Bailey Samuel small ware dlr 
Barker Edward, parish clerk 
Barker Thomas, earthenware dlr 
Barker William, Beeston Lock 
Barnard Thos. tea and coal dlr 
Barnes John, plumber & glazier 
Bond Edward, gent. 
Boot Fras. mfr. Beeston Cottage 
Bramley John, butcher 
Broadhurst Louisa, schoolmrs 
Burrows Robert, gent 
Burton John, auctioneer 
Cheetham Misses Sarah & Mary 
Chouler Thos. & Wm. maltsters 
Chouler Tmy. and W. maltsters 



Colson James, painter 
Cooling Wm. needlemaker 
Cross James, blacksmith 
Cross Thomas, gardener 
Dix William, blacksmith 
Fellows Elihu Samuel, gent 
Fellows Alfred, Esq. banker 
Flamstead Mrs. Dorothy 
Frettingham G. nurseryman, &c> 
George John, cart owner 
Gollin John, plumber & glazier 
Greasley John, gardener 
Hammond Mr. Wm. jun. 
Heath James Tatlock, solicitor 
Hollingworth Chas. hosier agent 
Hurst William, solicitor, & Not. 
Hutchinson Jas. hosier agent 
Latham Wm. bricklayer 
Lidgett John, nailmaker 
Lomas Joseph, gent 



558 



BEESTON PARISH. 



Morrill George, saddler 
Moult John, bricklayer 
Muxlovv John, stonemason 
Needham John Manning, brewer, 

and dealer in London porter 
Nixon James, gent. 
Nutt Robert, butcher 
Orton Henry, surgeon 
Orton Richard, gent 
Pearson Mr. John 
Reed Miss Eliz. 
Roberta Wm. sen. overseer 
Roebuck Hy. earthenware dlr 
Roebuck John, cart owner 
Salthouse Mrs. Ann 
Shardlow Geo. hair dresser 
Swann Saml. Hy. hop and seed 

merchant, and Nottingham 
Taylor, Robert, gardener 
Tipping Francis, butcher 
Toplis Charles, gentleman 
Treece John, overlooker 
Vose William, boat owner 
Wainman, Mr. — 
Wakefield Saml. mr. & Nottm 
Ward, Edw. carver, gilder, and 

bookseller 
Wilkinson John, rope mkr., Lock 
Wilson George, gentleman 
Woolley Rev. John, M.A. vicar 
Wootton William, painter 
Wright Mrs. Mary 
Bakers fy Flour Frettingham W 

Dealers. George John 
Arnell Simeon Gibson Daniel 
Bramley John Goodliffe Wm 
Burton John Hood James 
Cross Henry Hood Thomas 
Day William Horsley & Faw- 
Witham Wm kes 

BobbinNct Mkrs Hough James 
Antcliffe Geo. Humphrey J 
Attenboorugh RHutchinson — 
Attenborough SI Jackson John 
AttenboroughW Lee Joseph 
Ball William Maltby William 
Booth Jerh Mayfield Henry 
Booth Wm Pearson Wm 
Brightmore Jas Powdrill Thos. 
Cox John Roberts Wm 

Crichlow W& T Sibbert Thomas 
Cross Henry Smith Jas 
Foster Robert Smith Edw 



Soar Francis Harris Thomas 
Spencer Isaac Hurt Wm 
Thornell Rt Surplice Wm 
Towle Thomas Walker Jph 
Turner Jph Walker Wm 
Walker Thos Frame and Ma- 
Walker Wm chine Smiths. 
Wood William Mather James 
Wootton Jph Oldknow Rd 
Wright Wm Turner Jph 
Boot and Shoe Wilkins John 
Makers. Win row John 
Facer Thomas Grocers fy Shks, 
Grose Samuel Chambers Saml 
Harwood Wm. Fietcher Benj 
Hudson John Fawkes & Cow- 
Shaw John ling 
ShrewsberyThosGoodall F & S 
Towlson Thos Henson John 
Webster Thos Hough Jas 

Farmers. Penneston Wm 
Barker Robert Surplice Ann 
Cheetham Chas Walker Thos 
Hammond Wm Witham Wm 
Hardy Henry Wyld Wm 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Boat and Horses, Rd Harwood 
Durham Ox, Edw. Smith 
Greyhound, Wm. Martin 
BEER HOUSES. 
Board, William Asher 
Board, William Heard 
Board, John Bramley 
Commercial Inn 5 John Burton 
Cottage Inn, William Birkin 
Cricket Players, Robert Taylor 
Jolly Anglers, John Wilkinson 
Royal Oak, Edw. Bradshaw 
Three Horse Shoes, Wm. Flewitt 
White Lion, Cath. Wilson 

Joiners, <$-c. Bradshaw Edw 
Barker Thos Bradshaw Thos 
Burnham John Brown John 
Foster Robert Pollard John 
Henson Thos Roberts William 
Stead Wm and draper 

Walker John Shardlow Geo 

Tailors. Swann Saml 
Bland Wm Thornley Win 

JVm Martin's Van to Notting- 
ham every Sat. mg. at 10. 

Coach to Birmingham at £ past 
past 8 mg. ; Notm. at J past 3 aft. 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 559 



BILBOROUGH PARISH. 

Bilborough is a small but pleasant village and parish, Si- 
miles W.N.W. of Nottingham, where, in Thorosby's time, coal 
was got at the depth of 100 yards, but the mines have long 
been exhausted. The church is dedicated to St. Martin, and 
is a rectory valued in the King's books at .£3. 12s. 6d. Both it 
and the neighbouring rectory of Strelley, are in the patronage 
of Thomas Webb Edge, Esq. and incumbency of the Rev. 
J. W. Edge, who, at the enclosure of the two parishes, received 
an allotment of 220 acres in lieu of tithes. Mr. Edge is also 
principal owner and lord of the manor. 

Broxtow, at the east end of the parish, three miles N.W. of 
Nottingham, is an ancient house and manor of 300 acres, which 
gives name to this Hundred, and was of great consequence in 
Saxon times, when it had a chapel, of which no traces now 
remain. It belongs to Lord Middleton, and is occupied by 
Mr-. Shepperson. The house is prettily embowered in trees, 
but much of its picturesque effect is destroyed by some uncouth 
modern additions. 

Bilborough School was endowed by Richard S medley, in 
1744, with o£5 per annum, now paid by the Earl of Stamford, 
for the education of four children of this parish and four of 
Strelley. 



Briggs John, schoolr. & clerk 
Chambers Samuel, shoemaker 
Oldershaw, Wm. land bailiff 
Sabin Thomas, wheelwright 
Shepperson Joseph and Thomas, 
Broxtow 



Smith Matthew, blacksmith 
Ward Richard, blacksmith 

Farmers. 
Blunston Jno. Towle Henry 
Calam W. Chil- Underwood W. 
well-dam Wagstaff Oliver 



bramcote parish. 

Bramcote, 5 miles W. by S. of Nottingham, is a highly 
picturesque village and parish, occupying several lofty hills, 
and having some large and handsome mansions occupied by 
their owners. It contains 562 inhabitants, and about 980 acres 
of rich land, which was enclosed in 1771? when 32a. 2r. 35p. 
were allotted to Chesterfield School for the corn tithe ; 23a. 3p. 
to Mr. H. Hudson for the hay tithe; 4a. 2r. 2p. to the vicar, 
and 5a. to the churchwardens. The church stands upon an 
abrupt eminence, and is annexed to to the vicarage of Atten- 
borough. (See p. 549.) Here is interred Henry Handle^, Esq, 
whose charities to this and other parishes are noticed at page 
165. The poor here have also J 7s. yearly from Pilkington 
Close, left in 1675 by Thomas Hollingworth to the poor of 
Bramcote, Long-Eaton, and Sawley. Bramcote Moor close 
.was purchased for the poor with .£10 left in 1786 by Mary 



560 



BRAMCOTE AND BULWELL, 



Charlton, and now lets for 25s. yearly. Bramcote Hills is the 
beautiful seat of John Shervvin Sherwin, Esq., the principal 
owner and lord of the manor. He is the eldest son of Mrs. 
Longden, and assumed his present name pursuant to the will 
of the late owner of the estate. Bramcote Grove, is the seat of 
H. Mundy, Esq. who purchased it in 1829. The parish feast 
is on the Sunday after Old Michaelmas day. 



Sherwin John Sherwin, Esq. 

Aislabie Samuel, gent 

Allcock George, gent 

Allcock Wm. butcher 

Atkin William, joiner 

Bagshaw Samuel, victualler and 
maltster 

Cliff Daniel, beerhouse 

Ellis George, excise officer 

Felkin Mr. William 

Fox Mrs. Ann 

Gibbins Jph. nursery and seeds- 
man 

Gibbins Thomas, gardener 

Hall Lawrence, starch mfr 

Hall Thomas, manager Starch 
works 

Harker John, gent 

Jackson Thomas, gent 
^Lindley Miss Mary, boarding 
academy 

Longden Mrs. Charlotte, gentle- 
woman 

Munday Henry, Esq. Bramcote 
grove 



Renshaw George, hosier 
Scatter wood Peter, gamekpr 
Snow William, butcher 
Spray William, sen. &jun. black- 
smiths 
Surplis Samuel, land surveyor 
Wallis Mrs. Elizabeth 
Wilkinson Rev. Thomas, curate 
Wright Charles, Esq. banker 

Bobbin net Makers. 
Booth J. tatting Horsley W. and 
Briggs Edw tatting 

Hewitt Jsha Horsley Wm 
Hewitt Rd Soar Saml 

Wheatley Jph 
Boot and Shoe Makers. 
Beighton John HobsonJohn 
Farnsworth G Inger Wrn 
Farnsworth Jas Spray John 
Freeman Jph Walker Wm 

Farmers. 
Briggs Wm Morley John 

Clawer John Radford Wm 
Henson Sarah Tebbutt Wm. 
Husband Fras Manor house 



BULWELL PARISH. 

Bulwkll, in the vale of the Leen, 4 miles N.N.W. of Not- 
tingham, is a populous village and parish, where there are three 
bleach works, a lace thread mill, three corn mills, several ex- 
tensive limestone quarries and kilns, and a number of stocking 
frames and bobbin net machines. It contains 2,611 inhabitants, 
and upwards of 1600 acres of land, all enclosed except 120 
acres in the open forest. Lord Melbourne, Sir Charles Col- . 
ville, Mr. Faulkenbridge, and the Rev. Alfred Padley, are 
owners of nearly all the land, and the latter is lord of the manor 
and patron of the rectory, having purchased his estate here in 
in 1827 of the assignees of Godfrey Wentworth, Esq. The 
church, dedicated to St. Mary, stands upon a steep declivity. 
The rectory is valued in the King's books at £5. 5s. 10d., and 
is now enjoyed by by the Rev. J. W. Armytage, M.A. The 
Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists and the Baptists have each 



BULWELL PARISH. 



561 



a chapel here. The Free School was erected in 1668, by- 
George Strelley, Esq. who endowed it with land and buildings, 
now worth <£18 per annum, for which the master teaches eight 
free scholars. John Dams, in 1786, left 7 acres, now worth 10 
guineas per annum, for the preaching of nine lectures yearly in 
the church, viz. on the last Tuesday in every month, except 
July, August, and November. The interest of £50, vested in 
the Nottingham Flood road, and left by George Robinson, in 
1798, is distributed amongst the poor at Christmas. Bulwell 
House, a handsome mansion with thriving plantations, is the 
seat of the Rev. A. Padley. 

Those marked 1 reside at Blenheim, 2 New Bulwell, 3 HeinpshilL 



Adams John, joiner 
Allcock Chas. miller & bleacher 
Ash Henry, grocer & chandler 
Ashmore Wm. shoemaker 
Banks Rev. Saml. B A. curate 
Barber Richard, butcher 
Barlow John, shoemaker 
Best Peter, surgeon 
Broclehurst Edward, shoemaker 
Brown John, tailor 
Brummitt Dowager, Red Lion 
Calladine Joseph, schoolmaster 
Gartledge Samuel and Son, lace 

thread manufacturers 
Chambers J. plumber & glazier 
Cook Joseph, shopkeeper 
Dore Richard, joiner 
Faulconhridge Alfred, maltster 

and brickmaker 
Fisher James, vict. Star 
Foulkes Wm. baker, &c. 
Gent Jobn, shopkeeper 
Gent John, butcher & shopkpr 

1 Granger John, maltster 
Hackitt Samuel, stonemason 
Heaton Robert, schoolmaster 
Hind SI. vict. Horse & Groom 
Holmes George, stonemason 
Horsley John, basket maker 
-Howley John, shoemaker 
Jennison & Robinson, bleachers 
Jennison Rd. jun. blacksmith 
Jerrom William, baker, &c, 

2 Key John, shopkeeper 
Knight John, bricklayer 

Lei vers Geo. shoemaker & vict. 
Leivers Geo. Hetches, butcher 
Leivers Jno. shoemaker & vict. 
2 Levers W. vict. and shopkpr 

3 



Lormer Jas. farrier & shopkpr 
Manley Wm. mason & shopkpr 
Marshall Mrs. Catherine 
Marshall Hy. Limekiln Inn 
Marshall Misses Eliz. and Mary 

Monks , tailor 

Moore Henry, shoemaker 
Ogle John, butcher & shopkpr 
Oldham Samuel, joiner 
Oldham William, joiner 
Padley Rev. Alf. Bulwell House 
Parker William, shoemaker 
2 Pearson James, grocer 
Pickard Thomas, farrier 
Pickering Edwin Geo. boarding 

academy 
Porter William, tailor 
Raworth William, butcher 
Read Fras. butcher and vict 
Reed Thos. vict. Limekilns 
Robinson Ann, vict. White Lion 
Robinson John, grocer 
Sansom, Rd. gardener & seedsman 
Savage Thos. plumber & glazier 
Shelton John, bobbin & carriage 

maker and shopkeeper 
Shipstone George, joiner 
Sills Goodacre, blacksmith 
2 Sims George, hosiery agent 
Smedley James, shopkeeper 
Smith Chas. vict. Scotch Grey 
Stafford Martha, vict. Ball 
Stanford and Co. bleachers 
Taylor John, vict. Masons' Arms 
Thompson Chas. blacksmith 
Tilley Joseph & Wm- tailors 
Walker Geo. blacksmith 
Walker Joseph, corn miller 
Walker T. vict. Three Crowns 



M% 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



Walton Juhn, corn miller 
Wesson John, vict. White Hart 
West Joseph, shoemaker 
White Latimer, bookkeeper 
Wilkinson John, wheelwright 
Wood John, shopkeeper 
Wright Jph. grocer and miller 

Bobbin Net Makers. 
Marriott John Walker Thos. 
Marshall, Josh Wood John 
Mitchell Josiah Wright Jph 
Tye William Wright Wm 

Farmers, 
AdinWm. IBotham John 



lFewster Thos Oldham Geo 
3Houghton Hy Stout Samuel 
Houghton Jph Turner Jph 
3Houghton Luke Wilkinson Rd 
Hutchinson W 

Limeburners . 

Ball Geo Marshall 

Bartram Sam Oldham Geo 
Chamberlain J Reed Thos 
Hollingsvvorth J Stout Saml 
Lane Thos Walker & Hind 

Marshall Hy Wilkinson J & R 
Marshall Jos 



COSSAL PAR. CHAP. 

Cossal is a small village and parochial chapelry, annexed to 
the rectory of Trowell, and situated on an eminence near the 
Derbyshire border, £ miles W.N.W. of Nottingham. It con- 
tains 341 inhabitants, and about 900 acres of land, all belonging 
to Lord Middleton, exeept 40 acres of glebe. The church or 
chapel is a small ancient edifice with a short spire, and under it 
is an old vault belonging to the Will ougttby family ; near it is 
an Hospital, endowed by George Willoughby, Esq. with pro- 
perty that now produces £132 yearly, for four men and four 
women, the former of whom have each 5s. and the latter 4s. 
weekly, besides a yearly allowance of coals, and each a suit of 
clothes every two years. The feast is on the nearest Sunday to 
Martinmas -day. 

Cossal Marsh is a hamlet half a mile N. of Cossal, where 
the Awsworth, Babbington, and Strelley collieries have each a 
wharf on the Nottingham and Cromford Canal. There was 
formerly a colliery at Cossal, but it was exhausted many years 



Haseldine Joseph, bricklayer 
Hooley Esau, shoemaker 
Johnson Henry, shopkeeper 
Lowe Rd. weaver & parish clerk 
Riley Ann, vict. Royal Oak 
Tarlton David, butcher 



Farmers. 
Hasledine Wm Shorley Fras 
Fritchley Rd White Jph 
Johnson Thos Wilson Isaac 
Sills Thos 



EASTWOOD PARISH. 

Eastwood is a well built village, pleasantly situated on 4 an 
eminence on the Derby road and the Cromford canal, 8J 
miles N.W. of Nottingham. The parish contains 1395 inha- 
bitants, and 900a. 2r. 4p. of land, under which there were 
excellent beds of coal at various depths, from 5 to 50 yards. 



EASTWOOD PA RISK. 



563 



but they have all been got. A wonderful story is told here of 
a farmer being swallowed up alive, in the parlour of the village 
alehouse, whilst he was swallowing a cup of ale, to the great 
surprise of the host, who by this means discovered that his 
mansion was built on an exhausted coal mine. George Walker. 
Esq. is the principal owner and lord of the manor, which was 
of the fee of Wm. Peverel. At the enclosure in 1791, the 
tithes were commuted for an allotment of 138a. Or. 21 p. in 
addition to 7a. Or. 6p. of old glebe. The church, dedicated 
to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1764, and greatly enlarged in 1826, 
so that it has now 234 free sittings. The rectory is valued in 
the King's books at .£4. 13s. Id. John Plumptre, Esq. is the 
patron, and the Rev. John Western Plumptre, the incumbent. 
The overseers^ distribute 20s. yearly, as the interest of 2() 
guineas left to the poor by Benjamin Drawater. Through the 
exertions of the curate an Infant School has been established, 
and it has now 80 scholars. 

Langley Bridge, half a raile W. of Eastwood, gives name 
to a large village which is partly in Derbyshire. The present 
bridge was built in 1830, and crosses the Erwash, which is 
navigable from hence to the Trent, and here forms a junction 
with the Cromford, Derby, and Nottingham canals. Here are 
several large coal wharfs, a steam corn mill, and extensive lime 
kilns. 

Nether-Green is a hamlet, half a mile N. of Eastwood, 
and one raile to the S. are two corn mills, and a few houses 
called New Manley Mills. 

Marked * riside at Nether Green, f at New Manley Mills. 



Walker George, Esq. colliery 

owner, Nether green 
Askew George, framesmith 
Askew John, shoemaker 
Bailey John, blacksmith 
Barber, Walker, & Co. colliery 

owners 
Barber Robert, joiner & builder 
Barton James, butcher 
Barton Adcock, baker and vict 
Bentley Wm. vict. Moon & Stars 
Birch James, tailor 
Bircumshire Aaron, sinkermkr 
Brown Wm. framework knitter 
Bullock Robert, blacksmith 
Carlin Mr. Benjamin 
Chambers Mrs. Sarah 
*Chambers John, shoemaker 
Chambers Wm. pawnbroker 
Coope John, hosiery agent 
+ Cooke Mr. William 



Davenport Rev. Samuel, curate 
fDay Misses Ann &MiIlicent 
fDay Mrs. Sarah 
Eaton William, shoemaker 
Eley Luke, tailor 
Farnsworth Wm. shoemaker 
Fletcher William, joiner 
Godber John & Son, spirit mer. 
Godber Thos. & Robt. drapers 
Godber Wm. vict. Sun Inn 
Goodman Wm. beerhouse 
*Goodwell Thos. colliery agent 
*Goodwell T. Holland, bookpr 
Handford John, hosier agent 
Halford Robert, gent 
Harpham Ann, ladies school 
*Harrison John, colliery agent 
Harrison Rt. coal and land agent 
Harrison Thomas, gent 
Haslam Thos. schoolr. & drug. 
Hick ling Mary, schoolmistress 



564 



BBOXTOW HUNDRED. 



Hirst John, ropemaker 

Jackson John Halfora\ grocer,. 

chandler, and miller 
Jackson, Wm. corn miller 
Lees Jane, dress maker 
Lees Robert, baker 
Morris Mrs. Maria 
Pickering Geo. coal agent 
Pollard Rt. & Wm. neediernaker 
Pollard Wm. jun. shoemaker 
Shepherd Joseph, wheelwright 
Slater Caleb, Ropemaker 
Smith Benjamin, surgeon 
Smith Henry, shopkeeper 
Smith William, surgeon 
Spencer Eliz. & Sarah, shopkpr 
Twigher Thomas, shopkeeper 
f Walters James, corn miller 
Weston John, millwright 
White John, blacksmith 
White John Bullock, do. 
Widdowson David, framesinith 
Wild Vincent, net maker 
Wilkinson William, joiner 
Wood Goodman, maltster 
Farmers. 

BartJe Buxton John 

Barton Solomon *Farnsworth J 
Bf en tall Frearson Stepn 



Shepherd Sarah 
Stephens 



'Turner John 



Carrier. — William Bentley, 
to Nottingham, Wed. & Sat. mg. 

LANGLEY-BRIDGE. 

Marked * are in Derbyshire . 
Alfred Joel, carrier & shopkpr 
Aldred Rt. vict. Jaw Bone 
Barber Walker, and Co. colliery 

owners 
•Bowes Mrs. Betty 
*Bowes Jptu miller & vict 
Briley James, coal agent 
•Brough Wm. joiner 
Butterley Comp. colliery owners 
Fletcher Wm. limebumer 
Flintoff Wm. canal agent 
Haslam Wm. canal agent 
Heafield George, chainmaker 
Ingram Eliz. draper, &c. 
Kimberlin Nathaniel, cooper 
Lovatt Joseph, blacksmith 
Ludlam Thomas, canal agent 
Lygo Thomas, vict. New Inn 
Paterson Samuel, canal agent 
Shaw Samuel, joiner, 
Shaw Samuel, jun. plumber, &c. 
Wharton Geo. limebumer 



GREASLEY PARISH 

Is very extensive, consisting of the six hamlets and constable- 
wicks of Brinsley, Kimberley, Moor-Green, Newthorpe, Wat- 
nall-Cantelupe, and Watnall-Chaworth, which maintain their 
poor conjointly, but their roads separately. They contain 4,683> 
inhabitants, and upwards of 6,000 acres of enclosed land, with 
about 260 acres of High-Park and Willey woods. 

Greasley, seven miles N.W. by N. of Nottingham, is a 
pleasant village, commonly called Moor-Green, from its 
being included in that constablewick. The church is a 
spacious edifice, with a handsome lofty tower, and four good 
bells. The Rev. John Hides now enjoys the vicarage, which 
is valued in the King's books at £S. 5s., and has had several 
augmentations from Queen Anne's bounty. Lord Melbourne 
is the patron, impropriator, and lord of the manor, which was 
of the fee of William Peverel. The Calvin is te have a large 
Chapel here. A little to the south are the ruins of Greasley- 
Castle, which was the mansion of Nicholas de Cantlelupe, 
who obtained a license to fortify it, from Edward III. About 



©RBASLEY PARISH, 565 

a mile N, of the church are the ruins of Beauvale Prior y, 
which was founded in the same reign by the Lord Cantelupe, 
for a prior and ]2 Carthusian monks, whose yearly revenue 
was valued at the dissolution at .£196. 6s. The parish school 
was built in 1751, by the widow of Lancelot Rolleston, who 
left £300 for its foundation, to which his said widow, in 1757, 
added .£100 more. The master now teaches 22 free scholars, 
and has besides a house and garden, 3a. Ir. of land in Little- 
field, and £6 yearly from land occupied by the Derby canal. In 
1797, Mrs. Mary Mansell left ,£500, and John Manse] 1 .£20- to 
the poor of this parish. These sums are vested in £1,000 three 
per cent, consols. Out of the yearly dividends (^£30; £5 is 
paid for teaching 8 poor girls ; Is. per week to four poor 
widows, and the remainder is distributed at Candlemas and 
Christmas. The hamlet of Newthorpe is entitled to send one 
poor person to Ilkeston Almshouse, in Derbyshire, and to 
receive £5 yearly for teaching 18 poor children, from the be- 
quest of Mr. Smedley, the founder of that almshouse. 

Brinsley is a good village, 2\ miles N.N.W. of Greasley 
church ; and near it is New Brinsley, where there is a large 
coal wharf on the Nottingham and Cromford canal, belonging, 
to William Fenton, Esq., and Messrs. Barber, Walker, & Co., 
who have extensive collieries in this constablewick, which con- 
tains about 888 acres of land, mostly belonging to the Duke of 
Newcastle and the Earl of Mexborough. A Wesleyan chapel 
was built here in 1829. 

Kimberley is a considerable village, upon elevated and 
broken ground at the southern extremity of the parish, 5J miles 
N.W. of Nottingham, on the Derby road, near Babbington 
Colliery, which has its name from an estate of 90 acres be- 
longing to the executors of the late Gervase Bourne, Esq. 
This constablewick contains 635 acres, a great part of which 
belongs to Lord Melbourne, the lord of the manor of the whole 
parish. The Old and New Methodists have each a chapel here. 
The ancient chapel of ease, which was in ruins in Thoresby's 
time, has entirely disappeared. 

Newthorpe, hamlet and constablewick includes the small 
village of its own name, and the scattered dwellings of Bagga- 
lee and Hill Top, one mile W. of Greasley church, and 7 
miles N.W. of Nottingham. It comprises 975 acres, mostly 
belonging to Lord Melbourne ; but Baggalee Colliery is worked 

i by Barber, Walker, & Co. The Kilhamite Methodist chapel 
here was enlarged in 1830. 

VVatnall Cantelupe and Watnall Ch a worth form 
one village upon an eminence 6 miles N.W. of Nottingham, and 
derived the distinctive parts of their names from the ancient 
owners of the two estates. Cantelupe contains 490 acres, and 

' Chaworth 1681 acres. Lord Melborne is the principal owner ; 
but Lancelot Rolleston, Esq. has an estate here, and resides is i 

3c2 



566 



BROXTOW HUNDRED, 



Watnall Hall. Beau vale Priory, and a colliery belonging 
Barber, Walker, & Co., are in Watnall Chaworth. The /east 
here is on the Sunday after the 2nd of October, but the feast at 
Kimberley is held on the Sunday fortnight afterwards. 

Hempshill, an estate of 50 acres, belongs to Greasley parish, 
though it is separated from it by Nuthall and Bulwell, and be- 
longs to the Rev. A. Padley, of the latter place. 



BRINSLEY. 

Marked f are at New Brinsley. 
f Amatt Jph. ground bailiff 
f Barber, Walker, & Co. colliery 

owner 
Booth Wrn. colliery agent 
Calvert John, tailor 
Cresswell Robert, butcher 
fFenton Wm. Esq. colliery owner 
Gething Jph. cooper, vict., and 

butcher 
Haley Eliz. schoolmistress 
fHolridge John & Jph. colliery 

owners 
fHolridge Joseph, draper 
fHopkinson John, butcher & vict 
Hopkinson John, shoemaker 
Macklacer John, shopkeeper 
Meakin Jesse, schoolmaster 
Moss Saml. vict. Robin Hood 
Millingtou Rev. John, (Ind.> 
Nix Samuel, butcher 
-f Park in Mr. Samuel 
Paulson Wm. baker 
Riley John, shoemaker & vict 
tSaxton Vincent, butcher 
fSedgwick Wm. shopkeeper 
Shelton James, butcher 
Shelton Stephen, hosiery manfr 
fShepley John, schoolmaster 
Smelton Jas. vict. Horse & Grm 
fSmith Wm. wharfinger 
Smithurst Robert, hosiery mfr 
Trueman Thos. shopr. & vict 
Vickers Wm. shopkeeper 
f Wardle Jacob, shopkeeper 
Wharton George, lime burner 
Wilcock Geo. shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
Buxton Robert Moss Myra 
Elliott Mary Parker Eliz. 
Flint Thomas Sarson Samuel 
Maltby Wm 

Carriers, Thos. Truman and 



Geo. Moss, to Nottingham, Wed. 
and Saturday, 6 morning. 

KIMBERLEY. 

Barton Moses, engr. Babbington 
Bell John, tailor 
Birkin Thomas, shopkeeper 
Bradley Ellen, vict. Greyhound 
Farnsworth John, shoemaker 
Goulder Hy. bricklayer & vict 
Greensmith John, blacksmith 
Hanson Gilbert, shoemaker 
Hanson Wm. draper & schoolmr 
Leivers James, tailor 
Longden Jacob, vict* Ld Nelson 
Morley James, beerhouse 
Needham Jph. shopr. and vict 
North Thomas* colliery owner, 

Babbington cottage 
Sabin Martha, vict. Stag 
Shaw John, shopkeeper 
Shaw Wm. shopkeeper 
Shaw Thomas, butcher 
Sills Joseph, corn miller 
Slack Chas. vict. King William 
Slater Geo. vict. Horse & Groom 
Smith Jas. agent, Babbington 
Walker William, net maker 
Whittock James, brickmaker 

Farmers. Green Jph 
Attenborough J Robinson John 
Clay Joseph Slight Henry 
Dennis Rd 

CARRIERS. 
Chas. & Michael Leivers to 
Nottingham, Wed. & Sat. 8 mg. 
GREASLEY MOOR GREEN. 
Allcock George, joiner 
Barber Thos. Fras, Php. Hutch- 
inson, Esq., Lamb Close Hs. 
Brassington, Wm. gardener 
Clifton John, shoemaker 
Gelstharp Geo. shopkeeper 
Gelstharp Jph. parish clerk 
Gugler Jph. shopkeeper 



GREASLEY PARISH. 



567 



Hides Rev. John, Vicar, and 

boarding academy 
Jackson Rt. gent, land agent to 

Lord Melbourne 
Jackson Thomas, blacksmith 
Ogden John, blacksmith 
Preston John, butcher 
Roberts George, tailor 
Rolling Chas. warp lace mfr 
Sharley Mary, shopkeeper 
Shaw John, shopkeeper 
Smedley John, vict. Horse & Grm 
Turner Thomas, shoemaker 
Wilcockson Rt. vict. Royal Oak 
Yeomen Rd. ploughmaker 

Farmers, Lei vers Eliz 
Anthony Saml Leivers Benj 
Barlow Jph Reed J Felly 
Clifton Gervas Renshaw Mary 
Flint Mary Sharley George 
Grammer Thos 

NEWTHORPE. 

Those marked 1 reside at Bag' 
lee, 2 at Hill Top, 3 at New- 
thorpe, 

3 Ball John, butcher 

1 Barber, Halton, and Co. col- 
liery owners 

3 Flint Mrs. Ann 

3 Goodall Edw. vict. Old Bull 

1 Hays John, vict. Ram 

2 Hodgkinson Edmd. butcher 

3 Hogdell John, blacksmith 
3 Hooley John, baker, &c. 
Hopewell John, gardener, &c. 
1 Hopkin Jph. hat manfr 
1 Jackson John, butcher 
3 Jackson Rd. framesmith, & vie 
1 Jackson Wm. baker 
3 Leivers Emanuel, joiner 
3 Leivers, Wm. vict. Bk. Bull 

1 Lindley Edw. shopkeeper 

2 Meakin George, farrier 

3 Morley Mary, corn miller 
3 Newton John, net maker 
3 Newton William, shopkpr 
1 Paxton Rt. & Wm. grocers and 

drapers 
3 Rilev Abm. shoemaker 



3 Riley Thomas, shoemaker 
2 Robinson Edwd. shoemaker 

1 Rowbotham, Geo. shopkpr 

2 Severn Sampson, victualler 

3 Toplis John, tanner, Gilt brk 
3 Twells Matt, colliery agent 

3 Walker Flint, vict. New Bull 
3 Wood Goodman, net maker 

and maltster 
3 VVood John, corn miller 
3 Wood Mrs. Mary 

1 Wool ley John, draper 

3 Woolley Wm. shopkeeper 
Farmers, 3 Hall Edward 

2 Annable Jph 3 Leivers Jph 

3 Ball John 2 Nix Samuel 
3 Barton Thos 1 Paxton Saml 
3 Bentley Geo 3 Robinson J 
3 Cooke John 3 Shaw John 

3 Cooper John 3 Shaw Adcock 
3 Daws Geo 3 Toplis Wm 
3 Grammer My 1 Wilcockson S 
3 Grundy Geo 1 Woolley Edw 

WATNALL. 

Attenborough John ^schoolmaster 
Barber, Walker, 8s Co. coal owns 
Bolton Saml. gent. Hempshill 
Clark Thomas, wheelwright 
Jackson Jph. colliery agent 
Marlow Eliz. shopkeeper 
Raven Eliz. vict. Royal Oak 
Rolleston Chpr. Esq. Watnallcot 
Rolleston Lancelot Esq, Hall 
Shaw Wm. blacksmith 
Smith William tailor 
Smith Rt. tailor and shopkeeper 
Towers Thomas, Queen's Head 
Twells John, W r heat Sheaf 
Twells William, joiner 
Winfield Thomas, shoemaker 
Winfield Thos. jun. shoemaker 
Farmers, Sleight Henry 
Annable Rt Tatum Jph 
Birks Cha& Toule David 
Clark Wm Walton Jph 

Flint Rd Watkinson Rt 

Giniver John Watkinson Wm 
Paling Thos Watson Stpn 
Rippen Theods 



HUCKNALL TORKARD. 

Hucknai.1, Torkard is a large but indifferently built vil* 



.J)6$ KtlCKNALL T0RKARD PARISH. 

lage, consisting principally of one long'street, 7 miles N. by W. 
of Nottingham, and 8 miles S. of Mansfield. Its parish con- 
tains about 3,000 acres, and 2,200 inhabitants, many of whom 
are framework knitters, occupying. small farms. The open 
land was enclosed in 1769, when allotments were made in ex- 
change for the tithes. The Duke of Portland is the principal 
owner and lord of the manor, which formerly belonged to the 
Byron family, one of whom, Richard Lord Byron, lies buried 
In the church, under a mural monument, dated 1679. The 
church is a neat fabric, with a tower and three bells. The 
vicarage is valued in the King's books at £4. 18s. Id., and was 
anciently in the patronage of Newstead Priory; but the Duke 
of Devonshire is now the patron, and the Rev. Charles Nixon 
the incumbent. The Baptists and the Kilhamite and Primi- 
tive Methodists have each a chapel here, and in the parish is a 
Club Mill belonging to several Friendly Societies. The Rev 
Luke Jackson and Mr. John Godber have each estates here, 
and a part of the parish was held for more than five centuries 
by the family of Curtis, the last of whom died in 1777* -Forge 
Mill, upon the river Leen, now employed in grinding corn, is 
said to have been first an iron forge, and afterwards a cotton 
mill. Bulwood Hall, an ancient farm-house , was once an oc- 
casional seat of the Byrons, of Newstead. 

Charities.— John Byron, Esq., in 1571, left Broom-hill 
closes, consisting of 23a. 3r. 24p., let for £20, and directed 
the rents to be divided as follows, viz. : — One-third to the poor, 
one-third to the church, and one-third to be employed for the 
benefit of the parish in such way as his trustees should think 
€t. About 40 years ago, the timber cut down on this land was 
sold for £440. 10s. 6d., now vested in 50778. lis. lid. three 
per cent, consols. In 1813, more timber was cut down and 
sold for £*]\y which was laid out in £121. 8s, Id. of the same 
stock, making the total yearly income of the charity .£47. 
The Rev. Charles Nixon, and Thomas Hurt, and Luke Jack- 
son, Esqrs. are the trustees. In 1596, Edward Mearinge left 
26s. yearly out of lands in Fenton and Sturton to one poor 
man of this parish. At the enclosure, 24a. 2r. 16p. were 
allotted to the poorhouse-keepers, and now let for £22. 10s. 
per annum. The ancient Poor's land was at the same time 
exchanged for 3 roods, now let for 15s. yearly, . which is given 
to poor widows. 

Those marked 1 reside at Bulwood Hall, 2 Farley S, 3 Forge Mill* 
4 Groves, 5 Mis/c, 6 Nabbs, 7 Poor's Farm, 8 Rough Common, 
9 Sfiort IVood, 10 JVhyburn, and 11 in Shepherd' s4ane. 

huckiXall torkard. } Beardall Jph. vict. Yew Tree 



Allcock & Hewes, framesmiths 
Allcock John, victualler 
Anson Thomas, lime burner 
Beeson John, needle maker 



Brown Thomas, tailor 
Buck Jph. needle maker 
Butler Eliz. vict. Coach & Six 
Chadburn Jph. framesmith 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



569 



Clark Wm.. wheelwright 
Co-opv. Store. Wm. Callandine 
Cumberworth Mark, joiner 
Daws Jph. corn miller 
Daykin John, blacksmith 
Daykin John, jun. blacksmith 
Flint Wm. grocer and draper 

3 Gee Thos. corn miller 

10 Godber John, spirit mercht 
Green Geo. parish clerk 
Hall Wm shoemaker 

4 Hardy Mr. John 
Haslam Geo. shopkeeper 
Heath Saml. drug. & shopkpr 
Jackson Rev. Luke 
Jackson Rd. blacksmith 
Kirkby Saml. net maker 
Mellows John, beerhouse 
Mellows Paul, shopkeeper 
Mellows Samuel, shoemaker 
Mellows Wm. corn miller 
Mettham John, stone mason 
Oldham Thos. baker & vict 
Parkins Robert, joiner 
Piggin John, butcher 
Porter Thomas, saddler 
Price John, vict. Chequers 
Revill John, wheelwright 
Smith, Joseph, beerhouse 
Sneath Samuel, shoe maker 
Sneath Sylvester, framemith 
Taylor John, beerhouse 
Thompson Jas. sinker maker 
Thorpe Thomas, tailor 
Tomlinson George, tailor 
Tomlinson Mark, shoemaker 
Trueman John, beerhouse 
Truman & Taylor, framesmiths 
Wain John, shoemaker 
Walker Thomas, shoemaker 
Walker Wm. vict. Seven Stars 
Ward Fred, boaiding academy 
Widdowson Rt. vict. Half Moon, 



miller, baker, butcher, malt- 
ster, and lime burner 
Widdowson Thos. beerhouse 
Wilkinson Rt. wheelwright 
Willmott Thos. watchmaker 
Willmott Thos. jun. grocer 
Woollatt John, bobbin net maker 

FARMERS. 
Allcock John HardstarTThos. 

4 Allcock Saml. Hatfield xMary 
Allcock Wm. 2 Hewes Wm. 

5 Allcock Wm. Kirk Wm. 
Appleton Edw. Mellows Wm. 
Bail Wm. ^ 8 Xeedham Ann 
Beardall James Palmer John 

5 Beastall John Severn Joseph 
Betts Charles Shaw Jonathan 
Bonnington J. Smith Henrv 
Buck Fras. 2 Stanford Rt. 

7 Burton Jane 6 Starr Eliz. 
Coupe Thomas Taylor Wm. 
Daws Mary 1 Trueman Mar. 
Daws Henry, & 11 Turner Sml. 
maltster WagstarTJohn 

Daws Wm. Walker Benj. 

9 Foster Sarah Watson Joseph 

Widdowson Rd. 

4 Woodhead S. 



.& 



Hankin Jpl 
overseer 
8 HardstaffCorl.Woollat John 

HOSIERY AGENTS. 
Allcock John 
Ball Anthony 
Cocker George 
Green Richard 
H^ath Samuel 



Mellows Wm. 
Smith Thomas 
Storr Thomas 
2 Thorpe Chas. 
&l netmaker 



Kirkby William Widdowson Rt. 
Limb Matthew Wilkinson Geo. 

Carriers, Thomas Wilmott & 
Wm. Thumbs to Nottingham, 
Wed. & Sat. 8 mg. ; and Thomas 
Hanson, to Mansfield, Thur. and 
Nottingham, Sat. 8 morning. 



KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD PARISH. 

Kirkby-tn-Ashfield, 5 miles S.W. of Mansfield, is a con s 
siderable village, where there are many framework knitter 
and bobbin net makers,, and some of the former are also smal 
farmers. The parish, which includes several small hamlets 
and in which the rivers Maun and Erwash have their sources, 
contains 2,032 inhabitants, and 5,724 acres of land, of which 
2,023 acres were not enclosed till 1795, when 3,050 acres were 



670 KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD. 

allotted to the rector in lieu of tithes, and in addition to 200 
acres of ancient glebe. The Duke of Portland is the principal 
owner and lord of the manor, which passed from the Stutevilies 
to the Cavendishes, but the Rev. D'Ewes Coke, and Thomas 
Clarke and George Hodgkinson, Esqrs. have estates in the 
parish. " Sir Charles Cavendish began to build a great house 
in this lordship, on a hill by the forest side, near Annesley 
Woodhouse, where, being assaulted by Sir John Stanhope and 
his man, as he was viewing the work, he resolved to leave off 
his building, because some blood had been spilt in the quarrel, 
which was then very hot between these two families." The 
church is spacious and handsome, with a fine spire, and a beau- 
tiful stained glass window; it is dedicated to St. Wilford. 
The rectory is in the gift of the Duke of Portland, and is 
valued in the King's books at .£18. Is. 8d. The Hon. and 
Rev. John Venables Vernon is the rector* The General Bap- 
tists have a small chapel in the village. The parish school, 
with a house for the master, was built in 1826, at the cost of 
£300, raised by subscription, except £60, which was the amount 
of several benefactions to the poor, and the interest of which 
is yearly distributed out of the annual contributions to the 
school. The master teaches 40 free scholars. Kirkby Hard- 
wick, one mile N.E. of the village, was given to Felley Priory, 
but is now the estate of the Duke of Portland. The hamlet of 
Kirkby Woodhouse, distant 1 mile S. is partly the property 
of Mr. Wm. Booth, and half a mile S.W. of it is Portland 
Colliery, which is worked by the Butterley Company. 

Brook-hill Hall, the picturesque seat of the Rev. D'Ewes 
Coke, stands near Pinxton, which village is in Derbyshire, 
but has a suburb in this parish, near the termination of the 
Mansfield Railway. 

Marked 1 reside at F lander- ground* 2 Grives, 3 Kirby Cliff, 4 
Kirby Woodhouse, 5 Lane End, 6 Nuncargate, 7 Parks* 8 Port- 
land Colliery, 9 Pinxton, 10 Todd' s-row, and the others in Kirkby, 



Vernon, The Hon. & Rev. John 

Venables, M.A., rector 
Coke Rev. D'Ewes, Brook Hill 
Bateman Wm. grocer & draper 
8 Bean Wm. colliery agent 
4 Booth Wm. gentleman 
Bowmar Wm. butcher 
Bradley Fras. grcr. & hosiery agt. 
10 Bradley Elias, beerhouse 

Brittain John, fvvk. knitter Hayes John, hosiery agent 

Brunt John, shoemaker * | Hodgkinson George, Esq. 

Brunt Wm. blacksmith j Hodgkinson Miss Catharine 

8 Butterley Company, colliery Jarratt Wm. vict. & net manfr 

owners Kennington Jas. shoemkr. & vict 

Clarke Thos. Esq. Kirkby Hard- Kinder Fras. vict. & limeburner 

wick 5 Kirk Wm. shoemaker & vict. 

Cooke Wm. frame work knitter | Lees Wm. warp lace manufactr 



8 Cope Stead, shopr. & beerhs 
Davenport Henry, grocer 
Davenport Thos. hosiery agent 
Ellis George, joiner 
2 Fisher John, lime burner 
5 Fletcher Leonard, beerhouse 
Frith Wm. blacksmith 
Hardstaff Jeremiah, wheelwright 
Hardstaff John, warp lace manfr 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



571 



4 Lamb John, warp lace mfr. 

5 Lowe Win. beerhouse 

4 Morris John, beerhouse 
Nixon Rev. Thos. M .A. curate 
Robinson Mrs. — 
Robinson Hy. corn miller 
Sansom Joseph, free school 
Shack lock John, tailor & shopkr 
Shacklock John, jun. tailor 
Shacklock Thos. parish clerk 
9 Short Wm. blacksmith 
8 Skevington Thos. victualler 
4 Smith Joseph, hosiery agent 
Stanley Jph. vict. Green Man 
4 Stanley Mrs. Mary 
Sterland Thomas, net maker 
Tallents Thos. grocer 
Turner Samuel, butcher 
Turner Samuel, baker 
4 Walker Joseph, beerhouse 



White Saml. maltster & beerhs 
10 Whiteman Jas. shoemkr. &shr 
Wilkinson Jas. shoemaker 
1 Wright Wm. shoemaker 
FARMERS. 

3 Beard more J. Hogg Samuel 

9 Beard more J. 6 Holmes John 

4 Bird John 1 Ingleby - 

6 BowmarThos. Kinder Rd. 
Bradley John 3 Lee John 
Chadwick Thos. 6 Lee John 

3 Clark Benj. Lee Rueben 

7 Dodson John 10 Massey Peter 

1 England Wm. Oscroft Dennis 
Farnsworth T. Salmon Fras. 

2 Fisher John 7 Saunders Jas. 
Hardwick Rd. Stanley Wm. 
Hard wick Thos. Thompson Jph. 
7 Heath Thos. 7 Whiteman G. 

4 HodgkinsonC. 



, 



LENTON PARISH 

Has its name from the river Leen, and lies in the vale of that 
river, near its confluence with the Trent, on the west side of 
the park and meadows of Nottingham, betwixt them and the 
parishes of Beeston, Wollaton, and Radford, except its de- 
tached member called Beskwood Park, which is distant 5 miles 
N. from any other part of the parish. Lenton contains 2,300 
acres of rich sandy land, of which Gregory Gregory, Esq. 
of Rempston, is the principal owner, and lord of the manor, 
which is held on a lease by Lord Middleton, who is working a 
5 feet seam of coal here, and whose beautiful park contains 
112a. Or. 15p. belonging to this parish, within which stands 
the handsome park gate, on the Derby road. Beskwood Park 
comprises 3409a. Ir.Ip. of mountainous forest land, and forms 
a manor of which the Duke of St. Albans is lord and owner, 
but it has only 19 scattered houses. Lenton has, however, felt 
them anufacturing impulse of its neighbour, Nottingham, having 
increased its population more than three fold during the last, 
thirty years ; for we find that in 1801 it amounted only to 893, 
and in*1821 to 1,240, but in 1831, it had swelled to 3,077 souls, 
living in 631 houses, of which 400 were built after the year 
1821, and most of them form the new villages of Middleton 
Place, Spring Close, and Hyson Green, which latter is princi- 
pally in Radford parish, being situated upon the common land 
(261 acres,) which was enclosed in 1796, and divided betwixt 
the two parishes, though that portion allotted to Lenton is 
completely surrounded by the land and buildings of Radford. 
Lenton is a large and beautiful village, 1£ mile W. of Not- 



572 LENTON PARISH. 

tingham, consisting 1 principally of handsome 'villas and neat 
cottages, with gardens and shrubberies, and some of them 
stuccoed in the gothic style. Here is situated the Peverel 
Prison, noticed at page 139, and a pleasant bowling- green and 
tea gardens, which are visited by numerous parties from Not- 
tingham, especially on Sunday evenings. Two annual fairs, 
granted by Henry I. and Charles IT. are held here on the Wed- 
nesday in. Whit-week, and on November 11th, for horses, horned 
cattle, and hogs. It was anciently noted for its richly endowed 
Priory of Cluniac monks, which was founded by William 
Peverel, the illegitimate son of William the Conqueror, and was 
subject to the great foreign abbey of Clugny, till it was enfran- 
chised by Richard II. At its dissolution in the reign of Henry 
VIII. its yearly revenue was valued at £329. 15s. lOd. and its 
last prior was convicted of high treason. Its possessions were 
subsequently granted to various persons. The manor was sold 
for £2,500 "in the 6th of Charles I. to William Gregory, of 
Nottingham, whose son afterwards gave .£1,460 for the fee farm 
rent (^94. 5s.) which had been granted by the crown to the 
Duke of Richmond. The site of the priory was granted to 
Sir Wm. Hicks, and now belongs to Colonel Sempronius Stret- 
ton, whose father erected the present handsome house, which 
bears the name of Lenten Priory, and is now occupied by 
Thomas Jerram, Esq. This mansion is in the ancient mo- 
nastic style, and there are in the garden several stone coffins, 
and a curious Saxon font, found when digging the foun- 
dation, together with several bases of the pillars of the con- 
ventual church, and a curious brass plate of the crucifixion, 
supposed to have been left there by Cardinal Wolsey, on his 
way to Leicester abbey, where he closed his ambitious and dis- 
quiet life. Thoroton, in 1677? says " there was only one square 
steeple left of the monastery, which not long since fell down, 
and the stones of it were employed to make a causeway through 
the town." In and near the village are several other handsome 
and spacious mansions, viz. Lenton Hall, Lenton Abbey, Len~ 
ton Firs, Lenton Fields, Lenton Grove, and High Field House, 
all picturesquely situated, commanding fine views of the vale of 
the Trent, and occupied by their owners as named in the sub- 
joined directory. Within the precincts of the priory there was 
a small establishment of White Carmelite Friars, and also an 
hospital for the reception of those afflicted with St. Anthony's 
fire. The parish church is a small fabric, supposed to have 
been built on the site of the ancient hospital, tffter the destruc- 
tion of the priory, before the foundation of which, Lenton be- 
longed to the parish of Arnold. The vicarage is valued in the 
King's books at <£9. 2s. 5d., and is in the patronage of the 
King. The Rev. Edward Creswell is the incumbent. Within 
the last five years, the Methodists and the Baptists have built 
two chapeh on Church-hill close, and in digging the founda- 



BROELTOW HUNDRED. 



573 



tions several stone cofSns were found, the place having been 
used as the priory burial ground. The Wesleyan Chapel, at 
Middleton-place, and the Kilhamite and Independent chapels, 
at Hyson Green are in this parish.— (See Radford.) In 1781, 
Rebecca Garland left <£10 to the poor of Lenton, for which 
James Nutt now distributes 10s yearly in bread. 

Middleton Place is a new village, containing upwards of 200 
houses, all built during the last ten years, and mostly occupied 
by bobbin net makers. It is commonly called New Lenton, and 
is only a quarter of a mile N.E. of the old village ; at the same 
distance S. of which is Spring Close, another modern village, 
but of a much smaller population. 

Beskwood Park, forms a detached portion of this parish, 
and occupies several wild and broken ridges of the forest on the 
west side of the Mansfield road, 5 miles N. of Nottingham. It 
comprises upwards of 3400 acres, and was once a royal de- 
mesne with plenty of deer, but is now the property of the Duke 
of St. Albans. Henry I. granted to the priory of Lenton, the 
privilege of having two carts to fetch dead wood and heath out 
of his park at Beskwood. The hall which has been rebuilt, 
and is now unoccupied, was for some time the residence of the 
celebrated Nell Gwynne, the mistress of Charles II., from 
whose illegitimate issue the Duke of St. Albans is descended. 
The estate is divided into 13 farms, and was not all brought 
into cultivation till 55 years ago, when a Mr. Barton, from Nor- 
folk, brought over a whole colony of his county labourers, who 
broke it up according to their mode of husbandry 
Those marked I in the following Directory of Lenton parish reside 
at Beskwood Park, 2 at Hyson Green, 3 at Lenton y 4 at Middleton 
Place, and 5 at Spring Close.— The Contractions used are Lr. 
for Lenton-row ; Pst. Priory •- street ; Cts. Cloisters ; Ctp. Castle- 
place ; Bvp. Belvedere^place ; Ur. Union-row ; and Wst. JVil- 
loughby -street. 



2 Anderson Mrs. Grace, Lr. 

3 Bardsley Edwin, gentleman 

4 Bleesdale Saml. & Wm. agents 

3 Bayley Isaac, fellmonger & lea- 
ther dresser, h. Middleton pi 

Blount Geo. coal agt. Lenton lk 

4 Boot Isaac, bookkeeper 

2 Brandreth Mrs. Hanh. 9, Lr 

3 Brothwell Wm. Hopkin, mfr 
3 Brownlovv Thos. parish clerk 
4Burr Geo. bookbinder 

2 Burton Rev. Thomas Blount, 
(Ind.)22. Lr 

3 Burton Wm. fwk. knitter 

4 Cartwright Geo. clerk 

3 Christip Lorenzo, lace mfr 

4 Creswell Rev. Edvv. vicar of 
Lenton and Radford 

3d 



4 Dodsley Henry, overlooker 

Evans Mrs. Dorothy, Lenton gv. 

4 Eyre Miles 

Fisher Isaac, Esq. Lenton Abbey 

4 Galloway John, fwk. knitter 

4 Gee John, toy dealer 

4 Gray Mr. Peter 

4 Golf Isaac, lace manufacturer 

3 Goodacre Mrs. Mary 

4 Goodman Eliz. midwife 
4 Gregory Saml. shopkeeper 
3 Hanmer Wm. Esq. barrack mtr 

3 Harrop Saml. painter, Cloisters 
Haviland Mrs. Maria, Lenton ter 

4 Hill Richard, bookkeeper 
2 Holmes Benj. f. knitter, 18, Lr 
4 James Mr. Robert 
Jeff's Miss Ann, Lenton tei 



-m 



LENTON PARISH, 



Jerram Thos. Esq. Lenton Pry 
3 Johnson Saml. constable 

3 Jowett John, gentleman 
Killingley Mrs. Eliz. Lenton ter 
Lowe Alfred, Esq. Highfield hs 

4 Maples John, overseer, Wst 
Needham Mattvv. Esq. merchant, 

Lenton fields 
4 Nelson Misses Eliz. and Jane, 

Willoughby street 
4 Panton Thos. gentleman 

2 Platts Robt. warper, 23, Lr 

4 Pyke Mrs. Jane, Willoughby st 

3 Read Matthew, f. knitter 
Renshaw Miss Eliz. Priory cott 
Renshaw Rupert, lace mfr. Mid- 

dleton cottage 

3 Reynolds Geo. f. knitter 
Roberts Benj. boat bldr. Grove 

bridge 

Academies. 

4 Bailey Ann 
2BlackwellEiiz.(bdg) 

Poplar cottage 
4 Creswell Edw. (bdg) 
4 Downs Ann, Wst. 
3 Nay lor Ann 

3 Rough ton John 
2 Smith John, Lr 

4 Stones Lucy & Ann, 
(boarding) 

Bakers, fyc. 

4 Knight John, Wst 

2 Newball Alfred 

3 Wells Thomas 
3 Weston William 

Bleachers. 

5 Daws John 

3 MilnesThos.Brown, 
(&lace thread mfr.) 

Bobbin net makers. 
2 Analt Dothy, 35, Lr 
2 Arnold John, 13, Lr 
2 Atkinson Rt. 5, Ur 
2 Austin John,,8, Lr 

4 Bailey W. (lace mfr.) 

5 Ball Geo. (& hosy.) 
4BartleGeo.ParkRd 
2 Bass Saml. 26, Lr 
4 Bates Mary, Wst 
4 Bell Joseph 
4 Bentley Thomas 
4Bereslord Wm 



2 Birks John, 25, Lr 
2 Birks Wm. 15, Ur 
4 Blasdale Matthew 
2 Brown John, 9, Ur 
2 Burton Isaac, 4, Ur 
2 Burton Thos. B. 22, 

Lenton row 
2 Butler Wm. 20, Lr 
2 Coleman Wm,38, Lr 
2 Comery Wm. Ctp 
2 Cooper John, 38, Lr 
4 Crofts Wm 
Day Chpr. 15, Lr 
4 Downs Benj. Wst 
4 Dring John, Park rd 
4 Farmer John, Wst 
2 Gadsby Jas. 25, Lr 
4 Grayson Wm 
4 Grayson Wm 
2 Hall Geo. 16, Ur 
4 Hall S. & T. E. (by 

power) 
2 Harvey Wm. 19, Ur 
2 Harvev Wm. 36, Lr 
2 Hefford Geo. 32, Lr 
4 Herbert John, Wst 
4JacklinThos.(&lace 

dresser) Wst 
2 Johnson Thos. 1, Lr 
2 Johnson Wm. 2, Lr 
4 Kendall John 
4KendellWm. Wst 
4 Kirk Win. 1 Wst 



3 Roberts Elias, warper 

4 Roe Thos. lace manufacturer 

3 Roughton Mr. Thomas 

4 Shephard Samuel, warper 

2 Sheraton Ninian John, builder, 
Bedford square 

2 Stones Mr. Geo. 14, Union row 
Smedley John, agent to coal pro- 
prietors, Lenton lock 

Storer John, M.D. Lenton firs 
Surplice Thos. gent. Lenton cott 
Thornell Wm. miller, Priory mill 

3 Wade Thos. bricklayer 

4 White Frederick, printer 

4 Wilkinson Thos. hair dresser 
Willoughby Rd. canal agent 
3 Wilmot John, coach propr 
Wright John, Tsq. Lenton hall 
3 Wright Thos. capital bailiff & 
gaoler of the Honour of Peverel 

2 Lake Jas. 20, Ur 
2LambWm. 3, Ur 
4 Langford Geo 
2 Lees John, 12, Ur 
4 Martin Benj 
4 Mason Gervas 
2 Matthews Gervas, 

22, Union row 
2 Merriman John, 6, 

Union row 
2 Merriman Wm. 13, 

Union row 
4 Peet Joseph 
4 Peet William 
4 Pegg Thomas 
2 Perkins Thos. 18, Ur 
2 Porter George, Ctp 
2Reavill Wm. 31, Lr 
2 Revell Jas. Bvp 
4 Revell Matthew 
2 Roberts John, 28 Lr 
4 Roe John 
4 Roe Samuel 
4 Roe William 
2 Rogers Wm. 21, Lr 

4 Sands Richard, Wst 

2 Saxton Wm. Ctp 
4Selby John, Wst 

3 Selby Wm. Priory st 
2 Shaw Robert, Wst 

5 Shephard Samuel 
5 Shephard Thos 



LfeNTON 'PARISH. 



5JP 



2 Smith Jas. 11, Ur 

4 Smith Jas. Wst 
2 Sneath Win. Lr 

5 Stanton George 
5 Stanton Wm 
5 Swain Joseph 
2 Thornton Fras. 24, 

Lenton row 
2 Thurman Sml.Meed, 

Castle place 
2 Tomlinson Jas. 33* 

Lenton row 

2 Toone Jph. 17, Ur 
2Toone Wm. 34, Lr 

3 Turner Wm. Pst 

4 Vincent John, Wst 
2 Wulwin John, 3, Lr 
2 Weston Saml. 7, Ur 
2 White Wm. 21, Ur 
2 Wincles John, Let 

2 Wood Thos. 37, Lr 

2 Wood Wm. 17, Lr 
4 Wright Thomas 

Shoemakers. 

3 Barnes John, Pst 
3 Beaumont John 

2 Beeton John, 12, Lr 

2 Haskard Thos. Ctp 

3 Hudson Samuel 

4 Jackson James 
3 Pearson Thos 

2 Rowell Robert 

3 Sharp John 

5 Towle Thomas 
3-Turney Wm. Pst 

3 Widdison John 

Butchers, 
2 Beeson William 

4 Brewell Wm. Wst 
4 Eite Edw. Wst 

2 Kirk Thos. Ctp 
3Nutt James 

Corn Millers. 
3GoodacreRd. Pst 
3Goodacre Saml. Old 
Mill 
Gardeners, fyc. 
Cheshire John 

3 Cope Thomas 

4 Crinage Wm. (job) 
1 Daft Rd. (nursery) 
3 Lee Wm. (florist) 
3 Moody William 



3 Noble William 

2 Robey John, Bvp 

3 Wallis Martha 

Druggists. 

4 Bestwick Robert 
4 Boot John, Wst 

2 Thornton Fras. 24 

Lenton row 
2 Thornton John, Bvp 

Inns fy Taverns. 
Grove Tavern & Tea 

Gardens, Jon. Ward 

2 Lumley Castle, Tho- 

mas Haskard 
4 New Inn, John Clay- 
ton, Willoughby st 

3 Rose & Crown, Win. 
Hickling 

3-Three Wht. Sheaves, 
Hphy. Hopkins 

3 White Hart, Thos. 
Wright 

Beerhouses. 

3 Boat, Rd. Widdison 

2 Carpenters' Arms, 

Wm. Collingburn, 
2, Union row 

4 Dove and Rainbow, 

John Barton 

4 Keen 's Head, Henry 
Cox, Park road 

5 Peacock, Thomas 
Towle 

Farmers. 
Those marked f are 

Cow keepers. 
1 Beerdall Thomas 
1 Bennett Wm.& Thos 

3 Boot Thomas 

1 Challand George 
1 Challand John 
1 Challand Joseph 
3 Chamberlain Rd 
tCheetham Fras 
I Cliff Wm 
4fEtherington Thos 
fGibbens Wm. Lenton 

fields 
1 Houghton William, 

Goosedale 
fHolmes Wm 
3 Humphrev Wm 
fKirk Thomas 



fLangsdale Thomas 
1 Lamin John 
3 Lovett Edward 
1 Needham John 
3 Pearson Thomas 
1 Potter Thomas 
3Shephard Thomas 
1 Stout Fras 
fSwain John 
3 Townsend Samuel 

1 Wilson Edward 

3 Wilkinson John 
1- Wilkinson Wm 
f Wood Alice 
fWood Thomas 

Joiners. 

4 Clay Joseph 

2 Collingburn Wm. 2, 
Union row 

3ElvidgeThos.(wght) 
4 Hopewell Wm. Wst 

3 Naylor Richard 

3 Wade Thomas, jun. 
3 Wallis Humphrey 
3 Windle Jas. Canal 

3 Yeomans Wm 
Machine Makers and 

Framesmiths . 

4 Bombroff Edward 
2BarrSaml. 10, Ur 
4 Crofts Wm. Wst 
4 Hill John, Wst 

3 Keelley Samuel 

4 Martin Benjamin 

Maltsters, 

3 Hall and Harrison 

4 Pidcock Joseph 

Shopkeepers. 
3 Brown Joseph 

3 Brown Joseph 

4 Coope Edward 

2 Co-operative society 
Wm. Bronson, agt. 
1, Union row 

2 Dabell John, 16, Lr 

3 Emery Ann 

3 Johnson Samuel 

2 Leonard Rt. 8, Ur 

4 Martin Thomas 

4 Nutter Elijah, Wst 
4Peet Wm. Wst 

3 Poyser Saml. Pst 
2 Revell James, Bvp 



576 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



2 Shaw Wm. Lst 
4 Simpson Wm. 

3 Wells Isabella, Pst 

4 Wells Thos. Wst 



Tailors. 

3 Burton Richard 

2 Roberts Thos. Bvp 

4 Smith Thomas 



Turners. 
4Birks Samuel, Wst 
4 Trueman Wm 



LINBY PARISH, 

Linby is a small ancient village and parish 71 miles S. of 
Mansfield, containing 352 inhabitants and 1479 acres of land. 
Andrew Montagu, Esq., (the son of Fountayne Wilson, Esq^, 
and now a minor,) is lord of the manor, and owner of all the 
land except 125 acres belonging to Colonel Wildman ; about 
40 acres belonging to Mr. Balby, and 18 acres of Whighay 
Common, which are the property of the two latter and the 
rector. The Linby and Papplewick estates were of the fee of 
William Peverel, and were bequeathed by their late proprietor 
the Right Hon. Frederick Montagu, in 1800, to Fountayne 
Wilson, Esq. r and his heirs, on condition that they use the 
sirname of Montagu, which he himself has refused to comply 
with, but has conferred it upon his son, together with the 
said estates ; though he still retains the authority of landlord, 
and has discharged all the stocking frames from the parish, so 
that its population has been decreased from 515 to 352 souk. 
Two ancient crosses stand at the north and south ends of the 
village. The church is a small fabric, dedicated to St. Mi- 
chael. The rectory, valued in the King's books, at £4. 9s. 9£d. 
is in the gift of Andrew Montagu, Esq., and incumbency of 
the Rev Thomas Hurt. The feast is on the Sunday after Old 
Michaelmas Day, or on that day when it falls on a Sunday. 



Alicock John, limeburner 
Arlcock William, butcher 
Chadburn Jph. jun. butcher 
Clarke John, wheelwright 
Daykin Luke, shopkeeper 
Farnsworth William, joiner 
Glover John, gent 
Hopper Richard, Esq. 
Hurt Rev. Thomas, rector 
Newton Robert, stonemason 
Sneath John, vict. & shoemkr 



Stafford James, wheelwright 
Swinton James, stonemason 
Swinton Richard, blacksmith 
Voce John, beerhouse 
FARMERS. 
Chadburn Jph. Shipley €has. 
HardstafT, Jno. Swinton Geo. 
Potter W. Wig- Swinton Fras 

hay Watson Robert 

Shaw Thomas Wright Thos. 



MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE PARISH. 

Mansfield Woodhouse is a very large and ancient village 
nearly If mile N. of Mansfield, inhabited partly by framework 
knitters, but having several good houses which have long been 
the residence of respectable families. Its parish contains 1859 
inhabitants, 3206 acres of enclosed land, and about 1500 acres 
of the open forest of Sherwood. The Duke of Portland is the 



MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE. 577 

principal owner, lord of the manor, and impropriator. Near 
the village are several prolific quarries of excellent limestone. 
In the reign of Henry VI., Sir Robert Plumpton died pos- 
sessed of one bovate in this manor, called fVolfhuntland, held 
by the service of winding a horn and driving or frightening the 
wolves in Sherwood forest. The dwelling upon this land was 
called Wolf-house, and is now occupied by Mr. Housley. In 
a forest book written on parchment in 1520, it is recorded, that 
the " town of Mansfield Woodhouse was hurried in the year of 
our Lord MCCCIIII, and the Kirk stepull with the belles of 
the same ; for the stepull was afore of tymbre worke." Before 
this accident, the church had three aisles, but it has now only two. 
It is 98 feet long and 32 broad. The spire steeple is 108 feet 
high and contains four bells, and a small saintfs bell, which in 
Catholic times was rung when the priest came to that part of 
the Latin service which is translated " holy ! holy ! Lord God 
of Sabaoth !" in order that those who staid at home might join 
with the congregation in the most solemn part of the ceremony. 
The church is dedicated to St Edmund, and contains a few 
ancient monuments. The living is a perpetual curacy, and has 
annexed to it that of Skegby. The Duke of Portland is the 
patron, and the Rev. William Goodacre the incumbent. The 
Independents and Methodists have each a chapel here, and in 
the village are three Sick Societies, and a Lodge of Odd Fel- 
lows. The feast is on the Sunday after the 10th of July. A 
sheep fair was formerly held here on the Monday after Mans- 
field cheese fair, but it was discontinued some years ago, 
though the ancient cross round which it was held, has recently 
been repaired. At the east end of the village, is Winnyhill, on 
which there are some remains of a Roman exploratory camp. 

The late Major Rooke, F.R. and A.S.S., lived in a pleasant 
mansion about midway between Mansfield and Woodhouse, and 
died there in 1806, " after a long period of useful services to 
his country as a soldier, antiquary and meteorologist. His 
communications in the Archaeologia are very extensive in Vols. 
8, 9, 10, and 11." The Major's researches in this parish 
were very productive. In the Northfield, he found the site of 
an extensive Roman Villa, which had consisted of seven ele- 
gant rooms with richly painted walls, and a beautiful mosaic 
pavement, composed of red, yellow, white, and grey tessera, about 
the size of a die. John Knight, Esq., on whose estate this 
discovery was made, erected a building over the tessellated 
pavement for its better preservation, but Laird on visiting it in 
1811, " found the doors broken open, the pavement ruined, and 
the floor strewed with the cubic pieces, the walls written over 
with ribaldry, and its only tenants a mare and her foal, who 
had taken shelter from the noon tide heat.*' About 100 yards 
south-east of the villa, the Major discovered some remains of 
two sepulchres, in which were found many fragments of pa- 

3d2 



5?8 BROXTOW HUNDRED; 

terce, and pots of Roman ware, with several articles of house- 
hold convenience. 

Debdale House, a handsome mansion, half a mile W. of 
Mansfield Woodhouse, is the seat of John Coke, Esq. Wood- 
house Grove, l£ mile S. by W. of the village is the mansion 
of William Anson Smith, Esq. Grassfield Cottage, Northfield 
House, and North Lodge, are within the parish, and are occu- 
pied by their owners, but the Warren and Old Club Mill Farms, 
belong to the Duke of Portland, and the Park Farm to Francis 
Hall, Esq., of Park Hall.— (See Nettleworth p. 448.) Col. 
Need, E. Sykes, Esq., and some other gentlemen, have neat 
houses in the village. 

The Charities belonging to Mansfield Woodhouse are as 
follows : — The Blue Coat School where 50 boys are clothed 
and educated gratuitously, was founded and endowed by Mrs, 
Faith Clarkson, whose charity is already noticed at page 527- 
Another Charity School, were 32 poor boys and girls are edu- 
cated, was founded in 1827, by Richard Radford, grocer, who 
endowed it with .£800. The trustees are, Samuel Housely and 
Thomas Kirkland. Seven closes called the Clay Pits, and 
containing 26a. 2r. 23p., are let for <£?4 per annum, and be- 
long to the church for its repairs, &c. Rosamond Watson left 
.£100 for apprenticing poor children, but it was expended in 
building the present Workhouse, and £5 is now paid yearly as 
the interest of it, by the trustees of the church land. Mrs. 
Fisher left £ 100 to the poor, and it is now vested in the Ches- 
terfield Turnpike. The indigent parishioners are also relieved 
by the yearly distribution of the following small annuities, viz. 
10s. left by Roland Band, (See p. 528 ;) 10s. by Mr. Price, out 
lands in Mansfield ; 10s. by John Bingham, out of his two Old 
Mill Closes ; 5s. by Richard Eyre, out of lands in Mansfield 
Woodhouse, now belonging to George Eyre, of Sookholme ; 
2s. by William Whelpdale, out of the estate of John Coke, 
Esq."; 6s. by Paul Wilson, out of Little Rough Close; and 
£2. 10s. by Mrs. Cross, out of Brackenhurst Closes. 
Letters arrive from Mansfield at 1 noon. 



BJankley Rd. governer of workhs 
Brightmore Hy. turner & rakemk 
Clark Rd. brazier & tinman 
Clark Wm. gent. North lodge 
Clark Wm. glover 
Coke John, Esq. Debdale hou^e 
McDonald Wm. tax collector 
Lambert Edw. excise-officer 
Milner Edmund, R.N. 
Neale Chas. Esq. land valuer & 
agent to the Duke of Portland 
Need Colonel John 
Oakes John, plumber & glazier 
Fearfe John, gentleman 



Potter Wm. gentleman 
Robinson Rt. needlemaker 
Scott Thos. gardener, Debdale 
Smith Wm. Anson, Esq. Grove 
Stanley Abner Clarke, teacher 
Sykes Edmand, Esq. 
Tatley Wm. mason 
Toplis Mrs. Ellen 
Walker Mrs. Hannah 
Wilkinson John, architect 
Willey John, turner 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Angel, Joseph Marsh 
Bulls Head, William Heath 



MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE, 



573 



Greyhound, John Brooke 

Half-way-house, Ann Whelpdale 

Parliament Oak, Philip Oakes 

Ram, Daniel Slater 

Red Lion, Mary Shippam 

Star, John Pogmore 

White Swan, Thomas Mason 



BEERHOUSES. 

Fox and Crown, John Duckman- 

ton 
Jug and Glass, Samuel Short 
Masons' Arms, Barnet Lucas 
Board, Thomas Warner 



Acadeynies. 
Stanley Joseph 
Unwin Lybby 

Bakers* fyc. 
Shippam Thomas 
Yates William 

Blacksmiths . 
Butler John 
Timmons James 
Womersley John 

Shoemakers. 
Bennett William 
Denby John 
Swallow Richard 
Tebbutt John 

Butchers. 
Booth William 
Brightmore Isaac 
Harrison Henry 
Harvey George 
Harvey Thomas 
Housley Samuel 
Kinder Thomas 
Shippam Thomas 

Corn Millers. 
Cupid Edward 
Lucas Barnet 
Harker John 

Farmers. 
Beardall John 



Booth John 

Burgoine Samuel 

Bell Jthn. Warren hs 

Cowpe John 

Cox Jph. Grassfield 
cottage 

Eadison J. Park farm 

Fletcher William 

Hazard Robert 

Hollaway Jas. Sunny- 
dale 

Holland William 

Lucas Ts. Northfield 

Huntington Thomas 

M'Donald John 

Newton William 

Slater Daniel 

Tebbutt Robert 
Fwk. Knitters. 

Butler Thomas 

Dole John 

Elliott Isaac 

Hett John 

Taylor John 

Warner William 

Whittaker John 
Gardener, fy.c. 

Bowman George 
Grocers, fyc. 

Booth Mary 



Darby William 
Dole John 
Heath William 
Housley Richard 
Morriss Abel 
Simpson George 
Taylor George 
Wright James 

Joiners, Sf-c, 
Chambers John 
Pashley John 
Pashiey Samuel 

Lime Burners** 
Brooke John 
Houseley William 
Wilkinson John 
Maltsters. 
Fletcher Robert 
Fletcher William 
Frith Thomas 
Tailors. 
Betterney William 
Darby John 
Darby William 
Warner Thomas 

Wheelwrights, 
Hufton Joseph 
Marsh Joseph 
Pogmore John 



NEWSTEAD ABBEY 

Stands in a delightful situation, six miles S. of Mansfield, and 
with an estate of 3226a. 3r. 33p. forms a parochial chapelry 
which, till 1830, was considered to be extra parochial, but in 
that year the present owner, Colonel Wildman, was defeated 
in an assize trial, instituted for the purpose of compelling hirK 
and his tenants here, to support their own poor. The estate 
has about 290 acres of woods and plantations, and several spa- 
cious lakes, which cover upwards of 67 acres, and give rise to 
the river Leen. It has 159 inhabitants, and 25 scattered dwel- 
lings, one of which is the noted Inn called the Hutt, situated 
upon the Nottingham and Mansfield road, on ahe margin 



5S0 NEWSTEAD ABBEY. 

open tract of Sherwood Forest, 1 mile E. of the abbey, which 
has been greatly improved by its present owner and occupant, 
who purchased the estate for £100,000, in 1818, of T. Clawton, 
Esq., to whom it had been sold by the late Lord Byron, in 
1815, for £140,000. Newatead Abbey was founded as a priory 
of black canons, about 1170, by Henry II. At the dissolution, 
its revenues were estimated at £229 ; and it was granted to Sir 
John Byron, at that time Lieutenant of Sherwood Forest. Sir 
John immediately fitted up part of the edifice ; but the church 
was suffered to go to decay, though the south aisle was actually 
incorporated into the dwelling-house, at one end of which 
the front of the abbey church is still a majestic ruin, being 
in the form of the west end of a cathedral, adorned with 
rich carvings. The house is quite in the antique style, with 
towers and battlements, and has just undergone a thorough re- 
paration, having suffered much by the neglect of the two last 
Lords Bvron. It has numerous apartments, and two spacious 
galleries, one of which passes over the ancient cloisters, which 
resemble those of Westminster abbey. An extensive crypt 
under the ruined conventual church has been long used as 
cellars, and the singing room is fitted up as a bath. The an- 
cient chapel, of which the Rev. Luke Jackson is pastor, has 
been used as a cemetery, and its light clustered pillars and an- 
cient carved widows add much to the melancholy expression of 
the scene. An ancient gothic greenhouse opens into the gar- 
den, which was once the abbey burial ground ; and in which 
the late Lord Byron erected a handsome pedestal of white 
marble, with an inscription to the memory of a Newfoundland 
dog, to whom his lordship once owed his life. This garden also 
includes the dilapidated part of the church, and is altogether a 
very interesting spot. The extensive park is now divided into 
farms, except in the vicinity of the house, where the landscape 
is extremely beautiful, having two spacious lakes, and several 
fine plantations and ornamental buildings, all of which harmo- 
nize with the monastic ruins and the gothic mansion. 

The Byron family is more ancient than the Conquest, and 
had large possessions near Rochdale, in Lancashire, where they 
had their principal seat till after the reformation, when they 
obtained a grant of Newstead. Being active partisans in the 
cause of Charles I. several of their estates were sequestered by 
parliament, but were afterwards restored to them by Charles 
II., whose father had raised Sir John Byron to the peerage, in 
1643. William, the fifth Lord Byron, killed Wm. Chaworth, 
Esq. in a duel, in 1765, under circumstances which led to his 
impeachment, on a charge of murder, before the house of 
peers, who found him guilty of manslaughter, upon which he 
claimed the benefit of the statute of Edward VI., and was dis- 
charged. He died without issue, in 1798, and was succeeded 
by his grand-nephew, George Gordon, the late Lord Byron, 



LORD BYRON. 



581 



the illustrious poet, who died of a fever, at Missolonghi, ont'he 
19th of April, 1824, lamented by the whole Greek nation, to 
whose glorious cause he had devoted his fortune, his talents, 
and his life. His lordship having lettan only daughter (without 
male issue) by his lady, Anne Isabella, daughter of Sir Ralph 
Noel, (late Milbank) Bart., was succeeded in his title by his 
cousin, George Anson, the present " Baron Byron, of Roch- 
dale." The late Lord Byron succeeded to the title at the early 
age of ten years, and received the rudiments of his education 
at the grammar school, in Aberdeen, to which place his 
mother had retired soon after his birth, when the licentious 
conduct of his father had compelled him to become an exile 
from England. After completing his residence at Cambridge* 
his lordship took up his abode at Newstead abbey, where he 
wrote his " Hours of Idleness," a miscellaneous volume, on 
which the Edinburgh 'Review passed such a severe criticism as 
awakened the sleeping energies of the youthful poet's mind, 
and called forth his " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," 
in which he took vengeance, we may almost say on friends as 
well as foes. Previous to this he had become attached to Miss 
Chaworth, but his passion was unreturned. (See p. 517-) From 
this time he became prodigal of his time, thoughts and feelings, 
After a two years' tour on the continent he returned to Eng- 
land, in 1811, and published " Ghilde Harold" and several 
other works which gained him an unlimited popularity. He 
subsequently married Miss Milbank Noel, but the union was 
not productive of happiness, and he soon afterwards bad adieu 
to the shores of Britain, and continued to change his residence 
from one part of Italy to another, till he formed the noble 
determination of proceeding to Greece, in order to assist the 
suffering inhabitants in their efforts for freedom, and for that 
purpose he sold his large estate at Rochdale, but he died in the 
following year. As a poet, Lord Byron was as great as a poet 
can be, whose universe is in himself; and as a man there was 
more in him to be loved than to be despised, but more deserving 
of reprobation than of pity ; though the peculiar circumstances 
of his situation go far to excuse many of his errors, and con- 
tributed much to form his poetical character. 



Wildman Thos., Esq. colonel of 
the 9th Lancers and the Sher- 
wood Rangers, Newstead abbey 
Beardsall Mrs. Phoebe 
Beardsall Jas. lime burner 
Johnson Wm. gardener 
Hodgkinson Thos. corn miller 
Pickard Wm. brick maker 



Palin Wm. vict. Hutt, Nottigham 
road 

FARMERS. 
Beardsall Wm. Slaney 
Cocks Chas Smith Wm 

Heath John Taylor Saml 
Howes John Voce Susanna 



NUTHALL PARISH includes the township and chapelry 



682 



NUTHALL PARISH, 



of Awsworth, and contains 509 inhabitants, and about 1200 : 
acres of land. 

Nut hall is a small rural village on the Alfreton road, 4| 
miles N.W. by N. of Nottingham. Near it, in an extensive 
park with a beautiful lawn, lake, gardens, and plantations, is 
Nuthall Temple, the elegant seat of Robert Holden, Esq. 
who purchased it in 1820, of the Hon. George Vernon, whose 
father had obtained it in marriage with the daughter of the late 
Charles Sedley, Esq. The house is square, with two Very low 
wings, and a handsome portico in front, approached by a light 
ballustraded range of steps. The roof rises rapidly to a large 
and lofty dome in the centre, which hides all the chimneys, and 
is surrounded with an airy ballustrade, commanding an exten- 
sive view of the adjacent country. The dome within displays 
a profusion of ornamental plaster work, and has a light gallery 
supported by the pillars of the magnificent hall, which is lighted 
from the dome, and is of an octagon figure, 36 feet in diameter ; 
decorated with the richest exhibition of the plastic art in the 
county. The original rotunda of Palladio, of which this house 
is a copy, is the Villa Capra, near Vicenza, in Italy, of which 
there are two other copies, viz. Mereworth Castle and Foots- 
cray Place, in Kent, both of which, as well as this, are much 
inferior to the original, which stands pre-eminent for simplicity, 
commodiousness, and elegance, though its style of architecture 
is altogether incongruous in our climate. The church stands 
on the north side of the park, and is dedicated to St. Patrick. 
The living is a rectory, with about 50 acres of glebe, and valued 
in the King's books at £3. 14s» 9d. The Rev. Charles Nixon 
is the incumbent, and Robert Holden, Esq. the patron, besides 
whom here are several smaller land owners, viz. Peter Fearn- 
head, Thos, Nixon, Wm. Faulconbridge, and Chas. Antill. 

Cinder-Hill is a small hamlet in the township of and one 
mile S. E. of Nuthall. 

Awsworth township and chapelry borders upon Derbyshire, 
and has a small village on the Nottingham canal, 2| W. of Nut- 
hall. The manor, which has an extensive colliery, was anciently 
called Aldesworth, and was given to the priories of Burton and 
Lenton, but the Earl of Stamford is now its lord, and also 
owner of all the land, except 300 acres belonging to Lord Mid- 
dleton. The chapel was consecrated about 17<30, and is a 
curacy endowed with about £50 a-year. The Rev. Gervase 
Browne is the incumbent, and the rector of Nuthall the patron. 
The chapelry is entitled to send one poor person to Ilkeston 
almshouses, and to receive £5 yearly from the funds of Sined- 
ley's charity, for teaching 18 poor children ; the Earl of Stam- 
ford is trustee. 



NUTHALL. 

Holden Rt. Esq. Nuthall temple 
Daykin Saml. colliery owner 



Faulconbridge Wm. gent 
Hurd Geo. shoemaker 
Kirkland Edw. overseer 



BR0XT0VV HUNDRED. 



583 



Knighton Solomon, bricklayer 

and vict 
Lilley Win, vict. Goat's Head 
Nixon Rev. Chas. rector 
Plant Moses, gardener, &c. 
Richardson Win. engineer 
Robinson Edw. shoemaker 
Sharp Sam), saddler, Cinderhill 
Stapleton Edw. gardener, Cin- 
derhill 
"White Win. shopkeeper 

Farmers* 
Dennis Rd Houghton Hy 



Jarvis VV. Sark Wigley Hy 
Sands Wigley Thos 

<*WS WORTH. 

Chambers John, chapel clerk 
Chambers Wm. brick layer 
Jackson Rev. Luke, colliery 
owner, Hucknall Torkard 
Millward Thos. shopkeeper 
Reeve Edw. farmer 
Richards Mat. vict. Jolly Colliers 
Sharpe Rd. colliery agent 
Spray Martha, farmer 
Tavlor John, farm bailiff 



PAPPLEWICK PARISH. 

Papplewick, 6 miles S. of Mansfield, is a small village and 
parish on the east bank of the Leen, opposite to Linby, and 
belongs to the lord of that manor, (see p. 576,) who has here 
also interdicted stocking- frames, and Ave suppose cotton mills 
likewise, as the extensive mills here have been unoccupied ever 
since he came into possession. Papplewick Hall, built in 
1/87, b} 7 the late Hon. Frederick Montagu, and now occupied 
by Thomas Nixon, Esq. is an elegant -stone edifice, in a small 
but beautiful park, commanding extensive prospects. Near it 
is the church, which was rebuilt in 1795, and is dedicated to 
St. James. It has a handsome stained glass window, and is 
completely embowered in trees. The living is a curacv, cer- 
tified at J617. 8s. 6d. Andrew Montagu, Esq. is the patron, 
and the Rev. Thomas Hurt the incumbent, as at Linby. — Po- 
pulation, 359. 



Bowman John, farmer 

--Bradley Wm. farmer 

Brown John, shopr. & p. clerk 

Burton Wm. butler 

Carter Rt. farmer 

Dawn John, schoolmaster 

Goodall Fras. shoemaker 

Gee Thos. miller & bone crusher 

Heath Thos. wheelwright 

Howett Wm. farmer 



Johnson John, -shoemaker 

Mellows Wm. farmer 

Machin Rd. butcher 

Nixon Ts. Esq. Papplewick hall 

Riley John, land agent 

Thorp James, tailor 

Widdison J. vict. Griffin's Head 

Wilkinson Mark, joiner 

Wood Edw. blacksmith 



RADFORD PARISH 

Is bounded on the south by Lenton and Nottingham, and has 
drank so deeply of the manufacturing spirit of the latter town, 
that it now ranks as the second most populous parish in the 
countv, though it does not comprise more than 600 acres of 
land, belonging to numerous freeholders, and forming a parcel 
of the manor of Lenton, being given by Wra. Pevtrel to the 



, 



584 RADFORD PARISH* 

priory which he founded in that parish. As has been seen at 
pages 76 and 77> the population of Radford has increased more 
than four-fold during the last thirty years ; but the greater part 
of this augmentation has taken place during the last ten years, 
in which the number of houses has has been swelled from 973 
to 2073, and the population from 4805 to 9806 souls! The 
1100 new houses built betwixt 1821 and 1831, form several 
handsome villages, occupied chiefly -'"by bobbin net makers, and 
forming a number of parallel and cross streets, bearing different 
names, and regularly built of brick and roofed with blue ^late. 
There are also in the parish three bleach works, two corn mills, 
an extensive cotton and worsted mill, and two immense bobbin 
net manufactories, in one of which the machines are worked 
by the agency of steam, and in the other by hand, like those 
domestic machines which are to be found in the upper rooms 
of most of the houses in this and the adjacent parishesi — See 
page 193 to 204. 

Radford old village is situated on the river Leen, \\ N„ W 
by W. of Nottingham. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, 
was rebuilt in 1812, at the cost of <£2000. It is a neat gothic 
edifice, with a gallery and tower at the west end, and near it 
is that delightful place of public resort called Radford grove, 
(see p. 183.) The benefice is a vicarage, valued in the King's 
books at £3. 9s. 4|d. The King is the patron, and the Rev. 
Edward Creswell the incumbent. The Wesleyan chapel here 
was built in 1825, and enlarged in 1828, and there are twelve 
other Dissenting chapels in the other villages of the parish. — 
The school here was built by the late Wm. Elliott, Esq., and 
has been given up to the parishioners by his executors, in lieu 
of £60 which he had bequeathed to the poor, and the interest 
of which is now paid out of the poor rates. 

New Radford forms a large modern suburb, extend- 
ing to the western limits of Nottingham on the Derby and 
Alfreton roads. It contains 4032 inhabitants, several spa- 
cious streets extending nearly to Bloomsgrove, and having, on a 
plot of building ground, a large square set apart for the pur- 
pose of forming a central market place for the parish. Here 
are four chapels belonging to the Wesleyan, Kilhamite, Inde- 
pendent, and Primitive Methodists. The principal streets are 
De Ligne-street; Denman-street; Pelican-street ; Chapel-street; 
Montford -street ; Heath-street; Hayhurst-street; George-street; 
Earl-street; Elliott-street; Sion-hill ; and Gregory-street ; in 
the latter of which are the waterworks, established in 1824, by 
Mr. Joshua Beardmore. The water is raised by a steam en- 
gine from a well 60 yards deep, into a reservoir at the top of 
the engine house, and is thence sent in pipes to the houses in 
this part of the parish, and also to many of those in Notting- 
ham park ; this district being higher than the level of any of the 
town reservoirs. — (See p. 187.) There are also two small 



EROXTOW HUNDRED. 585 

waterworks at Messrs. Walkers', on the Derby road, and at 
Messrs. Fishers and Levers, in George- street, so that this 
newly created neighbourhood is now well supplied by pipes and 
carts with excellent water for every culinary purpose. 

Aspley, nearly one mile N.W. of Radford, is a small hamlet 
which gives name to a large estate belonging to Lord Middleton, 
and extending into the parishes of Wollaton and Bilborougb. 
It was anciently one of the woods of Sherwood forest. The 
hall is a neat mansion, occupied by William Stamford Burn- 
side, Esq. 

Bloomsgrove, another new village, lies betwixt Old and 
New Radford, within J mile W. by N. of Nottingham, and 
contains 130J inhabitants, and two chapels, built in 1824-5, for 
the Independent Methodists, and the Unitarians. 

Bobbers Mill, an ancient corn mill upon the Leen, half a 
mile N. of Old Radford, gives name to a new village where 
there are two bleach works, and a Kilhamite and Wesleyan 
Methodist Chapel, upon the Alfreton road, nearly \\ mile 
N.W. of Nottingham. 

Hyson Green, i mile N.W. of Nottingham, is another well 
built village, which has been erected during the last ten years, 
and is said to have had its name from the tea gardens, to which 
parties frequently resorted after a summer's walk, to quench 
their thirst with hyson and other nectareous draughts, for which 
purpose one of these establishments is still in existence here. 
Part of the village is in the parish of Lenton, as has been seen at 
page 573. Its population amounts to upwards of 2000 souls, and 
its principal streets, &c, are Lenton-street ; Forest-street ; Hol- 
land-street; Sheridan's-row; Saville-row; Castle-row; Pleasant- 
row ; Forest-terrace, &c. &e. The Wesleyan and Kilhamite 
Methodists, and the Independent Calvinists, and the General 
Baptists, have each a chapel here. 

Kensington, about a quarter of a mile E. of Old Radford, 
has upwards of 500 inhabitants occupying newly built houses, 
and having a Primitive Methodist chapel. 

Lovett Mills is a hamlet with a corn mill and bleach 
works on the Leen, three quarters of a mile N. of Old Rad- 
ford, near to which latter, is the new village of Prospect 
Place. 

Sherwood Hill, ] mile N. of Nottingham, and near the 
race course, is a small modern village, pleasantly situated, and 
containing several very handsome mansions, occupied by 
wealthy families. 

RADFORD PARISH DIRECTORY. 

0^= Those marked 1 reside at Bloomsgrove ; 2 Bothers Mill; 3 
Flvson Green ; 4 Kensi?igtcn ; 5 Neiv Bad ford ; 6 Brospecf place ; 
' 7 Old Badford. 

3 E 



586 



RADFORD PARISH. 



The Contractions used for the names of streets, &c. — are Afd. for 
Alfreton road ; Adp. Adam's place ; Atr. Aspley terrace ; Brw. 
Birch row ; Crw. Castle row ; Cht. Chapel street ; Dgt. De 
Ligne street; Dnt. Denman street; Drd. Derby road; Elt. 
Elliot street; Fst. Forest street; Ftr. Forest terrace; Ggt. 
George street ; Gst. Gregory street ; Gkt. Greek street ; Hst. 
Holland street ; Hgt. High street; Hcl, Holland's close; Hth. 
Heath street ; Ird. Ilkeston road ; Kgt. King street ; Lst. Lenton 
street ; Lnt. Lion street ; Mst. Montford street ; Nst. Newton 
street ; Pst. Pelican street ; Ptr. Pleasant row ; Ppl. Prospect 
place ; Pkl. Park hill ; Pbs. Parker's buildings ; Svr. Saville 
row ; Shr. Sheridan's row ; Shi. Sion hill ; Sst. South street ; 
Sdl. Sherwood hill ; Wst. Wood street ; and Tyd. Terrace yard. 



3 Adams Wm. gent. Adp 

4 Akers Hy. medicine vender Gst 

5 AllenMr. Corals. Brw 

5 Allen Mr. Wm. Aspley, ter 
5 Allen Wm. stenciller, Gst 
5 Alton Mrs. Eliz. Sion hill 
3 Anderson Mrs, Grace, Lst 
8 Aston Saml. ironfounder 
5 Atherstone Mr. T. Aspley ter 

3 Abeson Stockdale, lace manu- 
facturer. Ftr 

5 Basford Wm. manager, Atr 
5 Bason Hy. spirit mert. Atr 

4 Beck Mrs. Martha, Geoge st 

5 Birch Mr. Rd, Alfreton rd 

2 Blenston John, farmer, Aspley 
5 Bloomer Miss, Sion hill 

3 Booth Abm. Warper, 38, Ptr 
5 Bramman John, hawker, Pkl 
5 Branson Thos. warper, Ard 

5 Branson Wm. piano fort tuner, 

Dnt 
5 Breedon Mr. Saml. George st 
5 Bromhead Mrs. Ann, Mont- 
ford st 
3 Bryan Mr. Jonath. Adam's pi 
Burnside Wm. Stamford. Esq. 

Aspleyhall 
1 Bywater Mr. James, sen 
7 Caunt Thos. gov. of the poor- 
house, overseer, & constable 
5 Claringburn Mr. Jph. Augts. 

Birch row 
5 Constable Wm. millwrgt. Pbs 
5 Coope Jesse, solr. Sion hill 
3 Cox Jas. whsman, 4, Saville rw 
1 Creswell Rev. SI. B.A. curate 
3 Daft Rt. gent. Forest ter 
5 Dale Rd. gent. Aspley ter 
5 Daykin Wm. bookpr. Pkl 



3 Deacock Mr. Wm. Adam's pi 

5 Deakin John, hosier, Aspley tr 

3 Dewrose Saml. overlkr. Adp 

5 Duffin Mrs. Rachel, Derby rd 

5 Dutton John, Cowkpr. Atr 

7 Edson Eliz. farmer 

5 Fairfield Wm. plasterer, Mst 

5 Fairholm Jph. Heath st 

3 Foote Rt. Esq. Scottom lodge 

5 Forman Capt. Geo. Shi 

Frearson John, lace thread dlr. 

Denman st 
7 Freer John, farmer 
5 Gass Mrs. Mary, Derby road 
Gibson Mrs. Lucy, Sherwood hill 

1 Gibson Thos, warper 

5 Gibson Wm. bookkeeper,Drd 

5 Glaskin Mrs. Sarah, Ird 

3 Goodacre Lieut. Rd. Ftr 

5 Hall John, mfr. Derby rd 

5 Hall Liskum, whsman. Lnt 

5 Hannay Wm. mfr. 11, Park hill 

5 Harrison Wm. cowkpr. Pst 

.5 Hickling Wm. pawnbroker, Shi 

5 Hill Mr. Chas. Shi 

7 Hill Mrs. Jane 

5 Hillock Revd. John, Atr 

7 Hooke Jph. parish clerk 

5 Hovey Mrs. Eliz. Sion hill 

5 Hudson John, saddletree mkr- 

Sion hill 
3 Hughes Mrs. Mary, Fst 
5 Hydes Hphy. gent. Aspley ter 

2 James Rd. cowkeeper 

2 Jobson Henry, farmer 
Johns Mrs. Mary Ann, 13, Ppl 

3 Johnson Wm. portrait painter, 
Hst 

5 Kain Danl. contractor, Shi 
3 Kidney Mrs. Mary, 35, Ptr 



RADFORD PARISH. 



58J 



5 Langworth Saml. schoolr. Shi 
Locke Wm. cabtmkr. Forest pi 
Mc Donald John, mfr. Shi 
5 Malbon Mr. John, Derby rd 
5 Marriott Mrs. Rebecca, Drd 
5 Marsh Mrs. Mary, Sion hill 

3 Martin Geo. tanner, 29, Ptr 
7 Miller Samuel, manager 

7 Mitchell Wm. cowkeeper 
5 Mullen Mrs. Mary, Wood st 

4 Murray Saml. tea dealer 
Newball Thos. mfr. Shi 

3 Newman Benj. gent. Hcl 

5 Owencroft John, Professor of 
Dancing, Derby road 

5 Page Jas. mfr. Park hill 
5 Parker Mr. John, Pbs 
Pawlett Daniel, grocer, Pkl 
7 Peet Thos. mfr. Vicarage 
5 Peverel Thos. canvasser. Tyd 
3 Pepper Thos, farmer, Adp 
5 Potts Rt. warehouseman, Atr 
3 Prew Mrs. Ann, Fst 
Price Mrs. Mary, Radford farm 
5 Riley Thos. cir. library, Gst 
3 Royle Shord, 2, Svr 

Academies, 
5 Barrett Eliz. Ggt 
Birks Mgt. 29, Ppl. 
3 Blackwell Eliz. Bdg 
Bradley Ann, 17, Ppl 
3 Cheetham Eliz. Fst. 
5 Goodman John, Gst 
7 Hampson Frances 
Harvey John, 31, Ppl 
3 Haslam Rd. Shr 
5 Higton Job, Dnt 

2 Hill Joseph 
5 Humber Sarah, Gst 
5 Lockwood Ann, Gst 

3 Smith Wm. Lst 

4 Taylor Saml 

5 Thorpe Sarah, Cht 
7 Widdowson John 
1 Woolley Saml 
Agents (Bobbin Net.) 
Ashwell John, H 
5 Booth Thos. Wst 
5 Carver John, Ggt 
5 Gibson Thos. Dgt 
3 Gough John, Adp 
5 Gutridge Hy. Dgt 
5 Hall Wm. Dnt 



Hulse Saml. Sdl 
5 KettlebandWm. Ggt 
5 Maples Rd. Atr. 
5 Wheatley Wm. Pst 

Bakers, fyc. 
1 Bywater Chas 
3 Bywater Wm. Hst 
5 Cope Geo. Afd 

1 Hebb Daniel 
5 Johnson Ann, Shi 
5 Lees Wm. Ggt 
7 Moore Elizabeth 
5 Newball Hanh. Afd 
5 PalethorpeThos.Pkl 
5 Percy Wm. Grove 
5 Toyne Thos. Hth 
Twigg Benj . Ppl 
5 Wells Sydney, Est 
7 Weston Saml. (Conf) 
5 Woodroffe Wm. Dnt 

Bleachers. 
Bostock Edward, sen. 
Lovett Mills 

2 Bostock Edwd. jun 
2 Mitchell William 

Bobbin Sf Carriage 
Makers, 



3 Rudd John, warper, Hst 
5 Sanderson Wm. Surgeon, Elt 
5 Saywell Thos. warper, Sst 
3 Schofield Mr. John, Hcl 
3 Shepherd Jph. cowkeeper 
Sheperson John, farmer, Aspley 
5 Shelton Mrs. Jane, Derby rd 
5 Smith Thos. gent. Ashley ter 
5 Smith Wm.gent. Derby rd 
5 Soar Mr. Saml. Ilkeston rd 
5 Stanley Mr. Jph. George st 
5 Starr Thos. cotton preparer, Gst 
5 Stevens Edw. warper, Est 
3 Sykes John, trimmer, Ptr 
Thackeray John. mfr. Forest hs 
Trueman Dd. mfr. Sherwood hs 

3 Walker Wm. Fryer, bookr. Hcl 
5 Ward Jph. Sep. solr. Aspley tr 
Wells John, draper, 11, Forest hs 
5 Wigley Saml. trunk & paper 

box maker, Sion hill 
Whitlark John, bookr. Sdl 
7 Wilson Wm. cotton spinner 
1 Wood John, coal agent 

4 Yates Mr. Thos. Geo. st 
Young Wm. traveller, Pkl 

3 Bird Jas. 16, Svr 
5 Bostock Jph. Gst 
5 Boyes Rt. Pkl 
5 Garrett Paul 
15 Hobson Thomas. 

(Springer, &c.)Lion 

street 
Bobbin Net Makers. 
3 Adams, Isc. 19, Svr 
1 Allen John 
5 Alton, Wm. Shi 
Amos Alex. 2, Ppl 
7 Amos Joseph 
5 Archer Saml. Mst 
3 Ashton Wm. 7, Svr. 
5 Atkin Matth. Afd 
3 Atkin Wm. Shr 
7 Atkinson Edmd 

3 Attenborough Ths. 
Pleasant row 

1 Bacon Elizabeth 
1 Bacon Samuel 
5 Bailey Thos. Mst 
Bamford Jas. Ppl 
5 Barker John, Ird 

4 Bateman John 

5 Bates Wm, Dgt 



5%8 



BOBBIN NET MAKERS* 



5 Bates Saml. Ird 

3 Beardsley Geo. Ptr 
1 Beardsley Samuel 

4 Beck Adam 

Berrington Th. Ird 

5 Bills Geo. Wst 
Bird John, Ppl 
3 Birks Wm. Crw 
5 Bloore John, Shi 
7 Bodell John 
5 Bosvvorth Geo. Atr 
3 Boyer Edw. 36, Ptr 

1 Brazier John 
5 Briley Geo. Ird 
3 Brookes Sam. 19, Pr 
3 Brookes Thos. Ptr 

3 Brown Wm. Hst 
Burdett Wm. 30, Ppl 
5 Burgin John, Pkl 

4 Burton John, Nst 
7 Burton Php. &Jph 

5 Butler Saml. Wst 
5 Calvert Win. Ird 

3 Cartledge Wm. Ptr 

4 Chambers Wm 
3 Cheetham Wm Ptr 

5 Chettle Saml. Pst 
3 Chettle Wm. 24, Ptr 
Clarkson Wm. Ppl 
Cleaver Jph. 3, Ppl 
5 Clifford John, Ggt 
3 Clifton Rd. 5, Ptr 
3 Clifton Thos. 40 Ptr 
5 Coggan Geo. Tyd 
5 Cooley Wm. Ird 
3 Cooper Saml. 1 2, Shr 
5 Couldwell Saml. Aft 
3 Crofts Enoch Fst 
I Cross Israel 
5 Cullen Benj. Wst 
3 Day Hy. Hst 
3 Day Wm. 5, Svr 
3 Dexter Thos. 14, Svr 
7 Draper Samuel 
5 Dufty John, Ggt 
5 Dufty Thos. Gkt 
5 Dunk John. Afd 
Eagles Wm. Fdk. 37, 

Prospect place 
,"> Ellison Wrn. Ird. 
5 Elson Wm. Ird 
1 Farmer Joseph 
3Fidler Geo, Svr 



5 Fisher Jas. Afd 
5 Fishers & Levers, 

George street 
5 Foot Rt. Dnt 
3 Foster Wm. 2, Ptr. 
3 Fox Jha. Ptr 
5 Gadsby Ann, Dnt 
5 Garratt Paul, G^t 
3 Garton Thos. Shr 
5 Gibson Jph. Brw 
5 Gibson John, Ird 
1 Gibson Robert 
5 Gill Danl. 27, Ptr 
5 Gill Jas. Mnt 
3 Godby Edwd. Crw 
5 Goddard John, Ird 
5 Goodall James 
5 Goodall Chas. Pkl 
5 Green Wm. Ggt 
1 Gregory Robert 
5 Gregory Rd. Ggt 
5 G ripper Wm. Brw 
3 Gunn John, Ptr 
5 GuttridgeThos. Mst 
3 Hack forth Hy. Ptr 
7 Hall Thomas 
1 Hallam George 
5 Hancock, Heb. Ird 
3 Hancock Saml. Fst 
3 Harold Wm. Ptr 
5 Harper John, Pkl 
5 Harrington Reb.Atr 
1 Harris John 
3 Haslam John, Hst 

1 Haughton 

5 Haynes John, Brw 
5 Hazeldine John, Shi 
5 Hazeldine, Sar. Ggt 
Hemsley Jas. S. (warp 
net) 27, Prospect pi 
1 Henshaw George 
5 Hewitt John, Ird 
3 Hickling Thos. Hst 
1 Higton John 
5 Hill Benj. Pst 
5 Hill Jph. Chapel st 
3 Hill Mattw. Ptr 
5 Hill Wm. Ggt 
7 Hind John 
5 Holland Saml. Ird 
Holmes Jtn. Ppl 
5 Holt Wm. Dgt 
Hooke Danl. 15, Ppl 



7 Hooke Joseph 
1 Hooton James 
3 Hooton John, Svr 
5 Hooton Saml. Pkl 
3 Hopewell John. Ptr 
5 Hopkin John Wst 
Hopkin Wm. 20, Shr 
1 Hubbard John, Ird 
1 Husbands Saml 
5 Huskinson Hy. Ggt 
Jackson Wm. 36, Ppl 
5 James Cornls. Ggt 
Jarvis Fras. Ppl 
Jeffs Crescent, Ppl 
5 Johnson John, Afd 
5 Johnson Wm. Wst 
5 Keary John, Dgt 
5 KettlebandWm. Ggt 
Kirk Joseph, Ppl 
1 Knight Joseph 
5 Knight Wm. Sst 
5 Knight Wm. Hth 
3 Lamb Rt. Hst 

3 LeatherlandW. Crw 

4 Ledger Thos. Ggt 

5 Ledlie James Ggt 
5 Lever John, Gst 
3 Lees John, Svr 

5 Levers Jph. Shi 
5 Locke William 
5 LongmireWm. Atr 
3 Lymbery John, Ptr 
3 Maltby Jph. Ptr 
Maltbv Thos. Sdh 
3 Marriott H & Wm 
3 Marriott Thos. Shr 
3 Martin Geo. Ptr 
Martin John, Ppl 

3 Mather Eml. Shr 
5 Merchant Rt. Pst 
Middleton John, Sdh 
5 Middleton Saml. Shi 
5 Moore Stph. Ird 

1 Morrell William 
5 Morris John, Shi 
5 Morris Wm. Brw 

4 Murray Samuel 

3 Need ham Jn. Svr 
3 Needham Saml. Ptr 
3 Nelson John, Svr 

5 Newham Hy. Dgt 
1 Newton Thomas 
5 Oliver John, Cht 



RADFORD PARISH. 



.589 



3 Owen Jph. Ptr 
Palmer John, Ppl 
3 Parker John, Ptr 
5 Parker Saml. Gst 
3 Pedder Wm. Shr 

3 Peet Geo. Shr 

5 Piercy John, Sst 

4 Pilkington, Joseph 
Plowright John, Ppl 
Poltney John, Shr 

5 Poole Wm. Atr 
3 Potter Thos. Ftr 
Proctor Benj. Ppl 
i Ragg Joseph 

5 Ratcliffe Saml. Shi 
5 Redfern Thos. Ird 
3 Renew Michl. Ptr 

Rigby David, Ggt 
3 Richardson, Jas.Pti 
3 Robinson John, Ftr 

1 Robinson Wm. & J 

Robinson William 
5 Roe Eliz. Ird 

3 Sampson Hy. Ptr 
3 Savage Jph. Ptr 
5 Say well Wm. Sst 

3 Scott Abm.Shr 

5 Scottorn Thos. Pkl 
5 Seal Frs. Pkl 

4 Seives Benjamin 
Seibv Thomas, Shr 

5 Sewell Wm. Nst 
Shipman Thos. Ppl 
5 Simpson Jas. Ird 
Skevington Samuel, 8. 

Prospect place 
3 Slack Geo. 8, Shr 
5 Slack Saml. Bnv 
5 Smith James 
5 Smith James 
5 Smith John, Ird 
5 Smith Saml. Afd 

1 Smith Samuel 

5 Smith Thomas, Dgt 
5 Smith Thomas, Gs;t 

3 Siieath Wm. Lst 
«j Soar Wm. Gst 

4 Stanton Abm. Kst 

4 Stanton John 

3 Storer Benj. Ptr 
3 Street John, Ptr 

5 Street Saml. Atr 
Street Wm. Ppl 



7 Streeton William 
.5 Summer Wm. Wst 
1 Sutton George 
5 Synyer Hy. Dgt 
5 Taylor John, Gst 
7 Taylor John 
1 Taylor Thomas 
5 Tetley Wm. lid 
3 Thurman Samuel 
Meed, Castle place 

3 Tinkler Rt. Crw 

5 Tingley Thos. Gst 

1 Tomlinson George 
5 Tomlinson Thomas 
5 Trueman Saml. Pkl 
5 Upton Geo. Islingn 

4 Vann Walter, K*t 

5 Walker Geo. Fdk. 
(bdg. surveyor) Est 

5 Walker Thos. Atr 
5 Walker Wm. Pst 
3 Ward Edwin Hst 

Warner Thos. Dgt 
Warwick John, Sdl 
5 Watton Saml. Ggt 
West Eb. 21, Ppl 
West Fras. 24, Ppl 

3 White Sam!. Shr 
3 Whittle Wm. Ptr 
7 Wild Wm. & Geo 
5 WHlbond Wm. Ggt 
Willey Saml. Sdl 
3 Wilson Wm. Shr 
5 Woodroffe W. Dnt 
Woodward J as. Ppl 
5 Wright Thos. Ird 
Wright Thos. Ppl 
5 Wrighton John, Ird 
Boot fy Shoe Mkrs. 
5 Baguley Jph. Dnt 
Benton Wm. Ppl 

2 Birkinshaw Thos 

3 B'atherwick Jn. Fst 

3 Brown Chs. Sst 

4 Burton John 

5 Cartwright Tb. Afd 

1 Chesterfield John 
5 Cress well Thos 

5 Dunk Beaj. Ard 
Dring James, Ppl 
| 5 Fisher Edm. Ard 
3 Gibson Jas. Crw 
3 Gibson Wm. Hst 
3 a 9. 



3 Hallam John, Hst 
5 Hannah Benj. Ggt 
5 Hedderley Geo. Shi 
1 Herring Benjamin 
1 Higginson Samuel 

3 Idwell John, Shr 

4 Pilkington Richard 

5 Riley Jonth. Gst 
5 Shaw Thos. Ard 
5 Smith William 

1 Swift James 

5 Taylor William 
7 Turpin John 

2 Walker John 

3 Warren Edwd 

7 Walker William 

4 Whitehurst Jacob 

5 Wood Thomas Wil- 
son, Gst 

5 Wright Jph. Brw 
Bricklayers* 

3 Attenborough Gee. 
8, Pleasant row 

5 Butler Mich!. Mnt 

2 Chambers Thomas 
1 Harlow John 

1 Knight Jn. (mason) 

4 Knight Wm. (ma- 
son) Hague street 

5 Parker Thos. Atr 
5 Wright Thos. Ird 

Butchers, 

3 Addicott Dd. Ftr 
5 Aikin Rd. Afd 

7 Dickens Edward 
5 Gould James, Afd 
5 Hayles Thos. Dnt 
3 Kirk Thos. Svr 
5 Mason Mat. Ird 
5 Parker Levi, Shi 
5 Richards Saml. Aid 

3 Stokes Mat. Hst 

4 Tandy Rt. Abbey: 
I White William 

.5 Wright John, Gst 

Cart Owners ■> 
3 Abbot Rd. Hcl 
7 Anthony Samuel 
7 Biaithwaite Thos 

5 Burton John, Sst 
,5 Lowen John 

o Maples Thos 

o Southern Thos. A I'd 



590 



RADFORD PARISH. 



7 Taylor John 
5 Watson Wm. Sst 
Cotton Spinners, 
Wilson Wm. & Saml. 
(and Angola, and 
fancy yarns) 
Corn Millers. 
Bostock Edw. sen. 

Lovett mills** 
Burton John, Bur- 
ton's mill — John 
Bonner, manager 
7 Harrison George 

2 Simpson Joseph 
7 Smith Edward 

Druggists. 
5 Houldgate Rt. Pbs 
5 Need & Coltman, 

Saville row 
5 Saunders Sarah Ggt 
Framesmiths fy Ma- 
chine Makers. 

4 Brookhouse Thos. 
Prince street 

3 Chater & Kinder, 
8, Saville row 

1 Bunting & Ragg, 
Bloomsgrove st 

5 Cheswell John, Atr 
5 Evans David, Dgt 
5 Gregory Rd. Ggt 
3 Hancock Saml. Fst 

INNS & TAVERNS. 
.5 Cannon, Saml. Gunn, Derby rd 
3 Cricket Players & Tea Gar- 
dens, John Pepper 

1 Peacock Inn, Saml, Elliott, Ird 
5 Pelican, Mary Cooper, Pel. st 
7 Plough, James Wood 
Radford Grove and Tea Gardens, 

William Parr 

7 Rose, Joseph Wild 

5 Sir J. B. Warren, Ann Web- 
ster, Sion hill 

7 Three Tons, Wm. Streeton 

2 Wheat Sheaf, Samuel Scott 
7 White Horse, Wm. Whitworth 
5 White Lion, Wm. Fletcher, Gst 
5 Wind Mill, John Godfrey, Afd 

BEERHOUSES. 
1 Black Horse, Wm. Mason 
5 Samuel Ingram, High street 



3 Kenrick Wm. Fst 
5 Kerry Rd. & Co. 

Denman street 
5 Levers Thos. Shi 
7 Littlewood Thomas 
5 Motteishaw Ts. Ird 
I Ragg Reuben 
5 Simpson Thos. Shi 
3 Smith James, Gkt 
Smith Thomas Ppl 
5 Tomlinson Ts. Gkt 
5 Twigg James, Dgt 
7 Wild Wm. & Geo 
Framework Knitters. 
3 Collins John 
3 Diggle Nathaniel 
5 Fawcett Wm. Atr 
5 Floyd William 
3 Gunn Thomas, Ptr 
5 Horner Hy. Gst 
1 Kingsley William 
5 Lockwood Wm. Gst 
5 Preston John, Pst 
5 Shipman Luke, Pkl 
3 Storey Chas. Hst 

3 Watson John, Svr 
1 Wells James 
Wells Thomas, Ppl 

Gardeners. 

4 Cresswell Patrick 



1 Goodman Jph. (job) 
5 Heath Thos. (job) 
5 Hind Hy. Ird 

5 Hind Wm. Ggt 

2 Johnson Richard 
Kerry John, Aspley 

2 Milton George 

7 Richards Edward 
5 Tomlins John, Hgt 
5 Turner Wm. Hgt 
7 Wilkins Thomas 
Hair Dressers. 
5 Allen Thos. Shi 
7 Kidman Henry 
5 Need Jph. Brw 

3 Shephard Jon. Crw 
3 Taylor William 

Hosiery Manuftrs. 
5 Collyer Saml. (silk) 

Islington road 
3 Helson John, Fst 
5 Jenkins Chas. Wat- 
son, & Co. Park 
hill, & Milk street, 
London 
Ratcliffe John, Sst 
3 Richardson Jas. Ptr 
7 Saxton John 
Thorne Wm. Byfpl 
3 Ward John, Hst 
3 Whittle Wm. Ptr 



5 Culley John, Sst 

5 Down Jas. (job) Gst 

5 James Gould, Alfreton road 
5 Thomas Marlow, Ilkeston rd 

3 Joshua Overend, Forest st 

4 William Smith, Abbey row 
7 John Winfrey 
7 Isaac Mosley 

3 Coffee-house, Wm. Leatherland 
1 Dog & Pheasant, John Higton 

5 Generous Briton, Wm. Wilson, 
Heath street 

4 Jolly Higler, Eliz. Copestick 

5 Jolly Miller, Ann Johnson, Sh) 
3 Jolly Sailor, Thos. Brown, Hst 
5 King Wm, IV. Wm. Page, Cht 
3 New Inn, Hy. Warren, Hst 
3 Odd Fellows, Hy. Ward, Hst 
5 Old Oak, Rd. Wheatcroft, Dnt 
Pheasant, William Street, Ppl 
5 Polish Lancer, Geo. Barton, Atr 
5 Wheat Sheaf, Jn. Harrison, Ird 



BROXTOW HUNDRED, 



591 



Joiners fy Cabinet 

Makers. 
1 Brutnell Wm 

3 Pinner Geo. Adp 
5 Simons Wm. Elt 

5 Smith John & Wm. 

De Ligne Street 
5 Taylor John, Hst 
7 Wild William 
5 Wilson Saml. Cht 
Maltsters. 

4 Burton & Pidcock, 
King street 

I UnderwoodWm. Bst 
7 Winfred John 

Nail Makers. 
1 Jackson John, Bst 

5 Taylor John, Sst 

Needle Makers. 
3 Cherry Saml. Hst 
5 Litchfield Jn. Gst 
5 Noble Saml. Gst 
5 Redwood Hy. Brw 
5 Shipman John, Pst 
3 Wylde Rd. Ptr 

Painters. 
3 Biddulph John, Ptr 
5 Malbon Geo. Drd 
3 Stainforth Jn.Crw 
Plumbers Sf Glaziers. 
5 Gunn Saml. Drd 
1 Shelton George 
3 Stephenson George 

Sadler. 
5 Bradwell John Gst 

Shopkeepers. 
5 Atkin Matt. Afd 
5 Bailey Thos. Mst 
5 Bainbridge Jn. Gst 
3 Ball Wm. Hst 



4 Beck Adam, Ggt 

5 Bostock Jph. Gst 
5 Brown Eliza, Shi 

5 Cartwright Jn. Sst 
5 Cheadle John, Dnt 
5 Chimley Thos. Est 
1 Crooks John 

4 Dickisson Henry 

5 Ellis John, Shi 

5 Fallowell Geo. Sst 

4 Greaves John, Ird 

5 Hall Wm. Dnt 

3 Hextall Ann, Adp 
5 Hollingworth F. Pst 

1 Hubbard John, Ird 
5 Humber Saml. Ggt 
5 Husbands Jph Brw. 
5 Lees Fras. Dnt 

4 Johnson John 

3 Manners My. Svr 

5 Mario w Thos. Ird 
5 Maycock Wm. Dgt 
7 Morley George 

5 Neison Adam, Ggt 

2 Page William 
5 Peach Samuel 

3 Pilkington Jn. Ptr 
Redgate George 

5 Redgate Wm. Gst 
1 Scotton Jas. (8z dpr) 
Shipman Th. 11, Ppl 
7 Smith Edward 
5 Smith John, Brw 
7 Taylor William 

4 Tookey Sarah 
7 Turpin John 

5 Unwin Wm. Est 
1 Walker John 

5 Wells John, Dnt 

4 White William 



5 White John Ber- 
ridge (bacon dealer) 
Brw 
5 Williamson Rd. (& 

broker) Afd 
5 Wilson Wm. Hth 
7 Wilson Ann 

Sinker Makers. 
5 Millward Geo. Dgt 
5 Millward Jn. Mst 
5 Wells Saml. Gst 
Tallow Chandler* 
5 Beardmore J. Shi 

Tailors. 
1 Bywater James 
5 Fox John, Ird 
3 Gibbons John, Hst 
7 Goulding John 
3 Hasty Geo. Svr 
5 Hill Jph. Cht 

1 Hitchcock Saml 

5 Kettleband Jn. Brw 
h Kingsley Zep. Gst 
7 Newton Isaac 

2 Parker William 

3 Redwood, Wm. Hst 
1 Rigg Jph. Ird 

5 Tait James, Brw 

4 Taylor Robert 
TetleyGeo. Ppl 

5 Wall John, Gst 

Turners. 
5 Bennet John Afd 
5 Halfpenny John (& 
fancy chair) Earlst 
Wood Benjamin 
5 Wood Wm, Brw 
Wheelwrights. 
7 Buck Wm. & Son 
4 Ledger William 



SELSTON PARISH lies near the source of the Erwash, 
which divides it from Derbyshire within three miles of Alfreton. 
It abounds in coal and ironstone, and comprises 2050 acres of 
enclosed land, and 900 acres of open common, of which Viscount 
Melbourne, Lord Mexborough, and Sir Willoughby Dixie ara 
the principal owners, and joint lords of the manor. The latter 
gentleman is also impropriator, and patron of the vicarage which 
is valued in the King's books at «£5, and is now enjoyed hy the 
Rev. Joseph Churchill Dixie. The population amounts to 
1321 souls, living in 256 houses, which are scattered through 



592: 



SELSTON PARISH* 



the hamlets of Selston, Bagthorp, and Underwood, the 
two latter of which are distant from one to two miles south of 
the former, and 10 miles N.N. W. of Nottingham. The church, 
dedicated to St. Helen, has a tower and two bells. In the pa- 
rish are three chapels, viz. one at Selston belonging- to the Cal- 
vinists, one at Hand-Stabbing occupied by the Wesleyans, and 
one at Bagthorpe tenanted by the Primitive Methodists. The 
feast is on the nearest Sunday to Old Michaelmas. 

Bagthorpe is the centre division of the parish, and in it is 
the ancient hall of Wansley, or JVandesley, near which, in 
1830, a urn full of silver coins was found. 

Underwood, where a colliery has lately been opened, is at 
the south end of the parish, adjoining to Brinsley. The Selston 
colliery has been established several years, and a railway is laid 
from it to Pinxton. 

Charities. — Three cottages in Selston were built with 
£32. 10s. belonging to the poor, for which the overseers distri- 
bute 22s. 6d. yearly, together with 10s. as the interest of £\0 
arising from several benefactions. Lady Dixie left 6s. per an- 
num to be distributed in bread in this parish, u on Nottingham 
goose fair eve." 

Those marked I reside at Bagthorpe, 2 at Hand Stubbing hill, 3 
Jack's Dale, 4 Selston, 5 Toadhole* 6 Underwood* 7 fVest- 
wood, and 8 atJVoodnook. 



2 Ball John, beerhouse 

6 Barber Walker and Co. colliery 

owners 
6 Bdardsall John, beerhouse 
4 Bland John, victualler Bull & 

Butcher 
4 Bland Robert, baker 
4 Brabley John, wheelwright 
8 Carlin Thomas and Son,, ho- 
siery manufacturers 

2 Clark William, yeoman 

3 Clark J. vict. Portland Arms 
6 Coates Eli, maltster 

2 Cook Chpr. cooper 

1 Farnsworth John, beerhouse 

6 Granger Samuel, maltster 

4 HardstarF Rev. Geo. (Baptist) 

1 Holmes John, smith, and beer- 
house 

4 Howitt Rebecca, Horse and 
Jockey 

Jones-Thomas, draper and beer- 
house 

'> Jowitt Peter, mason 

4 Lee Matthew, butcher 

2. Lilley Henry, shopkeeper 



4 Littlewood Samuel, joiner 

4 Oakes James and Co. colliery 

owners 
8 Robinson Mary, victunller 
4 Salmon Matthew, blacksmith 
4 Saunders Samuel, joiner 

2 Smith Mr. Benjamin 

4 Waterhali John, farrier 
4 Waters Henry, shopkeeper 
4 Webster James, blacksmith 
6 Wharmby William, beerhouse 
6 Wilcockson, Samuel, engineer 
6 Williamson Edward, miller 
4 Wilson James, tailor & p. clerk 
1 Wilson John, vict. Dixie Arms 
1 Wilson Thomas, gent 
6 Wilson Thomas, butcher > brick- 

maker and horse dealer 
4 Wilson Samuel, tai'or 
FARMERS. 
4Allsebrook J 4Clark John 
JBett Geo 4Clark Joseph 

4Birkinshaw J 4Clark Robert 
4Bland Mary 4Clark Samuel 

3 Booth Martha 4Day Richard 
iClaik John 4Dodson The?. 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



593 



6Fisher Wm 
4Fletcher Jph 
Selston Hall 
4Fiint James 
4Gill Joseph 
7Heald George 
6 Hewitt Henry 



7Hill George 
4Hunt Samuel 
Uackson Rd 
lMaltbyE.Wan- 

slev Hall 
3Maltby Geo 
4Renshaw Ben 



4Salmon Sarah 3Sterland John 
4Sant John 4Waterhall Sam 

ISaunders Thos 6Wharmby Jno 
4Saxton Sarah 4Whithers Thos 

Carrier. — John Lee. to Not- 
tingham, Wed. & Sat. 4 mg. 



SKEGBY village is built on the two declivities of a deep and 
narrow valley, near the source of the river Meden, 3 miles W. 
of Mansfield. The parish contains 656 inhabitants and 1424 
acres of land, and has a coal mine, a coarse pottery, and several 
limestone quarries and kilns, the latter of which are in Stoney- 
ford-lane. John Dodsley, Esq. of Skegby Hall, is the principal 
owner and lord of the manor, which was a parcel of the King's 
manor of Mansfield, until James J. granted it to an ancestor of 
its present lord. The church is a small ancient structure, and 
was formerly a chapel to Mansfield. It is a curacy, certified at 
.£13. 16s. 8d. and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Wm. Goodacre* 
The dean of Lincoln is the patron and appropriator, but the 
Duke of Portland is his lessee, and holds a peculiar court for 
proving the wills, &c. of this parish and Teversal. The feast 
is on the Sunday after July 10th. In 1613, Matthew Clark 
left 10s. yearly to the poor, out of land now belonging to Mr. 
Wm. Ward. In 1741, Simon Smith bequeathed his real and 
personal estate to found an hospital here, but his devise was 
void by the mortmain act. 



Dodsley John, Esq. Skegby Hall 
Adlington Wm. miller & brick mr 
Allen Thomas, blacksmith 
Alvey Wm. hosiery agent 
Booth John, lime burner 
Bower Samuel, gardener 
J Chad wick Thomas, wheelwright 
Chambers Saml. red ware and 

brick manufacturer 
Coope George & Wm. coopers 
Duffin Thomas, weaver 
i Dobb William, beerhouse ( 

Hardstaff William, parish clerk 
Herriott Samuel, mason & vict 
Hibberd James, shoemaker 
Hibberd William, shopkeeper 
Tudson Benjamin, tailor 
Judson Wm. bobbin net maker 



Milner Joseph, beerhouse 
Ovendale William, lime-burner- 
Parsons Saml. vict. White Swan 
Radford Wm. blacksmith 
Rawson Saml. vict. Anchor 
Robinson Henry, shoemaker 
Rowe Saml. shopr. & hosiery agt 
Ward Thos. S. hosiery agent 
Ward William, gentleman 
FARMERS. Slack Thos. 



Anthony Jph 
Caladine Jph 
Caladine Wm. 
Dobb Matt 
Hall John 
Parsons Cath 
Parsons Rd 



Townroe Rt (& 

maltster) 
Townroe Roby 
Wass John 
Wilson Saml 
Wilson Saml 



STAPLEFORD is a large village, pleasantly situated on the 
Erwash, near the Derby road, 6 miles W. by S. of Nottingham. 
Here are upwards of 100 machines employed in making tatting 



594 



STAPLEFORD PARISH. 



and warp lace. The parish contains about 1100 acres, and its 
population has increased since the year 1801, from 748 to 1533 
souls. The principal owners are Lady Warren, Mrs, Fisher, 
Mr. Charles Antill, Mr. John Dodsley, and John Jackson, Esq., 
the latter of whom is lord of the manor, and patron of the per- 
petual curacy; though the Lord Chancellor presented the two 
last incumbents. The church is a neat edifice with a tower and 
spire, and was repaired in 1785 and 1819. The living, which 
is now enjoyed by the Rev. Richard Hoggarth, has been twice 
augmented with Queen Anne's Bounty, and received at the 
enclosure in 1771, an allotment of 3a. 1r. 10p. In the village 
is an ancient cross, with a very curiously wrought shaft. The 

feast is on the Sunday before Old St. Luke's, or on that day 
when it falls on a Sunday. Here are two Methodist chapels, 

"one built 40 years ago, and the other in 1 831. Several sick 
societies, and a numerous lodge of Odd Fellows, meet in the 
village. 

Staplepord Hall is the seat of Lady Warren, relict of the 
late JRt. Hon. Admiral Sir John Borlase JVarren, Bart, and 
K. B. y who rebuilt the house in 1797, and sheltered the lawn 
with beautiful plantations. It would far exceed our limits to 
enter on the biography of this gallant admiral, who died in 
1825, but it is a fact worthy of recording here, that at the com- 
mencement of the American war, he went to the Fleet and 
King's Bench prisons, and released with his own purse all the 
naval officers confined there for debt. Lady Warren pays for 
the education of 40 girls, and a National school room has just 
been built by subscription. The poor parishioners receive 20s. 
yearly from Handley's charity, (see p. 165,) and 20s. yearly 
from the funds of Willoughby's hospital at Cossal. 

New Stapleford is a hamlet one mile N.E. of Old Staple- 
ford, and near it is the " Hemlock stone " a ponderous fragment 
of a Druid's Temple. 



Warren Lady Car. Stapleford hi 
Antill Chas. tanner, Brockhill 
Armston Samuel, painter 
Atkin James, guide & needle mkr 
Barton John, vict. & joiner 
Barton Vincent, beerhouse 
Bosquet Yelverton, surgeon 
Bramley Thos. hosiery agent and 

manufacturer 
Brentall Elijah, vict. &bricklr 
Bramley Jn. vict. New Stapleford 
Bramley Matthew, beerhouse 
Cheetham James, machine mkr 
DaykinJohn, parish clerk 
Dodsley John, gentleman 
Eaton William, blacksmith 
Eyley Joseph, schoolmaster 



Garrett John, painter 
Godby John, guide & needle mkr 
Gollin John, plumber & glazier 
Greasley Eliz. victualler 
Greasley James, tailor 
Jackson John, Esq. brick maker 
Jones Edward, joiner 
Jones William, schoolmaster 
Kent Peter, corn miller 
Lambert William, blacksmith 
Newell Wm. lace singer & vict 
Palmer John, machine maker, 
and lace thread manufacturer 
Salthouse Thomas Hill, gent 
Scattergood Peter, machine mkr 
Shepherd William, joiner 
Sleigh Capt. Wm. Niagara Cot 






BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



595 



Smalley Mrs. Ann & Sarah 
Smith John, machine maker 
Smith Joseph, tailor 
Watkin William, baker, &c. 
Wood Rev. Hugh, curate 
Wood Robert, wheelwright 
Wright Thomas, corn miller 
Boot and Shoe Makers. 
Barton V. & W Howard Thos 
Butler Joseph Oldershaw Wm 
Foster Joseph Watson John 

Partners. 
Birch William Toft Wm. and 
Hallam William brick mkr 
Hickinbotham Townsend Alex 

Wm. & brick Wallis John 

maker 



Grocers and Shopkeepers. 
Bramley Thos Daykin Saml 
Chester Rd. (& Doar John 

draper) Smedley John 

Tatting and JVarp Lace Mfrs. 

Those marked * purchase and 

finish the Tatting ; and t are 

Bobbin Net makers. 



Atkin Eliz 
Atkin Isaac 
Dalley Wm 
Dann Saml 
fGreasley Dd 
Johnson Thos 
Kirk by John 
f Palmer Geo 



Smedley Thos 
+ Smedley Gerv 
Smedley John 
•Streets John & 

Son 
•Taylor James 
Whitelev Thos 
f Wright Thos 



STRELLEY PARISH is a district of scattered dwellings, 
5 miles W.N.W. of Nottingham, and contains 426 inhabitants 
and 1800 acres of land, all of which belongs to T. W. Edge, 
Esq. of Strelley Hall, a plain but neat modern mansion, sur- 
rounded by tasteful pleasure grounds, commanding fine views 
of the romantic scenery in the vicinity. It anciently gave name 
to "one of the oldest and most famous knightly families in the 
county." The church is dedicated to All Saints, and has been 
much improved by Mr. Edge, who has ornamented it with an 
elegant stained glass w r indow. The living is a rectory, in the 
same patronage and incumbency as that of Bilborough, {see p. 
559.) The/east is on the same day as that at Stapleford. About 
one mile N.W. of the hall is Strelley Park colliery, whence 
coals are conveyed on a railway to the Nottingam canaL 



Edge T. Webb, Esq. Strelley hi 
Edge Rev. J. Webb, M.A. rector 
Barber, Walker, & Co. coal owns 
Blunston William, farmer 
CartwrightRd.com miller 
Day John, farmer 
Dodsley John, vict. Broad Oak 
Flewitt William, blacksmith 
•Hardstaff Thomas, gamekeeper 



Martin John, shoemaker 
Needham Jph. shopkr. & vict 
Nixon Mr. Charles 
Scavern Job, farmer 
Shepperson John, farmer 
Stevenson Emanuel, shopkpr 
Watkinson Charles, bricklayer 

White Mrs. 

Woodhouse Mrs. Marv 



SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD PARISH extends from 3 to 5 
miles west of Mansfield, and contains 5734 inhabitants and 
5861a. Or. 12p. of land, divided into the two townships of 
Sutton-in- Ashfield and Hucknall-under-Huthvjaite y and of 
which 3155a. 2r. 14p. belong to the Duke of Portland, in- 
cluding 1100 acres allotted to him, at the inclosure in 1798, in 
lieu of the rectorial tithes ; — his grace being the impropriator, 



596 SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD. 

and lord of the manor, which is partly copyhold, and was a 
Berue of the Soke of Mansfield. Amongst the old tenures we 
find that Jordan de Sutton held land here of the crown by pay- 
ing 14s. yearly, besides rendering homage, suit and service at 
the Mansfield court, and attending the king's army in Wales, 
" with one man, and horse and habergeon, cap of iron, lance 
and sword/' 

Sutton-in-Ashfield, 3| miles W. S. W. of Mansfield, is a 
very large village and township, comprising more than four- 
fifths of the parish, and 4805 inhabitants, mostly employed in 
the cotton, hosiery, and lace manufactures, there being here no 
fewer than 1700 stocking frames, 20 bobbin net machines, and 
an extensive factory for spinning cotton, and making checks 
and nankeens. Here are likewise two potteries of coarse red 
ware. The ancient fairs which had long been obsolete were 
revived in 1832, with every prospect of success. They are held 
on the second Tuesday in April, and the last Tuesday in Sep- 
tember, for the sale of horses, neat cattle, sheep, swine, cheese, 
&c. A hiring for servants is held Nov. 25th, or on the follow- 
ing day, if that date should be Sunday. The feast is on the 2d 
Sunday after July 10th. Near the village is Mapple Wells, 
the water of which is of a petrifying quality, and has been suc- 
cessfully used in rheumatic cases. The church stands on an 
eminence, and has a handsome octagonal spire. It is dedicated 
to St. Mary, and the benefice is a curacy, endowed with land at 
Edderley, purchased with Queen Anne's Bounty, and now let 
for ^37 a-year. The Duke of Devonshire is the patron, and 
the Rev. W r m. Goodacre the incumbent. The organ % which 
was built in 1826, and cost £300, was the gift of the late John 
Shooter, an eccentric blacksmith, who died in 1829, aged 97. 
Here are five dissenting chapels belonging to the Indepen- 
dents, (built in 1743) the Calvinistic and General Baptists, and 
the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and they have each a 
Sunday school. There are here several friendly societies, a 
book club, an harmonic society, and a Dorcas society. The 
National school was established by subscription, in 1819, and 
the master now receives £9 yearly from the ancient school land, 
viz. — Fenny-bark close left in 1669, by Anne Mason, and Poth- 
house close, left by Eliz. Boot, about 40 years ago. In 1681, 
John Newton charged Wheldon's farm with the giving of two 
cloth coats to two of the most needy parishioners yearly. A 
horrid murder was committed in the village about 2 o'clock in 
the morning of Sep. 7th, 1830, by Henry Shooter, on the body 
of his father, after killing whom, he stabbed his mother, but 
before he could inflict on her a fatal blow, the pratricide heard 
some of the neighbours entering the house, an'd as he could not 
escape he cut his own throat and expired soon afterwards. 
This misguided youth was apprenticed to a surgeon, at Bake- 
well, and his impatience to possess his father's property, and 



S U T TON - 1 X - A SH F I K I, D . 



that of an aunt at Nottingham, led him to invite the latter to 
visit his parents, with whom it was his intention to have sacri- 
ficed her to his diabolical concupiscence, but she happily did 
not obey his invitation. Joseph fVhitehead, a framework 
knitter, who died here in 1811, aged 27, distinguished himself 
in the study of astronomy, constructed an orrory, and was an 
excellent musician. 

Eastfield is a considerable village § miles E. of the church, 
consisting principally of new houses and two potteries. 

Fulwood is a hamlet, 1 mile W. by S. of Sutton, and 1 mile 
further, in the same direction, is an extra -parochial farm called 
Fulwood Crow Treks, belonging to the Duke of Portland, 
and occupied by John Clark. 

Huckxall-uxder-Huthwaite is a village and township, 
containing 929 inhabitants, and about 1000 acres of land, bor- 
dering upon Derbyshire, and \\ miles W.N. W. of Sutton-in- 
Ashfield. It is situated upon a lofty declivity, and has an ex- 
tensive colliery, many framework knitters, and two chapels 
belonging to the Methodists and Independents. The poor here 
have £3 yearly, from the bequest of Abraham Haslam, in 183J, 
and 8s. yearly, pursuant to the wills of William Day and another 
donor. 

The Contractions used in the following Directory of Stjttox- 
ix-Ashfield, are Bin. for Blind lane ; Bkn. Back lane ; Cht. Church 
street; Clr. Club row; Dkt. Duke street; Efd. Eastfield; Fst. 
Forest st. ; Fin. Forest lane ; Fid. Fulwood ; Hst. High st. ; Hpt. High 
Pavement; Hsl. Haslam's hill ; Kgt. King St.; Lst. Lowst. ; Mkp. 
Market place ; Mst. Middle st. ; Nrw. New row ; Nrd. New road ; 
Ohl. Oates' hill; Sbs. Smedley's buildings; Sgn. Swine's green ; 
Upt. Upper st. ; and Win. Water lane. 

Letters are conveyed daily to and from Mansfield, by Dennis 
JVhetton. 



BarnsT. gardener,Sgn 
Berry John, setter-up. 

& toy dlr. Church 

street 
Bilson William, cot- 
ton spinner, Sutton 

works 
Brandreth John, par. 

clerk, Church st 
Burrows Rev. Jph. 

New row 
Cheetham Saml. nail 

maker, Ohl 
Coope Wm. leather 

cutter, Kingst 
Crofts Hy. pawnbkr. 

Low street 
Cursham, Mrs. Ann 



England Wm. saddler. 

Smedley's bdgs 
Foxton Jas. watch 

maker, King st 
Goodacre Rev. Wm. 

Blackmires 
Hambleton Jph. hat 

maker, Low st 
Jepson Mr. Rd. Hst 
Knighton G. chairmk 
May field Mary, Lst 
Oscroft Geo. brick lr 
Oscroft Geo. painter 
Sills Ephraim, con- 
stable, Church st | 
Swift Geo. wood agent 
to the Duke of Port- 
land, Rushley 

3 F 



Stanhope Wm. malt- 
ster. King street 
Waters Mr. G. Cht 
Watson John, book- 
keeper, Nrw 
Woolley Saml. Esq. 
Sutton Hall 
Academies, 
Jennings Jas. Sbs 
Litchfield John, Nrd 
Nott Rev. Clement, 

Upper street 
Rhodes Wm. Kgt 
Roome Rev. T. Hpt 

Bakers, fyc, 
Daubney John. Hst 
Godley Wm. Cht 
I Gregory Chas. Kgt 



593 



SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, 



Lindley John, Bin 
Blacksmiths, 
Clark John, Cht 
Wright Wrn. Lst 

Bobbin Net Mkrs. 
Bestall Chas. Cht 
Bower Saml. Hsl 
Boot John, Sbs 
Burrows Jph. Nrw 
Kirk Wm. Fst 
Penisland Geo. Fin 
Sheppard Saml. Win 
Boot fy Shoe Mkrs. 
Allen Cath. Hsl 
Buckland Geo. Ohl 
Coope Wm. Cht 
Curtis John, Clr 
Else Wm. Mst 
Else Wm. Cht 
Holbrooke Danl. Kgt 
Jackson Thos. Clr 
Jackson Wm. Sgn 
Oscroft John, Kgt 
Oscroft Matt. Mkp 
Robinson Saml. Efd 
Sells Stph. Clr 
Sleigh ton John, Efd 

Braziers, fyc. 
Gibson Rd. Mkp 
Stanhope Jas. & iron 

monger, Kgt 
Wass Geo. Butcher's 

yard 
Brick Sr Tile Mkrs. 
Bains John, Efd 
Heath John, Efd 

Butchers. 
Burton Thos. Lst 
Clarke Saml. Hst 
Clarke Wm. Bin 
Elliott Peter, Cht 
Oldham John, Win 
Rhodes John, Kgt 
Wass John, Lst 
Wass Wm. Fin 
Witham Fras. Kgt 
Chy mists fy Drugts. 
Jackson Saml. Mkp 
Littlewood Rd. Mkp 

Confectioners. 
Daubney John, Hst 
Morrell Fred. Cht 
Wilson John, Cht 



Com Millers. 
Crofts Jas. Sbs 
Hawkins John, Efd 
Cotton Spinners and 

Manufacturers. 
Un win Samuel & Co. 
Sutton works 
Earthenware Mfrs. 
Heath John, Efd 
MeePr. Redhouse 

Farmers. 
Allwood Hy. Kgt 
Bacon Thos. Cht 
Bailey Saml. Bkn 
Beecroft Wm. Cht 
Barns Saml. Fid 
Burton John, Mkp 
Chambers Sarah, Cht 
Clark John, Cht 
Clark Geo. Cht 
Clay Rt. Fin 
Clay Saml. Fid 
Else Isaac, Ohl 
Fisher Clay, Sgn 
Fisher Saml. Satton 

grange 
Hall Hannah, Kgt 
Hall Timothy, Forest 
Handley Jph. Bkn 
Hayes Isaac, -Fin 
Heathcote Saml. Bkn 
Hill John, Fid 
Hughes Wm. Blkmires 
Jephson Jph. Sbs 
Houselev Saml Mplt 
Kitchen'Wm. Redhs 
Lee Benjamin, Cht 
Lindley Jas. Stonehill 
Nowell Wm. Fid 
Marriott Saml. Fid 
Morris Eliz. Fin 
Outram Thos. Lst 
Radford Wm. Fin 
Shore Thos. Fid 
Smith Jph. Fin 
Straw Abm. Cht 
Straw Rebecca, Sbs 
White John 
Wragg Wm. 
Wright Wm. Cht 

Frame Smiths. 
Cawton James, Nrd 
Daubney John, Clr 



Dove Hy. Dkt 
Jephson Wm. Hst 
Marshall John, Kgt 
PittBenj. jun. Clr 
Salmon Thos. F6t 
Sheppard Saml. Wall- 
stone street 
Taylor Wm. Dkt 
Turner James, Rus- 
sell square 
Ward Wm. Hsl 
Grocers. 
Butterworth Hy. Mkp 
Dodson Matt. Lst 
Gadsby Thos. Lst 
Glasby Eliz. Kgt 
Hickton Saml. Lst 
Jephson Wrn. Hst 
Sampson Wm. Kgt 
Tudsburv Rd. Efd 
Wright Chte. Mkp 
Hair Dressers. 
Barlow Geo. Clr 
Burton Wm. Lst 
Cooke Wm. Mst 
Hosiery J gents and 

Manufacturers . 
Alvey Jph. Clr 
Betts Saml. Lst 
Brooks Edw. Bkn 
Butterworth H. Mkp 
Hickton Ebenr. Kgt 
Hickton Saml. Lst 
Jackson Geo. Clr 
Nayior Rd. Kgt 
Oscroft Geo. Lst 
PittBenj. Clr 
Radford Benj. Clr 
Radford John, Nrd 
Shaw Thos. Kgt 
Smith Joshua, Bin 
Turner Thos. Hsl 
Whiteman Jas. Lst 
Inns and Taverns. 
Black Bull, Francis 

Witham, Kgt 
BlueBell, E.Evans, Ct 
Brick and Tile, Wm. 

Bennett, Lst 
Cart and Horse, Geo. 

Penistant. Fin 
I Crown and Wool pack, 
I Eliz. Kirk. Ohl 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



599 



Denman's Head, Jn. 

Cooper, Mkp 
Dog and Duck, Wm. 

Wass, Fin 
Duke ofSussex, Jph. 

Fletcher, Fid 
Durham Ox, Samuel 

Wiley, Mkp 
George and Dragon, 

Sam. Chappeil, Nrw 
Nag's Head, Fras. 

Shacklock, Lst 
New Inn, William All- 
cock, Swine's green 
Old Blue Bell, John 

Heath, Eld 
Old Trooper, Jph. 

Webster, Clr 
Robin Hood, Thos. 

Dixon, Scott's hole 
Unicorn, George Law- 
son, Low street 
White Lion, James 

Hage, Portland st 
White Swan, Eliz. 

Crofts, Church st 
Beerhouses. 
Beardsall John, Kgt 
Bower Saml. Hsi 
Chadburn Wm. Nrd 
Crofts J as. Sbs 
England Wm. Sbs 
Straw Wm. Efd 
Tompkin Val. Efd 
Turner Jas. Rsq 
Wyeld Jph. Bkn 

Joiners. 
Adlington John, Clr 



Adlington Saml. Bin 
Brocks J. Duke st 
Brooks Jph. Bkn 
Fisher John, Sgn 
Foxton Saml. Kgt 
Haslam Wm. Hsl 
Lee Jph. Cht 
Ward Jph. Cht 

Limebur tiers. 
Barratt John, Hst 
Lindley John, Bkn 
Millwood Wm. Cht 
Linen 8? Win Drps. 
Hawkins & Allin, Efd 
Judd Robt. Mkp 
Miller Benj. Mkp 
Needle Makers. 
Blasdale John, Clr 
Butterworth Jn. Bkn 
Plumbers 8f Glaziers. 
Wass Saml. & Son, 

Church street 
Wilson Thos. Clr 
S/wp keepers. 
Adin Wm. Cht 
Allen Benj. Lst 
Bower Saml. Hsl 
Burton Hanh. Sbs 
Clark Wm. Wst 
Croft Hy. Lst 
Elliot Peter, Cht 
Fisher John, Sgn 
Gadsby Matt. Ohl 
Hawkins John, Efd 
Hollingworth W. Hpt 
Marriott Geo. Cht 
Marshall Benj. Bin 
Oates Wm. Ohl 



Spencer Thos. Hsl 
Straw Rt. Hsl 
Turner Thos. Hsl 
Sinker Makers. 
Allen Saml. Kgt 
Burgain Saml. Efd 
Chasador John, Dkt 
Tomlinson John Clr 

Surgeons. 
Sales Jph. & medi- 
cated baths, Hpt 
Valentine Jas. Wm. 
Portland street 
Tailors. 
BullineThos. Ohl 
Henstock John, and 
preserver of birds 
and beasts, Efd 
Mitchell Moses, Hst 
Shacklock, Fras. Bkn 
West Jph. Cht 
Wright Geo. Sgn 
Wyeld Jph. Bkn 

Tallow Chandlers. 
Barratt Jph. Bkn 
Dodson Matt. Lst 
Wheelwrights. 
Brown Thos. Sbs 
Fox Jph. Cht 
Leeson John, Hpt 

Carriers. 
Thos. Wilson, from 
Low street, and Thos. 
Bullock, from Back 
lane to Mansfield, W. 
& Sat. 5 mg. 



HUCKNALL-UNDER-HUTHWAITE. 

Allsop George, joiner 
Bams John, shoemaker 
Beardsmore George, grocer 
Bower Saml. vict. Portland Arms 
Brooks John, joiner 
Burrows Jerh. vict. " Col. Wild- 
man" 
Burrows Jerh. jun. schoolmaster 
Burton John, shopkpr & beerhs 
Burton Benj. grocer and agent 
Butterworth John, hosiery agent 
Chambers Jane, vict. Swan 
Clark George, shopkeeper 



Columbine Mr. Jonth. 
Ellis Eliz. shopkeeper 
Heath William, corn miller 
Hufton John, beerhouse 
Machon Joseph, land agent 
Melloi s John, colliery owner 
Pearce John, shoemaker 
Smith Rd. grocer & hosiery agt 
Stendall John, baker & flour dlr 
Ward Richard, grocer and agent 
Woodhead Tim. vict. & butcher 

Farmers. 
Addlington Rt Allsop G. jun 
Allsop Geo Allsop Hy 



m 



BROXTOW HUNDRED. 



Allsop Jno. Ful- 

wood 
Bacon John 
Bacon Mary 
Barns Rd 
Bovver Wm 
Chambers Thos 
Haslam Abm 



Herod John 
Herod Samuel 
Hill John 
Hill Sarah 
Johnson Rd 
Lowe Benj 
Lowe Wm 
Marshall Thos 



Marshall Matt Smith Samuel 

Mycroft Geo Stendall Wm 

Shepherd Matt Turner George 

Short John Ward Marv 
Smedley G. Ful-Ward Wm" 

wood Wilson Wm 

Smith Benj Wright J as 
Smith Edward 



TEVERSAL is a small village seated on a lofty eminence 
near the source of the river Meden, 4 miles W. by N. of 
Mansfield. Its parish, which has a number of scattered dwel- 
lings, abounds in coal and lime, and contains 400 inhabitants, 
and 2450 acres of land, bounded on the north and west by- 
Derbyshire, and including a small part (60a.) of the park of 
Hardwick Hall, m that county. The whole, except 40 acres 
of glebe, belongs to Viscount Porchester, who ..obtained the 
manor by marrying the heiress of the late Sir F. Molyneux. 
The churchy dedicated to St. Catherine, was enlarged in 1617, 
by J. Molyneux, Esq. who made under the south aisle a large 
vault, in which all his family are now gathered. The rectorv 
valued in the King's books at £9. 19s. 2d. is in the gift of 
Viscount Porchester, and incumbency of the Rev. Charles 
J. Simpson, M.A. The benefactions are 470, left in 1753 
and 1764, by Diana, and Sir Charles Molvneux ; and <£20 
left in 1728 by Timothy Wylde. 

Dunsell, 1^ m. N. ; Fackley Lane J m. S. W. ; Stanley 
1 m. W., and Whiteborouoh 2 m. S* W. are four hamlets, in 
this parish, which forms a junction with the parishes of Halt 
Hucknall, Pleasley, Skegby, and Mansfield, near Neivbound 
Mill. 



Marked!, reside at Dunsel ; 
Norwood ; 5, Stanley ; 6, Tever 
3 Bagshaw Francis, miller, New- 
bound mill 
6 Bramley William, wheel wiight 
2 Leverton Henry, blacksmith 
2 Roper Hannh. vict. Cross Keys 

6 Sympson Rev. Charles I. M.A. 
rector 

Farmers. 
2Ashmore Jno ICoope Wm 
5Bakewell Mary 6Cord well Jph 
oBingham VV 5CordweIl John 

7 Bowman J pa ICupit Jane 
Caladine Jno 4Havvksley Geo 



Fackley -lane ; 3, Moor-end ; 
sal; and'], IVhiteborough. 
2Hickton Thos ISanders Wm 
7Hill John ISmith Matt 

6Hill Thos 6Taylor Wm 

6Leverton Jas 6Webster Jno 
2Marsden Rt 2 Webster Rt 
6 Marshall Jph SWoodhead W 
^Marshall Wm. 2Wragg Fras 
2 Mokes Thos Shoemakers. 

4Poole Mary /Burnham T 
3Reynolds Geo 7Reeves Thos 



^Reynolds Han 6Taylor Hy 
5Roper Reb ^Webster Peter 



FRO WELL is a pleasant village, at the foot of a steep 
declivity, near the river Erwash, 5| miles West of Nottingham. 



TROWELL AND WOLLATON. 



601 



The parish has 402 inhabitants, and 1600 acres of land, all 
belonging to Lord Middleton, except 200 acres allotted to the 
rector, at the enclosure, in 1788. His lordship has an exten- 
sive colliery on TrowellMoor, where there is aivorkhonse, sup- 
ported by this parish and those of Cossal and Wollaton ; and 
his lordship pays the governor for educating 30 poor boys 
belonging to the three parishes. He is also patron of the rectory 
which was in two medieties, valued in the King's books at 
«£4. 14s. 4Jd. each, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. George 
Sanders. The church is dedicated to St Helen, and has a 
noble tower, with six bells, cast about 1790. The feast is on 
Whitsunday. The poor have 20s. yearly from Lord Middleton, 
pursuant to the will of Elizabeth "Hacker, in 1780 ; and also 
20s. from Handley's Charity. (See p. 165.) 

Whitehead Hphy. jun. & Cha ? - 



Eaton John, limeburner 
Farnsvvorth Wm. shoemaker 
Goodacre Richard, corn miller 
Hall Jno. governor, Workhouse 
Hewitt Joshua, parish clerk 
Hopewell James, butcher 
Martin John, butcher 
Smedley Mr. John 
Walker Rrchard, colliery agent 
Whitehead Ann, shopkeeper 
Whitehead Mr. Humphrey 



jun. & 
vety. surgeons & blacksmiths 
Whitehead James, shoemaker 
Whitehead John, vict 
Wright John, wheelwright 

Farmers. 
Al'cock Jno Potter Thomas, 
Hopewell Geo Swansar 



Hopkinson J 
Palin John 



Shaw Mary 
Smedley Wm 



WOLLATON is a well built, but a straggling village, three 
miles W. of Nottingham, containing within its parish 537 in- 
habitants, and 2000 acres of land, nearly all belonging to Lord 
Middleton, who is lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory 
which has annexed to it the curacy of Cossal, and is valued in 
the King's books at £14. 2s. 6d. The Rev. George Saunders 
is the incumbent, and has 7 acres of glebe. The church, 
dedicated to St. Leonard, has a handsome spire and six bells, 
and under it is the family vault of the Willoughby family, who 
obtained this lordship in the reign of Edward III. by marrying 
the heiress of the Morteins, to whom it had descended from 
Warner, the tenant of William Peverel, whose fee it was. Sir 
Francis Willoughby built Wollaton hall, in the reign of Eliza- 
beth. In 1711, Sir Thomas Willoughby, Bart, (a descendant 
of the Barons Willoughby of Eresby) was created Baron Mid- 
dleton, of Middleton, in Warwickshire, of which title the 
present Right Hon. Henry Willoughby is the sixth possessor. 
The parish feast is on the Sunday after that at Stapleford. The 
poor have 20s. yearly from Handley's charity, (see p. 165) and 
20s. from Willoughby's hospital, at Cossal. 

Wollaton Hall, the elegant seat of Lord Middleton, 
occupies a delightful situation in a beautiful park of 700 acres, 

3 f 2 



602 



WOLLATON HALL, &C, 



2 \ miles W. of Nottingham. It is built entirely of freestone, 
which came from Aneaster, in Lincolnshire, in exchange for 
coal, got on this estate. It is square, with four large towers, 
adorned with pinnacles ; and in the centre the body of the 
house rises higher, with projecting coped turrets at the corners. 
The front and sides are adorned with square projecting ionic 
pilasters ; the square stone windows are without tracery, and the 
too great uniformity of the whole is broken by oblong niches, 
circular ones filled with busts of philosophers, emperors, &c. 
and by some very rich mouldings. The interior is superbly 
furnished, has many stately apartments, and a very extensive 
and valuable collection of paintings, by the best masters. Near 
the house is a very handsome and extensive pile of stables and 
other exterior offices, erected in 1774. Close to the mansion is 
the ancient pleasure ground, in which the antique style is pre- 
served, though with some modern alterations and additions : 
here are a number of statues and the other usual ornaments of 
such places. The modern flower and kitchen gardens are at 
some distance from this, and completely hid in wood, so as only 
to be visible from the upper part of the house, which commands 
enchanting views of the park and its various ornamental build- 
ings and water, backed by fine groves, in which are seen shady 
walks, and all the beauties of garden scenery. The summer 
house is in the grotto style, pannelled and ceiled with looking 
glasses, and ornamented with paintings and shell work. Under 
it is a water house, formed completely in the grotesque, with 
shell and rock work. The park gate, on the south east side of 
the park, upon the Derby and Nottingham road, is a handsome 
modern erection of stone, with a neat lodge and light iron railing, 
and the approach to the hall is through a noble winding avenue 
of lime trees, nearly a mile in length. The park is well stocked 
with deer, hares, &c. and has a spacious sheet of water well 
supplied with a variety of fish, and enlivened by swans and other 
aquatic birds ; and is broken into gentle swells well wooded 
with oak and elm, and at intervals admitting some very pic- 
turesque and extensive views of the surrounding landscape. 



Middleton Lord, Wol- 

laton Hall 
Burton Jno. vict 
Burton Wm. vvheelgt 
.Chouler Ch. land agt 
Chouler Mr. Charles 
Chouler Wm. farmer 
Clay John, clerk 
Glew Saml. farmer 
Hancock Col. Skin- 
ner, Wollaton house 
ilewson J Bothamley, 
cabinetmaker 



Higget John, shoemkr. Slack Sam. shoemkr 
Smith Hy. p. clerk 
Smith Jph. butcher 
| Strike Peter, butler 
| Syson Lucy, shopkr 
I Taylor H. wharf agent 
Kirk land Jph. netmkr Warner John, joiner 
Middleton \V. bsmith Watkinson, J. bricklr 



Hook Joseph, tailor 
Hubbard VV. nursery 

man, &c. 
Jordan Thos. mason 
Kirk land Ed. farmer 



Rollinson Saml. Col- 
liery bailiff 
Sanders Rev. G,M.A, 
Skelslon J. whceliit 



Wibberley Isc. game- 
keeper 
Woodward Thos. vict 



NEW AH K -UPON- Tit ENt. 



(303 



NEWARK HUNDRED 

Is that long", narrow, and irregularly formed district, which is 
bounded on the west by the Trent and Fleet rivers, on the 
north and east by Lincolnshire, and on the south by the hun- 
dred of Bingham. Its length in the vale of the Trent, from 
East Stoke northward to North Clifton, is about 17 miles, but 
its average breadth is not more than 4 miles. It is divided into 
two divisions, under two chief constables, and forms ecclesias- 
tically the deanery of Newark, Its population has been con- 
siderably increased during the last thirty years, though it is 
chiefly dependent on agriculture, and its extensive trade in malt, 
flour, and smock frocks. The following is an enumeration of 
its 23 parishes, showing the number of inhabitants in each in 
1801, 1821, and 1831, and the annual value- of the lands and 
buildings, as assessed for the property tax in 1815 : 



ANN. 
VAL. 


PARISHES. 


POPULATION 

IN | 

1801. 1821. 1831.! 


ANN. 

VAL. 


PARISHES. 


POPULATION 
IN 

1801. 1821. 1831 


26418 
6228 
1980 
3900 
2595 
4015 
3440 
1154 
1006 
3929 
1473 
2564 
1292 
2069 


Newark 

Balderton 

Barnby 

Clifton N.* •• 
Coddington • 
Collingham N. 
Collingham S. 

Cotham • 

Elston 

Farndon 

Girtonf 

Hawton 

Kilvington . • 
Langford 


673a 8084 9557 
636 773 830 
195 247 237 
740 990 949 
326 374 435 
503 805 881 
539 686 727 

77 74 74 
394 446 552 
387 499 570 
125 182 183 
107 216 258 

40 43 45 
124 147 125 


923 
1518 
1331 

874 
1397 
1370 
3171 
1423 
2004 
1173 
1905 


Scarle South \ 
& Besthorp J 

Shelton 

Sibthorpe 

Staunton & \ 

Flawbro' • J 

Stoke (East) ■ • 

Syerston 

Thorney:}: 

Thorpe 

"Winthorpe • - 


119 151 157 
216 217 322 

73 105 113 

85 142 141 
128 142 93 

71 85 80 
293 424 320 
109 129 138 
243 264 308 

44 96 . 105 
196 235 228 


79202 


Total 


12505 15556 17428 



* Clifton (North) includes South Clifton, Harby, and Spalfotd twps. 

t Mering, which claims to be extra-parochial, is said to be in Girton parish... 

X Thorney includes Broadholme and Wiggersley hamlets. 



BOROUGH OF NEWARK. 

NEWARK-UPON-TRENT is an ancient but well-built 
market town, borough, and parish, pleasantly situated in the 
centre of a fertile district, at the junction of* the great north 
road with the turnpikes from Lincoln to Nottingham, Sheffield, 
&c, 124 miles N. by W. of London, 8 miles E. of Southwell, 
21 miles N. E. by E* of Nottingham, 20 miles S.S.E. of Retr 
ford, and 16 miles S.\Y\ of Lincoln. It is the capital of the 
hundred and deanery to which it gives name. As has been 
seen in the foregoing table, its population has swelled since the 



604 NEWARK-UPON-TRENT. 

year 1801, from 6730 to 9557 souls, consisting of 4499 males, 
and 5058 females. There has also been a corresponding* increase 
in the number of houses, and in the trade of the town, which 
consists principally in making malt, ale, flour, linen, and smock 
frocks, to a considerable extent, there being in the town and 
its neighbourhood a large brewery, 20 corn mills, a considerable 
number of malt kilns, and an extensive linen manufactory, 
(Hawton mills,) where fine linen is bleached after the Irish 
manner. Upwards of 480,000 bushels of malt were made here 
in 1830, for we find by the excise books, that in that year the 
duty paid (at the rate of 2s. 7d. per bushel) amounted to the sum 
of £66,990. 18s. Id. But Newark derives much of its cheer- 
fulness and wealth from its being a great public thoroughfare, 
from its well supplied markets, and from its participation in the 
traffic on the Trent navigation. The number of boats which 
passed the lock in 1818, was 6650, and the weight of the goods 
delivered and loaded here was 50,173 tons. The -market is 
held on Wednesday, and is well supplied with corn, meat, &c. ; 
and once a fortnight with cattle. Six fairs are held here an- 
nually, on the Friday before Careing Sunday;* May 14 ; Whit 
Tuesday; August 2nd; Nov. 1st; and Monday before Dec. 1], 
for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, &c. &c. A great cheese market 
was established in 1804, and continues to be held yearly on the 
Wednesday before Oct. 2nd. The Market Place is a spacious 
area lined with good buildings, which, on the south side, have a 
long piazza under the second floors. On the western side stands 
the elegant Town Hall, under which is an open space occupied 
on market days by those butchers who have no stalls in the adja- 
cent shambles. The principal entrances into the Marketplace are 
Stodman street, Bridge street, and Church street, the latter of 
which has three houses that project into the area, and ought to 
be removed. The other principal streets are Appletongate, 
Baldertongate, Barnbygate, Cartergate, Castlegate, Lombard 
street, Middlegate, Millgate, Northgate, and Wilson street, in 
which there still remain many ancient houses, except in the 
last, which was built on an uniform plan in 1766, by the Rev. 
Dr. Wilson. The streets of a more modern date are Pelham 
street, Portland street, Guildhall street, and some others. An 
Act of Parliament for paving the town was passed so early as 
1585, but it seems almost to have been a dead letter, till 1798, 
when it was strengthened by another Act, under which the 
work of paving, lighting, cleansing, &c. has been extended to 
every street and thoroughfare. There was anciently a cross in 
the Marketplace, but the only one now in the town is Beau- 
mond cross \ at the junction of Cartergate and Lombard street, 
which, as an inscription says, was erected in the reign of Edward 
IV., repaired by Charles Mellish, Esq. recorder, in 1778, and 

* Careing Sunday is the Sunday before Palm Sunday. 



»ttW a rk-uput<-tren r. 605 

again* repaired and beautified by the corporation in 180.1. In 
1806, an Act was obtained for more effectually repairing the 
roads from Newark to Mansfield and Southwell, and to Lead- 
en ham Hill, in Lincolnshire. 

Newark is not upon the Trent, but upon the river Devon, 
which, after receiving- the Smite and the Car-dike, communi- 
cates with a short cut from the Trent, and passing- under the 
majestic ruins of the castle, pursues a north easterly course to 
that river at Crankleys. near Winthorpe, so that the two streams 
form on the north west side of the town a large elliptical island 
of low but fertile pasture land, which they so frequently inun- 
date, that about the year VfJO t it was found necessary to connect 
the two bridges by a flood road, which cost £12,000, and 
now bids defiance to the highest floods. The bridge at the 
Newark end of this elevated road, is a substantial brick fabric 
ot seven arches, faced with stone, and erected in 1775, by the 
Duke of Newcastle, who, as lord of the manor under the crown, 
is empowered to take tolls on horses, cattle, swine, and loaded 
carts and waggons, for which he has to keep the bridge in 
repair. The bridge which crosses the Trent is supported by 
the owner of the Kelham estate, and is about \\ mile from 
Newark. The haling path bridge, which crosses the Devon 
near the large water mill, consists of five segmental arches, 
each 14 feet span, and was built in 1819, by the Newark 
Navigation Company, who, in \~u2, obtained an Act of Par- 
liament for widening and improving the stream, which, by a 
circuitous course of four miles, now brings the Trent navigation 
past the avails of Newark. Anciently three narrow and incon- 
venient wooden bridges occupied the sites of these durable 
structures of brick and stone. 

Ancient History. Various antiquarian conjectures have 
been hazarded respecting the origin of Newark ; the most 
plausible of which is, that it occupies the site of the Roman 
station Eltavona, which was subsequently enlarged by the 
Saxons from the ruins of several Roman cities in the neighbour- 
hood, on or near the Roman Fossway, which passes through 
the town from Leicester to Lincoln, (Vide, p. 18.) After this 
re-edification, it is supposed to have been the Saxon Sidnaceas- 
ter, which in the early days of Christianity was a bishopric, 
having had a succession of nine bishops after the year A. D, 
678; but some historians have placed that city at Stowe, in 
Lincolnshire. It is, however, certain, that Newark, during 
the Saxon heptarchy, was an important town, defended by a 
strong wall and fortress, and constructed partly of Roman ma- 
terials. After being destroyed by the Danes, (See p. 17 to 20,) 
it was rebuilt ; and hence New-work, (now corrupted to 
Newark,) was justly applied to it in the reign of Edward the Con- 
fessor. The domesday survey shews that the Coun+ess Godiva 
had paid the Dane-geld for her manor of Sewarke and its two 



606 NEWARK-TJPON-TRENT. 

berues, Baldertune and Farendune, as 7 carucats and 2 bovats 
of land, which in the Confessors time had been returned as 26 
carucates. In 1086, Remigius, bishop of Lincoln, had in 
demesne here 7 carucates, 56 burgesses, 42 villains, and 4 
bordars, having 21 £ carucates* The manor had soc in nearly all 
the parishes which now form the hundred and deanery of 
Newark. It was given by Leofrie Earl of Mercia, and his 
Countess Godiva to the monastery of Stow, and was afterwards 
claimed by the Bishops of Lincoln, one of whom, Alexander de 
Blois, built the present castle, in the reign of Stephen. Military 
erections were, however, even at that time deemed rather im- 
proper for an ecclesiastic to engage in, and to satisfy his troubled 
conscience, the bishop, after finishing the castle, founded two 
monasteries, but Stephen was not to be thus appeased, for he 
seized both the bishop and his uncle, and kept them in durance 
until they surrendered to him all their fortresses. In the reign 
of John, and in the baronial wars, Newark several times 
ehanged hands, and it was the scene of that monarch's death, 
but whether by poison or otherwise has not been clearly 
ascertained. Henry III. restored the castle to the Bishop of 
Lincoln. Tn 1530, Cardinal Wolsey lodged in it with a great 
retinue, in his way to Southwell, where he was accustomed to 
spend part of the summer. James I. was at Newark in 1602, 
and was addressed by the senior alderman, (there being then no 
mayor) Mr. John Twentyman, in a long latin speech, with 
which his majesty was so well pleased that he ordered him to 
repeat it, then asked his name, and on being told, replied 
sharply, " then by my saul man tbou art a traytor, the 
Twentymans pulled down Redkirk, in Scotland. " This 
however, was merely in jest; as he conferred on him many 
favours, and was often accompanied by him in his hunting ex- 
cursions in the forest. During the civil wars of Charles I, (See 
page 88 to 91,) Newark was an important garrison in the cause 
of royalty, in which the courageous inhabitants sustained three 
violent sieges, at the first of which Sir John Henderson, the 
governor, caused all Northgate and the Spital to be burned, " yet 
the remains formed a receptacle for the enemy at the second 
siege until they were routed by Prince Rupert on Beacon Hill. 
Much gallantry was displayed during the third siege in 1645, 
and much blood was spilt on both sides, but the town was at 
length given up to the Scotch army, by the King's order. After 
the surrender, the country people were ordered to corae with 
pick axes, shovels, &c. to demolish all the works, and circum- 
vallation ; but one of the sconces has been left entire. 

The borough was first incorporated by Edward VI., under 
whose charter it was governed by an alderman and 12 assistants. 
It sent only one Member to Parliament until it received a new 
charter from Charles I. instituting a body corporate, by the 
name of the Mayor and Aldermen of Newark-upon- Trent, with 



NEWARK-UP<W-TRENT. 607 

a learned man, to be Recorder. The same monarch also 
honoured the town by creating Robt. Pierrepont, Baron Pierre- 
pont and Viscount Newark (Seep. 421.) Though James II. 
imposed a charter upon the corporation, the town is now 
governed by that of his predecessor, Charles IT. who confirmed 
all its former privileges, and modelled the corporation as it still 
continues, with power to hold a Court of Record every Thurs- 
day; the mayor and four senior aldermen to be justices of the 
peace, &c. &e. All the inhabitants who pay scot and lot have 
a right to vote for the borough representatives, but in the exer- 
cise of their elective franchise, it is said that some of them are 
controlled by their landlords, for disobeying whom, we have 
heard of several poor families being ejected from their humble 
dwellings. In consequence of such large sums of publicmoney 
being at the disposal of the corporation and the four churchwar- 
dens, there have been of late years the most violent contests for 
several of the municipal offices, and Laird in 1811, says, "it is 
whispered that instances have taken place of three guineas being 
paid for a vote, in a contest for the office of churchwarden." — 
The number of freeholders in the borough, which is co-exten- 
sive with the parish and contains only about 800 acres, has 
during the last 30 years, been much increased by the division 
and sale of property, but the Duke of Newcastle is Lord of the 
Manor, and principal owner, and next to him, as individual 
proprietors, are Lord Middleton and the Earl of Winchelsea, 
the latter of whom succeeded to the property of the late Sir Jen- 
nison Gordon. There were anciently here six incorporated 
companies of tradesmen, called Guilds, and dedicated to differ- 
ent saints, one of whom was "Holy Richard de Newark." 
The present Members of Parliament for Newark are W. F. 
Handley, Esq. banker, and Thomas Wilde, King^s Sergeant. 
Corporation, (1831-2.) 
Recorder.— -Clinton Jas.Fynes- Clinton, Esq. 
Mayor. — Wm. Parker, Esq. 
Senior Aldermen. — Wm. Parker, Rd. Fisher, Jas. Dyson, and 
Wm. Fillingham, Esqrs. 
Aldermen. — Geo. Hodgkinson, Jas. Priory Lacy, Jas. Thorpe, 
jun., John Jeremiah Bigsby, M. D., Henry Rastall, Rd. 
Norton and Philip Rd. Walker, Esqrs. 
,Toivn- Clerk and Coroner. — -Wm. Edward Tallents, Esq. 

Chamberlain. — Mr. Isaac Palethorpe. 
Coadjutors. — Jas. Wilson, Jas. Thorpe, sen., Samuel Ridge 5 
Thos. Wilson, Thos. Becket, Anthony Killingley, Thos. 
Caparn, Geo. Harvey, John Sadler Sheppard, Robert 
Killingley, Jas. Betts, and Jas. Watson. 

Commoners. — Jph. Branston and Jph. Gilstrap. 

Serjeants- at- Mace. — John Etches and John Uffindale. 

Chief Constable and Sheriff's Officer.— Mr. Rd. Bell. 

Gaoler, — Mr, Joseph Cropper. 



COS 



KEWARK-UPON-TRKNT. 



The CASTLE, though now in ruins, still presents an august 
appearance. The north front, overlooking the river, is the 
most perfect, having a large square tower at the north-east 
angle, and another in the centre. The general outline of the 
building is square, and its dimensions very great. The number 
©f stories appears to have been five, but within the exterior 
walls very little now remains; arid the plot has long been used 
as a bowling-green, for the use of which two rooms are neatly 
fitted up in the western tower. The vestiges of the great hall 
shew evidently that it was built in later times ; indeed, its hand- 
some projecting window must have been inserted after all the 
ancient modes of defence had gone out of use. Under this hall 
is a most curious arched vault or crypt, supported by a row of 
pillars in the middle, and having loops and embrasures towards 
the river, in which were planted cannon in the civil wars. At 
one end are some remains of the entrance to a subterraneous 
passage, said to have gone a great way under ground. The 
other parts of the ruins exhibit a curious specimen of the odd 
mixture of old Norman architecture, and of that which Bishop 
Gundulph first introduced at Rochester Castle. The Castle 
and its Liberty, (1,138 acres,) are in the parish of East Stoke-, 
which is distant more than 4 miles from Newark, but their in- 
habitants vote at elections for Members of Parliament, as be- 
longing to the borough, though they have no voice in the choice 
pf church-wardens or other parochial officers. The wall and 
gates which formerly enclosed the town have entirely disap- 
peared, though two of the archways, viz. North Gate and East 
Gate were standing in the latter part of last century, the former 
being removed in 1762, and the latter in 1784. The vicinity 
of Newark was much cut up by military works in the civil wars, 
many traces of which still remain. Since the reign of the 
Charleses, Newark has displayed its loyalty and patriotism by 
the formation of a troop of Yeomanry Cavalry in 17^4, under 
the command of Captain Chaplin, and a regiment of Volunteers 
in 1804, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Thoroton. 

The Town Hall, built in 1773, at the cost of .£17,000, is 
an elegant stone fabric, upon a rustic basement, with four 
handsome pillars in the centre, supporting a pediment orna- 
mented with the corporation arms, above which is a statue of 
Justice and the Lion and Unicorn. The apartments are com- 
modious, and handsomely finished, especially the Assembly 
Room, which has beautiful corinthian pilasters, and a rich 
coped ceiling. The Borough Sessions are held half yearly, at 
one end of it, and at the other the corporation meet to transact 
public business. 

The church, dedicated to Mary Magdalen, is considered 
one of the finest parish churches in the kingdom. It is of the 
age of Henry VI., and Thoroton says it is better than "all the 
ten mentioned in Domosday Book," of which he supposes nine 



NEWARK-UPGN-TRENT. €09 

were not in the town, but in the parishes within the soke. It 
is indeed a, noble edifice, its exterior most superb ; rnullions 
and tracery of excellent designs fill the windows ; in different 
parts of the building are niches with statues, and other decora- 
tions ; and there is perhaps no ecclesiastical structure which 
contains such a number of short ludicrous busts, forming spout 
heads, &c. except Magdalen College in Oxford. The tower 
possesses much symmetry and beauty, has a peal of 8 bells, and 
supports a lofty stone spire, adorned with the 12 Apostles in 
niches. The interior has much of a cathedral appearance, ex- 
cept the nave which is narrow and gloomy* The choir is inclosed 
by a rich screen of wooden carved work. The aisles are lofty, 
and the pavement is covered with sepulchral memorials ; besides 
which, the numerous monuments and brasses are in good pre- 
servation. In the south transept is a large brass plate, on 
which is carved a numerous group of saints and angels sur- 
rounding the figure of Alan Flemyng, to whom tradition attri- 
butes the foundation of the church. The organ was built in 
1804, and removed to its present situation in 1814. The library 
over the south porch, contains a great collection of Theological 
works, bequeathed by Dr. White, Bishop of Peterborough, and 
other donors. The vicarage, valued in the King's books at 
£l\ 5s. 2d. is in the gift of the Crown; and the Rev. Win. 
Bartlell, M. A. i-s the incumbent. The curate is the Rev. T. 
Wild, M. A. In 1827, a Sunday evening lecture was established, 
and is now supported partly by Magnus' charity, and partly by 
the rent of several pews erected for that purpose. Of the other 
ancient religious foundations here, was St. Leonard's Hospital 
(which now exists as a charity), and two houses of Austin and 
Observant friars ; besides which, here was an hospital for sick 
persons, belonging to the Knights templars, and " a great house 
in Northgate called the Spital, which was burnt down in the 
civil wars." 

The Chapels of dissenters here are six in number, and they 
are generally clean and commodious, viz — the Wesleyan, built 
on the site of the old Guildhall in 1787, and enlarged in 1815 ; 
the Protestant Methodist, erected 1828 ; the Independent, founded 
in 1822; two Particular Baptist chapels, in Hawton lane and 
Lombard street ; and the Jehovah Jireh. In 1827, the Rev. 
Jas. Yver, fitted up a large room in West hall, Millgate, as a 
Catholic chapel. 

The Subscription Library and News Room occupy a 
handsome building, which was given to the members by Lord 
Middleton, in 1828, but the institution was commenced in 1825, 
and now possesses 2,500 volumes, and is well supplied with 
newspapers, magazines, &c. It belongs to 220 shareholders 
who subscribe one guinea yearly. The other places of amuse- 
ment are the assembly room, at the Town hall; the theatre in 
Middlegate, built in 1774; and the new boiv ling green, for med 

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810 NEWARK-UPON-TRENT* 

in ] 809, behind the Castle and Falcon Inn : the old green within 
the castle ruins is now disused. Several of the numerous Inns 
here are of great antiquity; the Saracen'' s Head has existed as 
an inn ever since the days of Edward III. ; the White Mart, 
since the time of Henry IV.; and the Swan and Salmon, since 
the reign of Henry VIII. 

As has been seen at page 60, the Charity Estates be- 
queathed by various donors for the weal of. Newark, produce 
upwards of .£3,600 per annum, which is, or should be, expended 
in educating the poor children, in relieving the sick and indi- 
gent, in improving the town, &c. &c. as specified in the fol- 
lowing notice of each bequest, abridged from the late " Par- 
liamentary Enquiry." 

Magnus' Charity: — Thomas Magnus, archdeacon of the 
East Riding of Yorkshire, bequeathed in the 28th of Henry 
VIII. for various charitable and public uses in the borough of 
Newark, 1,851 acres of land, 28 messuages, 11 cottages, 2 gar- 
dens, 1 fishery, and 2 rent charges, situated at Sandwath, in 
Yorkshire, and at Everton, Harewell, Mattersey, and some 
other places in Nottinghamshire. This property in 1828, pro- 
duced no less than .£2,380 per annum, and from a statement of 
its appropriation in that year, we find the following payments : 
viz. — ^220 to the master of the grammar school, £50 to his 
usher; ,£105 to the master of the song* school, £4. 4s. to each of 
the six singing boys, and £2. 2s. to the six low boys ; £150 to 
the national schools ; £50 towards buildingsditto; £150 to the 
dispensary ; £290 for lighting and paving the town ; <£50 to- 
wards purchasing a house at Dry Bridge for widening the 
street ; ^750 for the reparation and other uses of the church ; 
.£450, as the balance of a debt incurred in draining the estate 
at Everton ; and £171, for assessments, salaries, &e. As the 
debts of this charity are all discharged, a larger appropriation 
of money is now made yearly to the above-named charitable in- 
stitutions. The mayor, senior aldermen, vicar, and , church- 
wardens, are the trustees. An act passed in 1798, requires the 
following annual payments to the commissioners for lighting 
and paving the town : viz.- — £290 from this charity, ^£ 120 from 
Fhillipott's, and .£90 from Brown's. 

The* Grammar School is free for classical education to all 

the boys of Newark and its neighbourhood, but for the other 

branches of an English education the master charges 5 guineas 

for each boy, including books, as well classical as others, with 

which he furnishes the scholars ; but the funds are sufficient 

for making every department of this school free to the poor, 

agreeably to the will of the Rev, Thos. Magnus, the munificent 

founder, who is said to have been the son of a poor publican, and 

to have been?ducatedatthe joint expense of a party of Yorkshire 

othiers, who humourously used to call him Thomas Amang- 

,, because he was maintained among them. Besides the two 

ms paid from his charity to the master and usher, as above 



N E W A K K - UPON - TRENT. 6 J i 

stated, the latter receives £40 a-year from Philliputt's charity. 
The song school stands in the church-yard near the grammar 
school, and is now called the organist school, the master being 1 
the organist of the church. The six singing- boys sing in the 
choir in surplices, and the six low boys supply their places as 
they become vacant. The national schools are also supported 
by Magnus's charity, for the education of 130 boys and 7 <! 
girls, in Dr. Bell's system. There are in the town two infant 
schools, and several Sunday schools, supported by subscription. 

Brown's Charity:— Robert Rroivn, Esq., in 1532, be- 
queathed in trust to the mayor and vicar, "for the common- 
wealth of Newark, " lands and tenements at Bilderton, Cod- 
dington, Barnby-in -the- Willows, Fiskerton, and Newark. This 
property produces .£232 a-year, which is expended in lighting, 
paving, and improving the town, in repairing the church, in 
paying salaries to police officers, &c. &c. 

Phillifott's Charity: — Wm. Phillipot, merchant, be- 
queathed to the aldermen and 12 assistants, in 1556, lands and 
buildings at Newark, North Muskham, Bathley, and Farndon, 
now let for £557 per annum, for the endowment of an alms- 
house, and for " the common good of the town." Out of the 
rents, the corporation now pay yearly .£280 to the 24 alms- 
people ; £40 to the usher of the grammar school; £120 for 
lighting and paving; and other sums for repairing the church, 
improving the town, &c. The almshouse was enlarged in 
1738, 1783, and 1822, and has now apartments for 10 men and 
14 women, who each receive 3s. per week in summer, and 4s. 
per week in the winter half year, except five of the oldest men, 
and the man that reads prayers in the chapel, who have each 
Is. extra every week. They have all a ton of coals, and a sup- 
ply of clothing yearly. Part of their stipends is derived from 
the dividend of <£1,839 Is. 7d. three per cent, consols, pur- 
chased with £1,000 left in 1797? by Geo. Lawrence. 

Summers' and other Charities : — In 1705, Thos. Sum- 
mers left .£500, to provide weekly Is. each for five of the old- 
est " beadsmen" in Phillipot's almshouse. This sum, with 
£460 bequeathed by other donors, was laid out by the corpo- 
ration in the purchase of a farm ot 96a. 1r. 4p. land, at Laugh- 
ton, in Lincolnshire, now tithe and tax free, and let for £117 
per annum. The two other principal benefactions used in this 
purchase were £200, left in 1694, by Hercules Clay, and £100 
left in 1690, by Lady Frances Leake r the latter of whom also 
left £200 for communion plate. Till 1828, the corporation 
only paid 4 per cent, interest for the £960, but in that year 
they promised the parliamentary commissioners, that in future 
they would distribute the whole rent of the farm. 

Stone's and White's Charity : — In 1688, Henry Stone 
left j£700, to be invested in land, for the foundation of & Jersey 
school, and for the employment of poor people. In 1690, Thos, 



612 NEWARK-UPON-TRENT. 

White, Bishop of Peterborough, left £240, to be laid out in 
land, out of the rents of which, he directed .£10 to be given 
yearly to the poor, and the rest to the vicar. In 1699, the cor- 
poration laid out these sums in the purchase of an estate at 
Besthorpe and Girton (161 acres>, now let for .£238 per an- 
num, of which, £188 belongs to Stone's, and £55 to White's 
charity, though till 1829, the corporation considered the estate 
as their oivn property, and only paid about £24 yearly as the 
interest of the two benefactions ; but, in that year, the Commis- 
sioners made them " sensible that the whole of the rents belonged 
to these charities," and they consequently agreed, in' future, to 
appropriate them agreeable to the wills of the donors;; sothat 
the poor receive <£ 10, and the vicar j£40 yearly, andtheremainder 
(<£188) is employed " in providing wheels, wool, jersej*, and other 
materials and means for employing the poor in spinning, and 
in manufacturing stockings and other articles,, and in paying 
salaries to the master and mistress of the Jersey school, and 
such wages as may render such employment a profitable source 
of relief to the poor and their children/' 

John Lille y in 1623, bequeathed the Bathley Grange 
estate (63 acres) to the corporation* in trust that they distribute 
the rents among the poor children of the Jersey school, or in 
(fefault of such school, amongst the poor of Newark, except a 
rent charge of 7 guineas, which had been previously left out 
of the said estate by John Smith, to the poor of Bathley. Until 
1828, the corporation only distributed «£34 per annum in 
Newark, but they then promised in future toapply the net rent 7 
(after paying the before named rent cbargeX u in maintaining 
any poor children who shall work in the Jersey school, and in 
default thereof, to distribute the same in coals, corn, flour, or 
clothing, amongst the most needy poor of Newark, at Candle- 
mas in; every year." 

Anthony Gollingwooi>, in 1678, left his lands at Ailing- 
ton and Farndon for the vicar to read prayers twice every day 
in the church. The land at Allington was sold for a rent- 
charge of «£10, besides which the vicar has ,£20 yearly as the 
rent of the land at Farndon. The same donor also bequeathed 
a house in Cartergate for the repairs of the church, (since sold 
for <£25fr, three per cent, consols,) and the Packhorse public- 
house in Stodman-street, for the use of the poor. The latter 
is now let for 4T50 a year, out of which the corporation only 
distributed .£8. 9s. 9(3. up- to 1829, in which year the Parlia- 
mentary Commissioners declared in their report that the civic 
body here had improperly appropriated to their " own use" the 
following yearly sums, amounting to £422. 6s. 3d., viz. of 
Stone's charity, £167. 3s, ; of S2imme?*'s and Others, £85. 16s. ; 
of Bishop White's £4%. 4s.; of Lilly's £7$. 13s. ; and of Col- 
lingoeood^s £4\. 10s. 3d. They, however, promised to act 
more justly in future, but gave the Commissioners to under- 




NEWARK-UFON-TRENT. 613 

stand " that they have no corporate funds wherewith to answer 
any call that might be made on them by a Court of Equity, to 
re-iraburse the monies they have misapplied." 

Almshouses. — John Johnson, in 1651, left a rent-charge of 
«s£5 out of a house in Wilson-street, for 50 poor aged widows 
and widowers, and four cottages in Guildhall-street for the re- 
sidence of four old widows, who are now placed there by the 
parish officers. In 1619, a Mr. Chapman left a house in Ap- 
pletongate for the residence and maintenance of four poor 
widows; but it has been sold, and the corporation have provid- 
ed rooms for the widows in Guildhall-street, and pay to each 6d. 
per week. In 1/04, Timothy Ellis left three chambers ove. 
the shambles for three poor widows, and directed they should 
have the rents of the shops under them, and of three houses in 
Northgate, Churchgate, and Castlegate. In 1775s the cham- 
bers and shops were pulled down, and the alms-women remov- 
ed to a building in Guildhall-street, where they now receive 8d. 
a- week each from the corporation. 

Various Benefactions. — In 1675, Rd. Lamb left to the 
poor 25s. yearly out of a house in Cartergate, now belonging 
to Dr. Staunton. In 1679, Nicholas Earl of Scarsdale, left 
<£10 per annum to the vicar for sermons on Good Friday and 
St. Thomas' day. In 1657, Wm. and, Emma Watson left 20s. 
yearly out of the Rutland Arms public-house to the vicar for a 
sermon on Dec< 25th. Sir John Londe, in the 6th of Edward 
VI, gave two tenements in Millgate, and £20 in gold, to tht 
corporation for the benefit of the town, but the tenements are 
now unknown. In 1729, Mr. Hobman, town-clerk, left £oi) 
to the poor, now sunk in. other charity funds. In 1739, Elea>. 
Douglas left <£100 to be employed with Summers' charity. The 
Duke of Newcastle pays £5 yearly to 20 poor widows, pur- 
suant to the will of John Smith. In 1768, Mary Sturtevant be- 
queathed ,£200, and directed the ~ interest to be given yearly to 
as many poor families as it would extend to at 10s. each. It 
has been vested in. ^£230. 4s. 3d three per cent, consols, by the 
churchwardens and overseers, who distribute the dividends. In 
1737, Jane Heron left land, which, in 1771, was exchanged for 
other land and buildings- at Claypole, let for «£20 a-year, and 
directed the rent to be distributed to as many poor persons as it 
will extend to at 5s. each. Sir Robert Heron is the present 
trustee. In 1769, the Rev. Bernard Wilson, D. D. left £40 
a-year out of his estates, to be distributed on August 21st and 
January 11th, amongst such poor as the vicar should direct. 
He also left ^£10 a-year to the vicar for two sermons on the 
days of distribution. Anthony Foster in 1558 devised all his 
lands in Meryn close, in Newark, to the corporation, upon trust, 
to apply the rents for the assistance of those afflicted with the 
plague, but this disease has long been unknown, therefore the 
rents ought to be given to the Dispensary. 

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614 NEWARK-UPON-TRENT. 

St. Leonard's Hospital, which was founded by Alexander 
Bishop of Lincoln, betwixt the years 1123 and 1147, still exists, 
though the original building has long since disappeared. Jn 
1642, the hospital lands and buildings, were granted in ex- 
change for others of more value, to the Countess of Exeter, who 
erected the present hospital at the foot of Northgate. There 
are three poor men on the foundation, one of whom is nominally 
a.- chaplain.; but the mastery who is appointed by the Bishop of 
Lincoln, does not reside in the house, nor in the town, as was 
the intention of the founder, though he draws a large yearly 
revenue from the charity estate which comprises upwards of 360 
acres of land at Bald erton, Newark, Girton, Claypole,Elston, and 
Stoke, and about 40 houses in the town. Out of the ample 
funds the master can only afford to each of the three alms 
people, the following yearly allowances: — viz. ,£13, 8s, a coat> 
waistcoat, and gown, and a supply of coals. 

The Dispensary at the Town-hall is open daily for the 
gratuitous administration of medical and surgical aid to the 
afflicted poor. It was established in 1813, by subscription, but 
it is now aided by the yearly grant of ^£150 from the funds of 
Magnus' charity. Several thousand lame and sick parishioners,, 
and poor married lying-in women have partaken of the healing 
benefits of this excellent charity. 

The Workhouse on the Hawton road was built in 1786, from 
the funds of Magnus, Brown, and Phillipot's charities. It is 
a good built brick building, well adapted for its purpose. The 
sum collected for poor rates, in 1830, was «£3,498. 8s. lid J, of 
which «£446, was paid to the county rates. Adjoining the 
workhouse is the Borough Goal, a small edifice with only 
two rooms for debtors and offenders. 

The Savings' Bank was established in 1817, and the build- 
ing which it now occupies in Lombard street, was built out of 
its profits, 1832. Its deposits in 1830, amounted to .£43,430, 
belonging to 1,160 individuals, 7 friendly societies, and 2 cha- 
ritable institutions. W. F. Handley, Esq. is the treasurer, 
John Wilson, the secretary, and W. H. Caparn, the actuary. 

The POST-OFFICE is in Castlegate, and Mr. Thos. Bur- 
gin, is the Post-master. Letters for London and all parts of 
the south are despatched daily, at 3 afternoon ; and for Edin- 
burgh and all parts of the north, at 10 morning. Mail gigs 
depart to Lincoln, Nottingham, Southwell, and Mansfield, at 
11 morning. 

The Contractions used for the names of Streets, &c. in the fol- 
lowing Directory of Newark, are Ast. for Albion street; Agt. Ap- 
pletongate ; Big. Baldertongate ; Brg. Bargate ; Bng. Barnby- 
gate ; Bnd.Barnbyroad ; Bhn. Beadhouse lane ; Bdc Beaumond 
cross ; Bst. Beaumond street ; Bin. Boar lane ; Bgt. Bridge street ; 
Bdr. Brodhurst rpw ; Crg. Cartergate ; Csg. Castlegate ; Chn. 
Chain lane ; Cmt. Chatham street; Cht. Church street;. Clt. Clhv 




NEWARK DIRECTORY, 



615 



ton street; Clr. Collingbam row ; Csq. Colton square; Cyd. 
Cawkwell's yard; Est. Eldon-street ; Frd. Farndon road ; Frw. 
Farndon row; Gst. Guildhall street; Hrd. Hawton road; Hid. 
Hill end ; Jyd. Jalland's yard ; Kgt. Kirkgate ; Kst. King street ; 
Lrd. Lincoln road ; Lst. Lombard street ; Lvn. Lover's lane ; Mkp. 
Market place ; Mdg. Middlegate ; Mlg. Millgate ; Mln Mill- 
lane; Mir. Millington's row ; Mtn. Mount lane ; Ngt. Northgate ; 
Pit. Parliament st; Prt. Portland st; Pmt. Pelham St.; Ppl. Pepper 
hill; Qst. Queen st. ; Smr. Smithy row; Spr. Spittal row; Rst. 
Regent st. ; Stn. Saint Mark's lane; Sst. Stodman st. ; Ur. Union 
terrace ; Win. Water lane; Wsd. Waterside; Wst. Wilson st ; and 
Yst. York st. 



Adams Jph. chief constable of 
S. Div. of Newark Hund. and 
Surveyor of sewers, Ngt 
Armstrong J. town cr. Town Hall 
Atkinson Miss Margt. Pmt 
Bailey Neal, excise officer, Ast 
Bacon Rev. Hy. Bowman, Crg 
Banks Mrs. Sarah, Bng 
Barber Mrs. Eliz. Gastlegate 
Barker Mrs. Sarah, Appletongt 
Barry Rev. Wra. mert. Cartergt 
Barnsdall Saml. gent. Millgate 
Bardsley Capt. Jas. Balderton rd 
Bartlell Rev. Wm. vicar, Agt 
Baxter Jph. coachman, Mlg^ 
Beaumont Wm. bookpr. Mlg 
Beevor Rev. Thos. B.D. Wst 
Bell Rd. constable, &c. Cyd 
Bills John, waiter, Pit 
Birkett Mr. Wm. Farndon rd 
Bland Mrs. Ja2*e, Appletongate 
Bonner Matthias, bookpr. Lst 
Booth John, boat master, Mlg 
Bristow Saml. gent. Pelham st 
Brodhurst W. jun. maltster, Cgt 
Brooks Mrs. Ann, Millgate 
Brooks W T m. coachman, Prt 
Brown Saml. organ bldr, Lst 
Bucklow Saml. coachman, Mkp 
Bulson John Gates, colliery agt 
Burnaby Thos. Fowke Andrew, 

solicitor, h. Appletongate 
Caparn W. Horner, p. clerk Wst 
Cartledge Mrs. Jane, Albion st 
Cartledge Jas. malster, Lvn 
Cawkwell Rd. Doubleday, gent. 

Stodman st 
Chambers Geo. bookpr. Bst 
Childs Martin, maltster, Ngt 
Clark Jas. mert. Pelham st 
Clark John, mert. Millgate 



Clark Thos. pump mkr. Big 
Clark Wm. sailmaker, Mlg 
Clark Mr. Wm. St. Mark's In 
Clark Wm. cheese dlr. Agt 
Claypole J. banker's clerk, Mkp 
Cooper Mr. John, Cartergate 
Corby John, sexton, Clumber In 
Corden Wm. shopman, Bgt 
Crampern Mrs. Ann, Farndon rd 
Cox Mr. Geo. Northgate 
Crisp Saml. bookpr. Ast 
Cropper Mrs* Ann, Portland st 
Cropper Jph. gaoler, Hawton rd 
Cropper Wm. gent. Millgate 
Crosby Benj. gent. Pelham st 
Curtis Langley, shopman, Agt 
Dale Mr. Robert, Regent street 
Dale Mrs. Lombard street 
Deeping Wm. wine mert. Lst 
Denby Mrs. Mary, Hawton road 
Deny Mr. John, Wilson street 
Dickinson John, cowkpr. Lst 
Edmunds Mrs. Sarah, Albion st 
Elson Wm. collector of naviga- 
tion dues, Lockhouse 
Emerson Mr. John, Eldon street 
Esam W T m. bookpr. Union st 
Etches J. mayor's officer, Wst 
Falkner Philip Rd. coroner, Csg 
Farmer Mrs. Han. Guildhall st 
Fearn John, bookpr. Albion st 
Fearnihaugh Jno.'boat owner, Ngt 
Fermerie Miss Philippa, Agt 
Fisher Mr. John, Pit 
Flower Geo. fishing net mkr. Mlg 
Fotherby Wm. brewer, Wilson st • 
Fox Jas. Chas. gardener, Hrd 
Franke Rd. gent. Chatham st 
Gilby John, gent. Pelham st 
Gilby Philip, gent. Portland st 
Gladwin John, excise officer, Ngt 



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Godfrey Ed. Smith, Esq. banker 

and clerk of the peace, Ngte 
Goodill Mrs. Eliz. Barnbygate 
Green Mrs. Ann, Barnbygate 
Guthrie, Mrs. Mary, Castlegate 
Hage Mrs. Lombard street 
Hall Mrs. Cathaiine, Wst 
Hall Mrs. Mary, Fardon road 
Handley Win, Farns worth,. Esq. 

M.P. Northgate 
Hardy John, gov. workhouse 
Haslam Mrs. Rebecca, Pelham st 
Harvey Mrs. Ann, Barnbygate 
Hebb Jph. model mkr. Lrd 
Hives John, gent. Northgate 
Holliday Mrs. Lombard street 
Holmes Miss, Portland street 
Huddlestone, T. Creswick, Esq 
Hunt Chas. gent. Bng 
Hurst Geo. boat ovvner v Ngt 
Hutchings Rev. Wm. (Bap.) Utr 
Hutchinson W. gent. Appletongt 
Ingham Mr. John, Portland st 
Jebb Mrs. Ann, Regent street 
Job Mrs. Mary, Cartergate 
Johnson Benj. stenceller, Lst 
Kelk Mrs. Sarah, Portland st 
Key Rev. Wm. Castlegate 
Kirk Geo. bobbin net mkr. Crg 
Kirk Thos. excise officer, Bng 
Lambe Mrs. Sarah, Castlegate 
Lammin Mrs. Ellen, Millgate 
Laughton Geo. clerk, Northgate 
Lawton Jph. maltster, Lvn. 
Laxton Mrs. Sarah, Gst. 
Linney Geo. gent. Appletongate 
Lloyd Rev. Jph. (Meth.) Gst 
Lyne Jas. clerk, Wst 
Mc Kitrick, Rev. W. (Meth) Gst 
Mallet Job, boat owner, Pmt 
Meginley J. baker, Rst 
Midvvorth J. iron founder, Ngt 
IVIilhouse R. mus. inst. mkr. Mdg 
Moore Miss, Appletongate 
Morton Misses Eliz. & Mary, Agt 
Moscroft John, coachman, Prt 
Moth Robert, supervisor, Ast. 
Naylor Mr. Samuel, Eldon st 
Neale Robert, gent. Barnbygate 
Nicholson Saml. rush part. Mlg. 
Nix Mr. Jph. Wintborpe Cottage 
Norledge Francis, bookr. Ngt 
Norton Rd. wine mer. Kirkgate 



Owen Wm. & Son, fishing tackle 

and net mkrs. Sst 
Pacey Wm. bookpr. Big 
Parker Rt. cheese dlr. Cartergate 
Parnell Miss Eliz. Church-yard 
Patrick Miss Hannah, Pst 
Patterson Mrs. Hanh. Wilson st 
Penell Mrs. Mary, Lombard st 
Pettefor Rt. upholsterer, Wst 
Pilsvvorth Mr. John, Northgate 
Pocklington T. coachman, Stn 
Poole Mrs. Jeffrey, Stn 
Proctor Jph. boat master, Kingst 
Readett Mrs. Ann, Lombard st 
Ridge Mrs. Mary, Middlegate 
Robinson Mrs. Castlegate 
Rogers Mrs. Eliz. Balderton rd 
Rose Wm. gent. Kirkgate 
Rouse Miss Sarah, Northgate 
Rous Wm. Sparrow, Esq. 
Rowbottom J. carrier's agent, Lst 
Scott Mrs. Eliz. Millgate 
Selby Peter, gent. Bowbridge 
Sewell Mrs. Eliz. Lombard st 
Sikes Rev. Jph. L.L.B. Chantry 

House 
Singleton Mrs, Eliz. Northgate 
SketchleyS. surv. of taxes, Cgt 
Smith Chas. gent. Lincoln road 
Smith, Mrs. Jane, Wilson street 
Smith Wm. grocer, Pelham st 
Stephenson, Rev. J. (Unit.) Chyd 
Stephenson Rev. H. J. M.A. Mgt 
Sudbury Mr. John, Hawton road 
Sutton Hy, shopman, Hawton rd 
Tallents Wm. Ed. solicitor. Crg 
Thompson Mrs. Dorothy, Agt 
Thoroton Miss Isabella, My. Mlg 
Tinsley Rt. gent. Barnbygate 
Toder Mrs. Mary, Cartergate 
Tomlinson Miss Susanna, Prt 
Trueman Isaac, bookpr. Pmt 
Turner Saml. boat master, Pit 
Turpin Rd. gent. Bargate 
Turpin Wm. gent. Appletongt te 
Urnndall Geo. gent. Prt 
Uffindall Wm. bookpr. Mlg 
Wagstaff Mrs Arabella, Agt 
Wakefield Lieut. Edw. (Notts 

Militia) Wilson st 
Warwick W. banker's clerk, Ngt 
Watson Wm. boat owner, Wgt 
Weldon Thos. writer. Castle 




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Whillock Mrs Judeth Agt 
Wild Rev. Wm. Tavlor, Agt 
Williams Rev. Chas*. (Ind.) xMlg 
Wilmot Miss Ann, Bdc 
Wilson Mrs. Mary, Millgate 
Wilson John, bookpr. Bng 



I Wing Wm. clerk, Wilson st 
I Winrow James, gent. Lombard st 
| Withers Jph. gent. Stodman st 
I Wright George, gent. Millgate 
j Yver Rev. Jas. Gabriel, (Catho- 
lic) West hall, Millgate 



Academies, 
Marked * take hrds. 
Brown Ann, Lst 
Colton Thos. (and ap- 
praiser) Millgt 
*Carmans Mary and 

Reb. Prt 
•Collins James, Crg 
Fletcher Geo. Hrd 

Grammar School, 
Appletongate. — Rev. 
Jph. Cooke, M. A. 
master; Rev. Richd, 
Latham, M.A. usher ; 
Chs. Wm. Bewsher, 
mathematician 

Infant Schools, — J 
Jones, Lst. ; and Jn. 
Kingdom, Lvn 
Harris Francis, Est 
Lane John, Lvn 

National Schools. - 
John Sheppard, Stn.& 
Cht. Davison, Church 

yard 
Newton Paul, Rst 
Pawson Ann, Bng 
Ridley Betsy Mos ley, 

Bdr 
Shephard Jph. Pit 
Spilsbury & Newzam, 

(ladies') Lst 
Thompson Ami. Agt 
Turvey Hy. Lst 
Weaver Edw. Cost- 
all, Crg 
Wilkinson, W m . Mlg 

Attornies, 
Caparn Robt. Kgt 
Fox & Falkner, Lst 
Hodgkinson Geo. Ngt 
Lee John Would, Csg 
Rastall Henry, Lst 
Stephenson Jno. Mlg 
Tallents and Burnaby, 
Cartergate 



Auctioneers, 
Hage John, Sst 
Harrison Geo. Mdg 
Orson John, (& corn 

inspector) Cgt 
Ridge SI. & Chs. Mkp 
Rippendale Fras. Lvn 
Bakers Sf Flour Dlrs. 
Atkinson Wm. Brg 
Baker Wm. Geo st 
Beighton Wm, Pit 
Bettison Michael, Csg 
Burden Jph. Mlg 
Cartledge Thos. Crg 
Craven Geo. Kgt 
Darcy John, Big 
Dickenson, Jph. jun. 

Csg 
Else Jas. sen. Mkp 
Else Jas. jun. Prt 
Elson Geo. Stn 
Fletcher Rd. Mlg 
Hardy Anthy. Ast 
Hollinsworth Jn. Ngt 
Lawton John, Bst 
Lilly Dennis, Ngt 
Neale Thos. Mlg 
Parnham John, Pit 
Pearce John, Ngt 
Peet Geo. Lilly's rw 
Young Wm. Wst 

Bankers. 
Godfrey, Hutton. and 
Co.Market pi. (draw 
on Barclay & Co.) 
Handley, Peacock, & 
Handley, Castlegt. 
(draw on Barnetts, 
Hoars, and Co.) 
Savings' Bank, Lom- 
bard st. open every 
Monday from 1 to 
II. 

Basket Makers, 
Bates Ann, Wst 
Bates John, Wst 
Clarke Jas. Lst 



North John, Csg 

Blacking Mfr, 
Proctor John, Csg 
Blacksmiths, 
Barnsdall Jane, Csg 
Burton Joshua, Bnd 
Foster Rd. Csg 
Johnson, Geo, Bst 
Pacey Saml. Kst 
Spencer Thos. Hrd 
Woodward Jn. Mkp 

Boat Builders. 
Flint Wm. Ngt 
Hurton Wm. Mlg 

Bone Dust Mfr. 
Curtis J. Bigsby, Csg 
Booksellers \ Printers, 

Stationers, fyc. 
Thus * are not printers 
Bridges Jas. Cht 
Hage Henry, Sst 
•Lincham Anw. Csg 
Ridge Saml. & Chas. 

Market place 
♦Sharp W. Elsey, Frd 

Boot 4* Shoe Mkrs. 
Andrew Wm. Big 
Atkinson Wm. Mln 
Burgh Jph. Brg 
Brailsford Job, Cow 1 
Bycroft Jas. Mkp 
Cutts Jph. Lrd 
Flower Geo. Mkp 
Harding Thos. Big 
Hardy Hezikiah, Mlg 
Hawkins, Geo. Mkp 
Heaton John, Bin 
Henfrey Geo. Crg 
Henfrey Rd. Lst 
Higgat Thos. Csg 
Hoyland Wm. Ngt 
Lunn Geo. Prt 
Lumley Fras. Mtn 
Mayfield John, Ngt 
Miller Jas. Sst 
Moore Reuben, Bgt 
Reilly Patrick, Kgt 



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Robinson Thos. Mkp 
Robinson Wm. Crg 
Saunders Jas-. Ngt 
Sharpe Jas. Bin 
Smith Sml. Mlg 
Soar Thos. Ast 
Stapleford, Saml.-Kgt 
Summers John, Agt 
Surgey Geo. Kgt 
Taylor Jas. Kgt 
Thornhill Wm. Csg 
Turnbull Walter, Kgt 
White John, Lst 
Withers John, Big 
Wood Hy. Rst 
Wright John, Pit 

Braziers $ Tinmen, 
Bousfield Wm. Kgt 
Cudworth Abm. Hrd 
Edmondson Jn. Mlg 
Lang Jas. Sst 
Odlin Wm. Prt 
Wilson Thos. Bng 

Brewers. 
Handley Wm. F. and 
John, Northgate 
Bricklayers, 
Chambers John, Gst 
Chambers J. jun. Lvn 
Cutts Chas. Mlg 
Duke Wm. Mlg 
Duke Thos. Lst 
Sheppard John S. Big 
Sutton Edw. Mlg 
Ward Wm. Bng 

Brick Makers, 
Norton J. Orme, Big 
Robinson & Wilson, 

Big 
Sheppard H. Ngjt 
Sheppard John, Big 
Brush Mkrs^ fy Dlrs . 
Hibbert John, Sst 
Sedwell Han. Mlg 
Shaw Fras. Fnv 
Butchers, 
Abraham James, Mlg 
Abraham John, Lst 
Bell Hy. Kgt 
Bell James, Ngt 
Bell Wm. Millgt 
Bennett John, Ngt 
Blow John, Mkp 



Branston John, Kgt 
Curman Wm. Agt 
Collins Rd. Mlg 
Cutts Wm. Pit 
Foottit Saml. Prt 
Goodbarne Ths* Mdg. 
Hall Rd. Cht 
Harvey Jph. Kgt 
Harvey Paul, Mlg 
Heaton, Jph. Csg 
Hutchinson Ed. Mdg 
Johnson RobU Beck- 

ingham 
Killingley Rt. Bng 
Lilly Wm. Big. 
Lamb John, Sst 
Lumley Hy. Ngt 
Lilly Robt. Ngt 
Mansford Jph. Sst 
Morris Robt. Bin 
Morris Thos. Stn- 
Pocklington Jph. Hrd 
Radford Wm. Csg 
Shephard Jph. Mdg 
Staveley Wm. Big 
Taylor Geo. Kgt 
Taylor Geo. Brg 
Taylor Rd. Mkp 
Taylor Wm. Big 
Wand Geo. Ngt 
Wand Reuben, Agt 
Wand Stephen, Cgt 
Williamson Barzillac 

Lst 
Wood Hy. Hrd 

Cabinet Makers, 
Those marked J are 

Upholsterers also 
JBarberJ. Foster*Brg 
J Barber Peter, Crg 
JHarston Wm. Agt 
I Jameson Danl. Bgt 
Thompson J, jun. Gst 
Wells Wm. Brg 

Carver fy, Gilders, 
Barber J. Foster, Brg 
Bellatti G. & Son, Sst 

Chair Makers, 
Miles Wm. Big 
Thompson John, Kgt 
China, Glass, fyc. Dls. 
ArmstoneThos. Ngt 
CjayDaltonP. (glass) 



Market place 
Locking Thos. Kgt.~ 
Lowe Ann, Wst 
Siddons Jph. Prt 
Winterbottom T. Big 
Chy mists fy Druggists 
Betts Jas. Mkp 
Caparn Thos. Mkp 
Heaton Jph. Sst 
Jackson Wm. Sst 
Snow Jas. (& British- 
wine dlr.) Sst 
Weightman W. Kgt 

Coach Builder* 
Hall Wm. Lst 

Coa Dealers, ~ 

Babbington Collery 

Wharf, J. G. Bulson 

agent, Mlg 

Clarke J. & Son, Mlg. 

Foster J. & W. & Ru 

Bishop, Ngt 
Holloway Rt. Kst 
Huddleston J. and S> 

Csg 
Jackson John Arm- 
strong, Ngt 
Massey Thos. Hacket, 

Ngt 
Morley John, Ngt 
Thorpe J. & Sons, Mlg 
Turner Thos. Mlg 
Walster Wm. Mdg 
Widdison Rt. Ngt 
Withers G.&T. Mlg 

Confectioners, 
Dunn Benj. Bst 
Eggleston Fred. Mkp 
Howlenn Sarah, Sst 
Kirby Nicholas, Big 
Thorpe Jas. (and Bri- 
tish wine dlr) Mkp 
Walker Wm. Sst 

Coopers- 
Austin Samuel, .Sst 
Houghton John, Bng- 
Kay Joseph, Brg 
May William, Bin 
Corn Merchants, 
Clark James and Son, 
(and lineseed and 
rape cake) Mlg 
Boler William, Mlg 



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Craven George, Kgt 
Dixon George, Ngt 
Fisher George, Mlg 
Gabbitas William, Ast 
Hewes Wm. Bng 
HHton Rt. and Geo. 

(& hop & seed) Mdg 
Thornton John, Gst 
Thorpe Jas. & Sons, 

Mil! gate 
Withers Geo. & Thos 

Millgate 

Corn Millers* fyc. 
Marked * are Millers. 

and the rest are flour 

and corn dealers 
•Abbott Edw. Mdg 
•Bullen Tho. Kgt 
Curtis J. Bigsby, Csg 
Dickenson Jph. Bng 
Fiear Rd. Mdg 
•Flear Thos. Csg 
Gamble Richd. Big 
•Greaves Wm. Agt 
Grokes John, Big 
•Harvey James, Brg 
tHarvey Tim. Crg 
Lightfoot Wm. Sst 
Oldham Jas. Bst 
Pacey John, Crg 
Pearce John, Ngt 
Reddish Thos. Mlg 
Rowbotham Wm. Mlg 
•Thorpe Jas. & Sons, 

Watermill & Mlg 
Townrow Benj. Chn 
Waddington T. Mlg 
Curriers and Leather 

Cutters. 
Brown Rd. (attends 

Wd.O Big andGran- 

tham 

Doubleday Geo. Kgt 
Miller Wm. Crg 
Selby Peter, Sst 

Dyers. 
Brown Geo. Wst 
Jackson Jas. Brg 
Mangan John, Crg 

Eating Houses. 
Morris Same, Kgt 
Taylor Eiiz. Stn 



Engraver* 
Harston John, Kgt 

Farmers. 
Marked f are Cowkprs 
fAbraham Cuth. Est 
Allin John, Bng 
fCobb John, Rst 
Cooper Wm. Crg 
Crich Wm. Winthorp 

hill 
Fillingham Rd. Bst 
fGreen Wm. Bmkt 
Hall Rt. (carts) Agt 
Heffield Ann, Ngt 
fHind Wm. Stn 
fJackson John, Ngt 
Lacy Danl. Big 
Lilly John, Svn 
fPredgeon Wm. Big 
Proctor Wm. Bhrd 
Sheppard Thos. Bng 
tSoutheron Wm. Gpl 
fShereston Sarah, Prt 
fWilkinson Wm. Pit 
fWray Thos. Bhn 
Fire and Life Offices. 
Atlas Wm. Harston. 

Appleton^ate 
British S.&C. Ridge, 

Market place 
County Fire and Pro' 

indent Life* Jph. 

Smith, Mkp 
Globe W. Brown, Mgt 
Guardian* RuCaparn, 

Kirkgate 
Leeds and Yorkshire, 

Rd. Clark, Csg: 
Phoenix Isaac Pale- 

thorpe, Bng 
Royal Exchange Wm 

Fillingham, Sst 
Sun Jas. Betts, Mkp 
Yorkshire John Would 

Lee, Csg 
Fehnongers. 
Renshaw Thos. Spr 
Wells Anty. Mlg 
Fishmongers* 
Neaves Thos.: Kgt 
Uftindall John, Mdg 
Ward Jonas, Agt 
Wool fit Jph. Sst 



Flour Dealers 
Darbyshire Wm. Sst 
Reddish Thos. Mlg 
Rowbotham Thos. Mlg 
Wood Timothy, Bin 
Woodall Cath. Sst 
Furniture and Clothes 

Brokers. 
Those marked f are 

Clothes Dealers only. 
t Heath Saml. Big 
Hoben T1k>s. R. B\g 
t Hughes Even. Big 
t Haywood Marv, Sst 
Hind Thos. Prt" 
Roberts G. sen. Brg 
Roberts G. jun. Sst 
Shields Hy, Mlg 
Watson James, (and 

pawnbroker,) Cht 
Gardeners and Seeds- 
men. 
Cawkwell John, Mkp 
Cawkweil Richd. Crg 
Cuckson John, Sst 
Dalman Thos. Bgt 
Eggleston Wm. Agt 
Fletcher F. Hawton rd 
Franks Rt. Kgt 
Grimley Thos. Bng 
HagueJohn, Lrs 
Hudson Mattw. Ngt 
King Win. Mlg 
Palethorpe Jph. Chn 
Sharp Edw. Lst 
Williamson, Wm. Bkt 
Glovers and Breeches 

makers. 
ColbieJohn, Cht 
Portwood John, Mlg 

Grocers fy Tea Dlrs. 
Branston Jph. Cht 
8ush John, Csg 
Chew Jas. Mlg 
Drury John, Mkp 
Gibson Robert, Sst 
Gillson Joseph, Sst 
Jackson Sarah, Csg 
Marshall Wm. Mdg 
MiHs Gpo. Mkp 
Morlev Daniel, Ngt 

Moss Sophia Ch. Csg 
Oldham Kenry, W*g 



mo 



Is 7 K W A RK D 1 R EC TOR Y. 



Popplewell John, Mkp 
Ridge James, Mdg 
Robinson J. & Son, Agt 
Robinson Robert, Agt 
Simpson Jph. Lst 
Gun Makers. 
Boaler Joseph, Mkp 
Boaler& Welch, Mkp 
Doubleday Thos. Bin 
Nixon David, Sst 

Hair Dressers. - 
Marked I are Perfrs 
Allin John Mkp 
Bradley Wm. Chn 
Cain Jesse, Csg 
Chambers James, Brg 
JChapman Jas. Mdg 
^Curtis John, Mlg 
J Harrison Thos. Sst 
Key John, Crg 
Marshall George (and 

grinderj Cow In 
JPinder Thomas, Crg 
JSilverton Geo. Kgt 
Simnitt Jph. Mlg 
^Smith Samuel, Bgt 
Wand Thomas. Kgt 
Hardware Dealers, 
Brown S. T. Sst 
Tipper Benjamin, Kgt 
Hat Manufacturers. 
Collin Thomas, Sst 
Hag* 1 John, Sst 
Hilton William, Sst 
"Seymour Hanh. Kgt 

Hosiers. 
Carter John, Bgt 
Hardy Jn (& worsted 
manufacturers) Mlg 
Sharp Eli, Hrcl 
Wand Stph. Crg 

Inns and Taverns. 
Ansel, Rd. Kemstock, 

Mdjr 
Bell,T. Savage, Mkp 
Black Bull, Jn. Wat- 
kin, Crg 
Black Swan, Samuel 

Tharratt. Stn 
Blue Lion, Thos Tap- 
It n, Midd'cgate 
Boars Head, Richard 
Gaud, Mi dd legate 



Castle & Falcon Inn, 

Wm. Moore, Bst 
Clinton Arms Inn, Ann 

Lawton, Mkp 
Cross Keys, William 

Hunt, Beaumond st 
Dolphin, Wm. Hague, 

Barnbygate 
Duke of Cumberland 

S. Spreekley, Mdg 
Duke of Wellington, 

Saml. Ulyet, Millgt 
Fox and Crown, Chas. 

Gadd, Appletongate 
Generous Briton, S 

Outram, Lst 
George and Dragon, 

Sarah Ringrose, Cgt 
Golden Fleece, Marth. 

Ringrose, Lst 
Horse and Gears, T 

Jackson, Prt 
Horse and Jockey, W. 

Cooper, Big 
Hotel, Jph. Gilstrap, 

Kirk gate 
King's Arms, John 

Lacy, Kirkgate 
King's Head, Francis 

Jackson, Chain In 
Lion and Adder, John 

Drake, Northgate 
Lord Nelson, John 

Pogson, Big 
Marquis of Gran by, 

John Hunt, Big 
Newark Arms, Henry 

Nail, Agt. 
Old Castle. J.White, 

Mitigate 
Old King's Arms, S. 

Horspool, Kgt 
Old King's Head, W. 

Gregory. Big 
Pack Horse, William 

Weaver, Hrd 
Queen's Head, John 

Allin, Mkp 
Ram Hotel. Mary 

Hancock, Csg 
Rein Deer, Jas. Cook, 
Northgate 



Robin Hood, John Al- 
len, Lst 

Royal Oak, John Wil- 
son, Castlegate 

Royal Oak, W. Tay- 
lor, S tod man street 

Rutland Arms, John 
Welby, Bng 

Saracen's Head, Sam 
Shaw, Mkp 

Ship, Jonas Smith, 
Water lane 

Spread Eagle, George 
Harrison, Mdg 

Swan and Salmon, W. 
Nail, Castlegate 

Spring House, Wm. 
Cambridge, Frd 

Talbot, (excise office) 
Jas. Carver, Crg 

Waggon and Horses, 
Wm. Briggs. Csg 

Water Mill, Rt. Iron- 
monger, Mlg 

Wheat Sheaf, John 
Groves, Kgt 

White Hart, R. Cram- 
pern, Mkp 

White Hind, A. Sharp, 
Cartergate 

White Horse, J. Har- 
vey, Millgate 

White Horse, Thomas 
Walton, Barnbygt 

White Lion, Thomas 
Gardner, Sst 

White Swan, Rd. Gee, 
Northgate 

Wing Tavern, Rich. 
Parlbv, Market pi 

Woolpack, Thos. Ne~ 

vett, Stodman st 

Beerhouses. 

Barely Mow. Abm. 
Cud worth, Hrd 

Black's Head, Wm. 
Reynolds. Crg 

Blue* Goat, William 
Porter, Ngt 

Blue Man,Rt. Widdi- 
son, Ngt 

Blue Sergeant, George 
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Board, J. Ward, Big 
Bricklayer's Arm, T. 

Duke, Lst 
Carpenter's Arm, Jas. 

North, Albion st 
Crown & Anchor, Rd. 

Starr, Parliament st 
Free Mason's Arms 

Wm.Duke, Mlg 
Gardener's Arms, Ed 

Marshall, Mdg 
King's Arms, George 

Rickett, King st 
King W. IV. Samuel 

Morris, Kirkgate 
Nag's Head, John 

Wright, Kgt 
Pack Horse, William 

Paliu, Middlegate 
Plough, W. Jackson 

Guildhall street 
Rose and Crown, Hy. 

Shaw, Pelham st 
Salmon, Jonas Ward, 

Appletongate 
Sun, John Hollings 

worth, Northgate 
Union Flag, Stanley 

Leedle, Barnby rd 
Wilde's Arms, Wm. 

Cutts, Pit 
K. William IV. Isaac 

Willock, Pit 
Wind Mill, William 

Beighton, Pit 
Iron fy Brass Founders 
Ingledew, Geo. Millgt 
Wilson and Mid worth 

Wellington Fndry, 

Northgate 
Iroiunongers. 
Chambers Rt. Mkp 
Gillson Thomas, (iron 

mercht. & printing 

press maker) Bng 
Nicholson Benj. Mkp 
Tonge Edw. Sst 
J oilier s. 
Ailiss Wm.Hrd 
Barrett Jas. Lst 
Bettison & Hart, Prt 
Branston SamL Brg 



Brown W. & Son,Kstj Livery Stables. 
Clark Thomas, (pumpi Shaw Saml. Mkp 



mkr) Baldertongt 
Copestake Chs. Shep 

pard's row 
Elson Wm. Pit 
Hutchinson T. Mlg 
Hutchinson Wm. Ngt 
Johnson William, Fnv 
Mackenzie G. (pump 

mkr.) Baldertongt 
Nail John, Gst 
North Jas. Ast 
Parr John, Bng 
Pinknay John, Gsg 
Skinner John, Mlg 
Sumners Wm. Wst 

Lac emeu. 
Carter John, Bgt 
Smith Hy. Bgt 



Spencer Rt. Stn 
Wilson James, Sst 

Maltsters* 
Adams Jph. Ngt 
Betts Jas. Big 
Boler W. & Co. Mlg 
Branston Jph. Win 
Brodhurst W. & Sons, 

Ngt. & Mansfield 
Caparn R. & Brothers, 

Lst. h. Cartergate 
Carver Jas. Crg 
Chappell Simon, Ngt 
Clark Jas. & Son, Mlg 
j Dixon George, Ngt 
! Fisher Geo. Mlg 
| Foster J. & Co. Ngt 
Hancock Walter, Mlg 



Land fy Bldg. Sn:rs: Hand ley W. F. &J 



Adams Jph.(& valuer) 

Ngt 
Harrison Geo. Mdg 
Linen fy Win. Draps. 
Angrave Edw. Ngt 
Becket Thomas, (and 

stamp distr.) ?>]kp 
Bonifant Henrv, Mkp 
Butler Henry, Sst 
Chambers Wm. Mkp 
Clark Richard, Mkp 
Dodd Caleb, Mkp 
Fillingham Wm. Sst 
Fisher & Fillingham, 

Market place 
Hall Henry, Mkp 
Johnson Thos. Sst 
Mc Myn Thos. Ngt 
Oliver John & John, 

Market place 
Linen Ma n ufacturers . 
Hardy Jph. (Damask) 

Mlg 
Scales Geo. & Son, (& 

bleachers) Hawton 

Mills 
Simnit W. (& weaver) 

Csg 
Thompson J. (sacking 

&c.) Castle 
Undav J. (& weaver)- 

Bng 

3h 



Northgate 
Harvey Geo. Crg 
Hilton Rt. & Geo. L. 

Middlegato 
Hole Samuel, Csg. 
Jackson Hy. Ngt 
Marfleet Hy. & Fdk. 

Millgt.&Winthorpe 
Massey Thos. Hacker, 

Castlegate 
Middleton Wm. Lock- 

yer, Lovers' In 
Readett Wm. Hy. Lst 
Smith Wm. Bst 
Thorpe J. & Sons, Mlg 
Wilson John, Gst 
Wright Saml. Lst 

Milliners fy Brest 
Makers. 
Berriif Sarah, Bng 
Brooks Ann, Big 
Carter Henrietta, Bgt 
Collin Ameris, Sst 
CrampernAnn, Crg 
Dalman Ann & Eliz. 

Bgt 
Dalman Matilda, Big 
Elson Eliz. Pit 
Farmer Mary, Agt 
Franks Rebecca, Wst 
Grubb Alice, Sst 
Hardy Ann, Rst 



622 



NEWARK DIRECTORY. 



Hardy Mary, Millgt 
Henfrey Eliz. Csg 
Hoggan Jane, Mdg 
Holmes Sarah, (•& tea 

dlr.) Mdg 
Johnson My. Ann, Lst 
Lineham Eliz. Kst 
Naylor Eliz. Pit 
Pilgrim Mary, Brg 
Rawding Frances, Ast 
Pybus My. & Ann, Agt 
Rose Mary, Ast 
Watkin Mary, Crg 
Watson Charlotte, Wst 
WhittinghamCath.Prt 
Williamson My. Ngt 
Wilson Frances, Big 

Millwrights, $c. 
Marked f are Machine 

Makers. 
f Chambers Rt. Mkp 
English Wm. Pmt 
Ingledew Geo. (& mill- 
stone mkr.) Mlg 
f Spencer Thos. Stn 

Nail Makers. 
Burgess Wm. Big 
Gillson Thos. Bng 
Gregory Rd. Lst 
Nurserymen, $c. 
See a Iso Gardeners 
Clark Geo. (& florist) 
Strawberry hall, Lrd 
Flower Mary, Lrd 
Girton John, Big 
Gkton Jph. Sst 
Withers Geo. & Thos. 
Mkp. & Millgt 
Painters. 
Harston John, (and 
gravestone cutter,) 
Kgt 
Harston Robt. (& en 

graver) Lst 
Kirkham Ann, Mlg 
Slater Jas. R. Wst 
Summers Jph. Ast 
Watkin John, Crg 
Winter Wm. Mdg 
Patten Sf Clog Mkrs. 
Bradley Rose, Stn 
Bradley Jph. Pmt 
Tipper Benj. Kgt 



Turnbull Walter, Kgt 
Physicians. 

Bigsby John Jerh. 
Friary, Agt 

Chawnor Darwin, Cgt 

Morton Hugh, Bgt 
Plaster Mrchts. fyc. 

Norton Jno.Orme,Blg 

Robinson & Wilson, 
Big 

Shaw, Hy. (plasterer) 
Pelham st 

Sheppard John Sad- 
ler, Balderton gt 

Ward Wm. Bng 

Plumbers # Glaziers. 

Brown Geo. Bng 

Brown John, Csg 

Lang Wm. Sst 

Pawson Sarah & Sons, 
Kirkgate 

Rayner John B. Sst 

Thompson Wm. Kgt 
Professors . 

Brydges Wm. (organ- 
ist) Church yd 

Crow Wm. (music)Lst 

Curtis Jph. Bigsby, 
(landscape and por- 
trait) Csg 

Dyer Thos. (dancing) 
Osbornethorpe hs 

Hardy Wm. (music) 
Stodman st 

Hurst Rt. (music) Sst 
Register Office. 

Robinson Ann, Crg 

Rope fy Twine Mkrs 

Lee Saml. Brg 

Marshall Edw. Mkp 

Peart Rt. Sst 

PollardWm.(sack)Ngt 
Saddlers, fyc. 

Clark John, Lst 

Cooper Wm. Csg 

Edlin Chas. Spr 

Hardy Jas. Sst 
Loversidge Jph.&Son, 

Castlegate 
Moss Wm. Bridge st 
Pinder John, Kgt 
Shopkeepers. 
Asher Benj. Ngt 



Adams Hy. Win 
Barker Ann, Agt 
Birkitt Eliz. Crg 
Bousfield Alice, Sst 
Brown John, Pit 
Cartledge Amelia, Csg 
Driver Thos. Kgt 
Goodacre Wm. Big 
Gregory Rd. ;Lst 
Heppenstall Fdk. Big 
Hibbert Sarah, Lock 
Hunt Thos. Stn 
Johnson Eliz. Kst 
Johnson John, Frd 
King Wm. Mlg 
Marriott Rd. York st 
Mason Wm. Tenter 

bds 
Mattlock Rebecca, Lst 
Miller & Joycey, Hrd 
MorleyJph. Win 
Osborne Jas. Prt 
Outram Geo. Csg 
Pacey John, Mlg 
Parkinson Eliz. Kgt 
Pocklington Saml. Ast 
Robinson Mary, Mlg 
Rushton Barton, Csg 
Simpson Eliz. Kgt 
Spring Geo. Lst 
Taylor Thos. Ngt 
Wakefield Rd. Sst 
Wand Thos. Kgt 
White Geo. Ngt 
Worrall Hy. Hrd 
Silversmiths Sf Jwlrs. 
ClayDalton Parr,Mkp 
Smith Hy. Bgt 

Smallware Dealers. 
Barrows Jas. Big 
Cole Wm. Pepper hill 
Lilley Rt. Ngt 
Newey Jas. Agt 
Saunders Jas. Ntrt 
Taylor John, Sst 
Smock Frock Mfrs. &? 

Slop Sellers. 
Clark Rd. Cse 
Gelsthorp Thos. Kgt 
Little H.C.&Co.Mgt 
Moore Reuben, Bgt 
Rippingale W. (frocks 
only) Castlegate 



STEWARK DIRECTORY. 



Star/ Makers. 
Brown Charlotte, Kgt 
Grantham Thos. Bgt 
Knight Charlotte, Wst 
Mather Thos. Kgt 
Matthews Eliz. Gst 
Parkinson Thos. Crg 
Stanhope Thos. Bng 
Taylor* John, Mkp 
Thompson Eliz. Kgt 

Stone Masons, fyc. 
Chamberlain Rt. Big 
Marshall Rd. Csg 
Nicholson John, Ngt 
SheppardChp.Haneer, 

Big 
Sheppard Geo. Lst 

Straw Hat Makers. 
Aram £. & J. Sst 
Bilson David, Sst 
Colbre Sarah, Cht 
Harston Maria, Kgt 
Lampin Mary, Cht 
Makenzie Reb. Stn 
Marshall Harriet, Csg 
Sheppard Maria, Big 
Snell Ann, Sst 
Worley Mary, Lst 

Surgeons. 
Anders James, Kgt 
Deeping William, Lst 
Dobbs William, Agt 
Lacy Jas. Prior, Csg 
Parker Wm. Mdg 
Pearson Samuel, Ngt 
Thompson W.jun Agt 
Waring Samuel, Bng 
Welby William, Csg 

Tailors, 
marked % are Drapers 
IBarker Rt. Chn 
Brooks Andrew & up- 
holsterer 
Brown William, Wst 
Buttery and Cawthan, 

Mdg 
Calcraft John, Bng 
JCarpendale Ths. Mg 
Chatterton Wm. Mkp 
Coleam Francis & up 

holsterer 
Emerson Wm. Ast 
Franks John W. Crg 



Gelsthorp Thos. Chn I 
Holmes Samuel. Big 
J Little H. C.&CoMg 
Lyne William, Chn 
Mather Thomas, Cyd 
Neaves William, Frd 
Moore Reuben, Bgt 
Morley John, Ngt 
Parlby William, Wst 
{Pettefar Rd. Kgt 
Rogers Nathan, Big 
Simmons Joseph, Jyd 
Spurrett Wm A. Hrd 
Turner John, Pit 
JWells Jsph. Sst 
Wood John, Mdg 
J Wright John, Sst 

Tallow Chandlers. 
Drury John, Mkp 
Gibson Rt. Sst 
Gillson Jph. Sst 
Jackson Sarah, Csg 
Morley Daniel, Ngt 
Moss F. Evelyn, Csg 
Oldham Henry, Mlg 
Poplewell John, Mkp 
Ridge James, Mdg 
Robinson J. & Son Agt 

Tanner. 
Killingley A. Mlg 

Timber Merchants. 
Clark J. & Son, Mlg 
Handley W. F. & J. 

Northgate 
Huddlestone J. & Son 

Castlegate 
Nail John, (English) 

Guildhall-street 
Tobacco Manfrs. 
HardstaffJohn, Bng 
Hodgkinson John, & 

J. Froggatt, Bng 
Tobacco Pipe Manfrs 
Edmunds Wm. Ast 
Simnit J. Lyne, Est 

Trunk and Box 
Makers. . 
Stapleford S. Kgt 
Hobin T. Barnes, Big 
Pate George, Bng 
Turners in Wood, fyc 
Ellis John, Bin 
Hibbert, John, Sst 



WilsonKirby, Csg 
Veterinary Surgeons. 
Cotchefer John, Kgt 
Foster Richard, Csg 
Goodacre Thos. Big 
Johnson George, Bst 
Watchfy Clock Maker? 
Goodwin Henry, Sst 
Hardy Richard, Mkp 
Holt Richard, Kgt 
Priest J. 8c J. Mdg 
Priest William, Bin 

Wharfingers. 
Clark J. & Son Mlg 
Fisher W. & G. Mlg 
Huddlestone J. & Sor, 

Castlegate 
Hurst & Carver, Ngt 
Jackson J. Armstrong 

Northgate 
Withers G. & T. Mlg 

Wheebvrights. 
Bedford Edw. Brg 
Selby Joseph, Big 
Weightman Wm. Mlg 
Wilson Wm. Big 
Whitesmiths. 
Buck Wm. Bng 
Ingledew Geo. Mlg 
Geary Joseph, Bin 
Palethorpe Arthur, (& 

Iron mrt.) Tonges 

Yard. 
Revill John, Sst 
Revill T. (machine,) 

Balderton-gate 
Spencer Rt. Stn 
Wallis Gude, Lst 
Walton Wm. Mlg 
Wine$ Spirit Mrt a. 
Dyson Js. Market-pl 
Gardner Thomas. Sst 
Gilstrap Joseph, Kgt 
Norton, Deeping. & 

Co. Kirkgate 
Taplen Thomas, Mdg 
Thompson Wm. Kgt^ 

Wire Workers. 
Norton Rd. Ngt 
Petchell Thomas, Crg 

Wool Merchants. 
i Hardy John, Mlg 
I Ynun2" Edward, Utr 



624 



KEWARK COACHES, &C, 



COACHES, &c. 

From Gils trap's Hotel, 

To London, Royal Mail, 3 aft. ; 
Express, 6 evg. ; Highflyer,^ 
before 2 mg. ; Wellington, | 
past 4 mg. ; Rockingham, 3 
afternoon 

To York, Newcastle, fy Edinbro\ 
Royal Mail, 10 mg. ; Express, 
J past 10 night. ; Highflyer, 12 
night i Wellington, 8 mg 

To Leeds, Rockingham, \ past 6 
morning 

To Norwich, Union, 6 morning, 
through Sleaford, Boston, 
Lynn, &c. 

To Manchester, Champion, half- 
past 6 morning 

To Nottingham, Imperial, every 
aft. at 4 (except Sand.) and to 
Lincoln, fyc. J past 1 1 mg 

To Nottingham fy Derby, The 
Wonder, every mg. at 8 

To Lincoln, Queen Adelaide, 
every evg. at 7, except Sund. ; 
and to Cambridge at 7 nig 
From the Castle fy Falcon. 

To Gainsbro', Regulator, \ before 
5 morning 

To Southwell!!? Nottingham* Ac- 
commodation, 8 mg. ;. and tbe 
Pilot, J past 3 afternoon 
&Zj* The Rockingham,. Cham- 
pion, and Queen Adelaide, call at 

this Inn as well as the Hotel 
From the Swan fy Salmon. 

To Worksop fy Doncaster, the 
Amity, at 2 afternoon 

To Lincoln, the Perseverance, ^ 
before 8 mg. ; and to Notting- 
ham fy Southwell, at f past 3 
aft. The Hope/to Nottingham 
at 8 morning 

To Southwell fy Mansfield, the 
Mail Gig, 11 morning 
From the Clinton Arms. 

The Royal Mail to Glasgow, at 
10 mg. y and to London at \ 
before 4 afternoon 

The Union to London, at lOngt., 
and to Leeds, at 6 mg. The 
Norwich Union, at 6 nig 



CARRIERS. 

Deacon, Harrison, fy Co., Castle- 
gate ; Vans to London, Cam- 
bridge, &c. every Wed. FrL & 
Sat. mgs. at 6 ; and waggons 
every mg. at 6. To Doncaster, 
Wakefield, & Leeds, at 6 evg 

Rt. Huntfy Son, Lombard street, 
to London, every Tues. Wed. 
Fri. & Sat. evgs. at 7 ; and to 
Sheffield and all parts of the 
North, every Sun. Mon. Wed. 
& Friday morning at 7 

Jackson Sf Co. Lombard street, 
to London, 1 morning 

To Grant ham* Joseph Wool fit, 
Stodman st. ^ & SI. Hewland, 
Clark's yard, daily, 5 mg 

To Lincoln, W. & J. Pettifor, 
from the Robin Hood, Sunday, 
Tues. & Thurs. mg. ; Joseph 
Wooliitt, Stodman st. Tues. 10 
mg. & Fri. 4 mg. ; and John 
Uffindale, Middlegate, Tues. 
& Thurs. 12 noon 

To Nottingham, W.& J. Pettifor 
from the Robin Hood, Mon. 
Wed. & Friday 

CARRIERS BY WATER. 

&3f» See Warfingers, page 623 
MARKET CARRIERS. 

They arrive on Wednesday about 
10 morng. and depart 3 aft, 
from their respective Inns 

Those marked 1 put up at the 
Angel; 2, Duke of Cumber- 
land ; 3, King's Head ;. 4, 
Robin Hood; 5, Rein Deer; 
6, Royal Oak; 7« Spread Eagle 
8, White Hart; 9, White 
Horse ; and 10, Waggon and 
Horses* 

Aslockton, Hy. Sanders, 8 

Barnby, Fox & Crown, Rt. Mills, 
and Hy. Taylor 

Bassingham, Jph. Newbutt, 5; 
and Thos. Knapp, 8 

Bennington, Generous Britain, 
Rd. Lynn ; & Bell, Wm. Luty 

Besthorp, Wm. Spouton, 5 

Bingham, Wm. Jackson, 1 ; and 
Ann Moult, Bell Inn 

Bottesford, John Wilson, &' r Wm. 



NEWARK CARRIERS,, 



625 



Jackson, 8 ; & Rd. Hucknall, 

Packhorse 
Broughton & Sleford, Rt. Whita- 

ker, 8; Rd. Hucknall, 9 
Carcolston, John Baker, 4 ; and 

Thos. Cragg, 10 
Carlton-on-Trent, Mr. Price, 6 
Caunton, Wm, Barnes, 7 
Caythorpe, Wm. Wetherill, 8 
Claypole, Bell, (William Daws ; 

Lord Nelson. Mr. Hubbard 
Clifton, Geo. Dovener, 1 ; and 

Wm. Turner, 2 
Collingham, John Bailev,3; and 
^ Jph. Groves, 1, Wed."& Sat 
Crop well, S, Swinscoe, 7 
Eagle, Jph. Moorby, 1 
Eakring, Mr. Weatherby, 7 
Elston, John Long, 8 
Farndon, W. Alhvood, 10, Wed, 

& Saturday 
Fiskerton, Mr. Foster, 6 
Flintham, Tho. Cupit, 4 
Foston, W. Ellis & M. Bell, 8 
Fulbeck, John King, 9 
Grantham, Rd. Pyband, 2 
Hawkes worth, J.Padget, 4 
Hoveringham, Cphr. Armstrong, 

Bell 
Leadenham, &c. John Duty, 9 • 
Mansfield, thos. Wood, Wed. & 

Sat. Swan & Salmon 
Marnham, Rd. Smith, Blue Lion 
Muskham (South) Geo. Butter- 
worth, King's Arms 



Normanton, Thos. Waller. 6 ; & 

Jarvis Newbold, 1 
Norwell, Thos. Radford, 2 ; Wm. 

Warsop, 1 ; and J. Hallam. 

Ram Hotel 
Nottingham, Jph. Wilcocks, 3; 

& Geo. Skidmore, 1 ; Wed, & 

Saturday 
Ollerton, J. Scatchard, 2 
Orston, John Fryer, 4; and Wm 

Greaves. S 
Radcliffe.Saml. Wood, 8 
Redmill, Wm. Patchell, 7 
Rolleston, Thos. Brailsford, 6 
Scarle, (N. & S.) Wm. Linney, 1 ; 

Wm, Saxby & Wm. Brown, 5 
Screveton, Jph. Hallam, 1 
Sedgbrook, Wm. Scoffins, W 
Sibthorpe, J. Fisher, 4 
Southwell, J. Fearn, & W. Cool- 
ing, 1 : Jph. Pilgrim, 2 ; and 

J. Fryer, 7 
Stapleford Moor, J. Priestly, 1 
Sutton-on-Trent, S. Whitworth, 

and Wm. Atkinson, 1 ; Wm. 

Shephard, 7 
Swinderby, R. Coilingham, 1 
Syerston, Wm. Bramlev. 4 
Tuxford, Mr. Todd, 1 ; Wm. 

Godfrey, 7 
Wellow, Jph, Moorby, 1 
\Yestborough, John Miles, Old 

King's Head 
Whattom Wm. Tutburv. White 

Hind ' 



BALDERTON is a pleasant village and parish, \\ mile S.E. 
of Newark, containing 830 inhabitants, and about 360 acres of 
land, belonging to several proprietors, of whom the Duke ot 
Newcastle is the principal, and also lord of the manor, which 
was soc to Newark. The church is a neat but ancient structure, 
dedicated to St. Giles. The benefice is annexed to the vicarage 
of Farndon. The prebendary of Farndon, in Lincoln cathedral, 
is the appropriator, but he and the incumbent received allot- 
ments at the inclosure in 1768, in lieu of all the tithes, except 
those which are still paid on about 125 acres of crown land. — 
A Methodist chapel was erected here in 1825. An annual feast 
is held on September 12th, and hirings for servants at Mayday 
and Martinmas. The vicar receives £2 yearly, and the school- 
master <£18 for teaching 18 free scholars, from an estate at 
Fishtoft, in Lincolnshire, bequeathed to this parish and that of 

3h2 



m 



BALDERTON PARISH. 



Sleaford, by Wm, Alvey, in. 1726. The following rent charges 
are received yearly for the poor of this parish, viz 40s. left in 
1724, by Gabriel Alvey; 6s. 8d* by Alice Newcombe; 20&. 
out of land at Caythorpe; 10s. out of land in Balderton ; 8s. 
out of E. S. Godfrey's estate ; Is. 2d. out of Steadfold's close ; 
iOd. out of Hunt's close * and 3s. 4d. out of 2f acres belonging 
to Mr. Harvey. Three closes in Scarsdale parish, now let for 
£\2. 12s., were bequeathed to them by a Mr, JVigglesivorth ; 
also two cottages and gardens (let for £12) by Benjamin Gibson* 
in I727 ; and the poor's close, (3 acres, let for ^8,) left by 
Francis Leek. 



Bell William, Gentlemen 
Birkett Mr. John, 
Birkett Wm. miller and baker, 
Greasley Mr. Benjamin, 
DaybellJohn, butcher 
Dickenson John, bricklayer 
Esam Mrs. Ann 
Fisher James, tailor 
Hancer Christopher, gentlemen 
Hand John, butcher 
Harvey Mr. John 
Kerchevall Mrs Ann 
Lineker Robert, brickmaker 
Marriott Geo. Esq. Round House 
Newstead Francis, gentlemen 
Oldham John, Surveyor of the 
turnpike from Foston to Mush- 
am Bridge. 
Oldham Thomas, tailor 
Padgett William, beer-house 
Read Matthew, joiner 
Rose Edward, gentlemen 
SelbyJohn, wheelwright 
Selby Samuel, parish clerk, 
Smith B. victualler, Turk's Head 



Smith William, schoolmaster 
Smithaon John, victualler, Cock 
Stevenson Wm. joiner & cabinet 

maker 
Tyerman Wm. tailor & beerhouse 
Upsall Richard, gentlemen 
Welby Miss Elizabeth & sisters 

Balderton Hall 
Farmers, Wilson C & W a 
Bramley Wm. Maltsters. 

Calvert John Clark James 
Caunt Thomas Harvey Rt. 
Fillingham Rd. Oldham Geo. 
Hand John Shoemakers, 

Harrison Rd. Cawthan Jph. 
Oldham William, Crow Richard 
Padgett John Hunt Joseph 
Page Thomas Tinley Thos. 
Rawding Thos. Shopkeepers. 
Stevens George AntclifFEdm. 
Thompson Jno. Glover Wm. 
Withers Wm. Harvey Edw. 

Blacksmiths, Smith Thomas 
Bramley Ts. 



BARNBY-IN-THE-WILLOWS is a small village and pa- 
rish, on the river Witham, which divides it from Lincolnshire, 
4 miles E.S.E. of Newark. It has 237 inhabitants, and about 
1400 acres of land, belonging to Colonel Noel, Rd. Fisher, Esq* 
and several other freeholders. An ancient moated house, 
which had belonged to the Nevilles and Brownes, {Barons 
Montagu,) was taken down about 15 years ago. The church is 
dedicated to All Saints. The vicarage, valued in the King's 
books at £0. 9s. 9£d., is in the patronage of Southwell colle- 
giate church, and incumbency of the Rev. Jas. Footit; but 
Mr. John Brown and Col. Noel are the impropriators, the 
former having 11 and the latter 4 shares of the rectorial tithes. 
Flaivford a farm of 250 acres, anciently belonged to the 



NEWARK HUNDRED, 



627 



Knights Templar, but is now the property of W. F. and J. 
Handley, Esqrs. 



Newstead John, parish clerk 
Rose Benj. joiner 
Taylor Hy. shopkeeper 
Vessey Gevas, juiu beer hs 
Vessey John, beer house 

FARMERS. 
Bark Michl Birkett Rd 
Birkett John Brown Thos 
Birkett Mary Doughty John 



Featherstone Js Salmon Michl. 
Kinning Thos Flawford 
Mason Rt Squires T. &G. 

Peet John, Fo- Taylor Hy. & G. 
rest Vessey Gervas 

Wilson Rd 

Carriers to Newark.— Hy. 

Taylor & Rt. Mills, Wed. 8 mg. 



NORTH CLIFTON parish comprises the four villages and 
townships of North Clifton, South Clifton, Harby, and Spal- 
ford, which maintain their poor separately, and contain toge- 
ther 949 inhabitants, and 433/ acres of land, which was all ex- 
onerated from tithes at the enclosure, and anciently formed four 
manors of the Bishop of Lincoln's fee, and one of Roger de 
Busli's. North Clifton is a small village on the east bank 
of the Trent, 12J miles N. by E. of Newark, near a long red 
cliff, in which numerous fragments of urns, bones, and scalps 
have been found, near the spot which is supposed to have been 
anciently occupied by a castle. The inhabitants have each a 
free passage across the ferry at South Clifton, for which privi- 
lege they give the ferryman a " prime loaf " on Christmas-day, 
when he and his dog have by custom each a good dinner at the 
vicarage, " and the parson's dog is always turned out whilst the 
ferryman's eats his share of the entertainment.' 5 The church. 
dedicated to St. George, stands on an eminence between North 
and South Clifton. It had formerly a collegiate chantry for 
secular priests. The vicarage, valued in the King's books at 
c£7- 6s. is now enjoyed by the Rev. Fdk. Parry Hodges. The 
prebendary of North Clifton, in Lincoln cathedral, is the patron 
and appropriator. The Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manors 
of N. and S. Clifton, each of which contains about HOG 
acres, belonging to a number of freeholders and a few copy- 
holders. Colonel Sibthorpe is lessee of the prebendal lands. At 
the enclosure, 11 acres were allotted to the church, and two 
acres of the Sandhills for repairing the roads. In 1669, Simon 
Nicholson left to the poor £100, which was laid out in the 
purchase of 16a. 3r. 9p. of land, let for £\7 a year, of which 
ten guineas are given to the master of the school, which was 
built in 1799, for the use of the two townships. The poor have 
£3. 10s. yearly, as half the rent of a house in South Clifton, 
left in 1737, by Susannah Hall. The parish feast is on Sep- 
tember 12th. 

South Clifton, 1 mile S. of North Clifton, is the largest 
village in this parish, having 340 inhabitants. Here is the 
vicarage house, a Methodist chapel, and the ferry already 



628 



CLIFTON (N. & S.) 



noticed. Much damage was done here by the overflowing of 
the Trent in the floods of 1736, 1770, 1795, 1824, and 1828. 

Harby, at the east end of the parish, bordering upon Lin- 
colnshire, and 13 miles N.N.E. of Newark, is a village and 
chapelry with 304 inhabitants. It is remarkable as the place 
where Queen Eleanor lay ill and died, in the 19th of Edward 
I. who founded a chantry here, which he afterwards removed 
to Lincoln. The chapel of ease was repaired about twelve years 
ago. The Duke of Portland is principal owner and lord of 
the manor, which contains 1187 acres, and was enclosed in 
1803, but Col. Sibthorpe and some others have estates here. 

Spalford, 10 miles N. by E. of Newark, has only 80 inha- 
bitants, and 900 acres of land, enclosed in 1814. Two of its 
farms are in Girton parish. Sir Wm. Welby, Bart, is the prin- 
cipal owner and lord of the manor. 



NORTH CLIFTON. 

Banes John, blacksmith 
Briggs Richard, tailor 
Glew Hannah, corn miller 
Hammond George, gent 
Harvey Matthew, corn miller 
Hills Wm. shoemaker and vict 
Squier Jacob, schoolmaster 
Starr William, shoemaker 
Turner Wm. shopkr. & carrier 
Tustin William, tailor 
Wheatcroft Edward, gent 
Wilson Timothy, joiner 

Fanners. 
Chapman Rd Minnett John 
Cooling John Shepherd Thos 
Lownd John Wells Henry 
Milns Wm Wells John 

SOUTH CLIFTON. 

Buff ham Ann, vict. Red Lion 
Clark John, butcher and draper 
Cooper Joseph, corn miller 
Cooper William, grocer & draper 
Curtis John, shoemaker 
Dinsdale William, parish clerk 
Freeborough, Robert, tailor 
Freeth Miss 
Gambles Thomas, blacksmith, & 

axe and bill manufacturer 
Gordon Rev. Geo. Cyrus, curate 
Kirk George, vict 
Maitby John, butcher 
Pennington Edward, gent 
Lamb John, wheelwright 
Smith William, joiner 
Truelove Robert, joiner 



Turner Henry, butcher 
Walker John, coal merchant 
Watson Hy. tanner, saddler, &c 
Wells William, shoemaker 

Farmers. 
Bonifant Thos Derry John 
Cooper Wm Higgat Geo 
Derry James Kirk Geo 
Derry Wm. and Tuxford Sarah 
maltster Woolfit John 

Carrier.— -George Daubner to 
Gainsborough, Tuesday, and to 
Newark^ Wednesday, 5 morn. 

HARBY. 

Ashlin Joseph, blacksmith 
Brown George, joiner 
Cobb John, wheelwright 
Conlon Pat. weaver & beer house 
Dixon Benjamin, tailor 
Gourley Jno. & W. brickmkrs 
Harrison James, joiner 
Higgat Anthony, shopkeeper 
Higgat Edward, shoemaker 
Hodson William, wheelwright 
Lobley Thomas, corn miller 
Lund William, bricklayer 
Lyon John, shopkeeper 
Ormond Joseph, shoemaker 
Parr George, joiner and vict 
Peck Samuel, blacksmith 
Simpson William, bricklayer 
SmaUey Joseph, shoemaker 
Smith William, tailor 
Wilkinson Robert, butcher 
Withers Wm. schoolr. & grocer 



NEWARK HUNDRED. 



629 



Farmers, 
Bolton John Howitt Thos 
Curtis Wm Simpson Cphr. 

Curtis Thomas Skinner Wm 
Dixon Beni Wilkinson Geo 
DoncasterWm Withers Thos 



Spalford — Farmers. 
Brown Robert Gibson Jha 
Cooling John Hill John 
Gibson Wm. & Parkin Wm 
miller Tongue Rd 



COLLINGHAM, seated on a gentle eminence above the 
Trent marsh, 6 miles N. by E. of Newark, is one of the largest 
and handsomest villages in the county, and is all comprised in 
the two parishes of North and South Collingham, which con- 
tain together 1608 inhabitants and upwards of 4000 acres of land. 
A feast is held on the last Sunday in October, and hirings for 
servants twice a year. 

North Collingham parish includes more than half of the 
village, and Potter Hill on the borders of Lincolnshire, where 
tradition says, there has been a Roman Pottery, but it is more 
likely to have been a military station. The church stands near 
the centre of the village, and is dedicated to All Saints. The 
vicarage is valued in the King's books at £8. 14s. 2d., and has 
been augmented with Queen's Anne's Bounty. The Rev. 
Charles Lesiter, A.B., is the incumbent, and the Dean and 
Chapter of Peterborough are the patrons and appropriators, 
but they received land at the enclosure, in lieu of tithes. The 
Baptist chapel here has been several times enlarged, and near 
it is a school endowed (for the education of the poor children of 
both parishes,) by William and Mary Hart, in 1699 and 1718, 
with land now let for .£39 per annum. The benefactions to the 
poor of North Collingham are £2 yearly, left by William Storr, 
and the interest of ^£30 left by Thomas Fisher and William 
Lonsdale. They have also £6. 6s. yearly from the Poor's 
close, the rest of which £2. 14s. is paid to the surveyors of the 
highways. The poor of South Collingham hare £2 yearly left 
by W T illiam Storr; £\2. 10s. yearly from land bequeathed by 
William Hart ; and the interest of ^70 left by Thomas Fisher, 
and Elizabeth Bradford, 

South Collingham parish includes the southern part of the 
village of Collingham, and the hamlets Brough and Derne- 
thorpe distant 2% miles to the S.E. It has 7^7 inhabitants, 
and nearly 3000 acres of land, of which the Earl of Stamford 
is principal owner and lord of the manor, which he holds on a 
lease under the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough, whose 
bishop has the advowson of the rectory, which is valued in the 
King's books at .£14. Is. 10|d, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. 
Joseph Mayor. In the parish are two Wesley an chapels, one at 
Collingham, and the other at Brough, which latter is supposed 
to be the Crocolana of Antoninus, from the number of- Roman 
coins, pots, urns, bricks, &c, that have been dug up there at 



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COLLINGHAM (N. & S.) 



various periods. Dernethorp, which occupies an eminence a little 
to the south of Brough, had anciently a chapel annexed to 
Thurgarton priory, and human bones are still frequently dis- 
covered in a garden which was the burial ground. At Col- 
lingham, was born the late John Blow, the celebrated organist 
of Westminster Abbey, who died in 1708. John Armstrong, 
now living in the village, is 27 years of age, and only 3 feet 5 
inches in height. 



NORTH COLLINGHAM. 

Addinsell John, schoolmaster 
Bentley Mrs. Sarah 
Boot Mrs. Mary 
Broadberry John, sen. coal mert 
Broadberry John, jun. bookpr 
Burbank Baraak, gardener, &c 
Burrell Thomas, watchmaker 
Chambers Joseph, tailor 
Clark John, gent 
Cleaver John, gent 
Coles John, coal merchant 
Cooling Mrs. Sarah 
Cooper Robert, surgeon 
Crossland George, cooper 
Dominichitte Captain fm 
Fish Thomas, butcher 
Fletcher Geo. Harwood, surgeon 
Glasier Mrs. Mary 
Groose Arthur & Jas. saddlers 
Hage John, joiner 
Hewes George, hair dresser 
HickliUg Wm. glazier, &c. 
Lonsdale, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Lesiter Rev. Charles 
Millns William, bricklayer 
Mosley Henry, wheelwright 
Newton Thos. veterinary surgeon 
Nichols Rev. Wm. Baptist min. 
Pickering Thomas, joiner 
Pope Rev. Geo. (Bapt.) & school- 
master 
Shelburn Thomas, joiner 
Sherlock George, gov. workhouse 
Skerritt Samuel, mason 
Smith William, tailor 
South Joseph, miller 
Turner Jonathan, gent 
Turner Louisa, ladies' school 
Vickers William, painter 
White John, gunsmith & p. clerk 
White George, boat owner 
Widnall George, glazier, &c. 



Willis Edward, bricklayer 
Wilson, Mr. James 
Wright, Mrs. Mary 



Farmers, 
Bestall Wm 
Edlington J 
Fish Thos 
Grimes Henry 
Jackson Dd 
Pate John 
Skelton Wm 
Tasker Geo 
Taylor Abm 
Taylor Wm 



Shoemakers, 
Bagley Jph 
Brown Samuel 
Curtis Thomas 
Johnson David 
Kirkus Thomas 

Shopkeepers. 
Cad man Wm 
Good Wm 
Harston Rd 
Hewes Wm 



Temporal John Newton Thos 
West Wm Woodcock Jas 



Woolley H. and 
chandler 
Publicans. 
Arnold Mtw 
Battle Wm 
Bradberry W 
Fearnehough T 
Marriot Wm 



Blacksmiths 
Hail Wm. 
Ragg John 
Watson Wm 
Maltsters. 
Beedham Bk 
Cooling Thos 
Wright John 

SOUTH COLLINGHAM. 

Anderson John, gent 
Bailey William, grocer 
Brown Thomas, tailor 
Chappell Sandy, gent. Lodge 
Clayworth John, vict 
Gray John, tailor 
Greenberry Rt. miller & beerhs 
Guilford Miss Ann and Sisters 
Hall Samuel, blacksmith 
Hall Willoughby, schoolmaster 
Harrison William, gardener 
Lee Lewis, ropemaker 
Lewis John, shoemaker 
Long Rt. Furniss, grazier 
Mayor Rev. Joseph, rector 
Milnes Robert, grazier 
Norris William, tailor 
Pilgrim John, shoemaker 



NEWARK HUNDRED. 



631 



Priestley William, joiner 
Proctor Michael, grocer 
Ragg John, blacksmith 
Stepnall John, blacksmith 
Stocks John, blacksmith, Brough 
Tinley Daniel, miller and baker 
Wells Joseph, shoemaker 
Whittall John, excise officer 
Woolley Thos. Smith, land agent 
and valuer 

Farmers. 
Marked t live at Brough, and % 

at Dernethorpe. 
Chaster Chtte Hardy Hosea 
Coles Thos Hatfield John 

+ Colton John Hewson Wm 
fEastgate Mary J Holmes Thos 



Hopkinson W. Oldham Wm 
and brickmkr J Paling Geo 
f Horner Edw J Paling Wm 
JHorner Edm Priestley Wm 
f Horner MarthafQuibell Jph 
Hunt Jph Skellett Thos 

Hutchinson J Taylor Jas 
Johnson Chpr J White Ben j 
Lilley Matth 

A coach to Gainsborough and 
Newark, daily. Letters are re- 
ceived by a horse post. 

Carriers. — Joseph Grosse to 
Gainsborough, Mon. and to New- 
ark, Wed. and Sat. John Bailey, 
to Newark, Wed. and Sat. and to 
Lincoln, Fri. 



COTHAM, is a small village and parish on the east bank of 
the Devon, 4 miles S. of Newark. It contains only 74 inhabit- 
ants and 1200 acres of land, all belonging to the Duke of Port- 
land, who is also patron of the churchy which is dedicated to 
St. Michael, and was partly rebuilt, and new pewed in 1831, 
The living is a curacy valued in the King's books at £~. 18s. 
and is now enjoyed by the Rev. E. Otter, for whom the Rev. 
J. E. S. Hutchinson officiates. This place was long the seat of 
the knightly families of Leek and Markham, but it is now 
divided into three farms, occupied by John Booth, Thos. Rose, 
and the executors of the late John Fisher. 

ELSTON, 5 miles S. S.W. of Newark, is a straggling village 
and parish, containing 552 inhabitants and 1500 acres of land, 
forming two manors, distinguished by the names of Church- 
paiish and Chapel-parish, from the latter having a small ancient 
chapel of ease annexed to the vicarage of East Stoke. Sir R. 
H. Bromley is lord and principal owner of the latter; and Wm 
Brown Darwin, Esq. of the former manor, in which he has just 
rebuilt, upon a handsome and commodious scale, his ancient 
family residence, called Elston Hall. The church is a neat 
edifice dedicated to All Saints. The rectory, valued in the 
King's books, at <£9. 8s. 9d, is in the gift of W. B. Darwin, 
Esq., and incumbency, of the Rev. J. Holt, M.A. The tithes 
were all commuted for allotments of land in 1798. An hospital 
here, in which 4 poor widows have each Is. per week, is about 
to be rebuilt, and was founded in 1722 by Ann Darwin. The 
school, which is endowed with land, &c. worth <£12. per annum, 
was rebuilt by the late ]\lr. Darwin, in 1812, It was founded 
bv Lawrence Pendleton, in 1650, and endowed with £100. by 
Eliz. Darwin, in 1784. The poor have 6s. yearly out of a pub- 
lic house from the bequest of Mary Piper, in 1788, and the 



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ELSTON PARISH, 



interest of .£200. left in 1798, and 1820f by Eliz. and John 
Summer. They have also the Poors Close, which in 1801, 
was given in Exchange for several small parcels of land, left in 
1715, and 1764, by the Bristow and Darwin families. It con- 
tains 3x. 2r. 25p. and lets for £ 12 a-year. In the village is a 
Methodist 'Chapel, erected in 1815, and a Sick Club, which 
holds its feast on the Monday after June 21st. Those marked f 
in the following directory reside in the Chapel -parish* 



Darwin Wm. Brown, 

Esq. Elston Hall 
fBell Thos. vict 
Brown Jph. shoemkr 
Elston Jn. vict 
Fisher Jn. bsmith 
Fryer Mk. butcher 
f Greasiey Rd. vict 
Green Sar. shopr 
Hardstaff J shopr 
Harrison Rev. Henry 

M.A. curate 
Hickman S. shoemkr 
fKey Hy. shopr 
Long John, schoolr 
"fMills G. bricklr 



fMoss Wm. saddler 
Parkinson J. surgeon 
•{•Pickering Wm. blk- 

smith & p. clerk 
fRose Nat. baker 
i RowbothamT. miller 
Rowbotham W. vict 
•f Spowage W. shoemr 
Turner J. joiner 
f Walker Rd. tailor 
fWard J. wheelgt 
Watson J. chair mkr 
fWhitworth R. buchr 
Whitworth W. joiner 

Fawners. 
Fryer John 



fGretton Wm 
fHarrap Kd 
t Harvey Ed w 
Hickerby Jph 
Long J. Lodge 
Read Jas 
fRead Wm. 
Smith John 
fSpafford Wm 
Spafford John 
f Taylor John 
fWard Anthy 
Carrier. 
J. Hardstatf to New- 
ark. 



FARND0N parish has a well-built village on the Trent, 
2 miles W. S. W- of Newark, and contains 570 inhabitants, 
and about 1800 acres of land. It was a Berue of Newark and 
of the Bishop of Lincoln's fee. The Duke of Newcastle is lord 
of the manor, but owns only a small portion of the land. The 
church is dedicated to St. Peter, and is in the appropriation and 
patronage of its own prebendary in Lincoln Cathedral. The 
vicarage has the church of Balderton annexed to it, and is 
valued in the King's books at <£6. 13s. 4d. The Bev. Fdk. 
Apthorpe is the incumbent. Both the great and small tithes 
were commuted for allotments of land at the enclosure in 1768. 
The feast is on the Sunday after St. Peters day. Ten poor 
children are educated from the rents of two cottages left by 
Mrs. Draper. The poor have three benefactions : viz. a house 
and close let for .£9. 3s. and left by Mrs. Moore. 1a. 3k. of 
land left by the Rev. M. Alt; and £100. left in 1771, by Mr. 
Hempsall, and now vested in the North Turnpike at 5 per 
cent. 

Birkett John, vict 

Birkett Wm. tailor 

Brockton Wm. gent 

Brooksby Fras. gent 

Buck Edw. gent 

Cartledge Geo. beer 
I hs. Markham bdg 



Apthorpe Rev. W.H 
A theis Geo. wharfinger 

& coal mert 
Barnes Wm. bricklr 
Barth Capt. Jacob 
Beckett G. shoemkr 
Beighton J. glazier 



Chettle J. butcher 
Chettle Mrs. Mary 
Chettle Wm. gent 
Coddington Geo. blk. 

smith & shopr 
Faulkes B. shoemkr 
FaulkesRd.p.clSrk 



FARKDON PARISH. 



633 



Fisher John, bailor 
Franke Chas. miller 
Hayes J. blacking mfr 
Hilton Jas. gent 
Johnson Eliz. shopr 
Kirk \Vm. miller 
Lamb Mrs. Cath 
Lee John, wheelgt 
Lee Ftd. smith 
Manchester G. shoemr 
Marriott J. boatnr 
Mettam Capt. Thos 
Newton Jobn, joiner 



Pearson J. shoemr 
Pearson W. boatnr 
Petti nor J. shoemr 
Radford J. shoemr 
Sampey Miss Mary 
Sharpe Mrs. Ann 
Sharpe W. sehoolr 
Spiek Thos. wheelgt 
Stansall T. joiner 
Stevens T. shoemr 
Swann Win. knitting 

worsted maufr 
Welburn Mis. Eliz 



Farmers, 
Butler Dinah 
Chettle William 
Horner Edmund 
Kirk William 
Parker Thomas 
Pattinson William 
Sharpe Thomas 
Walker Matthew 
Walstow Themas 
Ward Ann 



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GIRTON is a small village and parish on the east bank of 
the Trent, 9 miles N. by E. of Newark. It has 183 inhabit- 
ants, and 1000 acres of land, belonging to several proprietors. 
The church is a humble edifice, and is annexed to the vicar- 
age of South Seai-le, being in the same patronage and appro- 
priation. See also Spalford p. 628. 



Gee John, fisherman 
Gee Wm. fisherman 
Holland Edw. vict. & shopr 
Howard Isaac, gentleman 
Minnitt Wm. gentleman 
Selby Wm. gentleman 



Farmers. Thompson Jph 
Check ley Thos Turner Saml 



Harrison Wm 
Hunt John 
Minnitt Thos 
Proctor Geo 
Thompson Jas 



Carrier. 
Jph. Checkiey 
to Newark, 
Wed. 6 mg. 



HAWTON, on the river Devon, 2 miles S. 3. W-. of New- 
ark, is a small but pleasant village and parish, comprising 258 
inhabitant?, and about 2000 acres of land, mostly belonging to 
Rt. Holden, Esq., of Nuthall Temple, but the Dukes of New- 
castle and Portland have small estates here, and the latter is 
lord of the manor, which was soc to Newark, to which this 
parish adjoins near the extensive linen manufactory called 
Hawton Mills. The church is an handsome structure dedicated 
to All Saints, and has some ancient monuments of the Moly- 
neaux family. Its stalls are rich in decorations of carving. 
The rectory, valued in the King's books at <£17- 13s. 4d, is in 
the gift of Roger Newdigate, Esq., and has a neat parsonage 
house, and£0 acres of glebe. 



Helps Rev. Wm. rector 

Porter Thos. farmer 
Riminorton lid. farmer 



Sampey John, farmer, Grange 

Sampey Wm. farmer 

Scales Geo. & Sons, linen mfrs 



LANGFORD, is a straggling but picturesque village, upon 

an eminence above the Trent marsh, 4 miles N. N. E. of New- 

' ark, comprehending within its parish, 125 inhabitants, .and 

3 i 



634 



NEWARK .HUNDRED,- 



nearly 2000 acres of land. Langford House a handsome modern 
mansion near the village, is the residence of Slingsby Dun- 
combe, Esq., who in 1832 sold the extensive estates of Lang- 
ford and Winthorpe, to Lord Middleton. The church is a 
perpetual curacy in the appropriation and patronage of Trinity 
College, Cambridge. The Rev. Thos. Blades is the incumbent, 
and has about 30 acres of glebe purchased with Queen Anne ? s 
Bounty. The following are the resident farmers : — John 
Arnold, Wm. Birkett, Thos. Bonifant, Ht. Bradbury, Jph. 
Branston, Saml. Brown, Wm. Else, John Kirkham^ Thomas 
Ringrose, Thomas Roberts, Sarah Turner, Thomas & Wm, 
Weightman. 

MERING, on the Trent bank, near Girton, 8 miles N. of 
Newark, is an extra-parochial farm of 460 acres of low marshy 
grazing land, occupied by Elizabeth Catliffe, and belonging to 
Chas. Chaplin, Esq., Capt. C. Neville, and some others. It 
anciently gave name to & resident family, who gave part of it 
to the priories of Lenton and Radford. 

SOUTH SCARLE, is a pleasant village, including within 
its parish the township of Beesthorp, and distant 7 miles N. 
N. E. of Newark. Each township contains about 1100 acres, 
and belongs to a number of freeholders and copyholders, but 
the Duke of Newcastle is lord of the Manor of Morland, which 
compromises this parish and Girton, and is held by his Grace, 
of the Crown, for the annual rent of £23. 4s. 5|d. The church, 
dedicated to St. Helen, is a vicarage, valued in the King^s books 
at £h. 2s. 6d,.and is in the patronage and appropriation of its 
own prebendary in Lincoln Cathedral. The Rev. Henry Gor- 
don is the present vicar, and has 22 acres of glebe purchased 
with Queen Anne's Bounty. A Methodist chapel was built 
here in 1829. The poor have an annuity of 26s. 8d. out of 
Griffin-bridge Close, and the interest of .£20. left in 1754, by 
Edward Ward. 

BES THORP is a good village near the Fleet river, 2 miles 
W. N. W. of South Scarle. It contains the vicarage house, and 
had -formerly a Quakers' Meeting-house and a Chapel of Ease. 
The latter, in 1734, was converted into a svhool, with a dwelling 
for the master, who teaches 8 free scholars, in consideration of 
£5. a-year, left bv Geo. Carver, in 1709, and the interest of 
£21. 7s. left in 1824, by Wm. Wilson. The Methodists built 
a chapel here in 1832/ The Corporation of Newark, John 
Milnes, W . E. Tallents, Esq., and some others have estates in 
the township. The feast is on the Sunday alter Old Michael- 

m arle (south). I Pennington Samuel, butcher 

Barnsdall Geo. wheelwright | Spooner Rev. Rt. Denny Rix 

n Fredk. corn miller | T-enney Mrs. Mary 

.Jn},r,. butcher I Woodroffe Jph. shoemaker 

'.]-- Sai I 



SOUTH SCARLE PARISH. 



635 



Farmers. 
Banks John Holmes George 
Brown Wm. Jackson Edw. 
Clayworth Edw, Pate John 
Cook John Pratt Thomas 

Dak in Robert,- Saunders Wm. 
Doncaster C. Walton Carter 

BESTHORP. 

Bell John, butcher 
Booth William, shopkeeper 
Cook John, joiner 
Crumpton Geo. cattle dealer 
Elliott George, cow leech 
Gorden Rev. Hy. vicar 
Hammond Wm. corn miller 
Hitchin John, joiner 
Hunt Philip, gent 
JSaylor Mrs. Stella 



Pawson Rd. vict. & grocer 
Shipley Jph. schoolmaster 
Smalley Aukland, blacksmith 
Spittlehouse Thos. bricklayer 
Talbot Rd. tailor 
Wells John, shoemaker 
Williamson Chas. tailor 
Withers Wm. beerhouse 
Woodrofife Wm. shomaker 

Farmers. 
Hanson Wm. Palian Martin. 
Hopkinson W. Vessey John 
Howitt Wm, Vessey Jph. 
Hunt John Walker Thos. 

Lee Richard Wilson John 
Carrier, Wm. Spawton, to New- 
ark, Wed. 6 mg. A Coach to 
Newark & Gainsbro' daily 



SHELTON village and parish on the west bank of the Smite, 
7 miles S. by W. of Newark, has only 113 inhabitants, and 840 
acres of land, mostly belonging to Major Robert Hall, the 
lord of the manor, who resides in the halL a neat modern man- 
sion. The church is a small edifice dedicated to St. Mary, and 
was partly rebuilt and newpewed in 1831, at the cost of £400. 
The rectory, valued in the King's books at £6. 14s, 4|d, is in 
the gift of the Rev. Robt. Ffarmerie, and incumbency, of the 
Rev. John Inee Maltby, who has forty acres of glebe. The 
principal residents are George Brett, hktcksmith r and Edward 
Warren, wheelwright. The poor have £D. per annum, from 
4 acres of land at Aslacton, purchased with £90. left 1744, by 
Geo. Burghope. 

SIBTHORPE village and parish lies on theCardike, 7 miles 
S. S. W. of Newark, and was once a place of importance, 
having a College founded by Geffrey le Scroop in the reign of 
Edward II. The lordship contains of 900 acres, and 141 in- 
habitants, and is all the property of the Duke of Portland, who 
has also the patronage of the perpetual co-racy which is now en- 
joyed by the rector of Shelton. The church is dedicated to 
St. Peter, and has some ancient tombs of the Burnell family, 
who had a large mansion here, of which nothing now remains. 
The father of Seeker, Archbishop of Canterbury, was born here. 
The feast is on the Sunday after Old Michaelmas. The principal 
residents are Mrs. Lee, Eliz. Faulkes, Thos. Faulkes, Rd. Hall, 
Jn. Kenyon, and Rn. Lee, farmers; Wm. Bradley, shoe-mkr; 
Jn. Fisher and M. Richmond, shoprs; Wm. Hollingwith baker. 

STAUNTON is a small village picturesquely situated in the 
vale of Belvoir, near the point where the three counties of Not- 
tingham, Leicester, and Lincoln unite, 7 miles S. by E. of 
Newark, and near the source of the river Devon. Its parish. 



&36 STAUNTON PARISH. 

includes part of the hamlet of Alverton, and the chapelry of 
Flawborough, and has now united with it the parish of Kil- 
vington. The lordship of Staunton- has 93 inhabitants, and 
1300 acres of land, which was enclosed in 1760. It has been 
the sole property of a family of its own name from the time of 
the Saxons, and one of them, Sir Maitger Staunton, success- 
fully defended Bel voir Castle against William the Conqueror, 
" and there made his composition and contract for his lands, 
and had the strongest fortress therein,, ever since called by his 
name * Staunton's Tower.' '*' Job; Staunton Charlton, Esq., the 
last male heir of this ancient family died in 1777? after which, 
this lordship was possessed by his two maiden daughters, the 
survivor of whom died in 1807, and left her estates here and in 
Yorkshire, to her second cousin, Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. 
John Apinshaw, L.L.D., on condition that they should take 
the name and bear the arms of Staunton only, so that this gen- 
tleman is now the Rev. Dr. Staunton, and is not only owner 
and lord of the manor r but also patron and incumbent of the 
rectory, which is valued in the King's books at £\$. 13s. ll|d. 
He resides in the hall, a large and commodious mansion- with 
beautiful gardens and pleasure grounds, situated near the 
church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, and has many antique 
monuments of the Stauntons. The poor have 2u*s. yearly, from 
the bequest of Elizabeth Shervvin, in 1725. The feast at 
Staunton, Alverton, and Kilvington, is on the Sunday after 
Sep. 19th, and at Flawborough, on the Sunday after St. Peter's 
dav. The residents of Staunton are Dr. Staunton, Miss Jane 
Mounsey, Hy. Barker, smith and victualler; Wm. Rose, 
joiner ; Win; Wool fit, tailor; and Rd. Bradley, Geo. Brew- 
ster, John Gurnell, Thos. Martin, Hy. Shepherd, Wm. Steven- 
son, and J ohm* White, farmers, 

Alvkrton township is mostly in Kilvington parish, and con- 
tains onlv ]fi inhabitants, and about 400 acres of land, 8 miles 
S. by E. of Newark. It was enclosed in 1806, when 60 acres 
were allotted in lieu of tithes. The rest belongs to the Duke 
of Portland, but Dr. Staunton is lord of the manor. Its two 
farmers are Robert Cross and Charles Neale. 

Flawborough, township and chapelry has 80 inhabitants, and 
900 acres of land, 8 miles S. of Newark ; and is the property of 
the Duke of Newcastle. It is partly in the parish of Orston, 
and formerly paid a small modus in lieu of tithes to that parish, 
and -another to Shelton, but the rector of Staunton now claims 
and retains the whole of the tithes, though his portion by an an- 
cient agreement was limited to .£60 a year. He occasionally 
performs divine service in the ancient chapel. At the foot of 
the eminence on which the village stands, is the small hamlet 
of Dalinoton. The principal occupants of the chapelry are 
Robt. Fukes, shoemaker, Wm. Fi\kes,joine?\ and Cath. Bir- 
kett, Jno. Bland, Thos. Faulkes, Rd. Jackson, Livi Smith, 
*nd Samuel Wilson, farmers. 



NEWARK HUNDRED, 



637 



Kilvington, 7i miles S. of Newark, is a hamlet and parish, 
with only 45 inhabitants and 650 acres of land, of which 142 
were allotted for the tithes at the enclosure in 1750. The Rev. 
Dr. Staunton is the principal owner, lord of the manor, and 
patron and incumbent of the rectory, which is valued in the 
King's books at £6. 12s. Id., and was consolidated with the 
rectory of Staunton, in 1826, when the church here was re- 
duced to a roofless ruin, and seat room provided For the inha- 
bitants in the neighbouring' church of Staunton. The princi- 
pal residents are, Thos. Allin, corn miller^ Wm. Marshall and 
Wm. Wilson, farmers, and Thomas Allin, carrier to Newark, 

EAST STOKE is a very pleasant village on the south bank 
of the Trent, and upon the Roman fosse way, 4 miles S.W. by 
W. of Newark. It contains 320 inhabitants and 1200 acres of 
land, exclusive of Newark Castle Liberty, which forms a part 
of its township. — (See p. 608.) Tts parochial jurisdiction in- 
cludes Elston chapel, — (See p. 631,) and the parochial chapel- 
ries of Coddington and Syerston. Sir Robt. Howe Bromley, 
Bart., is principal owner, and lord of the manor of East Stoke, 
and resides in the hall, a handsome mansion with picturesque 
pleasure grouuds which overlook the vale of the Trent. Upon 
a rising ground in front of the hall, stands the church, which is 
dedicated to St. Oswald, and has a prebendal stall in Lincoln 
•cathedral, occupied by the Chancellor of that church, who has 
the appropriation of the rectorial tithes, and also the patronage 
of the vicarage, which is valued in the King's books at £8. 13s., 
and is now enjoyed by the Rev. William Bartlett, The 
tithes here were commuted at the enclosure, for about 250 
acres. There was anciently an hospital here dedicated to St. 
Leonard, for a master, chaplain, brethren, and sick persons. 
John Light/out, D.D., a celebrated Hebrician was born here :n 
1602, and died in 1675. Stokefield, as it is called, was the 
scene of the battle between Henry VII., and the army under 
the Earl of Lincoln, who had espoused the cause of the impost 
tor Lambeth Simnel, the pretended Earl of Warwick, tftid 
claimant of the crown. This bloody conflict occurre- 
June, 1487, and after three hours hard fighting, the w 
rebel line was broken, and all the chieftains slain. 
total slaughter of both armies amounted to 7000 men. Sc 
historians say, that Lord Lovel, one of the insurgents. 
drowned in attempting to cross the Trent, but Bacon saVs 
" another report leaves him- not there, but that he lived long 
after in a cave or vault." Gough in his additions to Can 
says, that in pulling down the house of Minster Lovi 
fordshire, which belonged to Lord Lovel, there was 
vault, the body of a man, in rich clothes, seated in a chair. 
a table and mass book before him. The body was entire , h« . 
found, but upon admission of the air, it soon fell 
From this, Mr. Gough concludes, that after the I 

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638 



EAST STOKE PARISH. 



field, Lord Lovel retired to this vault, where he perished, either 
through treachery or some accident which befel his servant, or 
at least those intrusted with the secret of his retreat. It is ex- 
tremely probable, from the coincidence of name and other cir- 
cumstances, that this event formed the ground work of Miss 
Glara Reeve's elegant romance of the "Old English Baron." 
Stoke feast is on the first Monday in June. The poor have 
£2. 10s. yearly, out of land belonging to the Hall family, left 
by an unknown donor. 

Coodington is a small village and parochial chapelrv, dis- 
tant 6| miles N.E. of East Stoke, and 2\ E. of Newark, on 
the Sleaford road. It contains 434 inhabitants, and 1500 acres 
of land, of which 213 acres were allotted at the enclosure in lieu 
of tithes to the vicar and prebendary of East Stoke, to which 
parish the church, dedicated to all Saints, is annexed. The 
Buke of Newcastle is lord of the manor, but the land belongs 
to a number of proprietors. A Methodist chapel was built here 
in 1827. Joseph Birch, in 1138, left to the poor a farm of 
98a. 2r. 8p., now let for .£140 per annum, out of which the 
schoolmaster has 4s. per week for teaching 12 free scholars, and 
the rest is distributed amongst the poor inhabitants. They 
have also^£2 yearlv out of Beacon field, left by Mr. Bell, and 
the interest of .£20 left in 1809, by Jacob Ordoyno. 

Syerston, another parochial chapelry annexed to the 
vicarage of East Stoke, has a small village 6 miles S.W. of 
Newark, and contains 138 inhabitants and 800 acres of land, 
enclosed in 1794, when allotments were made for the tithes^ 
to the vicar and prebendary of Stoke. George Fillingham, 
Esq., of Syerston Hall> a neat modern brick mansion, is lord 
of the manor, and owner of a great part of the soil. The 
church is a small fabric, 1| mile S. of. Stoke. The feast is on 
the Sunday after Lammas* 



stoke (e^st). 
Bromley Sir R. Howe, 

Bart. Stoke hall 
Bonsor W. shoemaker 
Bramley Wm. smith 
Chester Win. ground 

bailiff 
Cowlishaw Wnu bas- 
ket maker 
Cuckson J. tailor 
Cupit Wm. tailor 
Gee F. basket maker 
Gilbert Rd. miller 
Hall Mrs. Eliz. 
Hutchinson Rev. J. 
Entwistle Scholes, 
M.A. curate 
Lee Fras. butcher 
3L>ee Wm. miller 



Pacey John, wheelgt 
Pacey Sarah, vict 
Rawson J. basket mkr 
Shephard J. shoemkr 
Wakefield Geo. gent 

Farmers, 
Bennett Hannah 
Brockton John 
Padgett Thomas 
Sparford Dorothy 
Taylor Thos. 
Weightman Jameo 

COODINGTON, 

Asling Dd. tailor 
Atter John, shoemkr 
Barfoot Oliver, vict 
Beaumont Edward, 

wheelwright 
BirkettMr. John 



Blackburn Wm. vict 
Carby Wm. shopkr 
Ellis John,shoemker 
Godfrey T. Spraggon, 
Esq/Baconfiekl-hse, 
Grocock S. bricklayer 

& shopkeeper 
Hall John, joiner 
Hough W. blacksmith 
Hudson J. W. lime- 
burner 
Jalland Charles, gent. 
Johnson E. miller 
Lee William, miller 
Marshall Jas. vict. 
Pilgrim J. blacksmith 
Robinson Mr. George 
Taylor John, tailor 
Weightnoan W butcher 



NEWARK HUNDRED. 



639 



Farmers. 
Ash well Michael 
Booth W. & W\ 
Clavton John 
Daybell William 
Fearfield Thomas 
Hilton William 
Jalland John 
Kirk land John 



Ordoyno Garratt 
Seargill James 
Seagrave John 
Stokes William 
Young John 

SYERSTOX. 

Fillingham Geo. Esq. 

Syerstone Hall. 
Bramley,.W. blcksth 



Challand H. victualler 
Cawley Rev. Edward 
Fillingham Miss Ann 
Gilhy Edmund Gent. 
Jackson Rd. fanner 
Johnson S. gardener 
Savage T. shoemaker 
Silkston M. shopkr 
Wade Ths. joiner 



THORN EY is a small village 8 miles E. of Tuxford, and 14 
miles N. by E. of Newark. Its parish forms part of that tongue 
of land which stretches into Lincolnshire. It comprises the 
three townships of Thorney, Broadholme, and Wigsley, in 
which are 308 inhabitants and nearly 4000 acres of land, of 
which 300 acres are in woods, and a great part of the rest wa3 
formerly low and swampy moors, but it is now drained and in 
high cultivation. The manor of Thorney has long been pos- 
sessed by the Nevill family, and now belongs to Captain Chris- 
topher Nevill, who resides in the Hall, a neat modern mansion, 
near the church, which is dedicated to St. Helen, and contains 
some ancient monuments of his family. He is also the impro- 
priator, and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in the 
King's books at £4l. 7s. 6d., and is now enjoyed by the Rev. 
Christopher Nevill, jun. The benefice has 18 acres of land 
purchased with Queen Anne's Bounty. At Dinsky Nook, on 
the Lincoln and Dunham road, 1 mile N. of Thorney, is 
a public-house, occupied by John Clark, where a hiring of ser- 
vants is held yearly about May-Day. Near it is the post on 
which Thomas Otter was hung in chains, for murdering his 
wife in 1806. The farmers of Thorney are, Dd. Balflour, John 
Ray Beckitt,Edw. Cammack, Wm. Drakard, Rd. Hill, Thos. 
Howitt, Wm. Hudson, Wm. Radley, SamL Roberts, and Wm. 
Thompson. 

Broadho.mh, 3 miles E. of Thorney, is a scattered hamlet 
with 67 inhabitants, and had formerly aPreemonstratensian Nun- 
nery, which was founded in the reign of Stephen, by Agnes 
de Camville, wife of Peter Gousla, and possessed at its dissolu- 
tion, a yearly revenue of .£16. 5s. 2d. The township contains 
410 acres, more than half of which belongs to Thomas Red- 
gate, Esq., the lord of the manor, which at the enclosure, had 
allotted to it 71 acres of Saxelby Common, the rest of which is 
in Lincolnshire. The residents are Charles Stacey, gent ; and 
Matthew Cartman, William Cartwright, John Culley, Nathan 
Giles, and John Rogers, farmers. 

Wigsi.ey, or JViggesley, is a hamlet and township, l£ 
mile S. of Thorney, containing 86 inhabitants and about 1000 
acres of land, which was enclosed in 1814, and allotments made 
in lieu of the tithes. It was soc to Newark, and part of it was 
given to St. Katheri tie's priory at Lincoln, The poor have 20s, 



640 KBWARK HUNDRED. 

yearly, out of land left by Thomas Unwin, in 1719. The 
principal residents are Mrs. Ann Howard ; William Harrison, 
beer seller ; George Peck, blacksmith ; and Thomas Bottomley, 
John Gibson, Joseph Heald, Edward Howard, Sampson 
Howard, and William Welch, farmers, 

THORPE-by-Newark is a village and parish with only 105 
inhabitants and 697 acres of land, 3J miles S. W. of Newark. 
About 180 acres of common land was enclosed 40 years ago, 
and exonerated from tithes, but all the rest still remains titra- 
ble. Sir Robert Howe Bromley is the principal owner and lord 
of the manor. The church dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a 
small fabric upon an eminence, and has 40 acres of glebe. 
The rectory valued in the King's books at £8, is in the patron- 
age of the Lord Chancellor, and the Rev. John Guthrie is 
the incumbent, for whom the Rev. William Barry officiates. 
The occupants are John Dixon, parish clerk ; Edward Hart, 
shoemaker; and George Atheis, Thomas Fryer, John James s 
William Smith, and John Tomlin, farmers. 

WINTHORPE is a picturesque and well-built village, upon 
a richly wooded eminence above the Trent, 3 miles N. E. by 
N. of Newark. Its parish includes 228 inhabitants, and 635 
acres of land, which was exonerated from tithe at the inclosure 
in 1757, by an allotment of 82 acres. Slingsby Duneombe, 
Esq., was the principal owner, but he has lately sold his exten- 
sive estates here and at Langford, to Lord Middleton. The 
Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manor, which was mostly soc- 
io Newark. Win thorp e Hall which was the seat of the late 
Roger Pocklington, Esq., and owes all its present beauties to 
that gentleman, is now unoccupied. Tt is an elegant mansion 
of two stories on a rustic basement. The plantations and 
grounds are very extensive, and on a gentle rise, which com- 
mands a charming prospect, particularly over the vale of Bel- 
voir, there is an octagonal temple with a table made out of 
part of the wrecks of the Spanish floating batteries destroyed 
in the memorable attack on Gibratar. The church stands in 
the highest part of the village, and is dedicated to All Saints.. 
It was rebuilt of brick in 177^ and 177^, except the south wall. 
The rectory is valued in the King's books at £"J. lis. OJd, and 
the Rev. Robert Rastall is both- incumbent and patron. In 
1616, Thos. Brewer left to the poor of Winthorpe, £20, " and 
his new white house in the village, with two oxgangs of land." 
This house and land were exchanged at the enclosure in 177^'. 
for five tenements and gardens occupied by poor families, and 
21 acres of land (including the great Poors Close), let for £48. 
per annum, of which ^10. is paid to the schoolmaster for 12* 
free scholars, and the residue is distributed in coals and money 
to the poor parishioners. In the school garden is a fine elm 
tree, the trunk of which is 10 yards in circumference. Th^r 
parish feast is on the last Sunday in June. 



WINTHORPE PARISH. 



(541 



Astill John, victualler 
Beale Mr. Richard 
Beastall John, farmer 
Beaumont G. L. land 

a^ent & valuer 
Bellamy W. shoemkr 
Camarnile, J vvhlvvrght 



CawthanT. tailor 
Fox Mrs, 

Gamble Geo. miller 
Hampson Job, vict. 
Holt Mrs. Mary, 
Hyde Mrs. Sarah, 



Marfleet J. maltster, 

Grove House 
Milton John, Gent. 
North W schoolmaster 
Rastall Rev. Rt. 
Smith James, farmer 
Wright J. wheelwright 



RUSHCLTFFE HUNDRED 

Is divided into two divisions, (North and South,; and contains 
26 parishes, belonging- ecclesiastically to the deanery of Bing- 
ham, and of which the following is an enumeration, showing 
the number of inhabitants in each in 1801, 1821, and 1831, and 
the annual value of the lands and buildings as assessed for the 
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It is the extreme south-western division of the county, bounded 
on the north by the Trent, on the east by Bingham hundred, 



642 RtJSHCLIFFE HUNDRED* 

and on the south'- and' west by Leicestershire. It is about ten 
miles in length and breadth, and is intersected by the turnpikes 
from Nottingham to Leicester and Melton Mowbray, and wa- 
tered by the Trent and the Soar, and several of their tributary 
streams. Its surface is in-many places broken into bold swells 
and mountainous ridges called the Wolds, but it is generally a 
fertile district, having been much improved by the modern 
systems of cultivation, (see p. 43.) Its name is perhaps derived 
from some rushy hill or bank, on which the wapentake or hun- 
dred court was anciently held, but it now comprehends that 
district which in Domesday Book is called Plumptre hundred. 
^ 

BARTON-IN-FABIS, or Barton-in the- Beans, is a well 
built village on the south side of the Trent, at the point where 
that river first enters Nottinghamshire, after receiving the 
Erwash, 5 miles S. W. of Nottingham. Its parish comprises 
1540 acres, and was exonerated from tithes at the enclosure in 
1759, by an allotment of 150 acres, in addition to 65 acres of 
old glebe, and three acres of church land. Sir Robert Clifton 
is lord of the manor, which was of the fee of Ralph Fitzhubert, 
except that portion which is called Gerhodthorp, and was of the 
Feverel fee, of which it was held by Gerbod de Eschaud, who 
annexed it to Clifton rectory, which now receives a yearly mo- 
dus of £25 from this parish. On the south side of the village 
is that lofty eminence called Brents- hill, on which are the re- 
mains of a Roman camp, (see p. 18,) and in the vicarage farm 
yard there is now a Roman pavement. The church is dedi- 
cated to St. George, and has several monuments of the Sache- 
verel family. The rectory, valued in the King's books at 
.£19. 13s. 9d. is in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, and 
incumbency of the Rev. F. Wintour, who pays for the education 
of 8 poor children. The interest of £20 poor's money is dis- 
tributed every 3 or 4 years. The residents are the Rev. Fitz- 
gerald Wintour, rector; Charlotte Bamford, vict. ; John 
Barrow, schoolmaster ; Saml. Cross, shopkeeper; John Gunn, 
joiner; Thos. Oliver, blacksmith; Thos. Withy, tailor; Thos> 
Wright, shoemaker; and Thos. Redfern, sen. and jun., Rd. 
Stephenson, (& maltster,) Gervase Thorpe, Dorothy and Thos. 
W r ilson, John Woodward, and John Wright, farmers. 

BRIDGEFORD (WEST) is a pleasant and well built little 
village and parish, on the south side of the Trent, If mile S. 
by E. of Nottingham. The lordship contains 1078a. 1r. 15p. 
of land, all belonging to John Musters, Esq. except one estate, 
which is the property of Mr. Clifford Caunt. In Saxon times, 
the " famous Lady of Mercia built a fortification here, to repress 
the violence of the Danes who possessed Nottingham, and to 
obstruct their passage over the noble bridge which here crosses 
the Trent, (see p. 189 and 190.) The commodious Bridge inn 
stands partly in the parish of St. Mary's. The church, dedi- 



fcRIDGEFORD (WEST*) PARIS ft. S43 

cated to St. Giles, is a fine ancient edifice, which. appears to 
great advantage peeping above the trees that surround it The 
benifice is a rectory, valued in the King's books at<£J6. 14s. 2d. 
J. Musters, Esq. is the patron, and the Rev. Edward Levitt 
Thoroton, the incumbent. The school here was built in 1802, 
by the Rev. Wrn. Thompson, who endowed it with <£912 stock, 
for the education often poor children of this parish and that of 
Colwick. West Bridgeford also partakes of Dame Frances 
Pierrepont's charity. 

Gamston is a small village and township, in the Bingham 
hundred, and partly in Holme Pierrepont parish, 1 mile E.S.E, 
of West Bridgeford; and it contains the rectory house of this 
parish. The rectors of the two parishes having had many dis- 
putes in the division of the tithes of Gamston, obtained an Act 
of Parliament in 1809 for apportioning to each his share, (see 
page 499, where a further notice of this place will be found.) — 
Its farmers are John Lowe, Thos. Morris, Ann Parr, John 
Shipman, and Samuel Young. The inhabitants of West 
Bridgeport* are as follow : — 



Billings Ralph, gent 

Chapman Mary Ann, Bridge inn 

Caunt Clifford, gent 

Clark Mrs. Ann 

Daykin John, brickmaker, fee. 

Franks Joseph, joiner 

Parker Alex, schoolmaster 

Peatfield Rev. John, curate 

Singlehurst Edw. blacksmith 



Smith Mrs. Mgt. Bridgeford hs 

Farmers. 
Barnett John Julian Thos 
Barwick John Morley Wm 
Birch Win SelhyJohn 
Chrk Jph Singlehurst Wm 
Ellis Geo Williamson Luke 
Hearsoii Wm Willis 



BUNNEY or Bunny, is a straggling- village under the wolds 
7 miles S. of Nottingham, upon the Leicester road. Its parish 
has united with it the adjacent parish of Bradmore, and they 
together contain 2900 acres of land, of which Lord Rancliffe is 
lord, owner, and impropriator, but the rectorial tithes are in- 
cluded in the rent of the farms, and the vicarial tithes were ex- 
changed for allotments of land at the enclosure in 1798. Bun- 
nev church is dedicated to St. Mary, and contains several monu- 
ments of the Parkyns family, who purchased these lordships in 
the reign of Elizabeth. In the chancel is a tomb to the memory 
of Sir Thomas Parkyns, Bart., the famous wrestler, who died 
in 1741, aged 78. By the inscription we are informed that he 
new roofed the chancel, built the vault below, and erected this 
monument wrought out of a fine piece of marble by his chap- 
lain ; that he studied physic for the benefit of his neighbours, 
and wrote the "Cornish Hug Wrestler.*' He is represented 
on one part of the monument in a posture ready for wrestling, 
and on another, he appears thrown by time, accompanied with a 
suitable stanza. The vicarage is valued in the King's books 
at £6. 14s, and has annexed to it the curacy of Bradmore, the 



644 



BUNNEY PARISH. 



■■church at the latter place being long since destroyed by fire, 
except the tower and spire, which still remain. The Rev. John 
Tidy Beetham is the incumbent, and the Rt. Hon, George 
Augustus Henry Anne Parkyns, Lord Rancliffe* is the patron, 
and resides in his ancient family mansion of Bunney Park Hall, 
a strong and heavy looking building- close to the road side, with 
a very heavy gateway in front, built in the ancient style of two 
centuries ago. The park has a fine sheet of water and a long 
avenue of lofty trees, with a profusion of bramble and other 
cover for game. The school with four rooms for poor widows, 
and apartments for the master, was built in 1700, by the be- 
fore named Sir Thomas Parkyns. His mother, Lady Anne 
Parkyns, endowed the building in 1709, with 23a. 3r. 3p. of 
land at Thorpe-in-the-Clods, now let for ^£30. a-year, of which 
£26, is paid to the master, and £2. is spent in two gowns and 
petticoats for two poor women of Bunney and Bradmore alter- 
nately. The master has also 2a. 3r. 26p. of land which 
was allotted to the school at the enclosure. The four alms 
women have also from Lord Rancliffe a weekly allowance 
of 6s. among them, out of the Newton estate, which con- 
sists of 24a. Or. 20p. let for £3T. a-year, and purchased 
with ^200. left in 1711* by Miss Anne Parkyns, for appren- 
ticing poor boys of Bradmore, Bunney, and Costock, and 
. for other uses. Sir Thomas Parkyns also left two rent charges 
of £5, 4s. each, for weekly distributions of bread amongst the 
poor of Bunney and Bradmore, and those of the former parish 
have 2a. Ir. 3p. of land, in that part of the Nottingham meadows 
called the Rye Hills. 

BRADMORE village stands on an eminence, 1 mile north 
of Bunney, with which its parish is united, as has just been 
seen. It has a \V r esleyan chapel, erected in 1830. 



BUNNKY. 

Lord Rancliffe, Bun- 
ney Park 



Beetham. Rev. Jx>hn Wright T. land a^ent 



Ben net J. shoemaker 
Buxton J. tailor 
Cross Win. shoemaker 
Dexter Win. shopkpr 
Harrison J. tailor 
Hart Win. shopkeeper 
Henson Wm. joiner 
Holmes C. butler 
Parker J. gardener 
Pickard W. brick mkr 
Robinson J. school mtr 
Rowbotham R. joiner 



Smith G. blacksmith 
Staton J. shoemaker 
Stevens Wm. vict. 



Fanners, 
A tten borough George 
Cocks John, 
Marshall Joseph, 
Peet John, 
Savidge Jo'm, 
Wootton William, 

BRADMORE. 

Cheetham 11. butcher 
Dalby, H. shopkpr 
Dalby S. tailor 
Dalby Wm. miller 



'Sharp J. wheelwright Dutton J. shopkeeper 



Hanvood T. shoemkr 
Henson Mary, vict. 
James Ed. smith 
Marriott W. shopkpr 
Price C. butcher 
Rowbotham T. joiner 
Walker G. shopkeeper 

Par mors. 
Attenhorpugh Wm, 
Glover John 
Goodacie James 
Hanvood John 
Lane John 
| Nixon John, 
Peet J. (& malster) 
Voce Isaac & Samuel 
Walker Richard 



* Lord Rancliffe is an Irish non-reprewntative title, which was conferred on 
delate Sir Thomas B Parkyny in 1795. 



ftU SH C L I FT F. HUNDRED/ 6 4 5 

'CLIFTON village- lies on a flat upon the south bank of the 
J? rent, 4 miles S. W. of Nottingham, and contains a number of 
neat rural cottages finely shaded with trees, and also a few 
pretty villa looking residences. Near it is Clifton Hall, the 
beautiful seat of Sir Robert Clifton, Bart. , deeply embowered 
in groves of oak, fir, and elm, and commanding most extensive 
prospects over the Trent, the town of Nottingham, and the 
adjacent counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire. At the end 
of a gravelled walk which leads along the rivers bank isahand- 
some park gate that opens to the grounds and leads to Clifton 
Grove, a long avenue forming the approach to the house, about 
a mile in length, and broad enough for a dozen carriages to 
drive a breast. It is entirely covered with the greensward, 
and thickly sheltered with trees. Near the upper end of this 
avenue, the cliff nearly overhangs the Trent, whose silver 
stream meanders most pleasingly round it. "Here," we are 
told by Throsby, " tradition says, the Clifton beauty, who was 
debauched and murdered by her sweetheart, was hurled down 
the precipice into her watery grave;" — the place has long been 
held in great veneration by lovers, and the story is the subject 
of one of the earliest and longest poems of the late Henry 
Kirk White, who often visited the spot. (See page 179.) The 
hall which has been the seat of the Clifton family for man v 
centuries, stands upon a rock of gypsum, curiously interspersed 
in many places with beautiful spar. It was formerly very antique 
but it is now much modernized, indeed in some parts almost 
rebuilt. The centre of the principal front is ornamented with 
ten handsome columns of the Doric order. The apartments 
are many of them superb, and contain some good family paint- 
ings. The gardens and pleasure grounds are extensive and 
tastefully laid out. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, stands 
close to the mansion, and though ancient, is yet in good preser- 
vation. Under it is the family vault, in which are deposited 
several generations, its entrance bearing the date of 1632. — 
-Some of the table monuments with ancient knights, &c. are 
worth inspection, as well as the brasses, and the fragments of 
stained glass in the windows. The rectory is valued in the 
King's books at j£21. Gs. 10|d., but it has now about 150 acres 
of glebe. The Rev. Henry Spencer Markham is the incum- 
bent. Sir Robert Clifton is the patron, and likewise lord and 
owner of the whole parish, which contains 1500 acres of land, 
including the ancient hamlet of Gl.apton, that forms part 
of the village and is now almost lost in the general name of 
Clifton, its own name being seldom used except in the parish 
documents, in which the parish is sometimes called "Clifton- 
-cum-Glapton." The common was enclosed in 17o6. The. 
feast is on the Sunday before Oct. 2nd. The almshouse here 
for 6 poor women was founded in 1J12. by Geoige Wells, with 
an endowment of 2s. per week for each inmate, and an allow- 

3 K 



646 



RUSH€L1FFE HUNDRED. 



ance of coals yearly, charged on the estate of Sir R, Clifton, 
who in 1828 was found to be indebted to the charity j£193. 16s. 
which he has since invested in £226 three per cent, consols, in 
the name of himself and Win. Lindley and Thomas Thorpe, in 
trust for the benefit of the almspeople. The interest of several 
small benefactions, amounting to £60, is distributed amongst 
the poor at Easter. 

Stevenson J blacksmih Deverill Benjamin 

Vose John, tailor Gray James 

Woodcock Rt. clerk Hopewell John 

Wootton A. schmrs Kirk 

Wootton J shoemkr Lambert Thomas 

Wootton J. joiner Morris John 

Fanner. Moss William 

Butler Thomas Thorpe Thomas 



Clifton Sir R. Bart. 
Bradley J. joiner 
Brookes J. shoemaker 
Hallam T. shoemaker 
Langford Rd. baker 
Mark ham Rev. Henry 
Morris Rd. shopkpr 
Smith Geo. shopkpr 
Spencer W. schoolmtr 



COSTOCK, or Cortling stock, is a village and parish on the 
Leicester road, 9J miles S. of Nottingham. It has 412 inha- 
bitants, and nearly 2000 acres of land, of which 202 acres were 
allotted at the inclosure in 1761, in lieu of all the tithes except 
those paid on the Highfield estate, which contains 500 acres, 
and belongs to Lady Jane Parkyns. Lord Rancliflfe owns 
nearly all the rest of the parish, and is lord of the manor, but 
S. B. Wild, Esq. has a neat mansion in the village. The church 
is a small edifice dedicated to St. Giles. The rectory, valued 
in the King's books at £*J. 18s. 4d., is in the patronage and in- 
cumbency of the Rev. Wm. Beetham. A Wesleyan chapel was 
built herein 1828. 



Attenborrow C.surgn 
Peetham Rev. Wm. 

Rector 
Crabtree John, Road 

Surveyor 
Hallam Wm. vict. & 

maltster 
Harrison J. beerhouse 
Hopkin G. parish clrk 
King Thomas, joiner 
Marshall J. hosiery 

ac;ent 
Milner T. butcher 
Tunnicliffe J. shopkpr 
Wild S. Bagnall, Esq. 



Woodroffe G. c. miller 
Woodroffe Wm. Gent. 

-Farmers. 
Asher William 
Cripwell Richard 
Egtjleston William 
Hallam William 

Millington — 

Norman Ann 
Oldershaw Thomas 
Oldershaw William 
Taylor Stephen 
Woodroffe John, lime- 
burner 



■ Bobbin Net Makers. 
Bentley William 
Dring John 
Litchfield Matthew 

Blacksmiths . 
Blackett William 
Tunnicliffe Robert 

Shoeynakers. 
Fellows Thomas 
Hall Thomas 
Sorbv John 

Tailors. 
Daycock Joseph 
; Helmslev William 



I 



EDW ALTON is a small secluded village and parish, near the 
Melton Mowbray road, 3£ miles S.S.E. of Nottingham, contain- 
ing 130 inhabitants, and about 800 acres of land, all belonging 
b John Musters, Esq. the lord of the manor and patron of the 



EDWALTOK AKD GOTHAM. &£f 

perpetual curacy, which has been augmented with Queen Anne's 
Bounty. The church, dedicated to the Holyrood, is a humble 
edifice of brick, and in its burial ground is a stone to the me- 
mory of Rebecca Freeland, which says, " she drank good ale, 
good punch, and wine, and lived to the age of. ninety-nine." — 
The Rev. Leonard Chapman is the incumbent. The feast is on 
the Sunday after Old St. Luke's. The inhabitants are George 
Smith, Esq., Wm. Hickling, shoemaker, Hy. Hancock, parish 
clerk, Mrs. Mary Holmes ; and Hannibal Day, John Holmes, 
Thos. Holmes, Benj. Howard, Matthew Martin, Edward Peet, 
and Wm. Sanders, farmers. 

GOTHAM, 7 miles S.S r W. of Nottingham, is a considerable 
village bounded on the west by the lofty hills of the Wolds, and 
on the east by an extensive tract of low marshy land, which is 
often flooded by the numerous streams that roll from the heights 
after heavy rains. Its parish contains 748 inhabitants, and 
2200 acresof land, enclosed in 1804,. when 427a. 3r. Up. was 
allotted to the rector in lieu of tithe, in addition to 43a. of Key- 
worth Common, allotted to him in the 38th of Geo. III. Earl 
Howe is the principal owner and lord of the manor. All the 
water near the village is strongly tainted with decomposed ve- 
getable matter, and with the gypsum: that Ties under the surface, 
so that the villagers are obliged to fetch their water for drinking 
and other purposes, from the summit of a hill distant half a 
mile to the north; but is said that the Earl intends to form a 
reservoir in the village, and to supply it with pure water from 
the same hill, by means of pipes. In 1829, his lordship erected 
a large school here, and supports the master, who has under 
tuition 130 free scholars. The indigent parishioners have the 
interest of £5?, left by John Barrow and three other benefac- 
tors. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, was partly re- 
built about 50 years ago, but its tower and spire are now in a 
dangerous state of decay. The rectory, valued in the King's 
books at «s£l9. 8s. 6£d., is now enjoyed by the Rev. John Kirkby, 
and is in the alternate patronage of the Duke of Portland, Earl 
Howe, and Lord St. John, the latter having the next turn. — 
The YVesleyan and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel 
here. Upon a hill about a mile south of the village is tha 
Cuckoo Bush, said to have been planted to commemorate a 
trick which the inhabitants put upon King John, and which no 
doubt gave rise to the fabulous and ridiculous stories " that were 
so much valued and cried up in Henry 8th's time," under the 
name of" the merry tales of the mad men of Gotham." Fuller 
says a custom prevailed, even among the earliest nations, of 
stigmatising some particular spot as remarkable for stupidity. — 
Amongst the Asiatics, Phrygia was considered as the Gotham 
of that day ; Abdera, amongst the Thracians ; and Boeotia 
among the Greeks. The book containing the merry tales of 
the " wise" Gothamites, is said to have been written by one 



6 48 GOTH A M V A R I S~H ; . 

Andrew Borde, a facetious travelling quack of the IGtfi ereir-* 
tury, whose professional fooleries are supposed to have given 
rise to the name and occupation of a "Merry Andrew." The 
tales of this whimsical charlatan we shall leave for the grave 
chroniclers of the neighbouring parishes, who are very careful 
to remember what the good people of Gotham seem rather 
anxious should be forgotten, believing that the folly of their 
ancestors was like Edgar's madness, put on for the occasion, 
and that the cuckoo bush story originated from the following 
circumstance : —The inhabitants- having prevented King John 
from crossing their meadows, he afterwards sent messengers to 
enquire into the cause of their rudeness ; and to prevent any 
punishment from falling upon their heads, they thought of an 
expedient to turn away the royal displeasure. When the mes- 
sengers arrived, they found some of the inhabitants endeavour- 
ing to drown an eel in a pond ; some employed in dragging 
carts upon a large barn, in order to shade a wood from the sun ; 
others were tumbling their cheeses down a hill, that they might 
find their way to Nottingham market; and some employed in 
hedging in a cuckoo* which had perched upon an old bush that 
stood on the site of the present one ; in short they were all oc- 
cupied in some ridiculous employment, which convinced the 
King's officers that they were a village of fools, and consequents 
unworthy of the King's notice. Fuller says, after alluding to 
these stories, " Gotham doth breed as wise people as anv 
which causelessly laugh at their simplicity. Sure I am Mr.- 
tVm. de Gotham, fifth master of Michael House, Cambridge, 
anno 1339, and twice chancellor of the University, was as grave- 
a governor as that age did afford ; and Gotham is a goodly 
lordship, where the ancient and right well respected family of 
St. Andrew have flourished some hundreds of years, till of late 
the name is extinct, and the lands divided betwixt female co- 
heirs, matched unto very worshipful persons." From one of 
these coheiresses is descended the present Rt. Hon. St. Andrew 
St. Joh*>, Baron St. John, of Bletshoe, in Bedfordshire. 
Archer Thomas, schoolmaster 
Bampton Joseph, corn miller 
Burton Mr. Philip 
Carver Thomas, blacksmith 
Helps Rev. Wm. curate 



Bobbin Net Cliff William 
Makers. Coleman Wm. 

Barts J. &W. Cox William 
Bush William Draper George 
Harrison Geo. Helmsley Henry 



Hemsley John, wheelwright I Holland T, J* & & malster 



Hickland William, joiner 
Maltby J. & Pepper T. tailors* 
Oliver John, baker 
Redfern Francis, maltster 
Redfern John, butcher 
Sharp William, joiner 
Smith Sarah, shopkeeper 
Smith Ths. parish clerk 
Staton William, butcher 



W. Julian Richard 

Maltby Samuel Parr William 

Redfern Wm. Redfern Jas. 

Wooiley Tiros. Spencer Wm. 

Farmers. Talbot John 
Bampton John Publicans* 

Burton Eliz. Hives George 

Butt Jeremiah Hives Hannai* 
Cliff John 



RUSHCLIFFE HUNDRED. 



649 



Sharp John Flavell George 

WoolleyThos. Hallam James 

Shoemakers, Truswell John 

Ellis Joseph Walker John 



Carriers, John Hemsley, to 
Nottingham, Saturday ; and Thos. 
Maltby, Wednesday. 



KEY WORTH village and parish, 7 miles S. by E. of Notting-- 
ham, contains 552 inhabitants, and 1373 acres of land, on the 
north-eastern side of the wolds. It was enclosed in 1798, when 
214 acres were allotted in lieu of tithes, and 6a. 3r. 12p. to the 
church. Lord Rancliffe is the principal proprietor, lord of the 
manor, and patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's 
books at £~J. 5s. and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Wm. Beetham. 
The churchy dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, has a curious 
tower surmounted by an octagan spire. The Independents 
have a chapel here, buiit in 1768,andthe Primitive Methodists 
another, erected in 1828. An annual feast is held on Whit- 
monday. The ancient poofs land was exchanged at the enclo- 
sure for 4a, 1r. 12p. in the Mill Field. The poor have also 
the interest of ,£10 left by an unknown donor. 

Farmers. 

Attenborough 
Mary 

Barnett Jph 



KEYWORTH PARISH. 

Alsop Richard, corn miller 
Archer Thomas, butcher 
Brex William, schoolmaster 
Eggleston Francis, sen. gent 
Fosbrook John Edw. surgeon 
Hallam Luke, tailor 
Harvey Samuel Greaves, gent 
Hemson Wm. framework knitter 
Hodgett Matths. blacksmith and 

beerhouse 
Hopkin Thos. vety. surgeon 
Price Hy. & Crofts J. bricklyrs 
Richmond & Prichett, shoemkrs 
Simpson Hanh. vict. Gate 
Smith Rev. John. (Indpt) 



Hornbuckle G 
Shepperson W 
Webster Mary 
Joiners. 
Belshaw Geo Gunn Wm. 
Burrows Thos White J. & vict 
Cook Wm. White Wm. 

Disney Thos Shopkeepers. 

Eggleston Eliz Attewell Wm 
Eggleston Fras. Eggleston Thos 
Eggleston Jno Hallam Sar 
Hebb Henry Millington W 
Hemsley Thos Towle Jno 

Carriers. — John Walker and 
Thomas Eggleston, to Notting- 
ham, Sat. 



• KINGSTON- UPON-SOAR is a small village and parish 
10 miles S.W. by S. of Nottingham, betwixt the Wolds and the 
Leicestershire border. It has only 157 inhabitants and 1300 
acres of land, all belonging to Edward Strutt, Esq., the lord of 
the manor and patron of the curacy, which is now enjoyed by 
the Rev. Thomas Barton. The church was rebuilt in* 1832, 
except the south transept which is very ancient, and contains 
some curious ornamental screen work, and a richly sculptured 
monument of the Babyngtons, who had a large mansion here 
till the reign of Elizabeth, when one of them was attainted and 
executed for favouring the cause of Mary Queen of Scots. 
The poor have the interest of .£10 left by Gervase Redfern. 
The /cast is on the first Sunday after St. 'Luke's Day. The 

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Ltf'A-Kfl EAST AK& WtiStt 



principal inhabitants are John Berson, parish clerk ; Elizabeth 
Clerk, shopkeeper ; William Hardy, blacksmith; John Hud- 
son, gardener; William Shardlow, tailor; and John Bowley* 
Sarah Bramley, Charles Stokes, and William Tebbutt,/<2?*me?'.? s 
LEAKE (EAST,) 10 miles S. by W. of Nottingham, is a 
well built village on the south bank of a small rivulet that flows 
westward through the Wolds to the Soar, near Kingston. Its 
parish contains 2431 acres of land, and 975 inhabitants, many 
of whom are bobbin net makers and framework knitters. At 
the enclosure in 1798, 466 acres were allotted in lieu of tithes. 
The rest belongs to several proprietors, but Lord Rancliffe is 
the principal owner, and lord of the manor. The church has 
a fine lofty spire and is dedicated to St. Mary. The rector?/ is 
united with West Leake, arrd valued in the King's books at 
£25. 4s. 7d. The Marquis of Hastings- is the patron, and the 
George Holcombe, D.D., the incumbent. The Methodists and 
Baptists have each a chapel here, and a Petty Session is held . 
on e^ery alternate Monday, at the Three Horse Shoes ; and a 
hiring for servants four times a- year. The free school was- 
built in 1724, by John Bley, who endowed it with £450, which 
was laid out in the purchase of 25 acres of land r at Barton and 
Wimeswold, let for £48. 10s. per annum, for which the master 
teaches all the poor boys and girls of the parish. The town 
lands consist of 21 acres, let for £30 a-year, which is carried 
tothe poor rates. The interest of £11, 'left in 1681, and 1686,. 
by John Wright and Thomas Spencer, is distributed in bread. 
Here is both a male and a female sick club ; the former has 
its feast on Whit-Monday, and the latter on Whit-Wednesdav. 

LEAKE (WEST) is a small village aiid parish 1 mile W. of 
East Leake, to which its small church dedicated to St. Helen, 
is united. It has 203 inhabitants and 1500 acres of land, all 
belonging to Lord Middleton, except one farm, and the rectory 
house with 10 acres of glebe. The feast is on the Sunday after 
Martinmas.^ 



LEAKE EAST. 

Burrows Mrs. Dorothy 
Burrows W. butcher & maltster 
Burton Joseph, shoemaker and 

parish clerk 
Cooke Thomas, governor of the 

workhouse 
Cross John, gentleman 
Fosbrooke Wm. Blunt, solicitor 
GuttridgeWm. wheelwright 
Hardy Thomas, corn miller 
Hardy John, vict. three horse 

shoes 
Hawley Rd. schoolmaster 
Heath Thomas, joiner 



Jacques John, bricklayer 
Kirk William, corn miller 
Marcer John, gentlemen 
Marshall G. needle maker 
Mason Henry, butcher 
Mills John & Wm. basket makers 
Riste James, bricklayer 
Smedley James, joiner 
Tunnadine Rd. brickmaker and 

victualler 
Tunnicliff George, tailor 
Woodrotfe John, chief constable 

of North division of Rushclifle^ 
Woodroffe John, butcher 



RITSHCLIFFE HUNDRED, 



ttf 



Farmers. Follows Henry 

Angrave Thos. Hardy William 
AngraveWm. Bobbin Net 

Burrows Edw. Makers. 

Cook John Bently Thomas 

Follows Henry Flowers Rd. 

Kirk William Gadd Sampson 



Marshall John 
Marshall John 
Neale John 



Hal lam John 
Hallam Thomas 
James Isaac 



Nixon William Neale William 
Gldershaw Joh Smith Samuel 
Wilde, Mattw. Voce John 
Wootton, John Shoemakers. 
Blacksmiths. Hall Charles 
Carver Edward Tuckwood J. 



Shopkeepers. Taft J. & A. 
Bosworth Thos. Hosiery J gents. 
Cook William Reed William 
Marcer Wm. Savadge Edward 
Mahby Hugh 

LEAKE WEST. 

Holcombe Rev. Geo. D D rector 
Hardstaff William, parish clerk 
Platts T. joiner, & W. net maker 
Wilde Mrs.Cath. & Eshopkpr 

Farmers. Place John 
Hardy Thomas Platts John 
Henson Matt. Shepperson Wm 
Marshall Bryan Wilde Mathew 
Marshall Joseph 



NORMANTON-on-Soar, 13 miles S. by W. of Notting- 
ham, is a village and parish in the vale of the Soar, bounded 
on the south by Leicestershire, and on the north by the Wolds, 
It has 365 inhabitants and 1200 acres of land, of which 240 
acres were allotted in J 770 in lieu of tithes. The church is- 
very ancient, and the living is a rectory, valued in the King's 
books at £7. lis. 0£d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Joseph 
Powell. The manor and the advovvson belong to John Buck- 
ley, Esq., and others, who are the successors of the late- 
Thomas Buckley and James Richards, Esqrs., two eminent 
breeders and graziers, to the former of whom the late Duke of 
Bedford gave *J®0 guineas for the use of one of his rams, for 
one season. This parish receives on every fifth year, £8. 6s. 8d„ 
from William Willoughby' s charity . — See"p. 168. 



Barlow Jsph. & Cox J. butchers 
Buckley John, Esq, Normanton 

Hills. 
Dennis George, coal merchant 
Gaze Jas. shoemkr, & Jsph joiner 
Hayfield John, gardener 
Kirk Joseph, tailor 
Marshall Samuel, gentlemen 
Marston Andrew, bobbin net 
maker 



Marston Thomas, parish clerk 
Mason Samuel, maltster 
Powell Rev. Joseph, rector 
Stenson Wm. victualler & coal 

merchant 
Stubbs Joseph, brickmaker 

Farmers, Pepper Richard 
Bosworth Thos.WoodrofFe Wm. 

Hands J J & W & maltster 

Kiddey John 



PLUMPTRE is a small but pleasant village on the Melton* 
Mowbray road, 5J miles S.S.E. of Nottingham, and was once 
the capital of a wapentake of its own name. Its parish, which 
contains 605 inhabitants and about 3500 acres of land, is di- 
vided into the three townships of Plumptre, Normanton- on- 
the- Wolds, and Clipston. The manor of Plumptre has 1800- 



652 



PLUMPTRE PARISH. 



acres, and William Elliott Elliott, Esq., is its lord and princi- 
pal owner; and also patron of the rectory, which is valued in 
the King's books at .£19. 19s. 7d., and is now enjoyed by the 
Rev. John Burnside. At the enclosure in 1805, land was 
allotted for the tithes. The church dedicated to St. Mary, 
was re-pewed in 1818. The poor have the interest of ^34. 
left in 1755, by Richard Pritchett, and an unknown donor. 
The feast is on the second Sunday after Trinity. 

Clipston township is in Bingham Hundred. — See p. 489. 
Normanton-on-the- Wolds has 185 inhabitants and 1000 
acres of land, and lies on the same road half a mile E. of 
Plumptre. Tt is owned chiefly by^Samuel Smith, Esq., and 
Messrs. Cole and Goodall. A Wesleyan chapel was built here 
in 1827. The poor have the interest of <£20 left by Messrs. 
Kirkby, Row, and Seawell. 

Burnside Rev. J. B A 

Chapman Win. smith 

Crafts Thomas, vict. 

Glover Thos. butcher 



PLUMPTRE. 

Allcock Wm. sadler 
Astill Wm. clerk 
Bexon T. shoemkr 
Btett Robert, vict. 

Farmers. Bradley Thos. 
Alsop John Brewster John 
Bestall Thomas 



Hickling Jno. miller 
Parr S. schoolmaster 
Turner Jno. shopkpe 
Wilson Tho. joiner 



Butler Thomas Holmes Wm. 
Gibson John Stephenson A. 



NORM ANTON. 

Bam ford F. wheelgt 
Cole Richard, gent. 
Dodson Thos. farmer 



Flewitt S. shoe maker 
Goodall C.E. gent. 
Gunn John, vict. 



Harby Thos. joiner 
Marshall Wm. farmer 
Smedley Edw. tailor 



RATCLIFFE-ON-SOAR is a village and parish near the 
junction of the Trent and Soar navigation, 9 miles S.W. of 
Nottingham. It has 177 inhabitants and 1200 acres of land r 
belonging to Earl Howe, who is lord of the manor, impropria- 
tor, and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in the King's 
books at £\(y. Us. 3d., and is now in the incumbency of the 
Rev. William Helps. It has been augmented with land at 
Misson, purchased with Queen Anne's Bounty. The church 
dedicated to St. Mary, contains nothing remarkable but an epi- 
taph to the memory of Robert Smith, who held the office of 
parish clerk upwards of fifty years. The Sacheverells had a 
large manor house here, but it was pulled down in 1719, ex- 
cept the dining room, which is now used as a barn by Mr. 
Hickingbotham. The residents are William Allen, naviga- 
tion agent; John Ankers, shoemaker; Israel Chamberlain, 
Esq., Red Hill; John Hickingbotham, maltster; Thomas 
Moor, parish clerk ; John Palmer, shopkeeper; William John 
Boot Withers, basket maker; William Woolley, joiner ; Charles 
Bosworth, Lydia Sadler, and John Withers, farmers ; and 
William Moot, carrier. 



R0SHCLIFFE HCN'DREi?. 



$53 



REM PS TON is a pleasant village aul parish 4 miles N. of 
Loughborough, and jLOf miles S. of Nottingham, containing 
398 inhabitants and 1365 acres of land, a large portion of 
which belongs to the lord of the manor, Gregory Gregory, 
Esq., who built the present Hall, which is now occupied by 
John Smith Wright, Esq., whose lady pays for the education of 
30 poor girls. The present church is dedicated to All Saint's, 
and was built in 1771, out of the ruins of the ancient church of 
St. Peter's-in-the-Rushes, and an old chapel which had been 
long in disuse; the latter stood in the village and the former 
was distant half a mile to the N.E., where its burial ground is 
now an open field, though a corpse was interred in it so lately 
as two years ago. The rectory is valued in the King's books at 
*£13. 2s. 6d. and received at the enclosure in 1768, an allot- 
ment of 259 acres in lieu of tithes. The master of Sidney 
College, Cambridge, is the patron, and the Rev. Thomas Hos- 
king, the incumbent. In 1748, Robert Marsden, archdeacon 
of Nottingham, who lies buried in the old church- yard, left to- 
the successive rectors, Little Grange close, on condition that they 
distribute 50s. amongst the poor, every Christmas. The poor- 
have also the interest of <£10 left in 1716 by Thomas Woodroffe, 
The Particular Baptists have a burial ground here but no 
chapel. 



Alsop John, butcher 
Austin L. butcher 
Bonser Thos. vict. 
Bradwell J. saddler 
Bramley J. shoe mkr 
Bramley W. shoemkr 
Cressvvell Stn. school- 
master 
Gross Edw.net maker 



(Dodson Edw. yeoman 
Hallam J. shoemaker 
Hopkin G. brickmkr 
HoskingRev. T.BD 
Hunter John, Esq. 
James Charles, joiner 
Newton Nat. yeoman 
Orson Thos. smith 
Pagett Lydia, school 



Stubbs Thos. frame - 

smith & net make^ 

Wadkin John, miller 

Walkington W. joiner 

& beerhouse 
Werner Geo. tailor 
Wilson Wm. baker 
Wright John Smith, 
Esq. Rempston Halt 



Farmers. Blount W. I Chapman John Morris John 

Blount G. & J, Burrows John Morris Geo. Woodroffe J & T. 



RUDDINGTON 5 miles south of Nottingham, is a large 
and well built village, which has encreased its population since 
1801, from 868 to 1428 souls, many of whom are employed in 
the lace and hosiery manufactures. Its- parish comprises 2781 
acres of land, of which Lady Jane Parkyns is the principal 
owner and lady of the manor, and has a handsome cottage in 
the village, where there are several other neat and pleasant 
mansions. At the enclosure in 1768, the vicar received 52 
acres, and Sir Charles Cavendish (the impropriator) 466 acres 
ki lieu of tithes. Of the latter 340 acres have been sold to 
Charles Paget, Esq. The church was repaired in 17 18, and 
was rebuilt upon a larger scale in 1824, at the cost of .£1100, 
except the chancel and steeple, which are the only remaining 



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RUDDrNGTON PARISH 



parts of the ancient fabric. It was, however, a chapel of ease 
till 1773, when its burial ground was consecrated, and enclosed 
with part of the materials of the original mother church, that 
stood in an open field one mile east of Ruddington, where there 
had formerly been a village called Flawford. This church of 
Flawford was a Saxon edifice dedicated to St. Peter, and had 
a lofty spire steeple, and many curious monuments with cross 
legged figures, but having been deserted by the parishioners it 
became ruinous, and a license was obtained from the archbishop 
in 1773* to take it down. Its ancient tombs and other orna- 
ments were all destroyed or mutilated by the " colliers" em- 
ployed in the work of demolition, and Throsby says, many of 
them were taken to build bridges and pigsties, and to mend 
the roads. The vicarage is valued in the King's books at 
«£6. 13s. 4d., and is in the gift of the Rev. C. Simeon, and the 
Society for purchasing small livings. The Rev. Edward Sel- 
wyn is the incumbent. The General Baptists and Wesleyan 
and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel in the village, 
where there is a large workhouse built in 1805, and now be- 
longing to 13 associated parishes and townships. Ruddington 
school was founded in 1641, by James Peacock, who endowed 
it with 40a. 2h. 14p. of land, now let for £7§\ for which (and 
a house and garden) the master teaches all the poor children of 
the parish. The school house was rebuilt in 1827, at the cost 
of ^400, to be liquidated by a yearly payment of <£10 from the 
rent of the land. Ten acres of land at Bulwell was purchased 
with several benefactions, and are now let for £20 a-year, which, 
with a yearly rent charge of £3. 18s., left by the founder of the 
school, is distributed in weekly doles of bread every Sunday, at 
the church. 



Berkins Misses Mary and Ann 
Betton John, bricklayer 
Breedon Henry, gentleman 
Briggs John, framesmith 
Cave Win. surgeon 
Cocker Mrs. C. & Cole Mrs Ann 
Cripwell Rd. maltster 
Gilbert Mrs Ann 
Grey Lieut. General John 
Handley Jas. brickmaker 
Hardmett Mary, maltster& miller 
Harrison John, needlemaker 
Hodgkin John, gentleman 
Hodgkin John, jun. butcher 
Jakeman Caroline, schoolrs 
Moor* Thos. Esq. banker 
Newman George 
Oliver John & Wm. bricklayers 
Page Wm. butcher 
Paget Chas. Esq. 
Parkyns Lady Jane 



Radford Misses 
Richards Saml. butcher 
Rogers Clement, schoolmaster 
Selwyn Rev. Edw. vicar 
Shaw Mr. William 
Simpson Isaac, wheelwright 
Smellie John, surgeon 
Sutton Rt. maltster 
Tyers John, vict. Three Crowns 
Widdinson Wm. vict. Red Hart 
Wilkinson Israel, butcher 
Winfield Geo. gov. workhouse 
Farmers. Harwood John 
Barker Edw Holmes John 
Barker Rd Kempson Thos 

Burrows John Peet John 



Burrows Rd 
Cripwell John 
Cripwell Thos 
Gunn Thos 
Hardmett — 



Shaw Jn.& Wm 
Slater Rd 
Bobbin Net Mkrs 
Beeston Thos 
Breedon Frs 



HUSHCLIFFK HUNDRED. 6*55 

Cripwell Rd Sergent Geo. } Lee Saml Pigott Geo 

Fletcher Saml Smith Geo | Stephenson Wm Joiners. 

Harrison Jno Smith John Wright Wm Hardy Rd 

Henson Eliz Hosiery Agts, Shopkecprs. Parker John 

Henson J. G. Baxter Hy i Chapman Wm. Sandy Wm 

and J Hickling Thos and druggist Whitworth G 

Marshall W & PJames Mtw : Cripwell Hy Widdison SI 

^axby J. & W Savage Chas j Henson Jas Carriers to 



Wilson S. & G Underwood Dl 
Blacksmith s . Shoe ma kers . 
Gunn Thos Buttery Js 
Smith Rd. & Rt Dutton John 

Beerhouses. Ellis John 
Hdiidley John Hardy John- 



James Geo Nottingham, \V, 

Stubhs Wm Marshall, daily. 
Tailors. and J. Dennis 
Cross John and Ed. Smith. 
Henson & Pike Saturday. 



STANFORD-on-Soar is a small picturesque village and 
parish, 1 J mile N. of Loughborough, at the point were the river 
Soar enters Leicestershire. It has 129 inhabitants, and 1500 
acres of land, all belonging to the Rev. Samuel Dashwood, who 
is both patron and incumbent of the rectory, and resides in the 
hall, a modern mansion with pleasing grounds and plantations. 
The church is a handsome fabric embowered in thick foliage. 
The rectory is valued in the King's books at =£9. Js. 8d. A 
rent charge of £5 was left to the poor in 1765, by Sophia 
Phillips, out of the Stanford estate. The parishioners are Airs. 
Lydia Dashwood ; Edw. Birch, shoemaker, and John Birch, 
John Coates, John Rowland, and Samuel Walker, fanners. 

STANTON-ON-THE-WOLDS is a small parish of scat- 
tered dwellings, near the Melton Mowbray road, 8 miles S. S. E. 
of Nottingham. It has 125 inhabitants, and 1300 acres of land. 
The Rev. — Bingham, of Kettleby, is lord of the manor, but 
the land belongs to Ichabod Wright, Esq. the Rev. Thomas 
Randolph, and George, John, Joseph, and Elizabeth Page, who 
each occupy their own farms. The other occupants are Wm. 
Shaw and John Ward, farmers, and the Rev. Thomas Smith, 
the curate. The church is a small mean looking edifice which 
Throsby says " is the most despicable he ever beheld," It is a 
rectory valued in the King's books at £2. 13s. 4d. The Rev. 
Thos. Randolph is the patron, and the Rev. George Randolph 
the incumbent. The poor have a house and 3 acres of land 
bequeathed in 1718, by the Re\ r . Thomas Ouseley, and now let 
for £6 a- year. 

SUTTON-BONNINGTON is an extensive village under 
the Wolds, on the eastern bank of the Soar, 11 miles S. S. W. 
of Nottingham. It is in the two parishes of Sutton St. Ann, 
and Sutton St. Michael, which support their poor conjointly, 
and contain 1136 inhabitants, and upwards of 2000 acres. Lord 
Tamworth is principal owner, and lord of the manor of St. 
Ann's, and George Paget, Esq. of St. Michael's. At the en- 
closure, in 1775 and 7, the tithes of both parishes were com- 



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"S U T TON BON N J N GTOTfc 



muted for allotments of land. There were anciently two 
distinct villages, the more southerly one being- Sutton juxtu 
Bonnington, and the other Bonnington, but they have 'long 
been connected by modern buildings, and borne the common 
name of Sutton-Bonnington. St. Anns Church is the smallest 
of the two, and stands in the southern part of the village. It 
is a rectory valued in the King's books at £4. 17s. 6d. The 
Lord .Chancellor is the patron, and the Rev. John Lafont the 
rector. St. Michael's is a large handsome fabric, with a lofty 
tower and spire. It is also a rectory, and is valued in the 
King's books at £15. 2s. Id. The dean and chapter of Bristol 
are the patrons, and the Rev. Richard Foster is the rector. 
The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and the General Bap- 
tists have each a chapel in the village, where a feast is held on 
the Sunday after St. Michael's day, or on that day if it falls on 
a Sunday or Monday. The Free School was built by subscrip- 
in 1718, and is endowed with upwards of 26 acres of land at 
Barrow-upon-Soar, purchased with £100, left by Charles 
Liversey, and ^111 raised by subscription. This land is let 
for £50 a-year. Several benefactions, amounting to .£110, 
were laid out in 1734, in the purchase of 6 acres of land at 
Hose, now let for £ld. 10s. The poor have also several small 
rent charges, amounting to £1. 10s. This parish and those of 
Rempston and Normanton, each receive a bible yearly from 
-Hi ckling's charity, at Loughbro'. 

ZouchBridge which crosses the Soar, 1 mile S. of Sutton- 
-Bonnington, gives name to a small village which is partly in the 
parishes of Sutton, Normanton, and Hathorn. Near it is 
Kirk Hill, on which a number of Roman urns and coins were 
found in 1825. 



Bacon Edwd. gentleman 

Barton Thos. curate 

•Bei ridge John, chief constable 
of RushclirTe, South Division 

Cross Mrs. Ann 

Darker Eliz. hdg. academy 

Domleo John, overseer 

Doughty John, joiner 

Dutton Thos. gardener 

Frankland Bartw. schoolr 
"Hay field Wro. gardener 

Marshall Saml. and Son, coal 
merchts. Zouch Wharf 

Orme Jas. gentleman 

Paget Geo. Esq. Sutton Manor 

Paget and White, worsted spin- 
ners and corn millers, Zouch 
Mills and Loughbro 

Pepper Wm. brick maker, Keg- 
•vorth Bridge 



Ri<e John & Wm. bricklayers 
Smith Thos. jun. butcher 
Stapleton Rev. John, (Indpt). 
Tunnicliff Wm. saddler 
Whitaker Mr. Saml 
Wilkinson John, wheelwright 



Farmers. 
Bates Eliz 
Bramley John 
Buriey John 
Doughty Saml 
Doughty Wm 
Lacey Ann 
Rouse John 
Sarson Wm 
Wild Wm 



Bobbin Net M/crs 
Burton John 
Cripwcll Wm 
Hardy Thos 
Henson Thos 
Hardy Jas 
Leicester Hy 
Simpkin Geo 
Smith John 
Smith Thos 



Wilkinson John 'Whitby John 
Blacksmiths, Hosiers. 

Dalby John Berridge John 
Kinsley Hy Clark John 



RUSHCLIFFE HUNDRED. 



657 



Smith Wm 

Shoemakers. 
Doughty Geo 
Hemsley John 
Keightly Sam 
Pepper John 

Shopkeepers, 
Bainbridge Chs 



Beswick John 
Cooper John 
Darnell Geo 
Paulueci Ptr 
Pepper Rd 
Simpkin Jas 
Smith Thos 
Smith Wm 



Publicans. WildboyJohn 
Bolland John Tailors. 

Domelo Geo Dennis Geo 
Marshall Geo Newham John 
Newham John Priestly Wm 
Simpkin John 

Carriers. T. Dutton & Wm. 
Marshall, to Nottingham, Sat. 



THORPEJN-GLEBIS, or Thorpe-in-the- Clods, is a small 
churchless parish, 11 miles S. by E. of Nottingham, containing 
only 39 inhabitants, and 800 acres of land. Lord Rancliffe is- 
the principal owner, lord of the manor, and patron of the rec- 
tory, which is valued at <£2. 9s. 4d. The church has been in 
ruins more than a century, and very little of it now remains. 
The present rector, the Rev. T. Graham, preached his induction 
sermon upon its ruins about 15 years ago, and has never since 
officiated in the parish. The four resident farmers are Richard 
and William Cross, Thomas Miller, and Wm. Scottorn. 

THRUMPTON is a picturesque village and parish near the 
confluence of the Trent and Soar, 8 miles S. W. of Nottingham. 
It has 132 inhabitants, and 1000 acres of land, all belonging to 
John Emmerton Wescomb, Esq. of Thrumpton Hall } a hand- 
some mansion, which was built by the Pigot family in 1630, 
but has been greatly improved by its present possessor, who is 
also impropriator and patron of the perpetual curacy which is 
now enjoyed by the Rev. Wm. Cantrell. The church is a small 
fabric dedicated to All Saints. The principal villagers are 
Richard Barrow, gamekeeper ; Wm. Daft, gardener ; Thomas 
Elliot, gent. ; John Holmes, shopkeeper ; Mrs. Catherine 
Kirkland; Daniel Ward, parish clerk; Mary and Elizabeth 
Wilkinson, boarding academy; George Golder, Wm. Hemsley, 
Edward Massey, and Richard Wilkinson, farmers ; and John 
Clark, carrier ', to Nottingham, Wednesday and Saturday. 

WIDMERPOOL is a small neat village, on the sides of 
two opposite declivities of the Wolds, 9 miles S. S. E. of Not- 
tingham. Its parish contains 180 inhabitants, and about 2000 
acres of land, enclosed in 1803, when 460 acres were allotted 
to the rector in lieu of tithes. Frederick Robinson, Esq. is the 
proprietor, lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, which 
is valued in the King's books at £4. 16s. OJd. and is now en- 
joyed by the Rev. John Robinson, M.A. who has just rebuilt 
the rectory house in the gothic style, and is about to re-edify the 
church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, and has long been in a 
state of decay, having undergone but few repairs since 1594, 
when the chancel was renewed. The General Baptists have a 
chapel in the village ; and about If miles to the E., is Widmer- 
pool New Inn, on the Nottingham and Melton Mowbray road. 
The residents are the Rev. J. Robinson, rector; Rev. George 



£58 WIDMERPOOL AND WILFORD. 

Heaton, B.A. curate; Jph. Hallam, parish clerk ; Jph. Flewitt, 
gamekeeper, Wm. Hear, New Inn; Ann Hull, blacksmith ; 
Thomas Morris, butcher; John Shepherd, schoolmaster; John 
Staiford, shoemaker; and Thomas Allwood, James Bonsor, 
Job Cowlisher, Eliz. Morris, John Mousley, John Payne, John 
Seagreave, George Thirlby, and John White, farmers. 

WILFORD is a delightful village on the south bank of the 
Trent, 1 J m ^ e S. of Nottingham, by the ferry, and 3 miles by 
the turnpike. Tt has several neat villas belonging to opulent 
families, engaged in the trade and commerce of Nottingham. 
It is altogether neatly built and extremely rural. The church 
stands close to the Trent, and is not only a handsome object in 
itself, but also commands a most pleasing view of Nottingham 
and its vicinity, and of the river which is here lined by a long 
row of lofty elms. It is dedicated to St. Wilfrid, and the 
name of the village is evidently a contraction of TVilfritfs ford, 
as there is both a ford and a ferry close by ; the tower is low, 
but the nave and two side aisles are spacious, and the chancel 
has a neat altarpiece. The living is a rectory valued in the 
King's books at .=£18. 17s. 6d., and received at the enclosure in 
1766, an allotment of 227 acres in lieu of tithes. The Rev. 
Thos. Thorpe is the incumbent, and Sir Robert Clifton Bart., 
the patron. The latter is also lord of the manor, and owner of 
a great part of the parish, which contains 602 inhabitants, and 
1800 acres of land. Wilford seems to have been anciently a 
Roman station, as many Roman coins were dug up here about 30 
years ago, most of which were of the latter emperors. The Free 
school was built in 1736, pursuant to the will of Mr. Benjamin 
Carter, who, in 1732, left £200 for that purpose, and bequeathed 
for its support and for other charitable uses property which 
now produces £210 per annum, of which £60 is paid to the 
master, £5 for school books, .£10 to the poor of Wilford, and 
£20 to St. Giles' and St. George's charity school, in London. 
The residue is expended in apprenticing poor boys, in repairing 
the buildings, &c. &c. Sir Robert Clifton is one of the trustees. 
The same donor rebuilt the rectory house, and repaired and 
beautified the church. In 1828, Lady Lucy Smith erected an 
Infant school in the village, and continues to pay a salary to the 
teacher. The poor of Wilford have £5 yearly from Henry 
Handler's charity. (See p. 165.) Gervas Handley endowed 
two Be'de Houses, with property, which has partly been changed 
for ^6*260. Is. 9d. three per cent, consols : the yearly proceeds 
(£8. 2s.) are given to two poor widows, but the alms-houses 
are improperly let to two labourers for the annual rent of 
J3s. each. In 1810, Joseph Felton left a yearly rent charge of 
£2. 10s. out of four houses in Spaniel-row, Nottingham, to 
Wilford. The feast is on the Sunday before St. Luke's, or on 
that day if it falls on a Sunday. Numerous parties from Not- 
tingham resort here in summer to the Public Garden, at the 



RUSHCLIFPB HUNDRED. 



669 



Ferry Coffee house, and often extend their walk to the sylvan 
scenes of Clifton Grove. (Vide p. 645.) 



Abbott Mr. Thomas 
Abbott Rd. butcher 
Buckland J. shoemkr 
Burnham Wm. joiner 
Carter B. shoemaker 
Carter J. shoemaker 
Carver W. victualler 

coffee-house 
Cheetham Mr. John 
Cox Chs. lace maker 
Cox James, gent. 

Farmers. 
Carver John 
Daft William 
Hall Henry 



Cox John, silk mert 
Cox Thomas, gent 
Day John, tailor 
Facon Wm. shopkpr 
Fox Thos. gardener 
Harker Wm. tailor 
Harpham G. butcher 
Henson T. net maker 
Leeson Rt. Esq, solr. 
Merren J basket mkr 



Ollis Ann, schoolmrs 
Pilkington R. tailor 
Potter Eliz. miller 
Pyatt Geo. smith 
Quinton H. wheelwht 
Robinson C. schoolr. 
Smith Henry , Esq. 
Stafford Wm. shopkpr 
Thorpe Rev. T. rectr. 
Witham J. wheelgt 



Hankin Eliz. 
Harpham Wm. 
Harwood Edw. 



Hazard S. 
Holbrooke J. 
Jameson Wm. 



Oakley John 
Pyatt William 
Richardson Wm. 



WILLOUGHBY-on-the- WOLDS, 11 miles S. by E fl of 
Nottingham, and near the Leicestershire border, is a long 
rural village, sheltered by the embowering foliage of a double 
row of trees, and seated upon a declivity near the ancient fosse- 
way. Though so retired in its situation, it did not escape the 
baneful effects of the civil wars, in the reign of Charles I., when 
a bloody contest was fought in JVilloughby field, in which CoL 
Stanhope was numbered among the slain. The lofty cross in 
the village was doomed for destruction, by the pious soldiers of 
Cromwell, who tied ropes round it in order to pull it down ; but 
their religious enthusiasm was so much damped by some strong 
beer given them by the vicar, after he had made a long speech 
in defence of its innocence, that it was permitted to remain 
unmolested. Willoughby is considered by Horsley as the 
Vemomentum, so often mistaken for Margidunum. Stukelv 
tells us that the old Roman town (of which the ditch and mound 
still exist) was in a field called " Henings," where tradition 
says there was an old city called Long Billington, but the site is 
now designated the Black field, from the colour and richness of 
the soil. Near the source of Willoughby brook is Crosshill, 
an ancient tumulus on which an annual revel is held in allusion 
to some traditionary festival of the Roman mythology. Some 
coins and other antiquities have been found near the present 
village. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has many ancient 
and.splendid monuments of the Willoughby's, ancestors of Lord 
Middleton, whose predecessors sold this lordship many years 
ago to various proprietors, whose estates have since undergone 
a further subdivision. Frederick Robinson, Esq. is lord of the 
manor, and Wm. Melville, Esq. is patron of the vicarage, 
which is valued in the King's hooks at £6. 18s. 6£d., and is now 
enjoyed by the Rev. John Clifton. The church was repewed, 
and a gallery erected at the west end, in 1829, so that it has now 



660 



WILLOUGHBY-ON-THE-WOLDS. 



100 free sittings. In removing the old pews a tessellated pave- 
ment was found, and it now forms part ot the floor of the north 
aisle. The parish contains 465 inhabitants, and 2000 acres of 
land, which was enclosed in 1794, when 367 acres were allotted 
to the impropriator, (the Duke of Portland,) and 86 to the 
vicar in lieu of all the tithes ; and 1a. 3r. to the church. The 
overseers distribute 16s. yearly, as the interest of £16. left to 
the poor. Samuel Wells left £50 for the education of six poor 
children, and .£20 for the poor ; the interest is now paid out 
of the highway rates. 

West Thorpe is a hamlet \ mile S.W. of Willoughby, and 
those marked * in the following Directory, reside in it. 



Barnett Saml. miller 
Cooper Jph. cooper 
Cross R. & T. gardnrs 
Dal by John, smith 

* Dawson W. wheelgt 
Day Wm. bobbin net 

maker 
Garton Thos. butcher 

Farmers. Clark Robert 
Atkin Isaac Garton Eliz. 

* Baker Charles Gilbert Henry 
•Baker Charles Harding Samuel, 
Barnett Wm. Hardy Samuel 
Bryans Samuel * Holmes Wm. 
Buss George Hubbard Wm. 
Charles Thos. Marsh Mary 

* Tuckwood Jph* Wells Samuel 
Turner Henry Widdowson J* 



Gee Josh, butcher & 

beerhouse 
Hickling Geo wheelgt 
Howell T mole catchr 
Johnson Jno. bobbin 

net maker 
Kettleband M. miller 
Newby John, tailor 

Turner John 
Wakerly Jph 
* Walker Thos 
Walker Wm. 
Wells Joseph 



Peet Wm. shopkpr 
Screaton Rschoolmtr 
Screaton Rt. bricklyr 
Smith Jph. beerhouse 
Turner Wm. joiner 

& shopkeeper 
Wakerly W. shopkpr 
Whyman J. yeoman 

Shoemakers, 
Bailey John 
Marsh Daniel 
Skinner John 
Woollerton J. 
Carriers to Nottingham, J. 
Goodacre, Saturday ; & William 
Wakerly, Wednesday, and to 
Loughbro', Thursday. 



WYSALL is an indifferently built village upon the Wolds, 
9| miles S. by E. of Nottingham. Its parish contains 271 in- 
habitants andf 1500 acres of land, enclosed in 1800, when 321 
acres were awarded to the impropriator (Earl Gosford) and 80 
acres to the vicar in lieu of tithes. Lord RancliiFe is lord of 
the manor, but the three coheiresses of the late James Kersley, 
Esq., are the principal owners of the soil. The church is de- 
dicated to the Holy Trinity, and has some ancient monuments 
of the Armstrong family. The vicarage has been augmented 
with Queen Anne's Bounty, and is valued in the King's books 
at £4. lis. OJd. Earl Gosford, of Ireland, is the patron, and 
the Rev. Leonard Chapman, the incumbent. A Methodist 
chapel was built here in 1825. The feast is on Trinity Sun- 
day. The poor have two fields at Barton, in Leicestershire, let 
for £5 a-year. The church land let for <£9. 5s., consists of 3£a. 
at Wysall, 3a. 2p. at Keyworth, and 10p. at Widmerpool. 



Bramley J blacksmith 
Bryans W. joiner 
Deakin G. schoolmtr 
Derrick W parish elk 



Goodacre J. gent, 
Hogg C. bobbin net 
maker 



Lovett Thos. tailor 
Mather Benj. gent. 
Morris J. bricklayer 



WYSALL PARISH 



661 



Farmers. Bowley T. jun. 
Annabel Thos. Brown John 
Baldock J & W.Burrows Robert 
Bowley Geo. Cox John 
Bowley ThomasDerrick VV. jun. 



Eggleston Jph 
Harrison John 
Hogg Thomas 
Shaw Thomas 



Shoemakers* 
Derrick John 
Garner Joseph 
Shepperd John 
Wright Edward 



THURGARTON HUNDRED, 

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which tog-ether contain 42 parishes, of which the following is 
an enumeration, showing the number of inhabitants in 1801, 
1821, and 1831, and the estimated annual value of the lands 
and buildings, as assessed for the property tax in 1815. Those 
marked * are in the North Division, and % in the Liberty 
of Southwell and Scrooby; the others are in the South Diii- 
sian. In ecclesiastical matters, those marked f are in the Dean- 
ery of New ark, § in the Deanery of Nottingham, and the rest 
in the peculiar jurisdiction of Southwell and Scrooby. 



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662 , THURGARTON HUNDRRB. 

It is encompassed by the other five great divisions of the county, 
and is larger than any of them except Bassetlaw, which bounds 
it on the north, as the Trent does on the south and east, and 
Broxtow Hundred on the west. It has its name from a village- 
within its limits, but its most important place and only market 
town is Southwell, though Nottingham, Mansfield, Tuxford, 
Newark, and Bingham, are all within a short distance of its 
boundary lines. Its soil is mostly a stiff but fertile clay, except 
in the vale of the Trent, which has a rich vegetable mould, and 
is here nearly 30 miles in length. (See- p. 42.) 



A VERHAM is a small rural village near the Trent, 3 miles 
W. by N. of Newark. Its parish includes the township of Stay- 
thorpe, and contains 2063 acres, and 243 inhabitants. The 
large island formed by the two branches of the Trent naviga- 
tion, opposite Newark, is in the manor of Averham or Aram, 
which has long been possessed by the Suttons of Kelham, who 
Lad anciently a park and seat here. Many of their sepul- 
chial memorials may be seen in the church, which is dedicated 
to St. Michael. The rectory is valued in the King's books at 
,£20. and has the rectory of Kelham annexed to it. John Man- 
ners Sutton, Esq. is the patron, and the Rev. Robert Chaplin, 
the incumbents The other residents are Rt. Lee, wheelwright ; 
Thos, Marsh, blacksmith ; Thos. Parker, shopr; and Rt. Clark, 
Wm. Esam, Jas. Gordon, Geo. Maltby, Saml. Stevens, and Wil- 
liam Weightm&n, farme?^. 

Sta y thorpe, or Starthorpe, 1 mile W. of Averham, is a 
hamlet and township, with only 61 inhabitants and 568 acres of 
land, all belonging to Trinity College, Cambridge, to which it 
was granted after the dissolution of Newstaad Abbey. — Bar- 
low, Esq. is the lessee. The farmers are John Adwick, John 
Arnold, (beerseller), Edw. Driver, John Hall, and Thos. Upton. 

BLEASBY is a straggling village, on the north bank of the 
Trent, 4 miles S. of Southwell. Its parish, which is all in the 
Liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, comprises the neigbouring 
hamlets of Gourton, Gibsmere, and Notown, and contains 324 
inhabitants, and 1461 acres of land, which was enclosed in 1777* 
when the tithes were exonerated by an allotment of 122 acres. 
The principal land owners are Sir Robt. Sutton, Bart, (lord of 
Gourton manor), and Robt. Kelham Kelham, Esq. of Bleasby 
Hall, which was built by the Grundys. The small church is 
dedicated to St. Mary, and its vicarage is valued in the King's 
books at <£4. The chapter of Southwell are the patrons, and 
the Rev. J. D. Becher the incumbent. The poor have 20s. out 
of the Town-end close, left in 1720, by Eliz. Crosland. Near 
the fer?*y here, the Trent takes two channels, and encompasses 
an island of about 20 acres of land called the Knobs. 



BLEASBY PARISH. 



663 



Those marked 1 reside at 
Bleasby ; 2 Gibsmere ; 3 Gour- 
ton ; and 4 at Notown. 
1 Cording John, bsmith & p. elk 
1 Dixon Rd. jun. wheelwright and 

beerhouse 
1 Dixon Rd. overseer & constable 
1 Foster John, shopkeeper 
3 Hind Thos. gent, chief con- 
stable for South Division of the 
Thurgarton Hundred 
1 Horspool Mary, vict. Haselford 

Ferry 
1 Kelham Rt. Kelham, Esquire, 
Bleasby Hall 

3 Lee Jph. corn miller 

4 Mountaney Wm. tailor &shopr 



3 Parker Thos. butcher 

2 Richards Wm. butter dealer 

1 Sharp Wm. vict. Waggon and 
Horses 

2 Wilson Wm. shopkeeper 

Farmers. 2 Marriott John 

3 Aldridge Wm 1 Parker John 
1 Booth Saml 4 Reynolds John 



1 Dring Jas 

2 Fish Saml. 
2 Foster Hy 
4 Harvey Hanh 



1 Sharp Eliz 

2 Simon Wm 
1 Wilson Wm 

Shoemakers* 



3 Harvey Matw3 Catliff John 
3 Harvey Wm 4 Challand Stpn 
3 Heather John 2 Dixon Jph 
1 Holmes John 1 Saxton John 
1 Lambley Wm 



BLIDWORTH, 5 miles S.S.E. of Mansfield, is a large vil- 
lage pleasantly situated upon an eminence surrounded by some 
of the finest sylvan scenery of Sherwood Forest. It's parish is 
in the Liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, and contains 901 in- 
habitants and 5302a.~ 3r. 20p. of land, including Blidwortb, 
Dale, and Rainworth, which latter gives name to the forest ri- 
vulet that rises near Robin Hood's Hills, — (See p. 19,) — and a 
conical rock supposed to have been used as a Druid's altar. 
All the tithes were commuted for allotments at the enclosure in 
1809. The Archbishop of York is lord of the manor, and the 
two prebendaries of Oxton are the appropriators. The princi- 
pal copyholders are General and Colonel Need, and Henry 
Walker, Esq. The vicarage, valued in the King's books at 
.£3. 17s, 6d, is annexed to the vicarage of Oxton. The church 
was partly rebuilt in the early part of last century, but the an- 
cient tower and chancel still remain. Amongst the monu- 
ments is one to Thomas Leake, a noted outlaw who was slain 
in 1608. Fountain Dale, the handsome mansion of General 
Need, is distant l£ mile N. of Blidworth, near the romantic 
scenery of Thieves Wood and Harlow Wood. 



Allen Jas. nail mkr. & beerhs 
Bailey Jas. land surveyor, Py- 

thorn Hill 
Berridge Jas. wheelwright 
Blatherwick John, shopr 
Brelsford Jas. butcher & beerhs 
Calladine Thos. vict. White Lion 
Clark Thomas vict. & butcher, 

Black Bull 
Crampton Thos. joiner 
Dixon Paul, shopkeeper 
Downall Rev. John, curate 



Hardstaff Wm. schoolmaster 
Hawkins John, corn miller 
Hearson Wm. blacksmith 
Heath Thos. gardener, &c. 
Hill John, hedge carpenter 
Jerrom Chas. blacksmith 
Jerrom Mr. John 
Lowe Wm. tailor 
Marlowe John, wheelwright 
Need Genl. Saml. Fountain Dale 
Ramsden Fras. vict. & wheeJgt 
Robin Hood 



€64 



BLIDWORTH PARISH. 



Robinson Rt. hosiery agent 
Ward Rowland, cotton manfr 
Warren Wm. tailor 
Winfield Jph. p. clerk & beerhs 

Farmers, Heath John 
Blagden Thos Heaton John 
Blatherwick T Hodgkinson Jas 
Bowler Wm Hodgkinson Job 



Johnson Ann 
Johnson Wm 
Lucas John 
Mellows Chas. 
Mellows Wm 
Renshaw Wm 
Temporal Wm 
Wheeldon Jas 



Wilson Jas 

Shoemakers. 
Ashley John 
Flint Rd 
Frost SI 
Kirk Wrn 
Pogson Thos 



BURTON JOYCE, or Burton Jorz, is a good village on 
the Southwell road, 6 miles N.E. by E. of Nottingham, shel- 
tered on the north by a range of lofty hills, which bound the 
vale of the Trent. Its parish includes the small chapelry of 
Bulcote, and contains 675 inhabitants, and 2200 acres of land, 
enclosed in 1770, when allotments were made in lieu of the 
tithes. Burton Joyce (1500a.) is mostly the property of the Earl 
of Chesterfield, Robert Padley, Esq. and Misses Jamson. The 
Earl is also lord of the manor, impropriator, and patron of the 
vicarage, which is valued in the King's books at £4. 19s. 2d. 
and has now 70 acres of glebe, exclusive of land at Lowdham, 
purchased with Queen Anne's Bounty. The Rev. John 
Rolleston is the incumbent. The church, dedicated to St. 
Helen, contains several tombs of the ancient families of Fresche- 
ville, Jorz, Roose, Stapleton, &c. A Methodist chapel was 
built here in 1824. A legacy of ^24, left to the poor by Wm. 
Martin, in 1786, was expended in ihe erection of a poor-house 
for the united parishes of Gedling, Burton Joyce, and Shelford. 

Bulcote is a small village and chapelry, I mile W. of Bur- 
ton Joyce, to which its humble church or chapel is annexed. 
It has only 142 inhabitants, and 700 acres of land. Smith 
Wright, Esq. is the principal owner and lord of the manor. It 
keeps its poor separately, and they have 7s. yearly left by an 
unknown donor. The feast is on Trinity Sunday. The 
principal residents are Robert Wilkinson Padley, gent. Bulcote 
Lodge; Wm. Alcock, yeoman; Wm. Blatherwick, joiner; 
John Culham, shopkeeper; John Slater, victualler and brick- 
layer ; and Godfry Fothergill, Samuel Taylor, and Gill Wilson, 
farmers. Those of Burton Joyce are as follows. 



Alvey Jph. bsmith 
Ashwell John, vict 
Bage Miss Mary 
Blackwell Wm. auc- 
tioneer (&Nottgm) 
Bllatherwick Joseph, 

parish clerk 
Blatherwick William, 

joiner 
Butler John, shopkr 
Clark Rd. vict 
Dixon Mich, shoemkr 
Hardy John, shopkr 
Heaford J. shoemkr 



Jamson Misses M & E 
Padley Robert, Esq. 
Peck Geo. tailor 
Porter John, tailor 
Rolleston Rev. John, 

vicar 
Saxton Hy. shoemker 
Scothearn J. shoemkr 
Siston T. & W. wheel- 
wrights 
Smith Wm.net mkr 
Stokes SI. butcher 
Stones Wm. butcher 
Swinscoe J. cattle dlr 



Taylor J. butcher 

Farmers. 
Brett John 
Brett Wm 
Cooper John 
Dams John 
Marshall John 
Me r tin Jas 
Martin Wm 
Tomlinson John 
Wood John 

John Swinscoe car- 
rier to Nottingham, 
Wed. & Sat. 7 mg. 



THURGARTON HUNDRED. 



665 



CALVERTON is a considerable village in a narrow and 
picturesque valley, 7 miles N.N. E. of Nottingham. Its parish 
contains 1196 inhabitants and 3500 acres of land, enclosed in 
1780, when upwards of 400 acres were allotted to the appro- 
priators, and 203 acres to the vicar in lieu of tithes. The 
i)uke of Newcastle, as lord of the manor, also received an 
allotment. Lady Catherine Sherbrooke, and Thomas Redgate, 
Esq., have large estates here, and the former has a handsome 
mansion in the village. SansomWood and Watch Wood, on the 
western side of the parish, now constitute a farm of 700 acres, 
belonging to the Duke of Portland, all the timber having been 
felled, except about 20 acres. Near it are three other forest 
farms of considerable extent. The Rev. William Lee, the 
inventor of the Stocking frame, — (See p. 196,)-— was born here, 
and there are now in the village nearly 300 of these complicated 
pieces of machinery. The church, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, is 
a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £4l. The prebenda- 
ries of Oxton are the patrons, and the Rev. Samuel Oliver the 
incumbent. The Methodists and Baptists have each a chapel 
here. For some years after 1790, a meeting house in the village 
was occupied by John Roe, a dissenting preacher, who bid 
defiance to the discipline of the Established church, respecting 
matrimony, and for some time persisted in marrying his flock 
in " his own way," in opposition to the threats of the clergy, 
the magistracy, and the parish officers. The consequence was, 
that several of his female followers suffered a long imprison- 
ment in Nottingham gaol, for refusing to swear to the fathers 
of their children, and for declaring that they were as firmly 
united in wedlock as it was possible for the mother church to 
make them. The school, at Calverton, was endowed with £12 
per annum, by Jonathan Labray, in 1718. — (See p. 164.) The 
poor have the rents of three closes, which let for ^£11. 16s. per 
annum, and were bequeathed by Jane Pepper, and two unknown 
donors. 



Abbott Rt. tanner 
Baines VVm. wheelwright 
Chamberlain Wm. gent 
Colyer Wm. joiner 
Colton Capt. Edw. Antonius 
Fletcher Saml. vict. & maltster 
Hind Cornelius, tailor 
Moore Hy. butcher & maltster 
Moss Fras, currier, &c. 
Munks Wm. tailor 
Oliver Rev. Saml. vicar 
Palin Wm. brickmaker 
Patching Hy. Chart, bricklayer 
Roworth Wm. blacksmith 
Shepherd Matt, schoolmaster 
Sherbrooke Lady Catherine 



Shipley Jas. framesmith 
Smith Lot, beer house 
Taylor Saml. joiner & beer hs 
Turton Geo. butcher - 
Ward Wm. saddler 
Ward Wm. vict. Admiral Rodney 
Watson Thos. & Wm. bricklayers 
Watts Ann, beer house 
Wesson John, framesmith 
Wibberley Jas. butcher 
Wood John, blacksmith 
Wright Wm. hawker 

Farmers. Beckett John, 
Beckett Chpr. Sansom Wood 
Forest Blatherwick 

Charlotte 



66*6 



CALVERTON PARISH. 



Brooks Wm 
Chappell Wm. 

Lodge 
Farnsworth Rd 
Fox John 
Hardy John 
Hardy Thos 
Harwood Thos. 

Broom house 



Hodgkinson Geo 
HodgkinsonJph. 

Forest 
Moore John 
Moss Rt 
Potts Jph 
Theadle Wm 
Wibberley Wm 



Hosiery Mfrs. 
Filer Saml 
Flower Thos 
Smith Thos 
Sulley Rd 

Shoemakers. 
Bell Wm 
Culley Fras 



Greaves SI 
Hind Jas 
Pearson John 
Shopkeepers. 
Baguley Jph 
Brunt Jph 
Clark Wm 
Cundy Simon 



C AUNTON is a large but indifferently built village upon a 
small rivulet, 6 miles N. W. of Newark. Its parish has 542 
inhabitants, and 2900 acres of land, of which 1600a. are in 
Caunton, 800a. in Beesthorpe, and 500a. in Knapthorpe, 
which form three separate manors, and contain 176 acres of 
woods. The tithes were commuted at the enclosure in 1793, 
for an allotment of 171a. to the appropriator, and 124a. to the 
vicar. Lord Middleton and Samuel Hole, Esq. are the princi- 
pal owners of Caunton, and the latter is lord of the manor, and 
resides in the hall, a handsome modern mansion. The ancient 
farm house, called Dean Hall, belongs to Lord Scarborough, as 
also does JVorney Wood. The church dedicated to St. Andrew 
is a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £4. 2s. Id., and is 
annexed to the vicarage of North Muskham. The prebendary 
of North Muskham is the patron and appropriator, and the 
Rev. J. A. Wright the curate. A sick club holds its annual 
festival in the village on Whit-Monday. 

Beesthorpe hamlet and manor, 1 mile W. of Caunton, is 
the sole property of Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq. The Hall, a, 
spacious mansion in the old style, of the reign of James I. is 
occupied by Wm. Miles, Esq. Near it is Earlshaw, an ancient 
mansion now occupied by a farmer. 

Knapthorpe hamlet, 1 mile S. W, of Caunton, belongs to 
Richard Parkinson, Esq. Tt was anciently called Chenape- 
thorpe and was partly soc to Laxton. 



Bark Jph. grocer 
Chappell Chas, joiner 
Chappell Wm. shoemaker 
Cocking Wm. timber dealer 
Cutts Wm. miller, Mount Sorrell 
Elvidge Geo. shoemaker 
Elvidge Geo. wheelwright 
Fox Rd. vict. &maltstr. Common 
Hodson Geo. tailor 
Hole Jas. maltster & farmer 
Hole Saml. Esq. Caunton moor 
Manners John, brklyr. Mt. Plsnt 
Mellers Thos. school master 
Miles Wm. Esq. Beesthorpe hall 
Morris Wm. joiner 



Parkinson Rd. Esq. Knapthorpe 

and Wellow 
Shaw Jph. beerhouse 
Talbot Geo. vict. Harrow 
Taylor John, butcher 
Trafford John, vict. & farrier 
Ward Win. corn miller 
West Rd. gardener 
Willis Mr. John Pearse 
Woodhead John, blacksmith 
Farmers. 

Marked % are in Beesthorpe. 
Atkin Jph Elvidge Hy 

JBettinson Ts Elvidge Wm 
JChappeilThos JFarrands Wm 



THtfR«ARTON HUNDRED. 667 



JHerrington Ts Martin Wm 
Martin George, Palmer Wm. 
Dean Hali Holme hall 



JPowell Abm. Theaker Tho* 
Taylor Jph Wood Wm 



COLWICK is a small but pleasant village, under a long 
range of hills, on the north bank of the Trent, nearly 3 miles 
E. of Nottingham, containing 145 inhabitants, and 1235a. 
3r. 15p. of land, belonging to John Musters, Esq. of Colwick 
Hall, whose ancestor obtained the manor from the Byron 
family, in the early part of the 17th century, either by purchase 
or at the card table. The Hall stands about half a mile west 
of the village, and forms the termination of a most agreeable 
evening's walk from Nottingham. The steep rock at its rear, 
rising in abrupt precipices, and finely tufted with overhanging 
woods, has a very picturesque appearance, and throws a sombre 
shade over the rest of the park, which is stocked with the 
antlered natives of the forest. The pleasure grounds and 
ornamental plantations exhibit a good specimen of modern im» 
provement engrafted on the ancient model. The house consists 
of an elegant centre, crowned with a pediment, resting on four 
well proportioned ionic pillars, and joined by two wings of one 
lofty story, with an entablature supported by square pilasters 
with plain capitals, and lightened much in its effect by a hand- 
some ballustraded parapet. It was built in 1776, by Mr. Stret- 
ton, of Nottingham, from an architectural design by Mr. Carr, 
of York. Mr. Thorosby complains of the dog kennels as being 
more elegant than many of the parsonage houses which he had 
seen in the county. As has been seen at page 111, Colwick 
Hall suffered considerably from a daring attack of the Notting- 
ham reform rioters, in 1831 , and the fear and dismay which this 
assault brought upon the family is supposed to have hastened 
the death of the late Mrs. Musters, who was the sole heiress of 
the ancient and wealthy family of Chaworth. (Vide p. 517 and 
544.) The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, stands 
close to the hall, embosomed in foliage, and contains some 
ancient monuments of the Byrons and the Musters. The 
chancel was rebuilt by Sir John Musters Knt, in 1684. The 
rectory, valued in the King ? s books at £6. Is. 0£d., is in the 
gift of Mr. Musters, and incumbency of the Rev. L. E. Thoro- 
ton. This parish participates in the benefits of the. free school^ 
at West Bridgeford. The village has given its name to a thin 
soft kind of cheese, which is often seen amongst the refreshments 
set before parties at the tea gardens, and other places of public 
resort around Nottingham. The principal residents are John 
Musters, Esq. ; Charles George Balguy, Esq. ; Wm. Lacy, 
gent. ; Rev. Levett Edward Thoroton, rector ; and John 
Blackner, Rd. Clarkson, Thomas Housley, George Neale, 
Thomas New ham, Daniel Parker, Samuel Parr, and Samuel 
W aldram , farmers. 



6f>8 



THURGARTON HUNDRED. 



CROMWELL village and parish, on the great north road, 
5 miles N. of Newark, contains 184 inhabitants, and 1400 acres 
of land, which was exonerated from tithes at the enclosure, in 
1772, when 240 acres were allotted to the rector. It was 
anciently the seat of the Cromwell family, of whom was the 
Lord Treasurer Cromwell, who lived in great splendour at 
Tattershall castle, in Lincolnshire, in the reign of Henry VI. 
The Duke of Newcastle is the principal owner, lord of the 
manor, and patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's 
books at £\3. 2s. 3|d s , and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Charles 
John Fiennes Clinton. The other principal residents are Wra, 
Bellamy, shoemaker ; Joseph Blonk, vict. ; John Mitchell, 
shopkeeper ; John Richmond, basket maker ; Thomas Sum- 
mers, joiner ; Wra, Swallow, blacksmith; and Samuel Banks, 
William Bradley, Thomas Footitt, John and Thomas Good- 
man, Edward Howson, Benjamin Smith, and Thomas Taylor, 

EDINGLEY,3 miles W.N.W. of Southwell, is a village and 
parish with 398 inhabitants, and about 2000 acres of land, 
which was enclosed in 1767> when allotments were made in 
lieu of the tithes. It is in the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby ; 
the Archbishop of York is lord of manor, and the Chapter of 
Southwell are the appropriators and patrons of the vicarage, 
which is valued in the King's books at £4. A great part of 
the soil is copyhold or leasehold under them, and the rest be- 
longs to a number of freeholders ; the principal of whom are 
Thomas Houldsworth, Henry Machon, and P. P. Burnell, 
Esqrs. The church is an ancient edifice, and the Rev. R. H. 
Fowler is the vicar. The feast is on the Sunday after Old St. 
Giles's Day. The school was endowed by John Lamb and 
Samuel Wright, in 1731, with a house and 5£ acres of land, to 
which 3a. 1r. 22p. was added at the enclosure. The poor have 
e£14. lis. yearly, arising from several benefactions. 

Osmondthorpe, 1 mile N.E., and Greaves Lane, 1 mile 
S.W. of the village, are two hamlets within the parish. Those 
marked * live at the latter. 



Alvey Win. schoolmaster 
*Blagg Thos. joiner 
Brown Wm. & Crich Wm. 

makers 
Hurst Chas. butcher 
Hutchinson Thos. tailor 
Robinson Geo. corn miller 
Robinson John, blacksmith 
Taylor Thos. vict. & joiner 



shoe- 



Whitelee Jas. & Linney Thos. 
shopkeepers 

Farmers. 
Allcock Saml *Pursey Geo 



Barrett Hv 
*Beckett Wm 
Bilbie Mary 
*Blyton Geo 
*Carver John 
*Elvidge Chas 



Robinson Geo 
Smith Wm 
Tagg Fras 
WagstaffThos 
*Walsto\vThos 



EPPERSTONE, 7 miles S. W. of Southwell, is a village 
and parish in the deep vale of the Dover Beck, containing 518 



EPPERSTONE PARISH. 



689 



inhabitants, and 2000 acres of land, of which nearly 350 acres 
are in woods. The common was enclosed in 1768, when 254 
acres were allotted in lieu of tithes. Thos. Houldsworth, Esq. 
is principal owner and lord of the manor, which he purchased 
of the late Earl Howe. The church is dedicated to the Holy 
Cross, and has a tiled roof, a spire, and some curious old monu- 
mental stones. It is a rectory, valued in the King's books at 
^13. Is. 8d., and the patronage has lately been purchased by 
the College at Manchester. The Rev. Thos. White, M.A. is 
the incumbent. The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have 
each a chapel in the village. The feast is on the first Sunday 
after All Saints' Day. The poor have ,£10. 10s. a-year, from 
four tenements purchased in 1765, with .£50, left by Mary 
Leake. They have also the interest of .£30, left by the Walker 
family. 



Allwood Ts. butcher 
Barnard John, tanner 
Barnard W. & T. gent 
Blagg Chpr. butcher 
Clarke Lieut. Wm 
Dufty Lieut. W.R.N. 
Eperson Wm. vict 
Foster Rd. paper mfr 
Foster Wm. beer hs 
Hall Edw. 6urgeon 
Hodson Thos. saddler 
Hopkinson Rt. vict 
Knowles Jph. shoemkr 
Lealand Miss Ann 



Millward John, miller 
Osborne J. surgeon 
Pacey Wm. shopr 
Parker Ts. wheelgt 
Rose Thos. shoemkr 
Sampson A. joiner 
San&om Wm. shoemkr 
Sumner Peter, shopkr 
WhiteRev.Ths.M.A. 
Willis Saml. blksmith 
Worthington & Pear- 
son, shopkrs 
Farmers. 
Barrett Mr. 



Greaves Richard 
Heath cote John 
Hurt Mr. Park 
May John 
Mil ward Thomas 
Neep William 
Parr Richard 
Pacey Wm. Norwood 
Wallis Samuel 
Ward Edward 

Geo. Addison, Jas. 
Taylor, & Jph. Smith, 
carriers to Notting- 
ham, Sat. 



FARNSFIELD is a large village, seated upon an eminence, 
4 miles W. N. W. of Southwell. Its parish is within the liberty 
of Southwell and Scrooby, and contains 1010 inhabitants, and 
3689a. Ir. 32p. of land, which was enclosed in 1780, when 350 
acres were allotted to the three prebendaries of Normanron, 
Norwell Overhall, and Pallishall ; 157a. 3r. 15p. to the vicar, 
and 5a. 1r. 21p. to the Chapter of Southwell, in lieu of tithes. 
The Archbishop of York is lord of the manor, in which E. 
Howitt, Esq., Wm. Houldsworth, Esq., and some others have 
estates, and also neat houses in the village. The church has 
one aisle and a square tower ; is valued in the King's books at 
,£4., and has 19a. 3r. 5p. of glebe, besides the allotment made 
at the enclosure. The Chapter of Southwell are the patrons, 
and Archdeacon Wilkins, D.D. is the incumbent. The Wes- 
leyan and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here. The 
school, with a house and 2 acres of land, was purchased in 1790 
with £400 arising from the benefactions of Messrs. Watson 
and Hornby, and the sale of the Bull land. The master teaches 
11 free scholars, The poor have the interest of £73. 15. from 

3 m 



670 



PARNSPIELD PARISH. 



the poor rates, left by several donors, and £i5 bequeathed in 
1820, by Samuel Higgs, and now in the Southwell Savings' 
Bank. They have also £6 yearly from Temple Oroft Close, 
left by an unknown donor, and the interest of £20 left in 1827, 
by Mary Awdes. 



Bonnigton Mrs. Mary 
Biockelsby Thos. surgeon 
Buckels John, painter 
Bull John, vict. Plough 
Butler Hy. blacksmith 
Camm John, vict. White Post 
Challand Hy. brick maker 
Cobb Geo. horsebreaker 
Cottingham John, butcher 
Dal by John, joiner 
Denman John, gent 
Denman W. miller, &W. butcher 
Dixon John & Win. bricklayers 
Hage John, & Hall Rd. gent 
Higgs Mrs. Eliz. 
Hodgson Geo. saddler 
Holliday Rt. maltster 
Holliday Thos. vict. Wheat Sheaf 
Holliday Wm. corn miller 
Houldsworth William, Esq 
Hovvitt Emanuel, Esq 
Hurt John & Wm. gent 
KembleGeo. schoolmaster 
Kemp Wm. Stay maker 
Moises Miss Mary 
Moody Cornelius, mole catcher 
Moore Wm. rope maker 
Pesson Mr. Charles 
Rumford Rd. butcher 
Shaddock Jph. hat manufacturer 
Smedley Wm. beerhouse 
Smith Hy. cart owner 



Swift Thos. & Wm. wheelwrights 
Tipping Fras. vict. & butcher 
Todd Stephen, vict. Red Lion 
Towne Leonard, druggist 
Unwin Wm. joiner 
Wright Grace, vict. Stag Inn' 
Wright Thos. blacksmith 



Farmers. 
Blyton Mary 
Butler Wm 
Cording John 
Challand Geo. 
Denman Eliz. 
Franks Rd. 
Habbijam Hy. 
Hall Rd. 
Holliday Rt. 
Hovvitt Ralph 
Jackson Hy. 
Jenkins Chas. 
Mosley Geo. 
Munks John 
Palfreman Mr. 
Paulson John 



Doughty John 
Glazebrook W. 
Hind Richard 
Knutton Geo. 
Pettinger John 
Pettinger James 
Sumner Rd. 
Tongue Thos. 
Shopkeepers. 
Burton Ann 
Burton Eliz. 
Cooley Job 
Cooper Dl. 
Smith Wm. 
Stephenson Jno, 
Tomlinson Wm, 
Tailors. 



Shaddock Abm. Bartles Wm. 
Stendell Edw. Gilbert Thos. 



Tipping Fras. 
Todd Wm. 
Truswell John 
Truswell Rd. 
^Shoemakers. 
Dixon Hy. 



Hind John 
Mycroft Geo. 
Carrier. 
Edm. Hodgson, 
to Nottm. Sat. 



FLEDBOROUGH is a scattered village on the Trent bank, 
6 miles h. by N. of Tuxford, at the northern extremity of 
Thurgarton Hundred. Its parish includes the hamlet of PF'ood- 
cotes y and comprises 1500 acres, and 314 inhabitants. Earl Man- 
vers is the owner, lord of the manor, and patron of the rec- 
tory, which is valued in the King's books at<£9. 7s. 6d., and is 
now enjoyed by the Rev. Thomas Trevenon Penrose. The 
church is an ancient fabric, dedicated to St. Gregory. In the 
early part of the last century, this place obtained the name of 
the Gretna Green of Nottinghamshire, from the then rector (a 
Mr. Sweetapple,) who, like the blacksmith of the Scottish 
border, immediately fettered with the chains of wedlock, all 
who applied to him for that happy purpose. The residents are 



THURGARTON HUNDRED. 



671 



the Rev. John Galland, curate ; and Edward Belly&rd, John 
Cooling*, John Hague, John Charles Picking, William Bill- 
yard, Wm. Jackson, and George Finder, farmers. The three 
last live at Woodcotes, 1 \ mile W. of Fledborough. 

GEDLING village, 4 miles E.N.E. of Nottingham, stands 
pleasantly in a small but picturesque valley which opens into the 
vale of the Trent. Its parish comprises the three townships of 
Gedling, Carlton, and Stoke Bardolpb. Gedling contains 458 
inhabitants and about 1000 acres of land. The Earl of Chester- 
field is the principal owner, lord of the manor, and patron of 
the rectory, which is valued in the King's books (in two medie- 
ties) at c£21. 2s. 8|d., and received at the enclosure three large 
allotments in lieu of tithes. The Rev. Charles Williams is the 
present incumbent. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a 
handsome lofty spire and four bells. The large workhouse was 
built in 1787, and now belongs to thirty associated parishes. 
The poor's land consists of 7a. Or. lfp. in Arnold, let for 
.£14. 15s. per annum, and was purchased in 1735, with 
£122. 10s., which had been bequeathed to the poor of the whole 
parish, who have also the dividends of ^550. 9s. 2d. consoli 
dated 3 per cents., left in 1779 by Bishop Chenevix. Those 
of Carlton have 20s. yearly, out of the estate of the late John 
Aslin, who died in 1803. The feast is on the Sunday after All 
Saints', or on that day when it falls on a Sunday. Gedling 
House, on a steep declivity overlooking the Trent, is the hand- 
some modern mansion of William Elliott Elliott, Esq. 

CARLTON, 3 miles E. by N. of Nottingham, is the largest 
village and township in the parish, having 1370 acres, and 1704 
inhabitants, many of whom are employed in the hosiery and 
lace manufactures. The hills above the village command ex- 
tensive views of Nottingham and the vale of the Trent, and on 
one of them a new village has been built. A Methodist chapel 
was built in 1801, and another for the Baptists in 1823. Earl 
Manvers is lord of the Manor, but the Earl of Chesterfield i§ 
the greatest landowner. 

STOKE BARDOLPH is a secluded village and township 
upon the Trent bank, two miles E. by S. of Gedling, and five 
miles E. of Nottingham. It has 181 inhabitants, and 1050 acres 
of land, which w r as enclosed in 1793. It had anciently a small 
chapel, and holds a feast on the Sunday after St. Luke's, and 
has a ferry across the Trent to Shelford. Earl Manvers and 
the Earl of Chesterfield are proprietors and joint lords of the 
manor. 



GEDLING. 

Bridger John, vict. Chesterfield 

Arms 
Deabill John, shoemaker 
Devill James, tailor 
Elliott Wm. Elliott, Esq. Gedling 

House 



Hemsley Rd. overseer 
Neale Thos. yeoman 
Palethorpe T. Oldknow, beerhs 
Parr Thos. bobbin net maker 
Pogson Alfred, bobbin net mkr 
Shelton Wm. bsmith. &bnet. mkr 
Shepherd John, gov. workhouse 



672 



GEDLING PARISH. 



Skellington Thos. blacksmith 
Walker Geo. Esq. Gedling Lodge 

and Eastwood 
Williams Rev. Chas. rector 

Farmers, 
Aslin John Greenfield T. 

Barnes Thos Hardey Wm. 
Bird Jas. Higgat James 

Bird John Mitchelson T. 

Brierley Wro. Pogson Fras. 
Butler Samuel Savage John 
Greenfield Jph. Tomlinson J. 

CARLTON. 

Those ma/ced f reside at New 

Carlton. 
Alvey John, blacksmith 
Baker Wm. butcher 
Barker John, vict. Volunteer 
Blatherwick John, joiner 
Brentnall Samuel, painter 
Burton Thos. basket maker 
Cave Ellz. vict. & maltster, Royal 

Oak 
Cave-Thos. vict. Windsor Castle 
f Crampton Jas. Corn Miller 
Davies John, gardener & beerhs 
Davison Sandford Tatham, sur- 
geon 
Deavill Jas. & John, tailors 
Fearfield John & SI. tailors 
Holmes Wm. gent 
Horsley Jas. beerhouse 
Horsley Edw. basket maker 
fHoulton John, corn miller 
J agger John, butcher 
J agger Pamela, vict Black's Head 
Kirk Hy. gardener 
Mann Geo. butcher 
Morris Thos. beerhouse 
Pickels Mrs. Hannah 
Porter Wm. gent 
Richards Rd. wheelwright 
Richmond W. butcher & beerhs 
Savldge Geo. schoolmaster 
Savidge John, corn miller 
f Screeton John, Gen. Washing- 
ton beerhouse 
Shelton Rt. maltster 
Shelton Mrs. Sarah 



Shipley Geo. frame smith 
Smith Rt. King Wm. IV. beerhs 
Smith John, blacksmith 
Thornton Wm. butcher 
Turner Saml. joiner 
Twells Mrs. Hannah 
Wilson Thos. gent 
Bobbin Net Mkr s. Birch Wm 
fBoyer Wm Bradshaw Wm 
Bush Caleb Brammer Saml 
fChambers Wm Butler Rt 
•f-Dawson Saml Holmes John 
Green Wm Lee John 

f Hummel Edw Lee Saml 
Lomas Saml MaGkley Rt 
fScreeton John Mackley Rt 
Tomlinson Rd Martin Jas 
fWheatcroftWmMartin Gvs 

Shoemakers. Newham Saml 
fBlackner Ls Newham Wm 
Glew Wm Richards John 

Kaye Thos Roulson Thos 

Kaye Ts. jun. Hosiers, 

Marshall John Brotherwood W 
Rose Alfred Dring Hy. (agt) 
White Wm Seagrave Thos 
Whitworth Ts Ward Rd 

Brickmakers. Shopkeepers. 
f James Saml Barker John 
North Thos Bell Rd 
Smith John Brittle Thos 
Taylor John Lock Martha 
Wyler Chpr fLynam Jas 
Farmers. Shard John 
Alvin Saml fStubbs Saml 
Aslin Rt Turner Saml 

Aslin Wm f Waters & Clark 

Baggaley John 

STOKE BARDOLPH. 

Cupit Wm. vict. Ferry Boat 
Kirkham Fras. bobbin net mkr 
Musson Geo. joiner 
Salvin John, bobbin net mkr 

Farmers. Kitchen John 
Bage Susanna Marshall John 
Dring Eliz Salvin Rd 

Gill Wm Shelton G& J 

Jerram Rt 



GONALSTON is a small rural village and parish, near the 
Dover Beck, 5 miles S. S.W. of Southwell, containing 107 in- 
habitants, and 1200 acres of land, enclosed in 1768, when 155 



GONALSTON PARISH. 673 

acres were allotted for the tithes. R. D. Franklin, Esq. owns the 
whole lordship, and is patron of the rectory, which is valued in 
the King's books at «£7» 19. 2d., and is now enjoyed by the Rev. 
Samuel Oldacre, M. A. The church is dedicated to St. Law- 
rence, and in Thoroton's time had some ancient effigies of cru- 
saders, but they are now destroyed, as also are the remains of 
Gonalston Spital> which gives name to a small hamlet, and was 
founded by " Wm. Heriz, temp, of Henry III., to the honour of 
St. Mary Magdalen." The successive rectors being masters of 
this hospital, formerly preached their induction sermon upon 
its ruins. Its site was anciently called Bradebusk, from a re- 
markably broad thorn tree which grew near it. The poor have 
the interest of <£17, left by an unknown donor. The principal 
residents are the Rev. S. Oldacre, John Barnes, shopkeeper ; 
John Grocock, blacksmith; Wm. Walker, shoemaker; and 
Wm. Darby, Wm. Palethorpe, and Jas. Thos. and Wm. Hind, 
farmers. The feast is on the second Sunday after Sept. 19th. 
HALAM is a pleasant village at the foot of a lofty range of 
hills, \\ miles W. by N. of Southwell. Its parish, which is in 
the Liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, contains 370 inhabitants 
and 1600 acres of land, enclosed about 50 years ago, when 
allotments were made for the tithes. The Archbishop of York 
is lord of the manor, and the soil is held by a number of copy- 
holders and leaseholders, except a few small freeholds, which 
are generally occupied by their owners. In the church win- 
dows are some rude paintings, one of which represents Adam 
digging, and Eve spinning. The living is a curacy in the'patron* 
age of the Chapter of Southwell, and incumbency of the Rev. T. 
Still Basnett, M.A. The feast is on the Sunday after Old 
Michaelmas Day. Mary Sturtevant bequeathed to this parish 
in 1771> 4)230. 4s. 3d. three percent, consols, and directed half 
t the yearly dividends to be applied in repairing the church, 
and the remainder to be given to the poor, in 10s. shares. 
Soivers close was purchased with .=£14 poor's money, in 1686, 
and now lets for 25s. per annum. 



j Bailey Wm. land valuer 
Blighton Saml. joiner 
Bull Wm. blacksmith 
Chantry J. & Paulson J. shoprs 
Glazebrook John, shoemaker 
Green SI. & Smith SI. joiners 
Hallam Hy.vict.Waggon&Horses 

! Parks Wm. coin miller 
Story Matthew, vict. & butcher 
Taylor Wm. & Watts J. tailors 
Wilson Mr. James 



Wright John, wheelwright 

Farmers, 
Bennett Saml Moore Jas 
Bennett Wm Morley Thos 
Craven Rt Rich John 

Flint Wm Rogers Geo 

Fountain Mr Smith Jas 
Hallam Geo Thorpe Wm 
Hurt Saml Weightman Jno. 

Leeson J. & W & Wm 
Milwaid John 



HALLOUGHTON is a small village upon an eminence \\ 
#ile S. W. of Southwell, and its parish, which has 103 inhabi- 

3m2 



674 



HALLOUGHTON PARISH. 



tants, and 900 acres of land, is within the liberty of Southwell and 
Scrooby. Sir Robert Sutton, Bart, is the principal owner and 
lord of the manor. An ancient house here is supposed to have 
been the dwelling of some religious fraternity. In taking up 
its kitchen floor some years ago, the entrance to a subterraneous 
passage was discovered, and at the same time many human skele- 
tons, principally of children, were found in a recess in the 
middle of a large stack of chimneys. The church is a small 
structure dedicated to St. James, and is in the appropriation and 
patronage of its own Prebendary in Southwell collegiate church. 
The perpetual curacy has been augmented with Queen Anne's 
Bounty, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Richard Barrow. 
The farmers are Pp. Green, Thos. Kemp, John Marriott, Geo. 
Moore, Wm. Pogson, and John Tongue. 

HAYWOOD OAKES, near Biidworth, 6 miles S.E. of 
Mansfield, is an extra-parochial liberty of 700 acres, belonging 
to Wm. Brodhurst, Esq., of Mansfield, and occupied by Mr. 
Samuel W r hite. 

HOCKERTON parish has a small village 2 miles N. by E. 
of Southwell, and contains 108 inhabitants and about 1600 
acres of land. It anciently belonged to the families of Botiler 
and Cryche, but Admiral Southeron is now the sole lord and 
owner, and also patron of the rectory, which is valued in the 
King's books at £9. 9s. 4|d., and is now enjoyed by the Rev. 
Benjamin Clay, who has 50 acres of glebe. The small church 
is dedicated to St. Nicholas. — Rev. Hy. Good, curate; James 
May, shoemaker ; James May, jun., beerseller; Geo. Wheat- 
croft, parish clerk ; and John Holloway, John Rumford, and 
John and Richard Millwood, farmers. 

HOVERINGHAM is a pleasant village near the Trent, 5 
miles S. by W. of Southwell, comprising within its parish 347 
inhabitants and 850 acres of land, a great part of which was 
given by the Goushill family to Thurgarton priory, from which 
it passed to Trinity College, Cambridge, which has since re- 
ceived other lands in lieu of the tithes. Sir Robert Sutton is 
lessee of the manorial rights, and of about 500 acres of the col- 
lege land. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is in the 
patronage of the same college, and is a curacy annexed to that 
of Thurgarton. The two livings only yield about <£45 per 
annum. Near the village is a ferry across the Trent to Knigh- 
ton, and a few scattered houses called Neiv Hover ingham. 
The feast is on the Sunday after Old Michaelmas Day. 



Allen J ph. fwk. knitter 
Allwood W. vict. Dk. Wellington 
Alvey Jph. bricklayer 
Baines Jas. vict. & lime & coal 

mert. Ferry house 
Beeston Mrs. Hannah 
Cngson Jph. tailor 



Flinders Mrs. Eliz 

Hall Thos. joiner 

Horsley Thos. blacksmith 

Huthvvaite Col. Hy. Hovgm. hall 

Kirk John, beerhouse 

Lown John, corn miller 

Ma! toy Gilbert, gent. 



KELHAM AND KIRKLINGTON. 675 



Maltby Rd. gent. Lodge field 
Oxley Wm. parish clerk 
Saxton H. & Taylor W. shoemkrs 
Smith John, fwk. knitter 

Farmers. Isaacs Benj 
Bradley John Keyworth Thos 
Dalby Thos & maltster) 

Hall John Morris Abm 



Savage John Hall Thos 
Wilson Thos Shopkeepers. 

Wright Thos Davison Saml 

Butchers. Lee Ann 
Bainbridge LeviThorntonThos 
Foster John 



KELHAM is a small but pleasant village upon the Worksop 
road, and on the west bank of the Trent, 2 miles N.W. of 
Newark. Its parish contains 189 inhabitants and 1251 acres of 
land, of which 484 acres are on the island formed by the two 
rivers betwixt it and Newark. — (See p. 605.) It has long" been 
the seat and property of the Suttons, who once held the title of 
Lord Lexington. — (See p. 377.) It is now the property of John 
Manners Sutton, a minor, who resides with his mother, Mrs. 
Harriet Henriette Manners Sutton, at Kelham Hall, a plain 
but elegant building of brick, with stone corners and window 
frames, standing in a handsome lawn near the Trent, and con- 
sisting of a centre and two wings. A curious wooden bridge 
crosses the river close to the lawn and pleasure grounds, which, 
though not very extensive, are extremely pleasing and kept in 
good order. The church, dedicated to St. Winifred, has a 
handsome tower, and a richly wrought monument of the last 
Lord Lexington and his lady, of fine statuary marble, but the 
figures are strangely placed back to back. The living is a rec- 
tory valued in the King's books at £\9. 8s. 4d., and is annexed 
to that of Averham, being in the same patronage and incum- 
bency* The poor have the interest of £25 left by an unknown 
donor. The villagers are John Beetham, shoemaker; John 
Clark and Richard Hall, farmers; Rd. Fox, vict. ; Jph. Hill, 
cattle dealer; Geo. Oldham, blacksmith, Jno. Robinson, wheel- 
wright; John Shepherd, gardener; Mr. Pp. Spencer, Grove 
Cottage; James Tavlor, tailor; and Mrs. Sarah Thompson. 

KIRKLINGTON, in the Liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, 
2£ miles N.W. by W. of Southwell, is a village and parish 
with 243 inhabitants and about 3000 acres of land, all belonging 
to Vice- Admiral Frank Southeron, except 400 ares owned by 
Earl Manvers. The admiral resides in the hall, and is lord of 
the manor, and lessee of the great tithes under the Chapter of 
Southwell Collegiate Church, the youngest vicar of which 
(now the Rev. R. H. Fowler,) alway enjoys the vicarage of this 
parish, which is valued in the King's books at £6. 13s. 4d. 
The church is dedicated to St. Swithen, and has a large chancel 
with some relics of old monumental stones and crosses. The 
poor have <£30 left by Winifrid Arthur, in 1780. 
otheron Vice-Admiral, Frank j Ellis Thos. wheelwright 



Butler Edw. blacksmith | Freeman Wm. shopkr 



676 



THURGARTON HUNDRED. 



Knight John, shoemaker 
Smith Jas. gardener 
Weightman Agar, tailor 
Weightman H. joiner & p. clerk 
White Jas. vict. White Hart 
Winfield Jas. shoemaker 



Farmers. 
Bilbie John Little Wm 
Brocksop Rt 
Foulds Rd 
Harvey Edw 
Keyworth Geo 



Oldham John 
Robinson John 
Winter John 



KNEESALL parish contains the three townships of Knee- 
sally Kersally and Ompton, the latter of which is in the Basset- 
law Hundred, and is already described at page 384. Kneesall 
is a considerable village on the Newark turnpike, 4 miles E.S.E. 
of Ollerton, comprising within its township 399 inhabitants and 
2000 acres of land, most of which belongs to Earl Manvers, 
who is lord of the manor, and built a lofty cross in the village 
in 1798. The/east is on the Sunday nearest to St. Bartholo- 
mew's Day, to which saint the church is dedicated. The 
vicarage, valued in the King's books at .£10, is in the patron- 
age and appropriation of the Chapter of Southwell. It has the 
curacy of Boughton annexed to it, and is now in the incum- 
bency of the Rev. John Ison. 

Kersall, 1| mile S.E. of Kneesall, is a hamlet and town- 
ship with only 94 inhabitants and 640 acres of land, belonging to 
S. E. Bristowe, Esq. and others ; but Earl Manvers is lord of the 
manor under the Crown. At the enclosure in 1778, the tithes 
were commuted for an allotment of 92 acres, of which the Earl 
is lessee. 



KNEESALL. 

Blank Wm. blksmith 
Bradley J. blksmith 
Broomhead Ts. shpr 
Cook John, wheelgt 
Cougill Rd. butcher 
Duckmanton J. whlgt 
Hurt Edmd. shoemkr 
Ison Rev. John, vicar 
Gee Jph. tailor 
Grasby Thos. vict 
Lee Wm. wheelgt 
Marriott John, bsmith 
Ray nor Wm. tailor 
Rose Benj. shoemkr 



Rose John, joiner 
Tongue Thos. vict 
Trueman Wm. brick- 
layer & beer hs 
Turton John shoemkr 
Turtle Wm. miller 

Farmers. 
Bills Rt. 
BirkettSaml 
Furness G. Mainwood 
Lee Geo 

Moseley Jph. Park 
Pearce W. Bucksher 
Pinder Mrs. Lodge 



Rose Jno. (&hop gwr. ) 

Lound 
Sampson John 
Townrow Wm 
Whittington Wm 
Whitworth Arthur 

KERSALL. 

Hawksley J. yeoman 
Haywood Wm. beerhs 
Lightfoot Rd. miller 
Moseley John, gent 

Kersall Lodge 
Moseley Wm. gent 
White Geo. sawyer 
Wright Abm. joiner 



L AMBLE Y, 8 miles N.E. of Nottingham, is a large village 
at the head of a deep valley, sheltered by an amphitheatre of 
hills rising range above range. The parish has 824 inhabitant* 
and 2092 acres of land, enclosed in 1793. Upon an eminence, 
1 mile N.W. of the village, is Lambley House, the handsome 
seat of the rector, but the property of Lewin Cholmley, Esq., 
the lord and principal owner of the manor, in which there are, 



LA.MBLEY PARISH. 



677 



however, a number of other freeholders, and also an estate be- 
longing to an hospital at Nottingham. — (See p. 164.) The 
church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a small structure 
with a low tower. The rectorv is valued in the King's books 
at ^10. 16s. 3d., and has 90a. Sr. Up. of glebe. The Rev. Al- 
very Dodsley Flamstead, is both patron and incumbent. The 
Methodists have a chapel here built in 1807. The feast is on 
Whit-Sunday. The poor receive 6s. yearly from the Notting- 
ham Corporation, pursuant to the bequest of Samuel Martin. 



Asling Edw. hosier 
Asling Jno. schoolr 
Cooper Wm. beer h 
Cowlishaw Wm. baker 
Dearnley T. bricklr 
Dickman Rt. tailor 
Fiamstead Rev. A. D 
Kirk Saml. vict 
Marriott Jph. shoemr 
Parr Wm. bsmith 
Plumb Dd. vict 



Renshaw SI. miller 
Seston Jph. wheelgt 
Smith SI. miller 
Tomlinson Mr. Thos. 
&Ths. jun. butcher 
Walker Thos. butcher 

Farmers, 
Bennett Jph 
Bridges John 
Brownlow Mordecai 
Dearnley Henry 



Dore John 
Fisher Edw 
Godby Rt. & Thos 
Hoffen Edw 
Lane Wm 
Martin Rt 
Robinson Wm 

Jno.Selby&Wm.Wat- 
son, carriers to Not- 
tgm. Wed.& Sat 



LINDHURST, on the forest, 2\ miles S. E. of Mansfield, 
is an extra-parochial liberty of 700 acres, bounded on the 
north and south by two small streams, which unite at its eastern 
extremity, and form the Rainforth-water, near two extensive 
fox covers. It was ancientiy part of Harlow wood, but has 
been cleared and cultivated by its owner, the Duke of Port- 
land. Mr. Rd. Godson Millns is the farmer. 

LOWDHAM parish includes the three townships of Lowd- 
ham, Caythorpe, and Gunthorpe, which contain 1463 inhabit- 
ants and 2040 acres of land, which was enclosed in 1765, when 
268 acres were allotted to the Duke of Kingston, and 93 to the 
vicar, in lieu of the tithes. Lowdham is a large village near 
the Dover Beck, 6 miles S. S. W. of Southwell. Its township 
contains 791 inhabitants, and 1800 acres. Peter Broughton 
Strey, Esq., is the principal owner and lord of the manor. S. 
and F. Wright, Esqrs., and Earl Man vers have estates here, and 
the latter is the impropriator, and patron of the vicarage, which 
is valued in the King's books at £i. 18s. 4d. and is now enjoyed 
by Archdeacon Wilkins. The church stands at the foot of a 
declivity, and has some antique monuments of the Lowdhams 
and Broughtons. The poor have 50s. yearly, from Agnes 
Cross's charitv, and the interest of several benefactions amount- 
ing to £21. 10s. 

CAYTHORPE is a small village and township, f mile S, 
E. of Lowdham, containing 289 inhabitants, and 420 acres, be- 
longing mostly to P. B. Strey, Esq., and Mr. Rd. Faulkes, the 
former of whom is lord of the manor. The poor have an annuity 
of 12s. left by John Smith, and another of 6s. left by Richard 
Whitehead. 



678 



LOWDHAM PARISH. 



GUNTHORPE village and township has 383 inhabitants, 
820 acres of land, and a ferry across the Trent, opposite East 
Bridgeford, 9 miles E. N. E. of Nottingham. P. B. Strey, 
Esq., is lord of the manor, but most of the land belongs to 
Samuel and J. S. Wright, Esqrs. It had an ancient chapel, 
which in Thorosby ? s time was converted into a blacksmith's 
shop. The feast is on the second Sunday in October. 



LOWDHAM. 

Billings Wm Lockton, 
surgeon 

Bradley & Hervey 
lace thread manu- 
facturers, Lowdham 
Mills. 

Burton Jph. beerhs 

Cooper Jph. shopkpr 

DennisonB. schoolr 

Foster Sml. paper mkr 
Farmers. 

Abbott Samuel, 

Abbott Thos. 

Brett Henry 

Foster Wm. 



Freeivian John, vict. 

& joiner 
Green Matt, joiner 
Grocock Thos. vict. 

& blacksmith 
Harvey Jph, manuftr 
Laming W. shoemkr 
Martin Wm. blacksth 
Oldham John, miller 
Paling Joseph, vict 
Paling Jph. shopkpr 



Paling Thos. shoemkr 
Parr Geo. shoemaker 
Porter Robert, tanner 
Raisin Samuel, joiner 
Reynolds J. wheelwbt 
Savidge Jas. tailor 
Savidge J. wheelwright 
Stokes Wm. tailor 
White Geo. net maker 
Wignall Wm. shoemkr 



Foster Wm. jun. 
& brickmaker 
Franks Ambr. 
Harding Fras. 
Hill Henry 
Jarratt John 



Lown John 
Palin William 
Savadge James 



Stanley Thos. 
Talbot Gilbert 
Webster John 



CAYTHORPE. 

Thus * are yeomen. 
Bailey Wm. shopkpr 
Bosworth Mrs. Eliz. 

• Faulkes Rt. miller 
Fitchett Jph. baker 
Giles Mr. Henry 
HucknallMrs. Eliz. 

• Hucknall Mr. Thos 
Jerram Wm. beerhs 

• Keyworth s Rt 
Maltby Geo. miller 
Paling Henry, vict 

Farmers. Jamson Samuel 
Beecroft ThoS Johnston Edw. 
Brittle Thomas Lealand John 
Hall Jas 



* Pearce James 

• Ragstali William 
Stapleton M. shoemkr 
Tomlinson J. beerhs 

GUNTHORPE. 

Attwood Rd. vict. 
Bullan J. gardener 
Burrows Stn. tailor 
Dansey Danl.R. Esq. 
Gunthorpe Lodge. 
Fisher Edw. shoemkr 
Heald John, wheelgt 
Huskisson William 



Joseph Reddish, carrier to 
Newark, Wed. & Nottingham, Sat. 
Knight R. & W. net 
Leek John, wheelgt 
Marriott Jno. shopkr 
Marriott Thomas vict. 
miller & maltster, 
Ferry House 
Pilkington W. butcher 
Scracon Wm. grocer 
Stokes Robert vict 
Towers Thos. net mkr 
Walker John, smith 
Ward John, agent 
Williams T. net mkr 
Palethorpe Jno. Peck W. & Edw. 
John Bullan, & Gervas May- 
field, carriers to Nottingham, 
Wednesday and Saturday. 



MAPLEBECK is a village and parish, 5 miles S. E. by S. 
of Ollerton. It contains 181 inhabitants, and about 1200 acres 
of land, of which the Duke of Newcastle is lord and principal 
owner. His grace is also patron of the curacy, which was cer- 
tified at £19. 10s. and is now in the incumbency of the Rev. 
Joseph Blandford. The church is a small edifice with a tower 
and short spire. The Markhams had a large hall here, which 
eost more than the lordship sold for in 1666, when it was pulled 



THUROARTON HUNDRED. 679 

down. The poor have -£3a-year from Sudbury 't charitg. (See 
Egmanton.) 



Blyton Geo. shoemkr 

& parish clerk 
Hall Ann, schoolrars 
Haywood Rd. wheelgt 

Farmers. Key James 
Doncaster Matt. Key John 
Doncaster Wm. Law Henry 
Johnson Wm. Moore George 



Henfry John, wheelgt [ Knight J. shoe maker 
Henfry John, vict. &| WhittonFras. tailor & 

shopkeeper shopkpr 

Key Mrs. Catherine | 

Turner Thomas Wood Samuel 
Wainwright Jno. Wright Charles 
Wood James Wright Job 



MARNHAM parish, on the west bank of the Trent, com- 
prises the two townships of Marnham and Grassthorpe. The 
former contains 1767 acres of land, (besides the Holme, which 
is divided into cow-gates,) and 258 inhabitants, resident in the 
neighbouring hamlets of Fe?ry Marnham and Church Marn- 
ham, distant 5 miles E. by S. of Tuxford. Earl Brownlowe is 
the principal owner and lord of the manor of Marnham, which 
was of the fee of Roger de Busli. The hall, which stood betwixt 
the two villages, was the property of the Cartwrights, but was 
sold and taken down about 40 years ago, before the death of 
the late patriotic Major Cartwright, who was born in it, and 
had several extensive estates in the neighbourhood. (See page 
310.) A large fair is held here on Sept. 12th, for horses, 
horned cattle, and merchandise. The church is a small fabric 
dedicated to St. Wilfrid, and is ^vicarage, valued in the King's 
books at £%. 19s. Earl Brownlowe is the impropriator and 
patron, and the Rev. John Alexander Lawrence the incum- 
bent. One of the De Chaurces or Chaworth family gave this 
church to the Knights Templar ; and another, in the reign of 
John, granted to the monks of Radford, u free passage for 
themselves, their servants, and their carriages, in his ferry boat 
here." The Ferry is at the northern village, and crosses the 
Trent to South Clifton. In 1677? Henry Nicholson left to the 
poor of Marnham township, land at Normanton, Grassthorpe, 
and East Markham, which now lets for ,£40. 10s. per annum, 
out of which ^£10 is paid to the master of the school, which 
was built by Earl Brownlowe in 1827. The poor of Grass- 
thorpe have £4. 5s. yearly out of a field, left in 1677, by the said 
Henry Nicholson. 

Grassthorpe or Greisthorpe, 1 mile S. W. of Marnham, is 
a village and township with 118 inhabitants, and 820 acres of 
land, enclosed in 1799, when allotments were made in lieu of all 
the tithes. About one-third of it is in the parishes of Nor- 
manton and Sutton. It is a member of the manor of Nor- 
manton, for which J. E. Denison, Esq., holds a copyhold court 
and a court baron, for the transfer of property, &c. 

Skegby, 3| miles E. of Tuxford, is a hamlet and three farms 
in the township of Marnham. 



680 



MARNHAM PARISH. 



marnham. i Broom Rd. joiner 
Those marked * are ml Lawrence Rev. J. A 
North Marnham, f in\ Machin Hy. pig jobber 
Skegby, and the rest\ * Marshall Cphr. vict. 
in South Marnham, I Ferry House 

Farmers, Eyre Robert 
Burton Nathan • Fletcher Saml 
t Clarke Bryan Forest Mary 
Clarke Mary * Fox William 
Curtis Samuel Marshall Chpr 
Davison Wm f Marshall John 

GRASSTHORPE. 

Jackson Geo. beerhs 



Merchant Hy. shopkr 

• Taylor W. shoemkr 

• Walsham W. shoemr 

• Walters Jph. beerhs 



Kirkland Wm. farmer 



Rhodes Rd. yeoman 
Seels Wm. & Ward 
Ann, millers 



Marshall Thos. f Wilkinson W. 

* Porter John 

Whitworth Fras.Richard Smith, 
Wilkinson Jph. Carrier to New- 
Wilkinson J. ark, Wednesday, 
jun. 

Ward Wm. farmer 
Wilkinson Thos. vict. 
Plough 



MORTON, in the Liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, and 
3 miles S. E. of Southwell, is a village and parish, with only J 56 
inhabitants, and about 500 acres of land, exclusive of the open 
fields, (1600 acres) in which the lands of this parish and Fis- 
kerton, are so intermixed as to be almost undistinguishable. 
The church is a small brick building, and is a curacy with 30 
acres of glebe. The prebendary of Dunham is the patron, and 
the Rev. Chas. Fowler the incumbent. John Peraberton 
Plumptre is lord of the manor, impropriator, and principal 
owner of the soil. In 1695, Richard Daybell left 50s. yearly 
for the education of four poor children of Morton and Fisker- 
ton, and it is now paid by Thos. Bolger, Esq. 



Ainsworth T. shoolr 

shopkpr & carrier 
Blyton Jas. shoemkr 

Farmers, Hutchinson T 
Allcock Wm Jenkinson John 
Daybell Thos Jowett Chpr 



Jowett Mrs. Elizabeth 
Scrimshaw Ben. joiner 



Wilson Jas. cow leach 
Wilson R. blacksmith 



Marriott Wm. 
Moore James 
Neale Edward 



Rawson George 
Wilson Joseph 



MUSKHAM (NORTH) parish contains the three town- 
ships of North Muskham, Bathley, and Holme, in which are 
802 inhabitants, and 2900 acres of land, enclosed in 1771? when 
91 acres were allotted to the vicar, and 300 to Earl Faucon- 
berg, in lieu of the tithes. The Earl has since sold the impro- 
priate lands to various persons. 

North Muskham is a pleasant village on the great north 
road, 3 miles N. of Newark. Its township comprises 484 in- 
habitants, and 1200 acres of rich land, on the west bank of the 
Trent. Joseph Pocklington, Esq., is lord of the manor, and the 
soil belongs to him and several other freeholders. Muskham 
House, a superb mansion, built by the Pocklingtons in 1793, 
is now unoccupied. The Grange, an ancient mansion, now 
occupied by John Handley, Esq., was the seat of the late Wm. 
Dickenson Rastall, Esq., who distinguished himself as a topo- 



THURGARTON HUNDRED. 



681 



grapher of some of the most interesting parts of his native 
county. A Mr. TVass, who died here in 1805, had not been 
out of his own house for nearly 30 years, in consequence of a 
vow which he had taken, and which he religiously kept, not- 
withstanding the entreaties of his friends. The church is a neat 
Gothic fabric of the 14th century, dedicated to St. Wilfrid. — 
The vicarage is valued in the King's books at £5. 6s. 8d. and 
has 22 acres at Skegby, purchased with Queen Anne's bounty 
besides the 91 acres mentioned above. It is in the patronage 
of the Prebendary of North Muskham, and incumbency of the 
Rev. J. M. Parry, M.A. The school was endowed in 1727 
and 1745, by Mary Woolhouse and Mary Disney, with a house 
and 3 acres of land, which received at the enclosure an allot- 
ment of 11a. 34p. For this endowment the master and mis- 
tress teach 10 boys and 10 girls. Ten poor parishioners receive 
20s. and a black gown each every year, from the BathJey Grange 
Estate, pursuant to the bequest of John Smith, in 1581. In 
1663, John Kemp, left two cottages, a house, and 15 acres of 
land, to the poor of North Muskham township. They are now 
let for ^£25. a-year. The parish feast is on the Sunday after 
September 12th. 

Bathley is a straggling village and township, with 197 in- 
habitants, and 800 acres of land, 1 mile W. of North Muskham. 
Joseph Pocklington, Esq- is lord of the manor, but the soil 
belongs to several freeholders. 

Holme, 3J miles N. of Newark, is a village and parochial 
chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of North Muskham, its small 
church being in the same patronage and incumbency. About 
the year 1600, the Trent changed its course, so that this town- 
ship is now on the east side of its present channel. The church 
has many monuments of the Barton family, and over the south 
porch is a chamber called "Nan Scotfs" from a woman who 
is said to have lived in it for several weeks when the plague was 
so fatal in the village that only one person escaped its ravages. 
The lordship contains 121 inhabitants, and 900 acres, belong- 
ing to the Duke of Newcastle, Thos. Adwick, and others. 



NORTH MUSKHAM. 

Atkin George, joiner 
Atkin John, schoolmr 
Bennett John, cooper 
Brown Edw. shopkpr 
Brown Wra. miller 
Chatwen S. parish clrk 
Cragg Wm. shoe mkr 
Doubleday W. butcher 

& beerhouse 
Fogg Jph. shoemaker 
FosterJohn, maltster 
Foster John, smith 



Handley John, Esq 

Muskham Grange 
Harrison Rd. baker 
Harrod Wm. vict 
Hewes Edw. millet. 
Hewing Wm. excise 

officer 
Howson D. hoise dr 
Hutchinson Hy. tailor 
Lawson John, tailor 
Nicholson J. shoemkr 
Parry Rev. Joseph 
Robinson Mrs. Mary 
Taylor John, wheelgt 
3n 



Thompson T. ferryman 

& overseer 
Tinker G. starch mfr 
Weigh tman S. butcher 
Weightman Thos vict. 
Welby Mrs. Mary 
WhitwoKthJ. wheelgt 
Worsley Capt. Thos 

Taylor 

Fawners. 
Bourne John 
Howsin Wm 
Key Edward 
Levers Wm 



58i 



MUSKHAM N. & S. 



Robinson Jno 
Shepherd Win 
Smith Da. Foxholes 
Smith Chas . 
WeightmanSaml 

BATH LEY. 

Capps Rich, vict 
Holmes Saml shoemkr 
Hough Thomas smith 

Farmers , 



Capps John 
Cartwright Bryan 
Dixon Joseph 
Goodman Rd 
Goodman Thos 
Holmes Samuel 
Roberts John 

HOLME. 

Adwick Thos. gent 
Holt John, joiner 



Farmers, 
Blundy William 
Crapper Eliz. 
Dickenson Saml 
Dixon William 
Doncaster Thos 
Hindley Thomas 
Knight Geoige 
Pacey Frances 
Wells William 



MUSKHAM (SOUTH) is a village and pariah, on the north 
road, close to the clumsy and dangerous wooden bridge, which 
crosses the broad stream of the Trent, two miles N. by W. of 
Newark. It has 26 J inhabitants, and belongs to Lord Mid - 
dleton, who is also the impropriator. The church is dedicated 
to St. Wilfrid, and is in the patronage of its own Prebendary in 
Southwell Collegiate church. The vicarge is valued in the 
King's books at £4, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Richard 
Barrow, The feast is on the second Sunday after Old Michael- 
mas day. The inhabitants are Jph. Bean, shopkeeper, John 
Fletcher, parish clerk ; Charles Foster, smith ; Gervis Foster, 
victualler; George Radford, shoemaker; George Whitwortb, 
joiner; Eliz. Mackley, Chas. Neale, Robert Parlby, Richard 
Tallington, John Toder, Jph. Brown, Henry Gilbert, Cath. 
Hole, Henry Hole, and Richard Simson, farmers; and Wm. 
Tidybridge, shoemaker. The last six live in Little Carlton, 
a hamlet 1 mile W. of the village, but within the parish. 

NORMANTON-on-TRENT, 4 miles S. E. by E. of Tux- 
ford, is a pleasant village upon a declivity, If mile W. of the 
river, to which its parish extends, including within its limits 
349 inhabitants, and 1270 acres of land. The open fields were 
enclosed in 1804, when 124a. 3r. 30p. were alloted to the im- 
propriator, and 56a. 2r. 12p. to the vicar in lieu of the tithes. 
The church is a small edifice dedicated to St. Matthew, and is 
in the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire, who has lately 
sold the impropriate land to the Rev. Wm, Doncaster, who now 
enjoys the vicarage y which is valued in the King's books at 
£4. 5s. J. E. Denison, Esq. is lord of the manor, which is held 
by a number of copyholders. The school was built in 1776, by 
Henry Jackson, and was endowed in 1781, by Mrs. Hall, with 
land that now lets for £9 a-year, for which, and a house and 
garden, the master teaches 10 free scholars. In 1781, Eliz. 
Gaches built two houses for poor women. In 1790, Eliz. Hall 
erected four almshouses for four poor women, and endowed 
them with land at Little Hale, in Lincolnshire, which now lets 
for £45 per annum. The indigent parishioners have £12. 15s. 
yearly, arising from the poor's land, left by Walter Mellor and 
several other benefactors. 



THURGARTON HUNDRED. 

BoncasterRev. Wm. Normanton Townrow Eliz. miller & sbopkpr 

Hall Townrow John, victualler 

Brown Wm. joiner & beerhouse Farmers. Johnson Wm. 

Cooper John, maltster Adcock John Johnson Jph 

Fowe R. shopkeeper & beerhouse Atkin Joseph Mills George 

Newton Henry, joiner Brownlow Wm. Newbert Francis 

Parkin & Newbert, smiths Buttery John Selby Benjamin 

Saxby Henry, tailor Deny Samuel Skelton George 

Shaw Mr. Joseph Eyre William Wallace Thos. 

Sims John, shoemaker Ingham Wiiliam Wright Hannah 

Stevens William, schoolmaster ; Johnson John 

Templeman John, wheelwright | 



NORWELL parish comprises the three townships of Nor- 
well, Norwell-Woodhouse, and Carlton-on-Trent, in which are 
939 inhabitants, and about 4,000 acres of land, which was ex- 
onerated from tithes at the enclosure in 1826. Norwell is a 
large village upon a declivity, 7 miles N. N. W. of Newark. It 
has within its lordship 533 inhabitants, and 2700 acres, of which 
its three prebendaries in Southwell Collegiate church are lords 
and principal owners, but have let their lands to several lessees. 
Their prebends are distinguished by the names of Norwell 
Ouerhall, Norwell Pallishall, and Norwell Tertia ; and the first 
is said to be richer than any other possessed by the chapter of 
Southwell. The church is a large edifice, 'dedicated to St. 
Lawrence, and was formerly in two vicarages, each valued at 
<£4. 12s. lid., but they are now consolidated in the patronage of 
the two prebendaries of Norwell Overhall and Tertia. The 
Rev. Edward Chaplins is the present vicar. Preston chapel, 
on the site of an ancient mansion called Preston Hall, was 
built for the .Methodists in 1827. The school was endowed in 
1727, by Thomas Sturtevant, with three acres of land at Holme, 
which has since been exchanged for 6 acres at Bathlev. 
Several benefactions left to the school and poor, amounting to 
^164. 4s., were laid out in 1733, in the purchase of IVeUfen 
closes, (11 acres) which are now let for ^30 a-year. In 
1782, Samuel Wood left a£80, and directed 40s. of "the yearlv 
interest to be given for the education of four poor boys, and 
the rest to the poor. The masters salary is now about £40, 
for which he teaches 2S poor boys and girls. He has also a 
small garden, which was given to the school in 1827, by J. E. 
Denison, Esq. one of the trustees. The poor parishioners have 
the interest of .£105, left by Mrs. Margaret Sturtevant and 
Leonard Esam, and the dividends of ^230. 4s. 3d. three per 
cent, consols, purchased with the bequest of Mary Sturtevant, 
in 1768, partly for clothing the free scholars. 

Middlethorpe, 2| miles S. W. of Norwell, and in that town- 
ship, is an estate of 160 acres completely encompassed bv the 
parish of Caunton. It is the property of Mr. G. Doncaster. 

Norw t ell Woodhouse is a scattered village, 1| mile 



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NORWELL PARISH. 



W. N. W. of Norwell. Its township contains 141 inhabitants, 
and 444 acres of land, most of which is leasehold, under the 
prebendaries of Norwell. The poor have the interest of ^£10. 

Willoughby is a hamlet, in the township of, and 1 mile 
N. E. of Norwell. It forms a separate manor, of which S. E. 
Bristowe, Esq. is lord, but R. Pocklington, Esq. and other free- 
holders have estates in it. The ancient manor house, which 
had long been in ruins, was taken down in 1785. 

Carlton-on-Trent is a pleasant village and chapelry, 7 
miles N. of Newark, containing 265 inhabitants, and 1000 
acres of land, mostly belonging to Roger Pocklington, Esq. 
the lord of the manor, who resides at Carlton House, a band- 
some mansion which was built in the last century, and was long 
the seat of Sir William Earle Welby, Bart. The ancient chapel 
has a brick tower, and is annexed to the vicarage of Norwell. 
Here is a commodious inn upon the great north road, and a 
ferry across the Trent to Besthorpe and South Scarle. Carlton 
Steam Mill was burnt down in 1831, and has just been rebuilt, 
but it stands within the adjacent parish of Sutton. 

Hutton Geo. Wm. Esq. solicitor 



NORWELL. 

Blonk Joseph, blacksmith 
Bradley James, gent. Willoughby 
Brownlow T. shopkpr & beerhs 
Cooper W. & Wright W. wheelgts 
Cox William, tailor 
Curtis John, victualler & butcher 
Herring Rev. Edmund, curate 
Houghton George, shopkeeper 
JacksonG. & ScatchardJ. bsmiths 
Knight Wm. grocer &chandler 
Templeman Jph. miller & beerhs 
Weightman Thos. vict. & shopkpr 
Wheatcroft Samuel, corn miller 
Wheatcroft John, farrier &c. 
Wilson William, schoolmaster 

Farmers. Templeman Jno. 
Bomford Thos. Templeman T. 
Bomford Thos. Whitley John 
Clarke George Wilson Thomas 
Clarke William, Shoemakers. 

Lodge Chappell Joseph 

Cobb William Davison James 
Curtis Samuel Hallam George 
Doncaster Chas.North Thomas 
Esam Leonard Stacy William 
Jackson George Carriers, Tho. 
NettleshipTho. Radford & Wm. 
Radford Thos. Wass to Newark, 
Scatchard Saml.Wednesday. 

CARLTON-ON-TRENT. 

Pocklington Roger Esq. Carlton 



Brown J. & Buttery W. joiners 
Bulley Fras„ coal mercht. wharf 
Buttery Joseph, vict. Bell Inn 
Hole Saml. Esq. maltster & miller 
Mayfield Edward, shoemaker 
Moore John, saddler 
Price Samuel, tailor 
Price Wm. &Starkey W. shoemks 
Revill W. blacksmith, farrier, &c. 
Smith Thos. attorney & maltster 
Taylor William & Co. millers &c. 

Farmers. Smith William 
Dewick John Taylor Richard 
Gibson Daniel Weightman Hgh 
Pinder William 

Wm. Morriss, postman, to 
Newark, departs 9 morning, ar- 
rives 12 noon. 

NORWELL WOODHOUSE. 

Broomhead George, bricklayer& 

beerhouse 
Broomhead Thomas, bricklayer 
Caudwell John, beerhouse 
Gilby T. & Pearce H. shoemakrs 
Taylor William, blacksmith 

Farmers. Marshall George 
Atkin John Pearce John 

Baines Ann White Hugh 
Chappell John Wilmot Thomas 
Clay John Wood John 

Drurv Thomas 



THURGARTON HUNDRED. 685 

OSSINGTON is a pleasant village and parish, 4 miles 
S. S. E. of Tuxford, on the Carlton and Kneesall turnpike, 
which was formed in 1812. It has 257 inhabitants, and 
2355a. 1r. 3p. of good clay land, of which John Evelyn Deni- 
son, Esq. M.P. is sole lord and owner, and resides in the hall, 
a handsome modern mansion, with an extensive park and plea- 
sure grounds, built on the site of the ancient house which was 
partly destroyed in the civil wars, and was for many generations 
the seat of a branch of the Cartwright family, that ended in 
four coheiresses, who sold the estate to the late Wrn. Denison, 
a rich woollen merchant of Leeds, who died in 1782, after 
realizing a fortune of £700,000, a large portion of which he 
gained, it is said, by one ship's cargoe which arrived at Lisbon 
immediately after that city had been nearly destroyed by an 
earthquake. On his monument in the church he is represented 
standing upon a pedestal with his ship unloading in the haven 
of Lisbon. The church, which is a neat structure, dedicated 
to the Holy Rood, has several other beautiful monuments, par- 
ticularly two belonging to the families of Cartwright and Peck- 
ham. The living is a perpetual curacy, and the Rev. John 
Galland is the incumbent. J. E. Denison, Esq. is the patron 
and impropriator. The Rev. — Snowden left to the poor 
of this parish a rent charge of 18s., which was exchanged in 
1799, for an allotment of 1r. 26p. at Grassthorpe. The schools 
were built in 1828, by Mr. Denison, who pays for the education 
of all the poor boys and girls of the parish. 

Denison John Evelyn. Esq. M.P. 

Ossington Hall 
Cook John, parish clerk 
Garrad Wm. butler 
Hallam John, shoemaker 
Herod Joseph, gardener 
Holmes George, gamekeeper 
Pearson Thos. wheelgt. & smith 
Taylor Wm. blacksmith 



Tustin J. & Crooks E. shopkrs 
Tustin Wm. vict. Star 
Weightman Hugh, schoolmaster 

Farmers, Pawson Thos 
Lees Geo Smith Wm 

Palmer John Taylor John 
Pawson Hy Wilson Thos 
Pawson Rt 



OXTON,5 miles W. by S. of Southwell, is a large village 
in an open vale, under the hills, on the eastern side of the 
Dover Beck. It has within its parish 778 inhabitants, and 
4000 acres of land, of which upwards of 1500 acres are in the 
open forest of Sherwood, where there is an extensive rabbit 
warren. The late Wm. Sherbrooke, Esq. who died in .1831, 
was principal owner and lord of the copj'hold manor of Oxton, 
and his widow, Mrs. Ann Sherbrook, now resides in the hall, a 
neat mansion with a projecting centre, and a handsome pedi- 
ment. Thos. Redgate, Esq., John Richardson, Jas. Harvey, 
Thos. Lamb, and several others have estates here. Near the 
village are three large tumuli. (See p. 19.) The church is an 
ancient fabric, with a low tower and four bells, and is in the 

3n2 



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OXTON PARISH. 



patronage and appropriation of its two Prebendaries, who form 
part of the chapter of Southwell. The vicarage is valued in 
the King's books at £24. 10s. and has the vicarge of Blidworth 
annexed to it. The joint livings are now enjoyed by the Rev. 
Collingwood Fen wick, for whom the Rev. John Downall 
officiates. The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have each 
a chapel here. The school, which was rebuilt in 1831, was en- 
dowed by Margaret Sherbrooke, in 1783, with land at Auster- 
field, now let for £2Q per annum, for which, and £6 given by 
the present Mrs. Sherbrooke, the master teaches 30 free scholars. 
The poor have the following yearly sums, viz. £5 from afield 
left in 1690 by a Mr. Godfrey ; £3 left in 1714 by Henry 
Sherbrooke ; 4s. left by Rd. Chapman, in 1725, and 5s. be- 
queathed by John Little, in 1756. 



Alvey Thos. bricklayer 
Ashmore John, tailor 
Bean Rd. joiner 
Birch Rd. smith 
Brett Saml. Fox beerhouse 
Coape Miss Eliz 
Cooke John, maltster 
Cottingham William, butcher 
Handley Wm. baker & flour dlr 
Lamb Rt. hosiery mafr. & shopr 
Marshall John, nurseryman, &c. 
Miller John vict. Green Dragon 
Moore Hy. vict. Royal Oak 
Mountenay Thos. net maker 
Naylor Jph. hosier & shopr 
Oates John Coupe Sherbrooke, 

Esq. & Mrs. Sarah 
Palethorpe John, baker, &c. 
Paulson John, wheelwright 
Pettison Jas. joiner 
Richardson SI. and Rt. net mfrs 
Sherbrooke, Mrs. A. Oxton Hall 
Stansall Thos. joiner 



Thurman Burgess, tailor 
Thurman Jph. shopkpr 
Wood Saml. painter, &c. 

Corn Millers. Rowland Wm 
Harvey Paul Shooter John 
Howitt Ann Simpson Saml 
Palethorpe Rd Smedley John 
Farmers. Spurr Esther 
Adams John Summer Thos 
BellJonth Wain Saml 

Bird Thos Wood Rd 

Butler D. & SI Shoemakers. 
Chapman Edw Berridge Thos 
Dodson Jas Gibson Rt 
Gibson John Greaves Thos 
Harvey J. & W Parker Ntl 
Hopkinson JohnParnell Wm 
Lamb T. & G Revill Fras 
May Wm Strutt Jno 

Needham Jb Carriers. 

Palethorpe John Eliz. Thorpe 
Parker Wm and T. Dalton, 
Richardson Jn to Nottm. Sat 



PARK LEYS, 5 miles N.W. by W. of Newark, is an ex- 
tra-parochial farm of 300 acres, occupied by James Clark, and 
belonging to J. Manners Sutton, Esq., of Kelham. 

ROLLESTON is a pleasant village 3 miles E. by S. of 
Southwell, including within its parish the two townships of Rol- 
leston and Fiskerton, in which are 586 inhabitants and 2600 
acres of land, intersected by the river Greet, and bounded on 
the south and east by the Trent. Rolleston has 272 inhabitants, 
and 1500 acres, nearly all belonging to John Manners Sutton, 
Esq., who is also lessee of the great tithes under the Chapter 
of Southwell, with whom the patronage of the vicarage, valued 
in the King's books at ^£10. Is. 3d,, is vested. The Rev. 



THURGARTON HUNDRED 



G87 



Charles Fowler is the incumbent, and has about 27 acres of 
glebe. The church is an ancient structure dedicated to St. 
Wilfrid. The poor have the interest of .£130 bequeathed by 
Sir Thomas Lodge, Diana Gibson, Luke Williamson, and 
Nicholas Kirkby. 

Fiskerton, 3 miles S.E. of Southwell, is a village on the 
north bank of the Trent, opposite Stoke. It has a ferry, several 
coal wharfs and warehouses, a cotton mill employed in doubling 
lace thread, and a large blacking manufactory. Here was an- 
ciently an Austin cell, founded by Ralph de Ayncourts, and sup- 
plied with black canons from Thurgarton priory. It had a 
chapel dedicated to the Blessed virgin. The Methodists have 
a small chapel here. The township contains 314 inhabitants, 
and 1100 acres of rich loamy land. John P. Plumptre, Esq., 
is the principal owner, lord of manor, and impropriator, but 
here are several other freeholders. 



ROLLESTON. 

Aulsbrook Rd. miller 
Chamberlain & Whit- 
ton F. tailors 
Chappell J. shoemkr 
Cocking Win. butcher 
Crossland Mrs. Mary 
Fowler Rev. Chas 
Havwood J. shoemkr 
Olli've Rd. vict 
Pepper SI. shoemkr 
Revill SI. smith 
Smith Wm. willow gr 
Wise Rt. ferryman 
Woodward J. joiner 

Farmers, 
Aldridge John 
Cullen John 



Fryer John 
Galland Geo 
Knutton Thos 
Llovd John 
Pluckwell Wm 
Peck Thos 
Wise Sarah 

FISKERTON. 

Bolger Thos. Esq. 
Bennett J. shoemkr 
Daybell J. shoemkr 
Eaton Jn. lace thread 

manufacturer 
Foster Saml. shopr 
Gent John, shoemkr 
Hunt J. boat owner 
Mason Geo. joiner 
Pacev T. boat owner 



Preston Sus. 6hopr 

Taylor Benjamin, coal 
mercht, & wharfgr 

Taylor Benj. & Sons, 
boat owners 

Wright Wm. & Ger- 
vase, blacking, ink, 
and stove polish 
mfrs. and wharfgrs 
Farmers. 

Bailey S. & W 

Butt Wm 

Handley Geo 

Pattinson John 

Preston Geo 

Richards John 

Searcy Thos . 

Theobald Chas 



SNEINTON parish forms a populous eastern suburb of Not- 
tingham, and has partaken so largely of the prosperity of that 
town, that, since the year 1801, its population has encreased 
more than sixfold, so that it now amounts to 3567 souls, living 
in the hamlets of Old Sneinton, New Sneinton, Middle Snein- 
ton, Element Hill, and the Hermitage, as has been seen at pages 
76 and 77. Most of this augmentation has taken place 
during the last ten years, in which upwards of 400 new 
houses have been erected, forming several handsome streets 
extending on the Southwell road to the eastern limits of Not- 
tingham, though the old village is more than a mile E. of the 
market-place. The parish contains about 800 acres of land, 
and Earl Manvers is the principal owner and lord of the 
manor, which was originally crown land; but King John 
granted it to Wm. de Briwere ; from whom it went in th« 



688 



SNEINTON PARISH. 



reign of Edward I., to Tibetot, and was held of him at the same 
time by Robert Pierrepont, by the service of a pair of gloves, 
or one penny. It has continued ever since in the Pierrepont 
family, who gave the common near St. Anne's Well to the 
parishioners, Its ancient name was Snottington or Nottington, 
(see page 81,) and its first inhabitants dwelt in the rocks and 
caves which are already described at page 122. The old vil- 
lage is very romantic, and has a number of pleasant villas and 
cottages. Its small and ancient church, dedicated to St. Stephen, 
is covered with rough plaster, and has nothing to recommend it 
particularly to notice, except the views from the burial ground, 
which occupies the summit of a bold excavated rock, and com- 
mands extensive prospects over the vales of Trent and Belvoir, 
as far as the " Leicestershire forest rock," at a distance of 20 
miles. From this elevated spot, the spectator looks down upon 
the beautiful seat of Colwick Hall, and upon the wharfs and 
warehouses near the Trent-bridge, some of which are in this 
parish. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, certified at <£12., 
and was annexed to the vicarge of St. Mary's, in Nottingham, 
until 183J, when Dr. Wilkins, being, we suppose, overladen 
with more valuable church preferment, gave up this poor living 
to the Rev. Wm. Whyatt. Earl Man vers is the patron both 
here and at St. Mary's. The poor have <£3. 12. yearly, from 
.£120. 2s. 6d. three per cent, consols, purchased with c£100, 
bequeathed in 1771 > by Elizabeth Teage. 

Those marked 1 in the following Directory of Sneinton Parish, 
live in Bond st. ; 2 Byron st. ; 3 Carlton rd.; 4 Colwick st. ; 5 
Dale st. ; 6 Elment hill ; 7 Eyre st. ; 9 Hermitage; 10 Harold st. ; 
1 1 Haywood st. ; 12 Manvers st. ; 13 Middle st. ; 14 North st. ; 15 
Nottington place ; 16 Pierrepont st. ; 17 Sneinton rd. ; 18 Snein- 
ton hill ; 19 South st. ; 20 West st. ; 21 Windmill hill ; and 22 at 
Trent Bridge. Those marked % are bookkeepers or warehouse- 



18 Acton Capt. Geo 
11 Arnold Mrs 
3 Bails J. sinker mkr 
11 Baker Geo. gent 
11 Barber Mr. gent 
17 Barlow Mr. John 
15 Barlow Rt. gent 
22 Barnsdall SI. boat 

builder & coal dlr 
1 Barton Chas. auc- 
tioneer & land agent 
17Beardsley C.&Co. 
druggists 

I Bond Abijah & Son 

hosiery manufrs 
21 Bond Hy. organist 

I I Booth John, mason 



15 Booth Saml. gent 
17 Bowler Solm. gent 
5 Bramley Mrs. Eliz. 
17 Brewster James, 

glazier, &c 
15 Britland T. painter 
22 Brummit Saml. na- 
vigation agent 
17 Caldicott Car. li- 
brary 
17 Cave Tho. gent 
J 5 Chamberlain W. £t 
11 Clarkson Rev. W. 
20 Cocking Mrs. Eliz 
15 Cole John, gent 
17 Cowen Rt. ironfdr I 
2 Dalby J. millwrgt ' 



17 Dean Geo. whsmn 

1 Dennis Mrs. Maria 
19 Dodds J. coachman 
15 Dawson Rphh. dpr 

14 Elliott Wm. excise 
officer 

12 Elliot W. setterup 
19 Fletcher George, 
excise officer 

2 Flewker W. Snein- 
ton Place 

15 Fothergill Mrs. J 
15 Fothergill J. slater 
21 Goodhead Richard 

Hooton 
15 Goodwin T. gent 
5 Green Geo. gent 



SNEINTON PARISH. 



689 



1 1 Gregg Edw. Wm 
attorney's clerk 

13 Hall Mrs 
17 Hardy Luke, gent 
17 Harpham Mr 
5 Harrison Mrs. My 
1 7 Hawkins W. timber 

merchant 
11 J Hearnshaw, Thos 
14J Hinton J. whsmn 
17Hollingswortb Edw 

warper 
11 Holmes, T. & Sam. 

machine makers 

14 Homer Mr. James 
22 Hopkin J. surveyor 

to the Trent naviga- 
tion company 

1 Howe Dixon, per- 
mit writer 

17 Hunter Rev. Hugh 



13 Inger John, gent 
15 Jennings, Mrs. J 
6 Jones Edw. artist 
4 Lane Mr. Richard 
19 Leech Thomas ex- 
cise officer 
12 Limb Mrs. Mary 
19 Lomas Mrs. Eliz 
12 Loverseed Jno. ex- 
cavator 
15 Moore Saml. attor- 
ney's clerk 
Academies, 

19 Anderson S 
17 Blasdall M 
17 Norris Eliz 
Potchett John, 

Eyre st 

20 Thurman E 



18 Morley Rd. hosier 

4 Morris Thos. direc- 
tor, Lunatic Asylum 

I Nelson Wm. George 
post office clerk 

II Newman B. gent 

15 Nichols Mrs. L 
17 Norris T. solicitor 
3 Orange Rev. James. 

(Ind.) 
1 7 Palmer Miss Emma 

1 1 Pickering Rev. W. 
(Bap.) 

22 Pycock J. overlkr 

5 Renshaw J. stamper 
17 Robinson John coal 

merchant 

16 Rogers Jonth. silk 
throwster 

loShilton C. D. solr 
21 ShoultsMr. Wm 
15 Skipwith Mrs. M 
20 Smeeton Mrs. R 

14 Smith Abm. gent 

17 Smith Rev. Adam 
(Bpt.) 

12 Smith John, thong 
mkr 

15 Smith John, solr 

13 Smith Mrs. Ruth, 
Middle st 

1 Smith Mr. Wm 
12 Smith Wm. matting 
& mat basket mkr 
17 Hutchinson 

Wm 
20 Pick Edw 
20 Webster Rt 
Bobbin fy Car- 



22 Stanton J. collector 
of Trent Navigation 
dues 

15 Sterland Oct. gent 

4 Tansley John 

13 Taylor Mr. Wm 

14 Thurman Wm.law__ 
stationer 

17 Twible Mrs. Eliz 

5 Walker Geo. bsmith 
Ward John, draper, 

West house, & Not- 
tingham 
13 Ward Mrs. Eliz 
13 Ward Mr. Wm 
19 Warlow W. super- 
visor 

15 Webster Miss Ann 
14+ Wells Edw 

16 White James, sen. 
comb maker 

19 J White Thomas 

21 Wilkinson Mr. SI 

17 Wilson Rev. Jas 
(meth) 

11 Wood Mrs. Eliz 
16 Woodford Mr. W. 

22 Woodward Wm. 
collector of the canal 

dues 
15 Woolley Jon. coal 

merchant 
2 Young J. cart owner 



riage Makers. 
17 Hose Chas 

16 White Mary 12 Potter Thos 

J gents. 15 Taylor Dd 
19 Butler Alfrd Bobbin Net Mks. 
12 Green James 17 Allen John 
1 Kelk John 21 Banwell Thos 
14 Riley James 21 Barlow Wm 

17 Start Wm 5BarrsBenj 
17 Steere Wm 1 Barton Jph 

Bakers 1 fyc. 14 Bellnay Jph 
12 Allcock Sml 17 Black Hor 
17 Barradell W3 Chambers Jas 
17 Cooper Wm 



1 Curtis John 12 Holloway Jn 

1 9Davis Alph 1 Hooton Walter 
14 Daws Jonth 17 Hose Chas 
12 Dewey Saml 1 Houghton G 
Doubleday W 20 Hunnell Edw 

West street 5Jelley Henry 
3DoucherWm 18 Johnson Thos 
21 Dodson Wm 21 Johnson Wm 
14 Dowse Wm 19 Large John 
3 Dutton Wm 21 Litchfield Jph 

2 Ferguson Samll4Ludlam Wm 
21 Flinders Edw 11 Moore Olive 
1 Frost John 4 Morgan Geo 
14, Frost Saml 16 Morley John 

North street 21 Morris Geo 
21 Giles Jph 19 North Wm 
19 Gell John 17 Page Jas. (& 
21 Hall Frdk small ware dlr) 

19 Holbrook Ed 20 Parker Wm 



690 



SXRINTON PARISH. 



21 Price Geo 20 Farrands T 
2 1 Price Wm 1 6 Fisher Mich 
3 Pole John 17 Scottorn Ty 
10 Radford Johnl7 Severn Wm 

16 Rhodes John 17 Wingrield J 

17 Seacroft Jas Corn Millers. 

I Skeavington B15 Dickinson S 
14 Stapleton Jas5 Innocent Fras 
1 7 Start Wm Morley William 

17 Steer Wm West Mill 

6 Sterland Thos 5,WagstaffGeo 
19 Summers Rt Earthenware 
16 Thornton W Dealers. 

19Tollinton J 17 Batty Zach 
16 Turner Wm 17 Watson Wm 

18 Ward Rd Farmers. 

10 Warsop Hy 13 By water Ann 

18 Watson Wm 13 Cooper John 
3 Waudby Wm 5 Hornbuckle J 

3 Webster Rd Lacy Wm Snein- 
14 West Geo ton Cottage 

5 Wilford John 5 Lockton John 

19 Wilson Jph 13 Morley Jas 

II Wood Thos Riley John 

16 Wright John 9 Robson Edw. 
Boot fy Shoemkrs & asst. oversr. 

16 Brown Geo. Sheppard John 

5 Clements Ts & mlstr. L st. 
12 Cooke Hy Framesmiths. 
19 Cooke Saml 5 Hopcroft Wm. 

4 Corbridge C & John 

17 Fellows Wm 12 Young Wm 
16 Sawyer Saml Framework 

16 Walker Geo. Knitters. 

6 Windall T. 14 Earl William 

Brazier. 14 Hans ton Geo 

17 Knight John 3 Kirkman Jph. 
Brickmakers. 3 Leavers John 

6Bradshaw Johnl7Margison Jon 
6Daykin John 4 Martin Saml. 
6HootonRichard4 Peach Wm. 
6 Wood & Bur- Gardeners. 
gess 17 Hockerby W. 

Bricklayers. 12 Nail Joseph 
10 Baker Chas Straw W. L st 
6 Huddlestone J Hair Dressers. 
17 Kirk Mark 6 Barnes Rbt, 
6 Scattergood J 12 Birkinshaw C 
Butchers. 16 White J. jun. 
17Brailsford A 



Inns fy Taverns. 14 Coulthard J. 

9 Manver'sArmsl9 Davidson W, 

Jno. Seymourl4 Henderson T 

5 Fox. W Boxalll9 Hill Robert 
13 Lord Nelson,ll Smith Mungo 

I.Hornbucklel4 Smith Thos 
17 New Inn, Maltsters. 

Geo. Trickettl Allcock John 
17 Wheat Sheaf 1 9 Carver Thos. 

Saml Welsh and Son 
9 White Swan, 5 Harrison John 

Saml. Eyre 17 Harvey Geo. 
7 William IV. 5 Hutchinson W. 

Jas. Cordley Milliners, fyc. 

13 Wrestlers, T. 17 Booth Stella 
Morley & pa-19 Dickinson S 
rish clerk 16 Elston S. & J 
Beerhouses. 14 Fletcher Hen 

6 Brickmakers' 3Hodgkinson M 
Arms, Jamesl9 Holbrook Sar 
Hodson 1 Lockton A 

14 Carpenters, 3 Mason Sarah 
Arms,S. Cooper Shopkeepers. 

2 Heartygood —17 Armstrong J 
Fellow, S. Brown 1 1 Beardshall F j 
17 Paul Pry, J.3 Bristow Wm 

Wingfield 17 Gould Eliz 
Joiners. 2 Groves Wm 
9Blundell Johnl7 Hallam Thos 
12 Dabill Geo 7 Heaford Mary 
19 Dickinson R.6 Huddleston J 
14 Hodson Thosl Hutchinson J 
17 Hopewell W. 4 Lane R. junior 

12 Mitchell Jas. 6 Mimmack Ger 
14, Nail RichardMorley T. grocer 
17 ScattergoodTl4 Whitfield Jno 

3 Stead Samuel 14 Whitworth T 
2 Watson Geo. 13 Wood John 

Lace Manufrs. Straw Hat Mkrs 

15 Atherstone S 17 Chatwin Ann 

14 Clayton Chs. 17MabbottSoph 
19 Frost Josph 3 Mason Eliza 

15 Johnston Jh Tailors. 

13 Kerry Wm.nl 7 Armstrong J 
15 Morley Jo 4 Corbridge Rt 
15 Morrison Jhnl2 May James 
LinenfylVoollenXG Skinner John 

Drapers. 10 Whittle Jas 
(Travelling) 
11 Blake Wm. 



691 



SOUTHWELL. 

Southwell, which is the head both of an ecclesiastical and a 
civil jurisdiction, and was once the occasional seat of the arch- 
bishops of York, is an ancient market town, pleasantly situated 
upon a gentle eminence, embosomed in trees, and in the centre 
ot an amphitheatre of swelling hills, on the western bank of the 
little river Greet, 14 miles N.E. of Nottingham, 8 miles W. of 
Newark, 12 miles E.S.E. of Mansfield, and 129 miles N. by 
W. of London. Its market is on Saturday; its annual fair 
for horses, cattle, and sheep, on Whit-Monday ; and its hirings 
for servants at Old and Kew Candlemas and Martinmas. The 
town has been much larger than it is at present, and it is said 
that the foundations of a whole street have been at times dis- 
covered running in an east and west direction, in a part of the 
immediate vicinity where now there are no traces of inhabitants ; 
but with its adjacent hamlets of East Thorpe and West Thorpe, 
it has still the appearance of a pretty large though much scattered 
country town. It is properly divided into two parts or consta- 
blewicks ; viz. : the Burgage and the Prebendage, the former 
of which comprehends all that space between the market-place 
and the river Greet, whilst the other, which is commonly called 
the High Town, is the Collegiate church and its property. Its 
parish is very extensive, comprising about 4500 acres of land, di- 
vided into the five constablewicks, of High Town, Burgage, East 
Thorpe, West Thorpe, and Normanton, in which are the four 
parks of Hexgrave, Hockerwood, Norwood, and Southwell, 
and many scattered farm-houses bearing different names. The 
five districts maintain their poor conjointly, and their roads 
separately Its population has encreased since 1801, from 2305, 
to 3384 souls, living in 643 houses. The soil is generally a 
rich clay ; one-third is arable, about 200 acres in hop grounds, 
and the rest in pasturage. Normanton, on the east side of the 
river Greet, is enlosed, and has land allotted in lieu of the tithes, 
but the other hamlets have large open fields both in tillage and 
pasturage. Part of the soil is freehold, and the rest is either 
leasehold under the Chapter of Southwell, or copyhold, under 
the Archbishop of York, who is lord of the manor. 

That Southwell was a Roman station, there can be no doubt ; 
though antiquaries have quarrelled about its name. On the 
Burridge or Burgage hill, are the remains of a Roman fosse, 
evidently the Burgus, or camp ; and many old Roman bricks 
have been found in the ruins of the prebendal houses ; and the 
discovery of the foundation of the Roman bridge in the Trent, 
near to Winthorpe, from which to Southwell the road was 
traced by Mr. Dickinson Rastall, has tended very much to 
confirm the belief that Southwell was the true Ad Poxtem of 
the Romans* Horsley indeed, in his Britannia Romana, whilst 



692 SOUTHWELL PARISH. 

commenting* on the sixth Iter, thinks that if the distance of Ad 
Pontem from Margidunum is set off from the station near East 
Bridgeford, it will bring us to Farndon over against Southwell; 
but he adds, that though Newark has by some been supposed 
to be the place which Bede calls " Tiovulfingaceaster," yet that 
termination seeming to imply a Roman station somewhere in 
its neighbourhood, (which he did not believe Newark to have 
been,) might apply to Southwell, " an ancient place, but on the 
wrong side of the river." He still, however, considers Ad 
Pontem to have been in this neighbourhood. The modern 
name of the town is supposed to have arisen from a spring or 
well on the south side of the church. Leland, in his Itinerary, 
says, " Southwell town is metely well builded, but there is no 
market public. The minster of our lady is large but of no 
pleasant building, but rather strong." 

The Minster or Collegiate Church has now, however, an 
appearance that even Leland might have admired, (though more 
a man of industry than of taste,) as much has of late years been 
done to give it a thorough repair. For this purpose, a sub- 
scription was opened as far back as 1804, the whole of the 
venerable pile having been long in a decayed and ruinous state. 
Towards accomplishing this praiseworthy design, Colonel Eyre 
set a munificent example by subscribing =£100; and many others 
contributed liberally in conjunction with the prebendaries, so 
that the fabric has been completely repaired and beautified. Its 
extreme length is 306 feet, and its breadth in the nave and chan- 
cel 59 feet, and in the transept 121 feet. All historians have 
agreed in attributing its first foundation to Paulinus, the first 
Archbishop of York, (see p. 19,) about the year 628. During 
a succession of ages, until the dissolution, this church had been 
encouraged and endowed by the liberality of both monarchs and 
nobles, and protected by the decrees of popes, and the regula- 
tions of various prelates ; and it is said by Mr. Rastall, that 
scarce a person was advanced to the see of York, that did not 
render it more independent on his promotion, whilst its own 
members always manifested their attention by some augmenta- 
tion of its revenues, whenever they had been long in the en- 
enjoyment of their benefices. In the early part of Hen. VIII. 's 
reign, its chantries were dissolved, and that order of its priests 
expelled; and soon after, it shared in the general wreck of col- 
legiate foundations. It was, notwithstanding, declared by act 
of Parliament in Henry's 34th year (1542,) to be the mother 
church of Nottinghamshire ; a favour which it owed, partly to 
Cranmer, and partly to the intercessions of the gentry of the 
county. Tn Edward's reign, the chapter was dissolved and 
granted to the Duke of Northumberland, but restored by Mary 
to the archbishop and chapter, in whose hands the property still 
remains ; and queen Elizabeth, in her 27th year, ordained a 
new code of laws, which, with some occasional decrees of dif- 



SOUTHWELL MINSTER. 693 

ferent archbishops, form its present municipal law. It suffered 
much in the civil wars, being sequestrated, but afterwards re- 
stored ; but it has not even yet recovered the damages done by 
Cromwell's troops, who converted it into a stable for their 
horses, broke down the monuments, and ransacked the graves 
of the dead for lead and other valuables. Even as late as 1J93, 
some of the iron rings, driven into the walls to fasten the horses 
to, were still in existence. On Nov, 11, 171 1, it was struck by 
lightening, which set fire to the south spire, melted the lead and 
bells of the great middle tower, and destroyed the organ. The 
damage was £4000. This massive pile has however lost but 
little of its pristine appearance, except in some of the windows, 
whose Saxon arches have given way to the gothic pointed ones 
of the 14th century ; and in the western towers and chapter 
house, which were formerly surmounted by wooden spires 
covered with lead, but taken down about 30 years ago. It is 
supposed to be the oldest building in the kingdom, except St. 
Augustine's, at Canterbury, which was founded in 605. The 
approach to this venerable fabric from the north, is through a 
large gothic gateway with reducing parapets, commanding a 
view of the west front, with the chapter house on the left, and 
the ruins of the archbishop's palace on the right. The west 
front consists of two lofty square towers, divided into seven 
stories, and decorated with ornamented windows and arched re- 
cesses ; whilst between the towers are the western entrance, 
and the great window which are insertions of a latter date 
than the original edifice, having pointed heads and much tracery. 
The north side is most strictly Saxon ; having five stones, 
with breaks or pilasters between the windows, and a plain 
parapet above them. On entering the western door, the visitor 
soon leaves the plainness of Saxon architecture, for all the rich- 
ness and elegance of the meridian pride of the gothic of the 
14th century, displayed in the screen at the entrance to the 
choir, which has large arched openings with recesses, and in 
the interior a kind of cloister full of the richest tracery. The 
choir is elegantly pewed and has a richly carved stall for each 
of the 16 prebendaries. The chapter 7iouse, at the north-east 
corner, is an octagonal building, approached by one of the richest 
archways in the kingdom, and having its stalls ranged in 
niches round the room, and separated by small cylindrical co- 
lumns. The variety in the devices which ornament these niches 
is extreme ; as no two of them are alike. The roof has rich 
light groins, and the windows pleasing tracery ; and below the 
latter are recesses with columns and arches enriched with a 
variety of heads in ancient costume. Within the rails near to 
the altar, is the large alabaster tomb of Archbishop Sandys, with 
his effigy reclining upon it, and having on the front his widow 
and nine children kneeling. This magnificent church is both 
parochial and collegiate. The vicarage is valued in the King's 

3o 



S94 SOUTHWELL PAI.ACB, &C< 

books at £J. 13s. 4d., and is in the patronage of the Preben- 
dary of Normanton, and incumbency of the Rev. Morgan Wat- 
kins, B.A. Its collegiate establishment consist of 16 preben- 
daries (see p. 63,) 6 vicars choral, 6 choristers, 6 singing 
boys, an organist, a parish clerk, a registrar, a treasurer, an audi- 
tor, a verger, &c. Two synods, at which all the Notti nghamshire 
«Jergy attend, are held here yearly ; and a certain number of the 
prebendaries and other clergymen are nominated by the Arch- 
bishop of York, to preside over them. 

The Archbishop's Palace, on the south side of the Min- 
ster yard, has long been in ruins, but still there is enough 
standing to shew its ancient magnificence and extent. In the 
ruined walls are still many pointed gables, gothic windows, and 
circular chimneys, of the age of Henry VIII. ; and being 
deeply overshadowed with ivy, they add much to the beauty of 
Southwell. The north wing, which contained the chapel and 
great hall, has been fitted up as a Sessions House for the liberty, 
and has consequently been preserved from the ravages of time, 
though much modernized in its appearance. The quadrangle, 
once surrounded by the offices, is now a garden encompassed 
by the crumbling walls of this once proud archiepiscopal seat, 
which appears to have been first neglected in the reign of Eliza- 
beth, for that at Scrooby. (Vide p. 442.) There were attached 
to it the four parks described at page 696, but they have long 
been divided and enclosed. The palace is supposed to have 
been founded either by Cardinal Wolsey or Archbishop Bothes. 
During the civil wars, it was completely gutted of every thing 
that was valuable or useful. In those unhappy times, Charles I* 
was often here, and lodged sometimes at the palace and some- 
times at the inn now called the Saracen's Head, but formerly 
the King's Arms. Here it was that he surrendered himself to 
the Scotch commissioners, on May 6, 1646. (Vide p. 88 to 91.) 
A story is current in the town, that the King when walking 
about the town, and being unknown, entered the shop of one 
Lee, a fanatic shoemaker, whom he desired to take his measure 
for a pair of shoes ; but Lee, after some little hesitation, refused, 
saying that he was the customer whom he had seen in a dream 
the preceding night, and of whom he had been warned as a man 
devoted to destruction, being told at the same time that those 
who worked for him would never thrive ! Throsby gives a Mr. 
Savage as the narrator of the tale, but we imagine there is a9 
little truth in it as in many others which are told of the same 
unfortunate monarch. 

The Residentiary, which is occupied by one of the pre- 
bendaries for three months in rotation, is a handsome modern 
building, near the east end of the Minster, and has on each side 
of it the houses of the vicars choral, built on the site of the 
ancient vicarage, which was taken down in 1780. 

The civil government of Southwell is divided between tha 



THURGARTOK HUNDRED, 69$ 

clergy and laity; the prebendage being under the jurisdiction 
of the one, and the burgage subject to the other. Twenty 
parishes are within its civil limits, called the M liberty of South- 
well and Scrooby," for which a sessions of the peace is held 
independent of the county. The ecclesiastical jurisdiction of 
the chapter extends over the whole of this liberty, and also to 
eight other parishes, as has been seen at pages 301 and 661. — 
The civil administration is held by magistrates nominated by 
the archbishop, but acting under a commission from the crown ; 
and the chapter, in the person of their vicar- general, exercise 
all episcopal functions within the peculiar, except ordination 
and confirmation. The only Dissenting places of worship in 
the town are a Baptist and a Wesleyan chapel, both in West- 
gate. 

The Grammar School is a handsome building, with a house 
for the master, adjoining the Minster yard, and is under the 
care of the chapter. The date of its foundation is unknown, 
for though Robert Batemanson, in J 512, left land at Egmanton 
for that purpose, his will does not appear to have been carried 
into effect, as the chapter were never put in possession of the 
said land. The master, who is one of the vicars choral, has 
now a yearly salary of .£24, arising as follows, viz. £10 from 
the exchequer, pursuant to a grant of Edward VI. ; .£12 from 
the chapter revenues, and £2 from the prebendary of Norman- 
ton. For this annuity the master teaches Latin and Greek 
gratuitously to all those boys born in Southwell, who are pre- 
pared and wish for such instruction. There are two fellowships 
and two scholarships in St. John's college, Cambridge, to be 
presented by the masters and fellows of that college to any of 
those persons who have been choristers of Southwell. These 
were founded by Dr. Keton, canon of Salisburv, in the reign 
of Henry VIII. 

The House of Correction, in the burgage part of the 
town, is used as a prison both for the liberty of Southwell and 
the county at large. The original bridewell was erected 165C, 
and enlarged in 1787? but the whole was rebuilt in 1808, and 
has since been considerably enlarged, so that it is now very 
spacious and commodious. The parish workhouse, in Moor- 
lane, was also erected in 1808. 

The Charities bequeathed for the benefit of Southwell pa- 
rish, are as follows : — In 1677> Henry Nicholson left to the 
poor of Southwell and Gainsbro' an estate at Elston, which now 
lets for £100 per annum, half of which is distributed here. An 
annuity of ten guineas is distributed out of the poor rates, as 
the interest of £210 left in 1696, 1717, and 1725, by Bartho- 
lomew Fillingham, Jeremiah Brailsford, and Bartholomew 
Burton. In 1744, Thomas Brailsford, Esq. left a house, two 
cowgates, and three feet of Easthorpe pasture, to the family of 
Conde, in trust that each successive possessor should teach ten 



696 SOUTHWELL PARISH. 

poor children to read, knit, and sew. In 1771> Rd. Stenton 
bequeathed the interest of .£150 to the vicar and churchwardens, 
to be employed in teaching" ten poor boys and girls ; and it is 
now paid to a schoolmistress. The Rev. John Laverack, in 
1775, left Stone Croft close, (2 acres, let for £6,) to educate 
and clothe poor children, but it is now applied solely in clothing". 
In 1826, Thos. Spofforth bequeathed .£360 (now on mortgage) 
for the same purpose, and six poor boys are now educated and 
clothed with the interest. Wm. Thornton, in 1714, left £3. 12s. 
yearly out of a house and. draper's shop in the Market-place, to 
provide six coats, for as many poor men of High Town, East- 
thorpe, and Normanton. The common lands of Easthorpe 
have been held in trust from time immemorial, for the support 
of the highways of that constablewick, but since the inclosure, 
and the improvement of the roads, part of the rents have been 
appropriated for the foundation of a school, at which the master 
teaches 30 free boys and girls, for which he has a house, garden, 
and £25 a- year. The trust land now consists of 32a. 1r. 23p., 
let for .£69. 13s. per annum. The poor of Westhorpe have £5 
yearly from the bequest of Charles Northage, in 1807. 

There are in the town several friendly societies, and two 
lodges of Druids and Odd Fellows. The savings' 9 bank was 
established in J 81 8, and its deposits now amount to upwards of 
£11,000, belonging to 369 individuals, and three societies. 

Easthorpe and Westhorpe hamlets, form, as has already 
been seen, two handsome suburbs of Southwell, Normanton 
is a hamlet upon a declivity, one mile N. of the town, on the 
opposite side of the river Greet. Brackenhurst, \\ mile S. W. 
is the modern ^eat of the Rev. Thos. C. Cane. In the town 
and in other parts of the parish, are several other handsome 
villas, besides the following: — 

Hexgrave Park is distant 5 miles N. W. of Southwell, 
and separated from the rest of this parish, by Kirklington, Hoc- 
kerton, and Edingley. It contains 500 acres, and is held of the 
the Chapter, by Edwd. Werg and Rd. Milward, Esqrs., who 
have mansions here. Upon a hill are evident vestiges of a 
Roman encampment ; the ditch and vallum may in some places 
be traced, but the intermediate lines are completely destroyed 
by the plough. 

IIockerwood Park lies between Normanton and Hockerton, 
1J mile N. E. of Southwell, and is now a farm of 180 acres, 
held on a leasehold tenure, by Mr. Thos. Holloway. Southwell 
Park adjoins the town and is partly in Easthorpe, but it has 
long been divided. 

Norwood Park, 1 mile N. W. of Southwell, contains 190 
acres, and is now the beautiful seat of Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., 
to whose family it was granted in fee by the Archbishop, in ex- 
change for other land of equal value. When the lands of the see 
in this neighbourhood, were sold by Cromwell, for ,£5000, this 



SOUTHWELL PARISH. 



697 



park was purchased by Edward Cludd, Esq., who, as a civil 
magistrate, and according to the custom of the commonwealth 
often, performed the marriage ceremony here under the 
branches of a tree, which is still standing and known by the 
name of" Cludd' s Oak." 

Those marked 1 in the following Directory of Southwell Parish 
live in Church-street; 2, Easthorpe ; 3, King-street; 4, Moor- 
lane ; 5, Market-place ; 6, Westgate ; 7, Westhorpe ; 8, Burgage 
green; 9, Burgage hill ; 10, Bar lane; 11, Back lane; 12 
Vicarage ; 13, Mansfield road, and 14 in Normanton. 

Post Office^ Market place, William Lawton, Post Master.— Letters 
for London, Newark, and Nottingham, are despatched at £ past 6 
morning, and received at 12 noon. The Fost from Mansfield 
arrives at 6 morning and departs 12 noon. 

6 Abbott Geo., livery 
stable keeper and 
farrier 

6 Ames Wm. clerk 

Barrow John, Esq 
the Palace 

] Barrow Rev.R. B.D. 

6 Barrow Rd. B. solr 

6 Barrow Rev. Wm 
D. C. L. 

12 BasnettRev. Thos. 
Still, M. A. 

lOBausor Paul, land 
surveyor, oversepr. 
and secretary to the 
savings bank 

Bean and Johnson, silk 
throwsters, and lace 
thread mfrs, May- 
thorn mill 

1 Becher Carnsfd. Esq 

4 Becher Henry Esq 



6 Clay Mrs. E.andJ 
9 Clay Wm. Walde- 

grave Pelham Esq 

7 CI aye Rev. Wm 
6 Collinson Mr. John 
3 Cooling Wm. fishmr 
6 Cooper Mrs. Eliz 

11 Dallaway B. basket 
13 Ellis J. "timber dl 
1 Falkner Miss Cath. 
3 Fern Hv. fishmr 
l-2FcottitRev.'J.B.A 

12 Foottit Rev. J. jun 

8 Fowler Miss Carl 
12 Fowler Rev. Chas 
12 Fowler Rev. Rt. H 
6 Fowler Mrs. Margt 
3 Geeson Eliz. flax dsr 
6 Hawk si ey Mrs Ann 
1 Hawley Col. Hy. 
6 Heathcote Rev. Gfy 
8 HeathcoteE. organist 

9 Becher Rev. John] 6 Hodgkinson Miss E 



Drake 
9 Becher Rev. John] 

Thos. M. A., vicar-! 

general 
7 Bennett Miss Mat | 
7 Birkett Mrs. Mary | 
1 Bradwell John, agent; 



2 Hodson Miss Eliz 
2 Holmes W. p clerk 
2 Holies Miss Eliz 
8 Howson Mrs. Ann 
6 Huisli Mark Esq 
6 Hurt Mrs. Mary 
I Hutchinson Mrs. J 



to the county fire 2 Ince Mrs. Eliz 



office, and sub-disb 

of stamps 
$ Bristowe Miss M.A. 
Cane Rev. T. Coats 

Brackenhurst 
3 Clark Mrs. Ann 
6 Clarke W.castrator 



1 Ingleman R architect 
8 Jenkinson Mrs. Sar 
Johnson John mfr 

May thorn mill 
6 Johnson Mr. Thos 
1 Keeton Miss Sus 
6 Kirkland Mr. Jph 
3o2 



6 Leacroft W. S. gent 
6 Lowe Mrs. Bridget 
3 Machin My. currier 
3 Maltby Chas. gent 
2 Maltby Mrs. Mary 
2 May Wm. Jas. Esq 
Mil ward Rd. Esq. Hex- 
grave Park 
Mole Matthews, gov 
house of correction 
1 Nicholson Mrs. Jane 
6 Pearsall B. nail mkr 
8Pigot Capt. Rd. Hy 

1 Pool Mrs. Frances 
6 Porter John Esq 

2 Rawson T. basket m 

1 Richmond Mrs. Eliz 
6 Shaw Wm. gent 

2 Shepherd Tuffin, Esq 
6 Sherlock Col. Fras 

5 Shilton Rd. P. gent 

6 Simpson Wm. gent 
6 Smith Mrs. B. E. A 
6 Spencer Mr. John 

6 Stand ley Jph choris- 
ter, Westgate 

6 Stenton Capt. Hy 

Sutton Sir Rd. Bart. 
Norwood Park 

1 Taylor Jph. liverj 
stable keeper 

1 TinleyMr.Fras. D 

2 T rebeck Capt.Thob 
6 Thompson Richard, 

chorister 

3 Turner John, watch 
and clock maker 



698 



SOUTHWELL DIRECTORY. 



4 Wass Win. governor 
of the workhouse 

1 VVatkins Rev. Mor- 
gan, B. A 

2 Watson Misses F. 
Academics. 10 Jones Thos 

3Bucklaw Edw 1 Keetley Hny 

5 Cargill James 6 Shumack Geo. 
2Cockayne John3 Smedley Matt 
1 Fletcher Rev C2 Snowden John 
6Foottit Rev. J3 Swift William 

Gram-school 7 Taylor John 

8 Heathcote Mrs5 Walker Wm 

4 Hill Misses 6 Widder on Geo 

1 Woodward A. 7 Withers John 

Altornies. Braziers. 

6 Barrow G. H.3 Bousfield Edw 

& Son. 3DenmanGeo. 

Barrow Wm. 10 Medley Wm 
oShiltonC. D. Bricklayers. 
(& Nottm.) 7 Adamson John 
Bakers, fyc. 6 Ingleman John 
6 Adamson Wm 6 Parker Geo 

3 Bacon John, 6 Parker Wm 



and M 
Werg Edwards, Esq. 

Hexgrave Park 
3 Wilkinson V. roper 
6 Williamson Lodge 

Walker John, 
Water Mill 



11 Windle George 

contractor 
6 Wright Rev. Adps 
1 W } lde Wm. Esq. 



3Dunston Jas 
7 Heather Thos 
6 Mason Wm 
3 Preston Wm 
5 Tinley G & E 



4 Ward John 

Brickmakers. 
2 Nicholson J 
6 Singleton Jane 
Butchers. 



1 Tinley Saml 2Bramley John 
Bankers. 6 Foster George 

1 Wylde &BoIger6 Foster John 
draw on Lub-3 Geeson Geo. 
bock & Co 1 Hatfield John 
Blacksmiths, 5 Hatfield J. jun 

10 Butler Wm. 7 Hatfield Rt 
7 Foster John 5 Hill Edward 
7 Leighton Jas 3 Jallings Wm 

2 Revill John 3ThompsonJ&W 
Bobbin Net MksS Tongue Thos 

2 Duckmanton 3 China, fyc. Dlr. 
3Duckmanton W 1 Birch Wm 

7 Stuhbs Joseph Druggists. 

Booksellers. 3 Gibson George 
5 Ridge S. & C. 3 Jones Wm 
10 Whittingham Js Coopers. 
Boot and Shoe 6 Dixon John 
Makers. 10 Marriott Thos 

4 Bolton Thos. 10 Ulyatt Rd 

5 Bo w m e r W m Corn Millers . 
.TBuckland Wm 7 Heather Thos 
2 Catliffe Rt. 3 Horsley & Son 

8 Fletcher Jas (J Pinder Wm 



Grocers. $ 
1 Aldridge Thos 
Farmers. 5 Bailey James 
7 Adamson Rd 6 Bush Richard 
7 Attenborough I Hatfield John 

John 8c Rd 5Hatfield J. jun 
2BausorThomas5 Keeton Jph. & 

Easthorpe wine dealer 

Bennett Geo 10 Little Edward 

Hoibeck 3 Marriott T. & 

4 Booth John cheese & bacon 
7 Bradley Gvs 3 Preston Wm. 

Clark John 3 Tinley G.&E. 

Sunny Dale 3 Wiight James 
14Couzin Jas Hair Dressers. 
2Brindley John3 Mallison Matt 
14 Elston Jph 10 Marriott Wm 
2 Fryer Saml 3 Simpson James 
l4Furness Jph Hat Mann factrs. 
Holloway Ths 10 Ratcliffe Hy 

Hockerwood 1 Shacklock W. 
14 Holmes John, sen & jun 
Ho wit Thomas Hop Growers. 

Brackenhurst 3 Elsam Thos 
Hutchinson R 5 Hawksley Rd 

Norwood Hilton Wm. Rt 

Kemp John New & Co. Upton 

Radley 3 Horsley Saml 

Maids Joseph, Jenkinson John, 

Weldon Morton 

6 Maltby John,3 Maltby John, 

7 Marsh Thos Mil ward John, 
Picker William, Goldhill 

Dardham 3 Nicholson Jas. 
Nail Edward, 2Nicholson Jer. 

Brinckley 10 Revill Clem 

10 Revill Clem 1 Revill George 
Saxby Leonard,! Revill Saml 

Thorney Abbey 1 Shacklock Wm 
Saxby S. & W. S Walker Chas 
Radley O. InnsSy Taverns. 

7 Vincent John 3 Adm. Rodney, 
Welsh F Weldon W. Bettinson 
7 Yates Richard 3 Black Bull, R. 
Gardeners, fyc. Raws on 
7 Hibbitt Saml Crown Hotel, 
3Sandaver Johnl Wm. Smith 
Sandaver Saml 



SOUTHWELL DIRECTORY* 



699 



1 Geo. &Dragon3 Parr Jonth 
H. Woodward 1 Reville Geo 

1 Harty-good- Drapers. 
Fellow, Saml,l Aldridge Thos 
Revill 6 Bailey Jas 

6 Lord Nelson, 3 Gelsthorpe W 
T. Woodward 1 Hatfield John 

3 Portland Arms3 Little H. C. & 
Saml. Horsley Co 

5 Saracens Heado Wright Jas 
Inn,Rt. East Maltsters. 

6 Shoulder of 3 Aldridge John 
Mutton, John6 Lamb Thos 
Smith 3 Maltby John 

3 Wheat Sheaf,3 Rawson Rd 
Jno. Hardisty 1 Smith Wm 

2 WhiteLion,M.8 Walker Chas 
Bramley 6 Woodward Ts 

3 W T hite Swan, Painters . 
Thos. Elsam 2 Cobb Joshua 
Beerhouses. 3 Dodd John 

6 Abbott Geo 8 Mason John 

10 Cooke Adw 3 Richardson Ply 

7 Fairholme W Plumbers, fyc. 
7 Glazebrook J 3 Butler Wm 

7 Plibbert Sml 6 Lee Edward 
3 Jallings Wm 3 Lee Frances 

11 Stanrield Jph 2 Leeson John 
Ironmongers. 3 Rayner Wm 

5 Hawkslev Rd Saddlers. 

5 Maltby Wm 1 Blancher Thos 
Joiner sfy Cabinet o Hawksley Rd 

makers. 3 Hodgkinson G 
1 BreckelsThos Shopkeepers. 
1 Brown Joshua 2 Holland Jane 
3 Nicholson Jas 7Hopkinson Jno 



I Maltby Edw 
6 Parker Geo 

II Smith Wm 
Stone Maso?is. 

1 Ingleman Rd 

2 Nicholson Jer 
1 Parkin Ntl 

Surgeons. 

5 Batchelor Jno 

6 Cooke Fras 
6 Foster Rt. Ts. 

3 Warrick J. B, 

Tailors. 
10 Aram John 
3 Baker Wm 
3 Chapman Wm 
3 Gelsthorpe W 
6 Mason Robert 
3 Pigott John 
6 Pyzer Gabl 



6 Pyzer Thos 
10 Revill Saml 

2 Skellington J 

3 Townrow Frs 

6 Townrow Jno 
Tallow Chandlrs. 
3 Adams Rt 

1 Birch Wm 
3 Maltby John 

Tanners. 

7 Calvert E. W. 
6 Neep John 
IVheelwriyhts. 

2 Butler James, 
Easthorpe 

6 Fairholme W 
.2 Newbound W 
White smiths. 
10 Adams Jas 

3 Carlile Jas 



COACHES. 

To Mansfield, &c. J p. 7 nig. ; 
Newark \ past 6 evg., and to 
Nottingham 9 mg & | p. 4 aft 

CARRIERS. 

To Mansfield, Hy. Fearn & Wm. 

Cooling, from King st. every 

Monday and Thursday 
To Newark, H. Fearn, J. Pilgrim , 

& J. Fryer, Mon. Wed. & Fri 
To Nottingham, J. Pilgrim, W, 

& B. Revill, & J. Fryer, Tues 

and Saturday 



SUTTON-UPON-TRENT is a large and well built village, 
pleasantly situated on the great north road, and on the west 
bank of the Trent, 8 miles N. of Newark. It has within its 
parish 890 inhabitants, and about 2500 acres of land, enclosed 
in 1803, when allotments were made in lieu of the tithes, to 
the vicar and Sir Edward Hulse. J. E. Denison, Esq. is now 
the principal owner and lord of the manor, which anciently 
belonged to the Suttons, one of whose co-heiresses married 
Bertram Monboucher, who, in the reign of Edward III., claimed 
a market here every Monday, and a fair for two days, on the 
eve and feast of St. James the apostle, but they have long been 
disused. The church is a handsome structure, dedicated to 
All Saints, and has a tower surmounted by a slender spire. It 
is a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £5. 6s. 8d. Sir 



700 



SUTTON-UPON-TRENr* 



Charles Hulse, Bart. is the patron, the Rev. Thomas Hulse 
the incumbent, and the Rev. Edmund Herring the curate. — 
The Methodists and Baptists have each a chapel here. The 
school is endowed with the interest of £\2Q, left in 1816, by 
Mary Sprigg. Hobb close, purchased with poor's money in 
1745 r is now let for £5. 5s. yearly, which is given to poor 
widows. The indigent parishioners have 5 tons of coals yearly, 
from the owner of Ling-wong and Cold-moor closes, pursuant 
to the will of John Smith, dated 1581. 



Ashling Wm. vet. surgeon 
Baker Eliz.& Bassett G, gent 
Clay Jph. schoolmaster 
Crossley John, vict. Nags Head 
Downing Miss Jane & Sisters 
Garrett John, corn miller 
Godson Thomas, beerhouse 
Hooton Wm. vict. Lord Nelson 
Hutchinson John, beerhouse 
Hutchinson Wm. wine & spirit 

merchant 
Measey John, gent 
Milnes Jas. glazier & beerhouse 
Milnes Mrs. Mary 
Palmer Wm. & Son, maltsters 
Pettinger Geo. surgeon 
Richmond Saml. tailor & vict 
Robb Wm. gent 
Shaw John, saddler 
Smith Jph. attorney 
Smith Rd. machine maker 
Smith Mr. Thos 
Spry Mrs. Mary 
Stocks Thos. blacksmith 
Talbot Mrs. Esther 
Turner Hy. vict. Maltshovel 
Wall Eliz. boarding academy 
Walster Thos. blacksmith 
Warner Mrs. & Whildon Ann 



West Jabez, land agent 
Whitworth Launcelot, beerhi 
Wild Wm. maltster 
Winterbottom Wm. smlware dlr 
Farmers . Join ers <§* JVhgU 
Buttery Wm Ashling Edw 
Dodson Wm Ashling Jno 
EsamJohn Foster Wm 

Leverton J. & R.Hutchinson W 
Maples Rt Mosley Wm 

Palmer Wm Shoemakers. 

Pinnington Saml Ancliffe Jno 
PlummerWm Harrison Jph 



Spi ttlehouse J 
Taylor Jas 
Wilmot John 
Butchers, 
Empsall Jno 
Lee Henry 
Marsden Rt 
Newbold Jno 
Sykes Jph 
Vessey Gerv 
Boat Owners, 
Gandy John 
Greenwood Wm Corbett Wm 
Hooton Wm Foster Thos 
Skinner Wm Stanfield Wm 
Snell Jph Turtle John 



Hunt Wra 
Turtle John 

Shopkeepers. 
Atkinson Rd 
Atterbery G. J. 
Collingham W. 
Curtis Jno 
Harrison Wm 
Sykes Caleb 
Tailors. 
Ancliffe Thos 
Brown Wra 



THURGARTON, which gives name to this hundred, is a 
village and parish at the foot of a declivity overlooking the vale 
of the Trent, 3 miles S. of Southwell. It contains 329 inha- 
bitants, and 2500 acres of land, enclosed about 60 years ago, 
when land was allotted for the tithes to Trinity College, Cam- 
bridge, which has the patronage of the curacy, and about one- 
third of the lordship. The rest belongs to Rd. Mil ward, Esq. 
but Col. John Gilbert Cooper Gardiner is lord of the manor, 
>vhich was granted to the Cooper family after the dissolution of the 
priory, that was founded here in 1130, by Ralph de Ayncourt, 
for canons of the order of St. Austin. This ancient priory 



THURGARTON PARISH. 701 

possessed a yearly revenue of <£259. 15s. 10d., and was pulled 
down about ~70 years ago, by J. G. Cooper, Esq., who built 
upon its site the present mansion, which is occupied by VV. B. 
Martin, Esq. Near this seat is the church, which is dedicated 
to St. Peter, and has been a large magnificent structure, though 
it now consists only of one dark aisle. The curacy has been 
augmented with two lots of Queen Anne's Bounty, and is now 
enjoyed by the Rev. J. T. Becher, M. A. The school has a 
rent charge of <£10, for the education of 20 boys of this parish 
and Hoveringham. The poor of Thurgarton have the interest 
of ,£110, left by the families of Baker and Matthews, and now 
in the hands of Col. Gardiner. 

Richardson William, joiner 
Thornton John, vict. Red Lion 
Wetton John, shopkeeper 
Woodward John, blacksmith 

Farmers* 
Cooper John Meilows Edward 
Farrands Thos Milward Thos 
Hart Elizabeth Newham John 
Leake William Paulson Thos 



Branston Page, shoemaker 
Branston William, shopkeeper 
Bret tie Mrs. Mary 
Hinde Rt. joiner, & Wm. schoolr 
Horspool Richard, vict 
Kemp Thomas, tailor 
Martin W. Bennet, Esq. Priory 
Palfrey man Richard., gent. 
Richardson Crispin, shoemaker 



UPTON is a handsome village, pleasantly situated on a de- 
clivity, 2£ miles E. ot Southwell. Its parish is in the liberty of 
Southwell and Scroobv, and contains 533 inhabitants, and 1384 
acres of land, enclosed in 1795, and exonerated from tithes by 
allotments to the vicar and the appropriators. There are a few 
freeholders in the manor, but it is mostly copyhold under the 
Archbishop, or leasehold under the Chapter of Southwell. — 
The latter are the appropriators and patrons of the vicarage, 
which is valued in the King's books at £4. lis. 5d|, andis now 
enjoyed by the Rev. James Foottit, B. A. The church is a small 
Gothic fabric dedicated to St. Peter. Here is a small Methodist 
chapel ; and a large ivorkhouse built in 1824 at the cost of 
£6596, (including furniture, land, &c.) for the use of 49 asso- 
ciated parishes and townships. The Parish Land consists of 
20a. 2r. 17p. bequeathed in 1578, by John Collie, for the 
repairs of the church, highways, &c. It is now let for £50 
a-year, out of which £5 is paid for 8 free scholars, at the school 
which was built by subscription in 1827- The " charity land,' 1 
5a, Or. 17p« was purchased • with the bequests of Mr. Cooper 
and others, in 1717, and now lets for .£15, which is distributed 
yearly among the poor, who have also £2. 9s. yearly from the 
bequests of John Trueman, Eliz. Kirk, and Jph. Tinlay. A cot- 
tage and garden at the east end of the village were left by 
Ralph Babthorpe, for the residence of the oldest poor widow or 
widower of the parish. 

Clark Geo. vict. Cross Keys I Foprg John, gov. workhouse 

Doubleday J. tailor & beerhs | Foottit John, butcher 



702 



UPTON PARISH. 



Farmers. ParlbyJph 
Broad bent Jas Taylor Mary 
Collin^ham Geo Shopkeepers. 



Foster Thoa 
Foster Wm 
Kitchen Thos 
Machin Saml 
Marshall Win 
Smith Jph 
Smith Wm 



Doubleday Es 
Foster Jno 
Launders Jno 
Ravvson Jno 
Joiners fy IVhts. 
Gill Jph 
Keyworth Jno 

Whitaker John Thompson Wm 
Shoemakers. Whit worth Abm 

Gratton Wm 



Foster Thos. vety. surgeon 
Fryer John & Wm. corn millers 
Kitchen Eliz. vict. French Horn 
Kitchen John, gent 
Longstalf David, gent 
Miles Fras. bri ck maker 
Peart Edward, gent 
Rycroft Henry, corn miller 
Shepherd Wm. blacksmith 
Shore Sml. schoolmaster 
Spick Mr. Robert 
Turner Dd. & White J. tailors 
Williamson John, blacksmith 
Wright Thos. Esq. Upton hall 

WESTON, near the north road, 3 miles S. E. of Tuxford, 
consists of the two hamlets of North and South Weston, situated 
on the opposite declivities of a narrow vale, where the waters 
from Laxton and Egmanton unite, and roll in one small stream 
to the ' I" rent. The parish has 395 inhabitants, and 1700 acres 
ot land, and was enclosed in 1814, when 315 acres were allotted, 
to the rector in lieu of tithes. Earl Manvers is the principal 
owner, patron of the rectory, and lord of the manor, but here 
are a number of small freeholders. The church is at South 
Weston, and is dedicated to All Saints. The rectory is valued 
in the King's books at ^£19. 2s. lid. and is now in the incum- 
bency of the Rev. John Cleaver, for whom the Rev. Wm. Don- 
caster officiates. In 1736, Richard Hawks worth, gave .£50 to 
build a school here, and endowed it with 5 acres of land at South 
Scarle, now let for £*] a-year, for which the master teaches ten 
free scholars. The parish feast is on Nov. 12th. 

Scarthing Moor, 2 miles S. E. of Tuxford, is in Weston 
parish, but is now enclosed, and noted for its commodious inn, 
on the great north road. 

In the following list those marked * live at North Weston ; f at 
Scarthing Moor ; and the rest at South Weston. 

Burton John & William, tailors * Volckers Mrs. Elizabeth 
•Chambers Mary, vict. Blue Bell *Volckers Peter, auctioneer & 
Chappell J & Hunt W. 6hoe mkrs 
Chappell William, blacksmith 
1 Cougill George, tailor 



Heath William, grocer 
Hodson Joseph, beerhouse 
Johnson John, beerhouse 
Johnson Benj. miller & maltster 
f Martin Elizabeth, corn miller 
Moss James, wheelwright 
Ramshaw William, blacksmith 
f Sharp Wm. Scarthingmoor Inn 
Taylor Joseph, vict. boot & shoe 
Sheppard Sml. schoolmr & grocer 



*Volckers Peter, 
spiiit merchant 
Watmore George, butcher 
Farmers. 

* Atkin John Hunt J. & Mry 

* Bee John Hunt William 
Brandreth Hy Hutchinson Edm 
Cox Sarah Marshall George 
Doncaster Wm * Pinder William 

* Flear William Skelton John 
Harpham S&W # Skinner Fras 
Hodson Win Tomlimson W 
Howsen Edward * Webster Jph 



THURCARTON HUNDRED. 7^3 

W1NKBOURNE, 3 miles N. of Southwell, is a village and 
parish with 134 inhabitants and 1800 acres of land, exclusive of 
420 acres of woods. Peter Pegge Burnell, Esq., is the proprietor 
and lord of the manor, and resides in the hall, a handsome brick 
mansion with a park of 40 acres. Tt was anciently the property 
of the priory of St. John of Jerusalem. The church stands near 
the hall, and its tower is completely covered with ivy. In the 
chancel are several monuments of the ancestors of Mr. Bur- 
nett, who has the patronage of the curacy, of which the Rev. 
Thomas Coats Cane is incumbent. The other residents are 
Edw. Valentine Steade, Esq. ; Thos. Booth, schoolmaster ; Jno. 
Norton, parish clerk; Wm. Raworth, smith and beerseller; 
and Jph. and Saml. Addlington, Hy. Barker, Geo. Machin, 
Thos. Radford, John Rawson, Edward Sampson, and John 
Smith, farmers. The school was built in 1738 by the Burnell 
family, who endowed it with 20 acres of land at Upton, now let 
for £30 per annum, for which the master teaches 14 free 
scholars. 

WOODBQROUGH is a large straggling village, in a nar 
row dale near the Dover Beck, 8 miles N.E. by N. of Notting 
ham. Its parish contains 774 inhabitants and about 1800 acres 
of land. The common was enclosed in 1798, when 252 acres 
were allotted to the three prebendaries of Oxton and Woodbo 
rough, 66a. 1b. Ip. to John Taylor, Esq., and 53a. 3r. Up 
to the late John Bainbridge Story, Esq., in lieu of the great 
tithes and their manorial claims ; they being both impropriators 
and lords of the manor, which is now in three divisions called 
the Prebendal, the Copyhold, and the Freehold estates. The 
latter now belongs to Wm. Taylor, Esq. The hall, occupied 
by Wm. Worth, Esq., was the seat of the Strellevs and Bain 
bridges, and now belongs, with the Copyhold estate, to the 
three eoheireses of the late J. B. Story, Esq. The church is a 
large fabric dedicated to St. Swithen, and has some fragments 
of ancient armorial glass in its windows. It is a curacy, and 
has been augmented with Queen Anne's Bounty. The Pre- 
bendaries of Oxton are the patrons, and the Rev. Charles 
Fowler the incumbent. The Baptists and Methodists have each 
a chapel here. The feast is on the Sunday after the 2d of 
July. The Free School, founded by the Rev. Montague 
Wood, in 1736, now possesses a yearly income of £95, arising 
from a farm of 58a, 2r. Ip. at Blidworth, and a cottage and 
7a. 4r. 31 p. at Stapleford. The poor have 20s. and the singers 
20s. yearly, from the bequest ot Wm. Edge, in 1796, and the 
former have 50s. yearly, as the rent or Nether Close in Calver* 
ton parish, which was awarded to them at the enclosure. 

Alvey Samuel, bricklayer | Hewes Rev. Jas. curate, & mas- 
Blyton Stephen, blacksmith ter of the free 6chcol 

Gadsby John, vict. 8 Bells j Hogg Wm. vict. Ccek & Falcon 

Greaves Benjamin, butcher | Hucknali Mr. Joseph 



ro4 



WOODBOROt'GH PARISH. 



Loe Thomas, butcher 

Moore W. game dlr. Grimes moor 

Orm John, blacksmith 

Rose Benj. & Jolin, wheelwrights 

SardinsonDd. miller, Dover beck 

Toplis John, brickmaker 

Toplis John, jun. beerhs 

Wood Thos. vict. Punch Bowl 

Worth Wm, Esq. Woodborough 

Hall 
Farmers. Duke William, 
Allen Wm Brockwell 

Branston J. T. Flinders Saml. 
Brett Mr. Miers Copy 

Butler Samuel, Glover Mordecai 

Moor field Howett Sarah 
Clay Richard Hucknall W. C. 
CumberlandAnnLee John 
Donnelly Wm 



Matthews Saml. 

Stoup hill 
Pocklington Jn 
Robinson Edw. 

Riddings 
Stephenson Jn 
B. Net mkrs. 
Middleton Jph 
Hogg Wm 
Stephenson SI 
Williamson Fs 

Shoemakers. 
Baguley Jph 
Foster Thos 



Glover John 

Shopkeepers. 
Brown Geo 
Crafts Rd 
Maids Moses 
Richardson PI 
Wild Wm 

Tailors. 
Clay Wm. 
Hind Js. & Jph 

Publicans. 
Gadsby John 
Hogg Wm 



Carriers. — John 'Bish. Jas. 
Gaunt, and Wm. Pool, Grimes 
moor, to Nottngm. Wed and Sat. 
and John Bish, to Tuxford, Mon. 



TABLE SHEWING THE DISTANCES 

F 

THE MARKET TOWNS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, 

FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM THE METROPOLIS. 




BAWTRY Distance from London 152 


Bingham, 

Blyth, -..* 

Mansfield, • • • • 

Newark, 

Nottingham,- • 
Ollerton, .-•.♦• 

Retford, 

Southwell, ■••• 

Tuxford, 

j Worksop, 




4 | 35 Blyth ■ • 149 ! 


28 | 11 | 25 | 20 Newark 124 






21 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 14 I 20 Ollerton ...... 137 

9 | 28 | C | 18 j 19 j 32 | 11 Retford- 144 


30 | 9 j 20 | 12 | 8 | 13 J 10 J 21 Southwell 132 ] 


16 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 26 J 6 | 7 | H Tuxford---. 137 


11 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 9 I 19 | 13 Worksop 146 ! 



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